Posted on 02/06/2015 10:00:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A Berkeley, California man died last December after paramedics were delayed nearly an hour because of an unruly protest against police brutality, recently released records show.
Berkleyside, a self-described “independent news site” serving the Berkeley area, reports that the 62-year-old Alvin Henry Jones Jr. would have normally received treatment in minutes. However, due to a nearby #BlackLivesMatters protest, paramedics were instead ordered to go to a local fire station and await a police escort before attempting to rescue Jones.
It took 52 minutes to get Jones to a hospital, after which he died two days later. Paperwork filed by the Berkeley Fire Department lists the delay as an “unusual occurrence” which “affect[ed] patient care.”
Lest the paramedics be accused of being overly cautious, the San Francisco Gate notes that protesters had been attacking police, and that less than an hour after Jones’ 911 call, protesters attacked a man with a hammer after he attempted to stop them from looting a Radio Shack. Berkeley’s fire chief also said there were instances where Berkeley fireman have been pelted with rocks and bottles, and that it wouldn’t be accurate to assume they’d automatically be greeted by protesters “with open arms.”
This isn’t the first time a #BlackLivesMatter protest has delayed emergency care. An ambulance was forced to divert from a Boston trauma center in January after protesters blocking the I-93 refused to let it pass.
Liberals claim lives matter.
Until they don’t.
They’re scum.
I do hope the family of the deceased sues the city for LETTING the protesters block that space over and over w/o keeping them locked up awaiting trial. Sue them. It’s the only way the Mayors of these cities will take it as a serious violation of the law, not as any justified reaction from oppressed minority groups. That grace period of empathy is long, long over, because we all could see the Black-Lives-Matter cares not a wit about anyone else’s life.
What? Berkeley is white.
You have spoiled white kids too busy to care their actions are endangering innocent lives.
These community organizers are no different in kind from their black counterparts who looted and set Ferguson ablaze.
True. There may be a lot of ‘
protesters’ imported from surrounding areas such as El Cerrito, Albany, Pittsburg and Point Richmond, maybe even places like Tiberon or Belmont in South San Franciso. However, they can be pursued through the court system. Most are connected to deep pockets, i.e. divorced parents, both wealthy and feeling guilty about not parenting or trust funds from somewhere. I say it’s high time to start picking their pockets by way of fees, tickets and penalites in addition to jail time. No ‘community service’ for this bunch. They’ll just try to get with the local Medical Marijuana dispensary as “Assistant Toker” for the purposes of medical research.
I’m risking a flaming, but I hope the economy does completely collapse and the brainless hipsters will end up losing their trust funds. Let it collapse and let the hipsters starve into maturity.
Check the video. If they are white, they are wearing camo face paint.
/sarc
was he a registered Democrat of a decent guy?
“.....Sue them. It’s the only way the Mayors of these cities will take it as a serious violation of the law.”.......
A lawsuit will not bring that man back to life. Yes, the mayor’s should take control of their cities and if they are unable to do so, start shooting some of those idiots who block the streets in protest. My guess is there will be a lot fewer out their blocking traffic when/if that happens. THEN blacks can scream “Black lives matter” when they are the cause their own demise.
Trouble is, those clueless bastards will be left standing after the middle class has died out.
No they won’t.
You are correct
And now Radio Shack is going out of business.
They better hurry
There are lots of blacks in the Berkeley flats.
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