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Seattle paramedics left teen to die in CHOP zone: lawsuit
[NYPOST] Paramedics are being accused in court papers filed Wednesday of leaving a teenager "to die" after he was shot on the edge of Seattle’s lawless autonomous zone — which was so dangerous, the fire department said it needed a police escort just to enter.Lorenzo Anderson, 19, was shot several times on June 20 last year right outside of the city’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) area — a seven-block "autonomous zone" that sprouted up amid Black Lives Matter protests after the police murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, the claims state. At the time, the area was overrun with anarchists and self-appointed security guards who were policing the area with semi-automatic weapons and wouldn’t allow police to enter after 10 p.m., the claims state. After the police curfew, a 911 call came in for the shooting of the special-needs teen. At the time, a Seattle Fire Department ambulance was approximately two blocks from the scene of the crime and police were stationed about a half-mile away, the claims allege. But instead of rushing to save the special-needs teen’s life, they didn’t respond immediately, the claim states. The fire department previously said they couldn’t respond because it was too dangerous without a police escort, which didn’t come until 2:39 a.m., about 20 minutes after Anderson was shot, the claims allege. "For close to twenty whole minutes, Seattle Police and Fire Departments communicated with dispatchers on separate radio channels, communicated the wrong locations, and miscommunicated the procedures for providing medical attention to Lorenzo," according to the claims, filed against the city of Seattle, King County and the state of Washington. "Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. The whole thing smelled phony, kind of like a dead mackeral but without the scales... 19-year-old Lorenzo lay helpless on the pavement, bleeding to death while 911 calls continued to pour in, with bystanders begging authorities to send help. As Lorenzo’s pulse faded, volunteers performed CPR while other bystanders were on the phone with emergency dispatchers, receiving conflicting information about how to get Lorenzo into the ambulance once it arrived," the claims continue. Related: Capitol Hill Organized Protest: 2020-09-18 Seattle resident trying to boot councilwoman over BLM protest involvement Capitol Hill Organized Protest: 2020-08-09 CHOP shooting suspect bravely fled Washington state Capitol Hill Organized Protest: 2020-07-09 Seattle held 'segregated' training session on 'undoing whiteness,' encouraged staffers to forfeit 'guaranteed physical safety' Posted by: Fred 2021-05-06 |
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