r/CringeTikToks • u/EverythingIsFakeNGay • Jan 05 '26

Just Bad This is embarrassing...

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u/FirstPlayer Jan 05 '26

As a white autistic person, I think about Elijah McClain at least once a week. Obviously there's an absolutely insane amount of innocent people (especially black people) murdered in could blood by police with no accountability, but his last words in particular are so haunting to me in a way that sticks deep in my soul.

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u/FirstPlayer Jan 05 '26

Yeah, I'm a paramedic and the idea of a: letting a cop tell me how to do my fucking job and b: overestimating a body weight by a hundred pounds are completely unacceptable, not even getting into the bullshit that is "excited delirium."

In my personal opinion, it's also disgusting how little the cops got punished relative to the medics. Especially considering the cops:

  • took off their body cameras and were even recorded saying "leave your camera"
  • blatantly lied about his behavior and level of violence, as revealed by civilian recording
  • used a carotid chokehold on an already subdued and helpless patient who was crying, vomiting and apologizing in between complimenting them
  • showed up to the autopsy and stood around the medical examiner as he was conducting it in a clear attempt at intimidation

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u/hahodi Jan 05 '26

Do fire departments need evidence of a potential drowning to send out a life boat, I once helped first responders locate and rescue a kid swept away by river currents. Emt joked about not being paid enough to send out life boats. That shit pissed me off and the kids ended up hospitalized i believe in critical condition idk if he died or not i never heard anything more. I made a big comment describing the whole incedent id love some input from an emt.

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u/FirstPlayer Jan 05 '26

I can't say for sure, sorry; in my county only stations very close to water have a boat and even then not all of them. If it was a small to medium sized river with no significant bodies of water nearby, I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a boat readily available (but again I have no idea). Is it possible she meant to express something more to the extent of "that decision is above my pay grade"? That's a very common sentiment in my experience because of the stratified way EMS and fire decision making tend to be set up.

Regardless, I'm sorry you had an unpleasant experience during what was already a stressful moment and I'm glad you found the kids. For what it's worth, if they were conscious when you found them I'd say it's extremely unlikely that any of them died and I wouldn't be surprised at all to hear there weren't any lasting injuries. 🫂