Roger, a hospital worker here in MA won a big powerball jackpot. Since she did
she has been harassed constantly by police with cops around her house and
following her around town all the time. She has consistently said she hasn’t
asked for it but the cops say they wil continue to "protect" her. I wonder how
much of her winnings she will have to donate to the PBA to get her "protection"
off her back
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To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx>
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nurse arrested for defending patient’s rights
I expect that the only place Norman Rockwell cops were ever found was in Norman
Rockwell paintings.
On 9/11/2017 10:59 AM, Carl Jarvis wrote:
This behavior by officer Payne is so insulting on so many levels that
there is not enough room for them all. The more obvious one is the
Macho Cop, bullying
a woman, a nurse, for standing on her professional rules. The Macho
Cop who has been trained, either intentionally or by the likes of
Donald Trump, who
publicly pardoned Ex Sheriff Joe Apraio, signalling that it's okay to
break the law when it is okay with the Empire. Such behavior is
becoming more common.
Rather than a police force that is put in place to defend citizens, it
is put in place to protect the interests of the Oligarchy, the
Empire's Ruling Class,
the "Real First Class Americans". -
While we understand the need for citizens to secure employment in
order to maintain themselves and their loved ones, nonetheless, they
need to be made aware when they enroll in police academies or in the
Armed Forces, that they are being used by the Corporate American
Empire, to defend the business and properties of the Oligarchy, not of
the American People.
The Working Class would be better served if these young men and women
could organize Labor, and build Unions of Workers. But families are
not fed, housed and clothed on promises of a better tomorrow. But
collectively, we can mount a protest against the militarization of our
local police departments. We can demand the sort of training in our
police academies that produce a Force that protects All citizens,
equally. A Force that brings back "Officer Friendly". A Force of
Officers looking out for the lonely woman walking home in the dark,
and makes the time to see her safely to her door. The sort of
Officers who greet the folks on their beat by name. The sort of
Officers who can go home after a days work, believing that they live
in a land of basically good, kind people, not a land of enemies and
adversaries.
In other words, we need an attitude transplant.
Carl Jarvis
On 9/10/17, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://themilitant.com/2017/8134/813453.html
The Militant (logo)
Vol. 81/No. 34 September 18, 2017
Utah nurse arrested for defending patient’s rights
BY LEA SHERMAN
A body camera video that went viral has exposed the July 26 brutish
arrest and mistreatment of University of Utah Hospital nurse Alex
Wubbels by Jeff Payne, a Salt Lake City cop. The incident was captured
on a video released by Wubbels and her lawyer Aug. 31.
A hundred protesters mounted a rally organized by Utah Against Police
Brutality outside the Salt Lake City Police Department Sept. 2 calling
for Payne to be fired.
Wubbels, the charge nurse in the burn unit, told Payne repeatedly that
she could not draw a sample of blood from her unconscious patient and
give it to him. It was against hospital policy and nurses’ ethics. The
patient had to give consent or be under arrest, or the cop had to have a
warrant.
William Gray, the patient, was a truck driver who had been in a head-on
collision. The driver who hit him was fleeing the police and was killed
in the crash.
Wubbels’ defense of Gray’s rights — and her professional dignity — so
infuriated Payne that he manhandled her, pushing her through two sets of
emergency room doors. He handcuffed her and forced her into an unmarked
police car.
Wubbels cried out, “Somebody help me,” and “you’re hurting me,” but
several university hospital police refused to do anything. The
University of Utah hospital has since barred police from patient care
areas and from direct contact with nurses.
National Nurses United, the largest nurses’ union nationwide, called a
press conference Aug. 31. “The first job of a registered nurse is always
to protect and advocate for her patient, period,” Jean Ross,
co-president of the union, said, calling the cop’s actions “outrageous.”
Thousands of complaints came into the police department’s dispatch
center blasting Payne and his strong-arm arrest. With this kind of
outcry, the Salt Lake City district attorney launched a criminal
investigation and the mayor and police chief apologized.
And finally, a month after the incident, Payne and another cop have been
placed on administrative leave, but with pay.
“I stood my ground. I stood for what was right” Wubbels told CNN.
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