Two Illinois paramedics are in court facing allegations of killing 35-year-old Earl Moore after strapping him facedown on a stretcher during a medical emergency. NBC News’ Shaq Brewster has the details.
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It’s obviously not 1st degree murder.
Definitely not. Man 1 at worst.
“Derek chauvin definitely won’t be charged with anything” -probably you 3 years ago
DISGUSTING 🤬
I knew this would happen one day…IN AUSTRALIA I SEEN THE ARROGANT ATTITUDE ON PARAMEDICS…
Yeah it will be tough to convict on 1st degree: maybe second degree or neg homicide
They made him walk and had multiple officers there that could have helped him get to the stretcher. They just yelled at him and told him to walk then kept dropping him.
Lock them up!
Once again white people go to jail because some junkie od’s.
If you are white just avoid them. No matter what they will find a way to ruin your life.
Reading prepared scripts. Yeah that really came from the heart.
Now days they hire anyone they probably make minimum wage 🤔
Yeah it’s true paramedics barely make minimum just a little over you would think you need a degree to be a paramedic but you don’t
They had no sympathy for this patient treating him like a criminal
You’ll get paid multi millions RIP BROTHER.
I yelled at many patients. Got punched and weapons drawn on me. Training was not always supine (on your back), for transport. Straps too tight is boneheaded. Not the level of murder. A mistake.
Cool story. He didn’t pull a weapon or try to punch anyone. You place a patient on their back or side according to the dozens of interviews with professional EMTs, especially for someone with his symptoms. Straps too tight can still injure someone under the right circumstances. Absolutely the level of murder. Perhaps not first degree, but definitely murder. Their lack of empathy and inability to control their tempers killed this man.
But hey, that’s just my opinion. Let’s wait and see what the court will decide.
I’m sure paramedics deal with a lot of difficult people and have even been assaulted themselves at times but geesh the guy was not being physical he was so out of it. Don’t be in medical care if you take things personal and can’t handle people with dementia or under the influence of something. That woman was the wicked witch of the west!
I am pretty sure that they strap everyone down. It would be hard to convict of murder 1. From what I can see, I would not convict on murder 1. Seems more like a manslaughter case.
Her glasses are trying too hard
Great professionals. If I’m in distress let me die and not tortured. 50% of our medical system dont care. It’s just about a check to pay for needless spending. RIP to this man struggling
In the longer video the cop said, get out to the stretcher so you can fall face down on the stretcher. I’ve never seen someone put face down and straps so tight.
If I just saw pictures of these two people and was asked what there jobs were . I’d never guess paramedics They look like druggie porch pirates !
Hope they go to Prison smh.
📍If evidence clearly reveals their guilt then punishment for murdering another human over the age 18 👉 10yrs flat day for day. No exceptions. Opon release create a rehab for atonement. 📍Cause their fate is already sealed by God. By the sword you live, by a sword you will die. 👉Any Murder of a human under 18yr is automatically terminated from Earth. They must be sent straight to the Master Yahweh.
💋 ProphetKrissy
Bwahahaha gee, thanks for sharing…….now, go find somewhere else to preach.
These 2 people were supposed 2 B there 2 Help N not Murder sum1? Hope the family members sue n those 2 people get the full 60yrs in Prison too.
Fauchi.
People are on edge and prone to doing horrible things to others. Very sad
People have always had stress and pain.
That’s what burnout and untreated PTSD looks like. Makes you numb, without empathy, but also makes you careless and negligent in your job. It’s more common than you might think. I just left a career in corrections. The lady paramedic, very much reminded me of how exasperated I would get at times dealing with a regular problematic inmate before I retired. It’s easy to condemn these paramedics. The video of their conduct is bad and warrants charges, but be reminded, there will be more to the story. It will be an interesting court case.
That’s what vacation days are for. If you get burned out take a break don’t take a life!
I work in Correctional Health Care and I feel you! That’s why it’s so important for people to know and recognize the signs and symptoms of burnout. Also, people in Healthcare, Law Enforcement, and the like, HAVE TO understand that we are not super-human and impervious to error (even though ADMIN doesn’t want us to know that) and it’s OK to take a step back, take a breath, take a break. Took me almost 35 years in healthcare to learn that. I’m in year 42 now and even though I love what I do, I am anxiously looking forward to retirement. 🙂
Damned if you do damned if you don’t. Putting him on his back, if he would of vomited. He could of asberated on his vomit.
