Friday, April 14, 2006
"...911 is a Joke in Yo' Town"
Here's the scenario: A 6-year old's mother collapses and is unconcious. The young boy, realizing that something is seriously wrong, calls 911. The 911 dispatcher tells the kid to stop playing around on the phone and refuses to send an ambulance. The boy calls back and the dispatcher ignores his pleas again. The woman dies. Had 911 sent an ambulance the woman would have lived and the boy wouldn't have lost his mother. I read this in the paper on Monday and thought it was fucking ridiculous. I wonder whether if Robert Turner were calling from Auburn Hills or a predominantly white suburb in Detroit, the dispatcher would have been so insistant on refusing to sending help. 911 has been known to be very reluctant to enter black neighbourhoods. Here's a Public Enemy song that speaks on the issue.
Public Enemy-911 is a Joke
# posted by Chief @ 12:15 a.m. 
