Comments on: Escambia EMS Worker Shot

By: FED UP

FED UP — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:33:37 +0000

gosh
No it’s not that bad, at least not for people who are willing to work.
Sometimes you have to get three jobs. Sometimes you have rent
a room from someone in twon and get three jobs. Sometimes you
have to go the red cross and ask for help.

MAINLY YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO WORK MORE HOURS AND
POSSIBLY AT JOBS YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER DO JUST
TO RIDE OUT HARD TIMES. WHAT YOU DON’T DO IS STOP WORKING
AT ANYTHING, BECOME HOMELESS, AND ROB OR SHOT SOMEONE.

SOOOOO YOUR WRONG, THIS CRAP HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE ECONOMY.

IT HAS TO DO WITH LAZY x@oi^yu@toi@u$^t

By: Medic

Medic — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:26:50 +0000

SO,

If I’ am attacked by a person that has distinguishing characteristics or clothes or scars or tatoos or gee I don’t know (skin color) that is different from my own or others in the entire world. That is racist? I know just look for the person who shot me…. Because I don’t want to be a racist I cannot describe the color of the person’s clothes or the fact that he yelled Allah be praised or was sporting his colors and that the person appeared to be white or some other non race rage creating color ??? Good luck with finding the non descript person of non distinction with the non distinct gun that descriminately shot a Medic just because he may have been a Medic. DUH=do not under estimate human stupidity. PC is going to get all shot.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:11:09 +0000

The reality is race should NOT be a consideration . . . in an ideal world, but guess what, it was a consideration! Cops were given a description of a suspect that included his skin color and the type of clothes that he wore. The moments after the incident occured, the police were stopping cars looking for a light skinned black man and i’m sure there were many light skinned black men who were stopped, questioned, searched and inconvenienced. Conversely there were probably a lot of white men who were stopped and allowed to go about their business including possibly the suspect. The consideration of race was a reality for those people stopped and detained even if it didn’t affect YOU, so don’t ignore its existence!

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:58:11 +0000

Go Figure, I am glad to apologize for where I am WRONG. I’m Sorry, I did not see the ORIGINAL… So I thought your comment appeared bizarrely rude and unnecessary…. my perception was altered. Thank u for clearing that up for me. Sorry, for not having all the facts.

Sooo.

But anyways I’m wondering why u didn’t mention anything else. The EMT could have been any color, we all thought of this guy & his family, job and public safety, etc.etc … i didn’t stop and think, ‘Oh, wait, is he white?’, first !!! .
………XD
You should never ASS-U-ME…. you know what it makes, right?!
Have a better day dear.

By: gosh

gosh — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:06:18 +0000

in regards to ok? :”The economy has NOTHING to do with what happened. I’m so sick and tired of hearing people say that. ITS NOT THAT BAD PEOPLE!!”

The economy could have had something to do with it, we do not know..YOU do not know…if they happened to be in a bad way, their motives could have been to rob the medic of the medication and sell it for $$…who knows…but regardless, it should not have happened.
And uh, yes, it is that bad! Maybe not for you, but ask the recently homeless whom have lost their homes because of the economic situation. So, go thank your lucky stars that YOU are okay during hard times for OTHERS

By: Just An Old Soldier

Just An Old Soldier — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:48:15 +0000

This is appalliing. Shooting an unarmed medic? The depths to which these thugs will go knows no boundaries. Was this a robbery or just some twisted gang ritual?

My prayers are with the medic and his family. And with the Deputies to bring this thug to swift justice.

By: SW

SW — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:01:17 +0000

A couple of folks were wondering about the wearing of NASCAR jackets but thugs. It has become very popular for some gangs to wear sports logo apparel as a sign of membership, i.e., a group called Tango Blasters in Houston.

I hope incidents like this don’t cause the EMS people to wait for police to respond and ensure the scene is safe before they roll in; that, while possibly necessary for the safety of the emergency responders, is not good for us civilian folks. I do know that this practice is in place in many areas of towns where safety of responders is in question.

This is not good.

By: WORRIED RESIDENT

WORRIED RESIDENT — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 07:57:18 +0000

Hawghead, I couldn’t have said it better! All I can say is DITTO!!!

By: C W

C W — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:54:09 +0000

It’s possible the medic was involved in some bad things too. I know several medics, and while most are good people, they aren’t all little angels. There just seems to be some parts of this story that are missing.

By: William

William — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 04:52:24 +0000

“go figure” wrote >>>The quote I posted was copied and pasted from the ORIGINAL article. What your reading now is the updated. In the ORIGINAL article the report was exactly what i posted

The story did evolve after being originally posted as the suspect description changed from authorities. That’s the nature of “live” breaking news…what is 100% accurate information at one point may be different hours later.