A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a newly released state investigation.

Dyshan Best, 39, was shot in the back last year as he fled from officers in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A report released Tuesday by the state’s inspector general found that the shooting was justified because Best had a gun in his hand and the officer pursuing him had reasons to fear for his own safety.

But the report raised questions about what took place after the March 31 shooting, which left Best, who was Black, bleeding with severe internal injuries.

  • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world
    62·
    2 months ago

    This is only second to that time the cops killed a dude then sent a dry cleaner bill to his family because of all the blood they had to wash from their uniforms

  • lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish
    231·
    2 months ago

    None of this would have happened if the victim had only chosen to be a white insurance executive.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    243·
    2 months ago

    Country of sycophants.

    Edit:
    To those that downvote, this is not just the officer, it is also his colleagues that URGED the ambulance to take the officer instead. And finally the ambulance people should CLEARLY have deemed it more important to take the gunshot victim, which the ambulance was called for! This makes it a bad decission not by 1 person, but by at least 5 people who agreed on this insane unprofessional decision all around.

    But this anecdote is of course not the reason for my comment, it is everything about American society, American society is based on psychopathy, which is the reason Trump was able to win twice. How could Trump win the election twice unless people were fine with his obvious malignant narcissism.
    And if you say it isn’t obvious, it’s because you suffer the same problem. Because IT IS FUCKING OBVIOUS to any normal person.

    • MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      How could Trump win the election twice unless people were fine with his obvious malignant narcissism.

      1. He could have rigged the election

      2. It could be that anti-Trumpers are less likely to get off their ass and VOTE, while boomer MAGAs showed up in full force.

      Just spinning ideas here…

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        34·
        2 months ago

        1: There are no signs of that.
        2: If you don’t vote, you don’t get a right to complain.

          • Buffalox@lemmy.world
            24·
            2 months ago

            1: Trump got the Majority vote, so in this case the point is invalid. As democracy actually prevailed.
            2: Nope that’s the rules, if you don’t participate in elections, your complaints about the results are void.

            Of course in USA that doesn’t have a functional democracy, you can complain if you are not allowed to vote, for instance for being caught with a joint in the 70’s. In a real democracy criminals can vote too. Removing your right to vote because of arbitrary laws that criminalizes behavior that is typical for a demographic you are oppressing is not democracy.

  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    This is, at minimum, homicide.

    Taking the life of another person, a civilian, that you are responsible for, as not just any social servant, but as a constable of police, must have much, much more serious consequences. It is disgusting and unacceptable, and should be much more deeply discouraged through criminal punishment in a way that truly carries the weight of taking an entire life.

    • dan69@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      Don’t minimize death of another. Provoked or not. Physically taking a gun out and shooting is murder/homicide. There are always ALTERNATIVES!!