‘Call the police, he’s on drugs': But the worker was dying from heatstroke.

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• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine that you are right and a person is on drugs; what kind of inhumane psychopath do you have to be to see someone having a medical emergency - regardless of the cause - and think that the police are the best people to deal with the situation?

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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Since we’ve killed most useful programs in the US, that’s pretty much how it goes. I fucking hate this place.

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  • jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You would only have to uncritically believe what you were told growing up by state PSAs, teachers, librarians, other police officers, and probably your parents and grandparents.

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  • motor_spirit@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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  • Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Middle to upper class white Anglo Saxton protestant?

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Once he’s been shot by the police, maybe the city has to pay for the ambulance?

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    • Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      HA.

      If the police shoot you you probably have to pay for the bullet.

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  • chemicalprophet@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. <— These filth

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• x4740N@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Reason number * I’m glad I don’t live in america

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  • uis@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    These kind of news make even Russia look better than America.

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    • dorythefish@discuss.online ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, I’ve been in a situation where person had a stroke and everyone just assumed they were on drugs. Although the. ambulance have been called and not the police, but I still felt really bad for the person as everyone around them talked about how they went for a smoke not so long ago and definitely took something and were on drugs. And it was in Russia, so yeah, assholes can be found anywhere

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• blahsay@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Heatstroke and dehydration can present as confusion, usually accompanied by anger.

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  • Weirdfish@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Had it pretty bad once while in the military, and this sums up how I felt exactly. Dumb people in a dumb situation almost ended up with me in a lot of trouble.

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• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Again?

  nbcnews.com/…/construction-worker-accused-drugs-d…

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  • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No lol, those article are about the same Incident

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Same story reported a year later

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• ssj2marx@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I can’t imagine working in a hot place and not having one person in charge constantly handing out bottles of water and reminding everyone to hydrate. I guess I’ve been lucky with my managers and supervisors over the years, never met one who didn’t take this stuff seriously.

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• Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Omg hes on drugs better kill him, shame really

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