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Originally posted by lawguy07:
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Originally posted by falcon1234:
I wonder how many tax dollars will be expended in the free helicopter ride, treatment in Huntsville (why wasn't Florence good enough?), police time, court time, public defender, etc.?
I'd be willing to bet that one of them was installing $4,000 of stereo equipment in a $400 car.
So basically you're saying since this was a young black man that you assume is on welfare and has no insurance, he should have just been left there to die? He was shot in the neck for crying out loud. Pretty much anyone in that situation would be airlifted to Huntsville. And who says the flight was "free"? For someone who if memory serves me is an educator, I would expect a little more restraint in applying stereotypes to a situation when so few facts have been divulged. For all we know at this point this man didn't do anything wrong. There's certainly nothing to indicate that he deserved to be shot. I guess if it had been some rich white UNA student it would be different.
It appears that you are the one who inserted race in the discussion. I never mentioned it; also, I have no idea the race of the victim. The reason I referenced the hospital situation is that 48 news at 10:00 the victim was in good condition in the Huntsville ER, which means he wasn't in surgery, in ICU, etc. Today they reported that he was in good condition.
After listening to a police scanner for many years when I'm not at work, it seems more than a little strange to me the the Lauderdale EMS folks (who are paid by Helen Keller Hospital) are more than willing to charge for a short ambulance ride to the landing zone, the trip to Huntsville, and time in Huntsville Hospital -- which is in a "partnership" with HKH. From Hansel Court, he could have been under treatment by qualified people at ECM ER in a more shorter time period, stabilized, and flown to Huntsville if necessary.