Fire chief to 10 yr old sobbing Black girl as she's loaded into ambulance: "Shut the f*** up!" "Shut your mouth!"

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32. No excuse and wrong call

No excuse for his actions and words. Period.

From the article, emergency services have been there before, including several times this summer, and at one point he says "I deal with you every week." If a 10 year old goes into an uncontrollable tantrum over having a cell phone taken away the correct response isn't to call 911. If the family is using emergency services for discipline and behavior modification that they can't or won't handle themselves, that isn't right or fair to emergency services--or to other people in the community whose life-threatening injury or emergency could be delayed because of calls like this. Was she threatening someone with a weapon? Had she hurt the Grandmother? That might be different. But "She's having a tantrum and won't calm down..." Get tools to deal with her if she's entitled and spoiled. Get her diagnosed if needed and learn how to de-escalate. Don't expect the Volunteer Fire Department to be your mental health and parenting guides. Cannot imagine what she will be like at 18.