EMT shot...I don't feel sorry for him

[Euphoria14]

Xbbjf9s said:

Kasz216 said:

Euphoria14 said:

Kasz216 said:

dsister said:

Kasz216 said:

... in a court of law.  Funny how people forget that last part.

That said... if he did to it... he was on break.

Could he of did something that would of helped?  Maybe.  Maybe not... but he wasn't obligated to. 

If he tried to help but it didn't help... would his insurance cover lawsuits?  They usually don't when your working off the company time.

If he did it... it was a pretty douchey thing to do... but i'm not ready to judge based on a very limited understanding of the situation.

what do you mean from the first line?

Also the Good Samartin Law would have protected him from lawsuits in case of any wrong doing.

I mean, it's in a court of law.  It has nothing to do with day to day being judged.  You can often be treated guilty without proven in outside of a court of law.  For example if something goes missing at an office and they're pretty sure it was you who took it they can fire you.

Innocent until proven guilty is only used that way because the other way would be more unfair when it comes to harsh legal penalties.

As for good samartian laws.  They vary from state to state and are disgarded if it's considered the person acted "recklessly.

My girlfriend says she is not sure on how it works for EMT's, but in the state of NY Nurses and the like are pretty much obligated to help and seeing how one of these guys is from Long Island (where I live) I am sure he probably fell under the same laws that she now does.

That's just... bizare.  Never heard of a law like that.

not law, it comes with the job...they HAVE to help, part of their oath.

Also forgot to add that you are 100% correct. 

Let us say that Kasz is an EMT and is on an off day and he happens to have an incident happen right down the block from his home, hearing that someone was stabbed, shot, etc... he would then be obligated as part of his job to treck his ass down the street and see if he could provide any kind of medical attention for the victim until the paramedics arrive.

 

This EMT who was killed, he was in the same damn place as this woman and part of his job was to help her. Instead he chose to be an asshole and walk away saying "Call 911" even though the people who would have come are the same as him, the person who was probably no more than 10 feet away.

Due to his laziness a woman died as well as a prematurely born child.

 

I am disgusted at the fact that he got to keep his job. We have many people in the US willing to work their asses off for a job right now and we keep negligent asses like him... -_-