KY doctor charged. choked teen girl over social distancing

[Demovictory9]

https://www.wtvq.com/2020/04/08/watch-video-shows-social-distancing-fight-louisville/

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) – A Kentucky doctor has been arrested, accused of choking a teenage girl while confronting a group of young people about social distancing.

A video — see the video below — of the incident went viral over the weekend.


Louisville Metro police say 57-year-old Dr. John Rademaker was arrested Tuesday and charged with strangulation and harassment with physical contact.

Southern Indiana Anesthesia Consultants said the physician in the video has been placed on administrative leave.

The video shows a man putting his hands around the neck of a teenager. Rademaker was released on his own recognizance pending an arraignment in May.

[hlthe2b]

1. I'm not making light of this, but having seen teens mocking the elderly wearing masks & gloves

and getting waaay too close in a Target parking lot, I can understand why an exhausted HCW might "snap."

[bermudat]

4. Adult white male choking a black girl is understandable

Right

[hlthe2b]

5. That is NOT what I said. I can understand why it happened--NOT that it was RIGHT.

STOP IT. You don't get to reword what I said nor do you get to attribute intent in message that was NOT THERE. It is NEVER appropriate to use violence on anyone and certainly an adult male against a teen or child and especially where race may be a factor is the worst. That isn't in doubt.

As a fellow exhausted health care worker who is trying to make sure lives are saved, it is hard to not react when others put lives AT RISK. So, again, just STOP IT.

[Mariana]

8. That is exactly what you said.

"I can understand why it happened" = it's understandable.

[hlthe2b]

9. Understanding how someone can snap does not equate to saying it was not a criminal offense.

Maybe you, Ms. Mariana should walk a mile in an ER health care worker or first responder's shoes for just an hour or two. Perhaps that might give you a little glimpse as to HOW seeing people disregarding others' safety might be hard to take.

[jberryhill]

22. He's an anesthesiologist

He's not an "ER health care worker or first responder".

[hlthe2b]

24. Are you fing kidding me? Anesthesiologists are front line ICU Health Care Workers for COVID-19

Talk about clueless. And, yes, they are in the overwhelmed ERs too when required to help with getting patients intubated and up to ICU on ventilators.

[jberryhill]

25. Watch the video

This guy is an overpaid hack who works for a practice that passes gas to people getting facelifts.

He can go fuck himself.

If it was my daughter, he'd be dead.

He is a god-damned public menace and needs to be removed from anywhere he can get at people.

He's a fucking dangerous animal, and needs to have any license or public trust revoked immediately.

[hlthe2b]

27. I already said I was going on the description as I am not where I can watch the video.

I am not excusing his conduct. Only the fact that HCW's ARE highly stressed right now and it would not be unexpected that horrifically stressed, those constantly overwhelmed with death at their hands--and intensely sleep-deprived health care workers are at risk. And, yes, seeing the public essentially putting others at risk, may be enough to send some over the deep end.

[Bradshaw3]

28. Could say the same thing about you

Don't you claim to be a lawyer? But it's ok for you to take the law into your own hands? Any lawyer who says they have the right to execute someone without beneift of a trial is also a public menace and has no business being a part of the justice system. Talk about hypocrisy.

[tulipsandroses]

43. I get what you mean. Sometimes old fashioned justice is called for

Let this grown ass 50 something year old man try that shit with another grown ass man. Ya know like Kenny Rogers sang, sometimes you gotta fight when you are a man. Or woman, like I am for that matter. Had that been my child, and I was on scene, yeah. I cannot guarantee that fists would not be flying.
I have no sympathy for this asshole if he had gotten his ass beaten. That would have been justice served.

[hlthe2b]

38. He likes to talk. Apparently he thinks it ok to threaten you or me too. See post 35

[dalton99a]

41. +1. Many surgeries are cancelled so anesthesiologists are helping out with intubations in ICU

[tulipsandroses]

44. Why are folks making the leap that this asshole is on the frontlines?

Maybe he's just an angry asshole? Maybe he's angry that he's not getting paid like he used to for elective surgery and taking his frustration out on these poor young women?

[tblue37]

12. They were not mocking him. One even called him "sir." He shoved the 2 white girls who spoke

to him, just to get to the one black girl, whom he choked, though she had not interacted with him.

[hlthe2b]

14. I am not where I can watch the video. I'm going on the description only.

[hlthe2b]

16. I am not where I can watch the video. I'm going on the description only.

I don't deny for a minute it was a criminal offense.

[jberryhill]

23. You should watch the video before commenting

This is someone who came out looking for trouble.

He didn't just happen to be there. He came out after kids who were minding their own business and violently attacked them.

A grown man lunges onto a girl who is lying on the ground and starts choking her.

If I were her father, he would not be alive right now, I can assure you that.

[hlthe2b]

30. and YOU should learn something about HCWs and COVID-19 response before commenting

Since you seem to think anesthesiologists are not front line to the COVID-19 response.

Also perhaps as a lawyer you should not threatent to kill someone, just maybe.

[jberryhill]

31. If she was my daughter he'd be dead

You can defend this guy all you like.

[hlthe2b]

34. I'm not defending the guy. I am defending the fact that courts believe you as a lawyer have an

obligation not to threaten to deny a trial to someone... You know that ole "officer of the court" standard that supposedly frowns on your threatening to kill someone. I take my oath to "first do no harm" rather seriously. You apparently do not.