No excuses, if you get that bitter and burnt out…QUIT!! This position requires Big love of the occupation and PEOPLE. Empathy and compassion must be immeasurable EVERYDAY.
The paramedics were SADISTIC. Its one thing to be exasperated but they were inhumane, rendered NO AID and treated him like a slab of meat in the slaughterhouse. The slamming him face down not caring if he slowly suffocates is what is going to seal their fate for first degree murder. Thank God you left your profession when you did 🙏🏽
How hard is it to flip the guy over? Take 3 seconds out of your time rather than +30 years
Then he drowns in his vomit. Never let a drunk lay on his back.
They sure didn’t give a toot about him, they thought they were law enforcement
Lowdown hate
He probably would have been better sleeping it off at home. Omg
😡 🤬
They both have serious bed side manners 😵
Throw them both in prison, disgusting p.o.s.
He might have died from alchohol withdrawal I don’t think it was murder
“According to the Sangamon County Coroner’s Office, Mr. Moore died from “compressional and positional asphyxia due to prone face-down restraint on a paramedic transportation cot/stretcher by tightened straps across the back.”
-From four different news sources.
This was murder.
Could you imagine being the family of this woman
They must have really hated him to have killed him like that…
RIP Earl 💫 I hope you know that the people that murdered you will be charged to the fullest extent and they will pay for what they did to you.
That Brother didn’t deserve this. I hope the suspects spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Rest In Peace to the victim.
They were probably feedup dealing with stupid sreggiN.
The paramedics were very very mean…the way they talked to this drunk person was not right. .but just maybe they put him face down because he had alcohol poisoning {the news story said} Maybe they thought he might choke on vomit if he started vomiting on his back. Just like so many who are too drunk do. They shouldn’t have strapped him down and then put his face into the gurney if he was that drunk. He suffocated. What a terrible thing. Too bad the people who lived there that called the paramedics were unable to drive him to the hospital themselves. I had a brother who used to get so drunk he would pass out and urinate on himself etc. and he had no memory of it from alcohol poisoning. The authorities and people that get called over and over get desensitized towards the alcoholic. Sometimes they are combative and other times they are just blacked out and passed out. My brother got help and went to rehab Thank God. ! So sad. I am so sad for the man that died and his family. Alcoholism kills.
He Wasn’t drunk!
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R these paramedics kids come on so sick of the paramedics
Doubtless, thousands upon thousands of new EMTs will be learning about this case in school.
so sad; the mother is right; he would have been better treated at the vet
I think NBC News made a mistake here when they said “rushed” him to a hospital. It doesn’t look like they were going to RUSH him anywhere!
why aren’t the 2 cops that helped drag him out not being arrested?
Give both of these 2 jerks 60 years for being hateful idiots!!
Heartless
i feel they handled the patient with the utmost of care
If these two muderers gets away then once again America will be showing the world that their laws and justice system are corrupt because what was seen on that video shows that they didn’t show any kind of care for that man’s life everything they did was wrong , both needs to be imprisoned for the rest of their lives , who knows how many more people they killed
We should ban fire arms
Racist MF..
They are making all EMTs look bad. My God!
I hope Mr. Earl L. Moore, Jr knows God I wish this to know one. My prayers go out to his family,..🙏
Love and prayers to this man’s family,, really so sad that they treated him like they did
I’m sorry there is no protocol anywhere that says u should do what they did. Prone is never appropriate. And the way they treated him is common practice and vile.
Sadly it’s medics like this that push out good ones. They should face a court.
Thanks to qualified immunity, police get away with this type of negligence and incompetence all the time with no accountability. These emts should have become cops if they wanted to get away with hurting and abusing people
They just didn’t care about Earl..simple as that. They slammed him on the gurney, not hard to figure out why😒
Condolences to his family and friends.
Never lived there me not my kids ever lived there either
Paramedics are straight up trash and get away with way too much
Play stupid games and you win stupid prizes, their clue should have been the cops that were standing around. They have “NO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY” (lawsuit protection) to rely on and the video tells it all. If you are NOT the cops DON’T try to play like your the cops, it does NOT end well.
Face up and he might drown in his vomit. They had to strap him down face down. Stupid reporters know nothing.
Another reason to keep magas from jobs of authority, power and life saving.
magas work these jobs just to be able to legally murder americans.
Wow.! This is absolutely ridiculous.! These people had no business being paramedics.! They are supposed to be caring and understanding, not evil and mean to this man.! I pray they are held 100% accountable.!