[livius]

My daughter was a paramedic, and when the ambulances were called to the projects, there was always a crowd - lots of people standing around with nothing to do. Every so often, something would set them off and they’d attempt to overturn the ambulance, assault the EMTs, etc. You’re talking about a very mindless crowd that simply hangs out all day waiting to cause trouble.

[Mad Dawg]

I'm sorry, but what you say simply can't be true. We all know that transfer payments, public housing, and the like are intended to end social ills, not create or exacerbate them. Our betters have taken our money to provide housing and allowances for these young persons while they recover from the insult of slavery, or in the case of people of other ethnicities, other social insults and injuries which were your fault.

In fact, I'll bet that the vast majority of these fine young persons are so misguided as to be Republicans. If they were Democrats, they'd understand that this kind of behavior is just not nice.

Or it's global warming, or maybe cellphone radiation....

[Stoat]

My daughter was a paramedic, and when the ambulances were called to the projects, there was always a crowd - lots of people standing around with nothing to do. Every so often, something would set them off and they’d attempt to overturn the ambulance, assault the EMTs, etc. You’re talking about a very mindless crowd that simply hangs out all day waiting to cause trouble.

Although I'm an EMT, I don't work areas like that but I have heard many horror stories of EMS workers who do.  Wearing body armor is common, as is being threatened or shot at when they respond to 'certain areas'.

Gang-bangers don't want you helping the person they just shot, they want him to die.

There is definitely an underbelly of society that thoughtful people need to avoid at all costs.  It's not racism, it's self-preservation.

 

[Razz Barry]

My daughter was a paramedic, and when the ambulances were called to the projects, there was always a crowd - lots of people standing around with nothing to do. Every so often, something would set them off and they’d attempt to overturn the ambulance, assault the EMTs, etc. You’re talking about a very mindless crowd that simply hangs out all day waiting to cause trouble.

We need to end welfare and illegal immigration. Put these "nothing to do" people into the "jobs that Americans won't do". We don't need illegal immigrants, what we need is some leaders with the guts to call for an end to welfare.

I prey for the safety of your daughter and her coworkers.