New York, NY – According to a city official, 4 EMS workers who work for Richmond University Medical Center have been placed on modified duty while the response to the death of Eric Garner is being reviewed.
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The workers can still earn their salaries, but are temporarily barred from responding to emergency calls. The EMS workers are employees of the hospital-run ambulance service that responded to the call. Their names have not been released.
Earlier, the NYPD took the gun and badge away from the officer who placed Eric Garner in a chokehold during an arrest attempt on Staten Island.
What exactly did the EMS crew do wrong??
I don’t know if the police thought he was faking it. But the guys cuffs would need to be opened to loosen his ribcage and allow him to open his airway. Remember, this guy has to stretch his arms behind his back to get the cuffs to close. That tightens his ribcage and suppresses his air flow.