Nurses, Lauded for Virus Efforts, Find Their Tires Slashed

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Source: Bloomberg

Cortlandt, N.Y. (AP) -- Some nurses at a New York hospital who had just been lauded for their work during the coronavirus pandemic ended their stress-filled overnight shifts to find their tires had been slashed while they worked. New York state police reported that the tires of 22 vehicles were found slashed Friday morning outside New York-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital in Cortlandt.

Daniel R. Hall, 29, was arrested on charges including criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance. Police said he had a small amount of PCP when he was arrested. Hall is due in court May 18. It's not clear whether he has an attorney who can speak for him.

Hospital officials said they would pay for the damage. “We were shocked to hear of this incident, especially at this time when our employees are working tirelessly and courageously" through the COVID-19 pandemic, the officials said in a statement to the Journal News.

Before the tires were slashed, dozens of police officers and firefighters had gathered outside the hospital Thursday night to applaud the health care workers, who like their colleagues across New York state have been treating patients stricken by the coronavirus, the newspaper reported. “What our hospital is focusing on today is the beautiful tribute given by our first responders last night,” the hospital statement said.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-11/nurses-lauded-for-virus-efforts-find-their-tires-slashed

[underpants]

1. W. T. F.

🤯

[IronLionZion]

2. They didn't mention a motive

is wrong with some people

[marble falls]

4. He needed a motive? These low information marginals are the IEDs of the GOP. They don't ...

need motive, they only need activation.

[DENVERPOPS]

12. Amen to that MF

And I hate to think about what the kooks will do in the future as things get worse.

Remember when the Right Wing Fanatic showed up at a Pizza Parlor with his AR15 because some RW radio station told their listening audience that Hillary was currently in the basement of the Pizza place running a child sex and pornography ring???????????

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Comet Ping Pong

Sun Dec 4, 2016: D.C. Police arrest suspect with an assault rifle at Comet Ping Pong restaurant

[keithbvadu2]

23. A building that does not have a basement.

A building that does not have a basement.

[Evolve Dammit]

24. Very true. Good analogy

[SharonAnn]

31. Stochastic terrorism.

[marble falls]

32. The GOP is stochastic, these weaponized ignoramuses are random.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

5. The letters "PCP" were mentioned. I suppose motive might be irrelevant.

With cops and fire out front, lights flashing, go in the back lot and damage stuff. He probably didn't know who the cars belonged to.

I hope the nurses got some nice new tires. I hope the slasher gets some effective rehab.

[marble falls]

8. "I hope the slasher gets some effective rehab" while in the slammer. Get that Bozo off the bus ...

and don't let him "squeeze the wheeze!", let him sit in his own stool.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. My governor won't let me off the bus.

As for sitting in my own stool, ha, the back of the bus is stuffed to the ceiling with rolls of toilet paper. I'm ready.

[IronLionZion]

14. That's what I was thinking. I would hope no one is targeting hospital workers

a poster above has applied a GOP political motive somehow

[tazkcmo]

16. Yup

PCP is a helluva drug. Insane shit occurs on that crap. One of the few drugs on my don't do list back in my crazy days.

[paleotn]

21. Flash from the past...

Angel dust is still around. I thought it was all meth and prescription opioids now days, with meth becoming passe. I guess it's like acid, heroin and hash, it never completely goes away. As a youngster, I once saw someone high on PCP. Damn scary. Reason 157 why I never experimented with drugs. My wife has trouble getting me to take ibuprofen.

[Progressive Jones]

33. That stuff was popular in my neighborhood back in the 70s.

I saw people do some scary shit when they did PCP or Dust.
It caused three deaths that I know of.
I never went there. I was just a pot head in my youth.

[Stryst]

34. He didn't need a motive, because...

"he had a small amount of PCP".

Now, I don't know what qualifies as a small amount of PCP. But I do know that if he brought some with him for tire slashing, he already wasnt thinking straight.

[OnlinePoker]

3. In BC, they are, apparently, being denied taxi service, child care, etc

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have publicly received plenty of support. But in private, many nurses are getting a different reaction.

“Some of the situations nurses have shared with me have included being denied cab rides, being denied access to food establishments, some grocery places, and unfortunately child care which is so important for so many of our nurses.” said the president of the BC Nurses Union, Christine Sorensen.

It appears some members of the public are frightened that nurses may be bringing COVID-19 home with them from the hospital.

https://www.cheknews.ca/bc-nurses-union-says-members-facing-stigmatization-660598/

[marble falls]

6. I've never known the Canadians to be like that in my experience. The Americanization of Canada???

[paleotn]

22. Lets hope not.

The really nice apartment...above a meth lab. I miss Robin Williams.

[IronLionZion]

35. I hope Canada isn't becoming a shithole

Most of the Canadians I've met in my life have been very nice and friendly, much more than my fellow Americans.

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7. horrible story, but i can't help but laugh at the use of the word "tirelessly"

what are those sayings called?

"it seems a bit foggy", said jane hazily
"they trashed all four treads", the nurse kept saying tirelessly

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Tom Swifties.

[unblock]

19. That's it!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

25. I'm a treasure trove of semi-useless information.

And I'm glad I could be of help. back at ya

[unblock]

26. ...he said, poindexterly

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

27. LOL!

[Hekate]

9. PCP? More like: This is your brain on Stochastic Terrorism.

[karin_sj]

10. What the actual fuck?

Is wrong with these people. More and more psychos are coming out of the woodwork. Agree with the poster who said they hope the nurses get free, new tires (and soon).

[SWBTATTReg]

11. Maybe this is an act of terrorism?

[GoneOffShore]

38. Delete this post. This is something that would be seen on FR.

[ffr]

20. Don't send him to jail, send him to the ER.

He can work off his sentence as a door greeter.

[customerserviceguy]

28. Maybe

they should build a donut shop next to the parking lot.

[jmowreader]

29. Check the history on his web browser

The extreme hard right is claiming the Coronavirus is a hoax to damage Trump, that it's a leftist plot to make everyone accept vaccinations, that it's the New World Order's plot to bring in the one-world government...mix a lot of Trumpian hate with enough PCP, and you wind up with something like this.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

30. Wtf is "criminal mischief"

"mischief" = playfulness that is intended to tease, mock, or create trouble.
"her eyes twinkled with irrepressible mischief"
harm or trouble caused by someone or something.
"she was bent on making mischief"

How about "criminal intentional and unprovoked destruction of other peoples property"

[Celerity]

37. it is from Middle English common law

myscheven

Alternative forms

mescheven, meschieven, myschefe, myscheve, mischeve, mescheve

To destruct or vanquish; to afflict sorrow on someone.

[eggplant]

36. I hope the local tire stores step up and donate to the cause.

Good PR, good write-off for tires they aren't selling right now, and just plain good.