[jberryhill]

35. Someone attacking someone in my family is not a court proceeding

Go ahead and try it out.

You think there's a ", but..." to attacking a teenage girl.

Come on over to my neighborhood and give it a whirl. See how it works out for you.

[hlthe2b]

36. So now you are threatening me? Really. Let's see how that works out for YOU

[Bev54]

19. I am not making fun of it either but I felt like choking and older white guy

when I was at the store and he walked up right beside me at the counter. I told him to get away.

[SlogginThroughIt]

42. The other day I told a guy to get the fuck back.

He was about 20 maybe 22 and would not give me space at the checkout and I finally told him to get the fuck back. I snapped out. I am tired of people thinking this is a damned joke and that they don’t have ti respect that other people aren’t treating it like one.

Now I am not defending this dude because it seems like he left wjere he was safe and sought a confrontation. People are on edge and those that don’t have good control over themselves are going to do shitty shit like this. I assume thats why we see higher murder rates and abuse in the summer time. That summer heat pushing people over the edge.

[yonder]

2. A handful of pebbles or dirt dropped into that plumbers butt could have been fun.

Probably would've been enough to get him to stop.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Gee, There's Not A Hint Of Racism!

Aside from the fact that the one he decided to choke was black!
And if his dumbass excuse was they weren't social distancing, he kind of blew that when he grabbed someone by the throat with 2 hands.
Can't believe they released him on his own recognizance.

[malaise]

11. THIS

as racist as they come

[tulipsandroses]

6. He needs to be sentenced to the fullest extent of the law

I hope he gets fired. I do hope he is convicted and his license to practice is revoked. He did not snap. Funny how he chose to attack the lone black girl in the group.

What kind of adult engages like that with teenagers? He could have walked away from the situation. If you are angry at these teens for not social distancing, why the hell are you all up in their space? How do you claim to have a problem with them not social distancing and proceed to get closer to them. Then assault this young lady.

He is a piece of shit. I hope this goes viral and he is convicted and has to face the medical board.

[tblue37]

13. He also violently shoved the two girls who spoke to him. nt

[2naSalit]

7. I don't know, looks like he was at...

the perfect spot where a well placed kick for goal from the side would have put him into next Tuesday.

[peggysue2]

10. Cracking Under Pressure, Perhaps?

Yikes! This is going to be a lo-o-ong spring and summer.

[TeamPooka]

15. When you shove the white kids away so you can choke the black one, well, you're going to jail!

[LizBeth]

17. Prison.

[lunasun]

18. Seeks out the only black female in the group. Racist even pushes away a white girl to get at her

Sorry that’s not your lawn . Also not to say he should have choked the others he pushed through
Didn’t really seem to care about social distancing at all when he waded in to that group to get at her in particular - one of the farthest away from him

[CanonRay]

20. Oh yeah, that's assault.

He's going to lose his license even if he manages to stay out of jail.

[tulipsandroses]

21. After reading further reports, I am even more angry

Apparently, these young ladies were minding their own business - Yes they were not practicing social distancing amongst each other.
They were sitting together .

As an adult, as a health care provider he could have used this as a teaching moment. Instead he and whomever he was with chose to film them, get closer to them and attack them. As healthcare workers, one of the most important jobs that we do is teach.
He could have used this moment to teach these young women the importance of social distancing to protect themselves and others.

Here is a more detailed report

A Kentucky doctor who violently attacked a group of teen girls, choking one of them, apparently for failing to practice social distancing, was arrested after a video of the incident went viral over the weekend, NBC News reports.

The video, which was posted to Reddit and titled, "Man strangles teenage girl for failing to social distance, shows a man approach at least four girls who are on a picnic blanket. A woman near him appears to film on her phone as one of the girls tells them the group is leaving.

The man calls one of the girls an "a--hole," before both he and the woman go after the group. The man shoves three girls before lunging at a fourth girl, appearing to pin her on the ground. The girls scream, and one pleads with the man to "seriously, get off of her!"

[link:https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/coronavirus/kentucky-doctor-arrested-attacking-teen-girls-choking-one-not-social-distancing/2365852/|

[Ms. Toad]

45. I watched the tape -

It may just be the poor quality of the tape - but I couldn't see or hear anything that supported the claim that the excuse he used for the attack was a failure to social distance.

[aeromanKC]

26. Add hate crime

[getagrip_already]

29. white doctor, black teen, southern indiana... It doesn't take a ct to see where this is going.....

It's gonna be ugly. He won't ever be convicted, probably not even charged with anything significant since he could lose his license.

It will be attributed to stress from the pandemic and a disrespectful teen. No, I'm not saying that is what it was, just how it will be covered.

[dustyscamp]

33. Dr. Acist needs to keep his hands to himself

[Lars39]

37. Hate crime and attempted murder, not assault, imo

[tulipsandroses]

39. The woman with the phone is his wife. She should also be charged.

She also has her hands on this young girl.
Two adults going after teenagers. This is fucking outrageous.
If he is not sentenced to significant jail time. I hope this young lady finds a lawyer and sues the shit out of him.

[Alacritous Crier]

40. Glad they charged him.

It's far from guaranteed in this particular situation.