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As conservative demonstrators brought Michigan’s capital to a standstill on Wednesday with 'Operation Gridlock', their planned drive-by protest caused ambulances to get stuck in traffic.
Downtown Lansing was clogged with the vehicles of protesters against Governor Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Silence? I hope you mean that literally--"hear" as opposed to reading it--because in the past few days here on CF it seemed like one poster after another was writing about that "blocking hospital access" claim.I remember when protests were blamed for an ambulance being diverted, but now we hear silence about protesters literally blocking an ambulance from getting to where it needed to go.
'Lansing Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Tobin said while the ambulances were slowed down because of the congestion, crews told him it was no worse than a heavy day in rush hour. 'Well, The Independent is a left center media outlet from the UK and has one take on the story.
The Independent - Media Bias/Fact Check
A newspaper from the actual site of the protest has a bit more information and the one and only ambulance that appeared to be delayed had no patient in it.
Sparrow, Lansing Fire Department: Protest did not cause any major issues with patient care
The paper also isn’t as far to the left as the Independent, but it is left leaning.
Lansing State Journal - Media Bias/Fact Check
When you want to continue supporting the behavior, claim the story is fabricated. I see.Silence? I hope you mean that literally--"hear" as opposed to reading it--because in the past few days here on CF it seemed like one poster after another was writing about that "blocking hospital access" claim.
Good article, thanks! I'll just post it again.Well, The Independent is a left center media outlet from the UK and has one take on the story.
The Independent - Media Bias/Fact Check
A newspaper from the actual site of the protest has a bit more information and the one and only ambulance that appeared to be delayed had no patient in it.
Sparrow, Lansing Fire Department: Protest did not cause any major issues with patient care
The paper also isn’t as far to the left as the Independent, but it is left leaning.
Lansing State Journal - Media Bias/Fact Check
'Lansing Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Tobin said while the ambulances were slowed down because of the congestion, crews told him it was no worse than a heavy day in rush hour. '
It was not rush hour. To hold a protest slowing ambulances from getting to the hospital is not an act of protest, it is a crime.
They were slowed down as in a heavy rush hour, deliberately creating such a rush hour to delay ambulances is undoubtedly criminal.From the article.
"When an ambulance sped toward Sparrow with lights and sirens on, traffic got out of the way,"
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