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NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:26 PM Sep 2016

Tulsa EMSA Crew Confronted Over Terence Crutcher Shooting

TULSA, Oklahoma - EMSA relocated some of its crews overnight, after saying they were getting threats because they wouldn't reveal their thoughts on last weekend's officer-involved shooting.

EMSA is telling its crews to be careful and watch their surroundings, after a crew was threatened Wednesday night. An incident took place at 11th and Utica.

The ambulance company says a crew was getting gas when several people approached them in a car. They asked them what they thought about Terence Crutcher's shooting and the fallout from it.

Crew members told them they were just there to help, which EMSA said made the people angry so they verbally assaulted the crew. Emergency crews decided to move two of their posts to Hillcrest Medical Center until further notice.

http://www.newson6.com/story/33156755/tulsa-emsa-crew-confronted-over-terence-crutcher-shooting

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Tulsa EMSA Crew Confronted Over Terence Crutcher Shooting (Original Post) NaturalHigh Sep 2016 OP
Somebody needs to talk some sense into some of these protesters. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #1
EMS is a really dangerous job to begin with. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #2

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
1. Somebody needs to talk some sense into some of these protesters.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:45 PM
Sep 2016

EMS crews aren't law enforcement. They aren't even government, in most cases. And I fail to see the value of chasing them out of a community.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
2. EMS is a really dangerous job to begin with.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:59 PM
Sep 2016

These people go unarmed into many dangerous situations.

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