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In reply to the discussion: Remember the FL woman who was kicked out of the hospital and died? The video was released [View all]pnwmom
(110,254 posts)32. Here's the audio, and my attempt at a partial transcript.
While shes in the hospital, you can HEAR her shortness of breath her huffing and puffing, the way her voices fades off at the ends of her sentences. Even though she is on the oxygen tank at that time.
You can also hear the police officer talking to a woman and asking if shes Barbaras ride. Barbara is with at least one female relative I think she has two females with her, both of whom try to speak up on Barbaras behalf.
Below is what I could manage to type from the video. Its incomplete but it gives the idea. There are several womens voices. Two sound like family members, arguing on her behalf. One points out that Barbara is always supposed to be using the oxygen tank that theyve just disconnected her from. The other women are either hospital staff or police officers.
The police report claims that Barbaras vitals were checked several times. However, you can only hear this happening twice. Once after she collapses; and again at the very end, when a womans voice says her heart rate is 7.
And while you listen to this, think about the fact that she is experiencing great pain from the clot in her lungs and that she is experiencing extreme stress and anxiety from the shortness of breath.
Officer: Ive given you all the chances in the world.
Im gonna die.
Theyre going to kill me
Theyre not going to kill you. They begged you to leave and you wouldnt do it.
Dont take that off please (her oxygen tube)
Females voice: You havent been hooked up for a while and youre breathing just fine.
Please, please, I cant go no more. Please, help, theyre going to kill me
please no, no please god help me, help me, I cant breathe help me please help
help me no, please god help me I cant . . . uh . . uh
Officer: Whats wrong?, Please dont fall down. Ms. Dawson, you were yelling, Ms. Dawson, falling down like this, laying down, wont stop you from going to jail.
A woman is objecting. (Probably Barbaras relative.)
Maam aint nothing happened to her.
Two womens voices, both arguing on Barbaras behalf:
She is sick.
She is not okay.
Shes not okay.
Shes got a lot of health problems.
She does have a lot of health problems.
Officer: Mrs. Dawson, this is only making things worse on you. You need to comply with us. You need to get up. You need to get in the car, okay. . . .
Officer-- Check her real quick?
Nurse -- Other hand. Come on now. There aint nothing wrong with you. Shes 98%. Shes fine. Shes just trying to get out of it.
Officer: Ms. Dawson, we need you to get up, okay.
Nurse (female) Ms. Dawson, get up, theres nothing wrong with you. And I know you can hear us.
[they try unsuccessfully to get her into the car, order a van because shes refusing to get in the vehicle.]
Woman; "That girl is sick!"
Nurse: 'for somebody that cant breathe without the oxygen, youre putting it off that much longer!"
Woman: Supposed to have oxygen on all the time.
Officer: Were trying to be as nice as we can. . . You can help us and help yourself, or you can do it the hard way.
One of the woman laughs while trying to get her in the car.
Minutes pass while they stand around and wait to hear if a police van can come and help.
Nurses voice calls out sharply: Bob! Bob! Bob! Bob! Bob!
Nurses voice: her heart rate is 7.
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Remember the FL woman who was kicked out of the hospital and died? The video was released [View all]
pnwmom
Feb 2016
OP
Yes, but in the police's defense, she was black. I think that's considered a defense
valerief
Feb 2016
#1
Exactly. It ought to be a crime. Wait! Isn't it? Hard to tell in these surreal times. nt
valerief
Feb 2016
#3
By the hospital, very probably, although this may be a case of Black-Without-Good-Insurance.
Yo_Mama
Feb 2016
#7
Yes. They should have called a doctor as soon as she passed out, not waited 18 minutes.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#8
Bottom line: when she left the hospital she was capable of walking. When she collapsed
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#14
Doesn't matter. They were told she was faking when she said she couldn't breathe.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#21
But how can hospital personnel not understand that "I can't breathe" is a TYPICAL
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#16
I listened to the audio and it isn't clear who the woman is who says, "I've never seen Barbara
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#26
I loved the very learned advice the cop gave her when she said she couldn't breathe
justiceischeap
Feb 2016
#5
Yes, and people having an asthma attack can talk until their airway closes completely.
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#9
She deserves a lot of money. But the citizens will pay and no cop punished. Typical. nt
Logical
Feb 2016
#15
Can you imagine being treated like this woman while you were in the midst of that?
pnwmom
Feb 2016
#33
She would probably still be alive if she had an extra 500 a month for health insurance.
Kalidurga
Feb 2016
#28