911 Is A Joke: State Board Says ‘Negligent’ Memphis Fire Department EMTs ‘May Have Contributed To The Demise’ Of Tyre Nichols

The growing list of individuals who stopped working Tyre Nichols consists of EMTs JaMichael Sandridge and Robert Long, who offered no medical treatment for 19 minutes.

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The more we find out about the night 6 previous Memphis policeman assaulted and fatally beat Nichols throughout a supposed traffic stop, the more guilty the whole system looks. The a state board identified the 2 first responders likewise have Nichols’ blood on their hands. CNN reports the Board of Emergency Medical Services ended the “irresponsible” EMTs since they “might have contributed” to Nichols’ death.

State Board Says EMTs “Failed To Provide” Emergency Care For Tyre Nichols

The young dad’s suffering didn’t end with the misaligned police officers’ kicks, punches, pepper spray, tasers, and batons. It didn’t even end when the Memphis Fire Department workers reached the scene. Long and Sandridge “stopped working to offer any fundamental or minimal innovative abilities in emergency situation care” while Nichols “revealed clear indications of distress” with a broken neck and severe bleeding from the savage attack.

“Respondent offered no treatment to client (Tyre Nichols) for the approximate 19-minute referenced time-period start at 8:41 p.m.,” the summary suspension files stated about both Sandriddge, the senior Black emergency medical technician and his partner Long.

“Patient T.N. did not get, from Respondent, high-flow oxygen, did not get an intravenous line and was not put on a heart screen for medical facility analysis,” the report stated about Sandridge.

Every minute counts when somebody requires an ambulance, however these inept very first responders waited an agonizing 19 while police officers chuckled and took pictures of Nichols’ broken body. When the board assembled on Feb. 3, they continued both EMTs’ summary suspensions while choosing whether to withdraw their licences.

After evaluating part of the video from Sandridge and Long’s arrival on the scene, board member Dennis Rowe called their misbehavior “outright.”

“These actions were irresponsible. There was every factor to think those actions might have added to the death of that client,” Rowe stated.

The Memphis Fire Department Also Terminated A Lieutenant Who Never Left The Fire Truck

Former Memphis officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr.,Justin Smith were promptly fired and charged with Nichols’ murder. Although Preston Hemphill was likewise ended for misbehavior, he suspicioiusly has no criminal charges versus him. Another inept very first responder will join them in joblessness.

The coverup was currently underway when Sandridge and Long recieved a call that Nichols required attention as a “individual pepper sprayed.” However, they were complicit as quickly as they declined to “get crucial indications and carry out a complete head-to-toe evaluation” for 19 minutes.

After a preliminary examination, Memphis Fire Department Police Chief Gina Sweat stated the EMTs “stopped working to carry out a sufficient client evaluation of Mr. Nichols.” The statment likewise revealed the termination of a 3rd member of the fire department, Lieutenant Michelle Whitaker.

“After concluding our internal examination, it was identified that Long, Sandridge and Lt. Whitaker breached many MFD Policies and Protocols. As an outcome, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-B Long, EMT-A Sandridge and Lt. Whitaker have been ended from the Memphis Fire Department,” Sweat’s declaration stated.

“Their actions or inactiveness on the scene that night do not satisfy the expectations of the Memphis Fire Department and are not reflective of the impressive service the males and females of the Memphis Fire Department offer day-to-day in our neighborhood.”

The base indifference, misbehavior, and neglect while Nichols passed away a sluggish, unpleasant death was criminal. These fired very first responders are a sign of a savage and prejudiced system, not the cause. As long as there might be another Tyre Nichols, we’re no place near to genuine justice in this nation.