Della wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:11 pm
Slimshandy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:00 pm
Della wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:53 pm
A study to prove your assertions.
For last year and this year's incidents:
"During last year's protest, UCSF transplant organs were delayed by the Bay Bridge protest. On Monday, the San Francisco Fire Department said they didn't get any 911 emergency calls but they were ready.
"If there is an emergency the fire department can coordinate with law enforcement and possibly get an escort for closed lanes on the opposing side of the roadway to reach you and extricate you safely and move you out of harm way and get you into the ambulance or out of the situation if necessary, said Justin Schorr, rescue captain with SFFD."
https://abc7news.com/pro-palestinian-pr ... /14668534/
I don't think this pearl clutching is about safety.
So…
You want a study to prove that road blockades can impede emergency vehicles from getting where they need to go in the shortest amount of time possible.
“It was an orchestrated event that they put forth,” California Highway Patrol Chief Don Goodbrand said. “They blocked three separate locations on freeways. They prevented law enforcement, paramedics, ambulances from getting to their points of destination.”
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/04/16/us/p ... s-gaza-war
It might be “pearl clutching” to you… but again, I’d support full on murder charges if someone dies from being blocked from reaching the hospital.
Only one call in two protests. That's from SFFD. It's not anecdotal evidence.
Oh, yeah, I'm certain you would.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/isra ... es-blocked
It’s not anecdotal, it’s bizarre that you believe one out of two isn’t enough to care.
Israel is actively at war with Palestine …
If these protesters want to act like they are at war with motorists, as Tom Cotton suggested, they should be dealt with accordingly.