“There’s a whole lot more to this story than is being reported.”
Or there may not be.
We're also all assuming that the reporter got the facts right. Any one, or all of them could be wrong.
Just sayin'. My bet is that one of the paramedics overstepped, some bureaucrat overstepped, or that the father was threatening in some way. Or all three.
Most of the folks that I know that ride ambulances are pretty level headed, practical people. They have to be...would you want to get out of bed at 3:00am, to reason with a drunk?