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pnwmom

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33. Can you imagine being treated like this woman while you were in the midst of that?

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #27)

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 10:15 PM

Feb 2016

And them insisting that because she could speak and cry out for help, that she wasn't having trouble breathing?

It horrified me to listen to this thing.

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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

Yeah, right. pnwmom Feb 2016 #2

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

Well, it seems like they got a nurse there and let her make the decision. Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #12

She needed to stay there, not go to another facility, quite a distance away. pnwmom Feb 2016 #13

On this one, I don't blame the officers but the hospital. Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #4

Bottom line: when she left the hospital she was capable of walking. When she collapsed pnwmom Feb 2016 #14

But if the police had been told she was faking mythology Feb 2016 #20

Doesn't matter. They were told she was faking when she said she couldn't breathe. pnwmom Feb 2016 #21

actually in the police's defense hfojvt Feb 2016 #10

The report said that she was propped up against the car, and that after they pnwmom Feb 2016 #11

But how can hospital personnel not understand that "I can't breathe" is a TYPICAL pnwmom Feb 2016 #16

see but that goes back to the responsibility of the hospital hfojvt Feb 2016 #23

No, it doesn't excuse the cop. The cop had her in his custody, pnwmom Feb 2016 #24

I am not hearing anything hfojvt Feb 2016 #25

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

now I remember hfojvt Feb 2016 #29

Here's the audio, and my attempt at a partial transcript. pnwmom Feb 2016 #32

Why couldn't you swallw? That's scary. nt tblue37 Feb 2016 #18

it was scarier the first time hfojvt Feb 2016 #22

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

Oh, Delphinus Feb 2016 #6

She deserves a lot of money. But the citizens will pay and no cop punished. Typical. nt Logical Feb 2016 #15

She won't get any money. wildeyed Feb 2016 #17

ttt Blue_Tires Feb 2016 #19

I had a pulmonary embolism. Turbineguy Feb 2016 #27

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

You don't know that she didn't have insurance, but it isn't the fault of Obamacare pnwmom Feb 2016 #30

Well we come to a point of several agreements. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #31