Thugs being thugs, and stupid thugs at that.<\/p>\n
Virginia Beach first responders \u2018pushed and kicked\u2019 while responding to a deadly motorcycle crash<\/a><\/p>\n VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) \u2014 Virginia Beach firefighters were \u201cpushed and kicked\u201d Monday night while trying to save the life of a motorcyclist, officials say.<\/p>\n When firefighters arrived in the 900 block of Atlantis Drive shortly before 9 p.m. \u201can unruly crowd gathered and rapidly grew in size and out of control, surrounding the scene\u2026,\u201d according to a Virginia Beach Fire Department daily briefing report obtained by WAVY-TV 10.<\/p>\n As firefighters tried to treat the man involved in the crash, several were \u201cpushed and kicked\u201d the briefing said. The victim ultimately died from his injuries on the way to the way to the hospital, according to Virginia Beach Police.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, the report goes on to say that some from the crash scene followed an ambulance to Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital and began to \u201cjump on, kick and hit multiple EMS vehicles causing damage.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe emergency room was placed on a temporary lockdown as a proactive measure to ensure everyone\u2019s safety\u201d Sentara spokesperson Lauren Patton wrote in an email. The lockdown ended \u201cwithout incident\u201d but Patton said she wouldn\u2019t elaborate further due to patient privacy.<\/p>\n Virginia Beach Fire spokesperson Art Kohn confirmed that no first responders were injured as a result of what occurred, but deferred to Virginia Beach Police regarding a potential investigation or charges.<\/p>\n Virginia Beach Police didn\u2019t respond to a request for comment by deadline.<\/p>\n At this point, it is not known who attacked first responders and what their motive was. Friends and family of the crash victim, who has yet to be identified by police but was referred to by family as \u201cC.J.,\u201d didn\u2019t provide any additional information about the incident other than to say that some family members on the scene were \u201cextremely upset\u201d in the immediate aftermath of the crash.<\/p>\n A memorial has been set up at the scene.<\/p>\n Bruce Nedelka with Virginia Beach EMS said personnel are trained to deal with emotional people when responding to calls.<\/p>\n Max Gonano, president of Virginia Beach Professional Firefighters said the whole situation is concerning.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the scene is not safe, it is impossible for us to adequately do our job. And then when we can\u2019t do our job \u2026 the public suffers and it is dangerous for them as well,\u201d Gonano said. \u201cI just hope it doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thugs being thugs, and stupid thugs at that. Virginia Beach first responders \u2018pushed and kicked\u2019 while responding to a deadly motorcycle crash VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) \u2014 Virginia Beach firefighters were \u201cpushed and kicked\u201d Monday night while trying to save the life of a motorcyclist, officials say. When firefighters arrived in the 900 block of … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-violence-inherent-in-the-left"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56518"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56523,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56518\/revisions\/56523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}