A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a newly released state investigation.

Dyshan Best, 39, was shot in the back last year as he fled from officers in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A report released Tuesday by the state’s inspector general found that the shooting was justified because Best had a gun in his hand and the officer pursuing him had reasons to fear for his own safety.

But the report raised questions about what took place after the March 31 shooting, which left Best, who was Black, bleeding with severe internal injuries.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    27·
    14 hours ago

    1: There are no signs of that.
    2: If you don’t vote, you don’t get a right to complain.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.world
        16·
        3 hours ago

        1: Trump got the Majority vote, so in this case the point is invalid. As democracy actually prevailed.
        2: Nope that’s the rules, if you don’t participate in elections, your complaints about the results are void.

        Of course in USA that doesn’t have a functional democracy, you can complain if you are not allowed to vote, for instance for being caught with a joint in the 70’s. In a real democracy criminals can vote too. Removing your right to vote because of arbitrary laws that criminalizes behavior that is typical for a demographic you are oppressing is not democracy.

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        12·
        5 hours ago

        Gerrymandering has zero impact on the presidential election, because districts don’t matter for the statewide vote. The Electoral College, on the other hand…