Is this for real?

[Zemedici]

Are you ****ing kidding me?

He spit, so you go all Floyd Mayweather on him?

Kid gonna get paid, and she deserves a long jail sentence.

Only in Atlanta.

EMT seen on video beating restrained 17-year-old boy

 

[Blown 89]

Good. Needs to happen more often IMO

 

[Malern28us]

Are you ****ing kidding me?

He spit, so you go all Floyd Mayweather on him?

Kid gonna get paid, and she deserves a long jail sentence.

Only in Atlanta.

EMT seen on video beating restrained 17-year-old boy

What would you do if someone spit on you?
Not actually being there and working in the medical field its hard to judge.
I know if you spit on RN's or EMT's around here, you get a "hoodie" and actually run into things like doorways, walls and elbows.
The spitting usually stops immediately...

 

[blk02edge]

Pretty messed up, why was the kid restrained?

 

[ViciousJay]

Drugs! The EMT I'm willing to bet was in full right.

 

[My94GT]

While I agree that shouldn’t happen, in what world do you spit on a human being and expect no consequence for your actions?

 

[Never_Enough]

Can't just spit on people & have no consequences, but she may have gone too far.

 

[HudsonFalcon]

My wife's a RN and she gets spit on by inmates all the time.

 

[CompOrange04]

gotta be honest, I'm surprised it made the news since A) it was a black woman beating a black teen and B) the cop stepped in and did the right thing. Those 2 points will be glazed right over though...

 

[Zemedici]

Have plenty of friends who are EMTs and spitting is a routine occurrence, as Hudson said above with RNs. It comes with the job.

Yes he should not have spit.

Considering she was arrested and immediately fired, gonna go out on a limb and say assault isn’t the correct ‘consequence’ hahahahaha

 

[lOOKnGO]

Spits a good lube. Just saying!


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[08mojo]

I like the interview of the kid's parents, "no human being deserves to be treated like that." So, the EMT is trying to help your child and he spits on the EMT? On top of that the EMT is a woman. Good parenting right there, hard to believe the child was in a predicament where he had to be restrained while riding in an ambulance... My dad would have whooped my ass for spitting on a woman, under any circumstance, and especially for spitting on someone trying to help me...

 

[Zemedici]

I like the interview of the kid's parents, "no human being deserves to be treated like that." So, the EMT is trying to help your child and he spits on the EMT? On top of that the EMT is a woman. Good parenting right there, hard to believe the child was in a predicament where he had to be restrained while riding in an ambulance... My dad would have whooped my ass for spitting on a woman, under any circumstance, and especially for spitting on someone trying to help me...

Absolutely, but spit =/= assault

 

[nofire]

As a professional, her response should have been to let the law handle it. THAT is the repercussion. Not "go Mayweather" on someone who's completely restrained. What she did is absolutely assault and battery and should be punished as such.

 

[04svtsnke]

Absolutely, but spit =/= assault

Think again

Spitting, whilst not considered as a serious act of violence against another person, is still considered as an assault against that person. Since spitting is considered as a criminal offence, being common assault, you can apply any of the applicable criminal law defences that are available in other criminal offences.

As a professional, her response should have been to let the law handle it. THAT is the repercussion. Not "go Mayweather" on someone who's completely restrained. What she did is absolutely assault and battery and should be punished as such.

May weather doesn’t throw random haymakers. This chick lost her mind. May weather would’ve knocked the kid out with a precise punch to the temple.

 

[Zemedici]

Think again


May weather doesn’t throw random haymakers. This chick lost her mind. May weather would’ve knocked the kid out with a precise punch to the temple.

You're not understanding me.

Him spitting does not warrant a professional assaulting him. Spit can be considered assault, but it does not warrant her attacking him like that. He's restrained multiple times, and in a stretcher headed for an evaluation, which leads someone to believe he's got some mental issues going on.

As stated above, she would still be employed, and not facing criminal charges, had she just let the LEO that were right there do their jobs.....

crazy concept, I know, this 'Logic' thing. Seems to escape most people nowadays.

 

[Sinister04L]

Absolutely, but spit =/= assault

Just out of curiosity, what would you do if someone spit on you?

 

[08mojo]

Absolutely, but spit =/= assault

You're not understanding me.

Him spitting does not warrant a professional assaulting him. Spit can be considered assault, but it does not warrant her attacking him like that. He's restrained multiple times, and in a stretcher headed for an evaluation, which leads someone to believe he's got some mental issues going on.

As stated above, she would still be employed, and not facing criminal charges, had she just let the LEO that were right there do their jobs.....

crazy concept, I know, this 'Logic' thing. Seems to escape most people nowadays.

I completely agree, the woman reacted in a stupid way. I just have no sympathy for the kid at all (unless it turns out he has a true mental illness).

 

[04svtsnke]

Just out of curiosity, what would you do if someone spit on you?

This. I’m not justifying what she did but I understand where her feelings were when it happened leading to her reaction. I feel no remorse for that child.

You're not understanding me.

Him spitting does not warrant a professional assaulting him. Spit can be considered assault, but it does not warrant her attacking him like that. He's restrained multiple times, and in a stretcher headed for an evaluation, which leads someone to believe he's got some mental issues going on.

As stated above, she would still be employed, and not facing criminal charges, had she just let the LEO that were right there do their jobs.....

crazy concept, I know, this 'Logic' thing. Seems to escape most people nowadays.

I’m not disagreeing with anything you said previously except the fact that spitting is considered assault and her response to it(even being a professional) imo isn’t too surprising.

 

[_Snake_]

Absolutely, but spit =/= assault

Yes it does.

You're not understanding me.

Him spitting does not warrant a professional assaulting him. Spit can be considered assault, but it does not warrant her attacking him like that. He's restrained multiple times, and in a stretcher headed for an evaluation, which leads someone to believe he's got some mental issues going on.

As stated above, she would still be employed, and not facing criminal charges, had she just let the LEO that were right there do their jobs.....

crazy concept, I know, this 'Logic' thing. Seems to escape most people nowadays.

If a patient spit on my wife while she’s treating them, they don’t have to worry about being assaulted by a professional. I’d be on my way down to ensure they had an extended stay.