@Aqua-Letifer said in They Must Be Punished:
@Jolly said in They Must Be Punished:
Let me tell you a secret...ED nurses are among the meanest, almost don't give a crap if you die, health professionals that exist. At least most of them are, especially in bigger, busier hospitals.
They don't start out that way, but a steady diet of GOMERs, crazy people, gang bangers and just nasty folks, turn them that way as a coping mechanism. Eventually, those coping mechanisms collate into a group culture.
I suspect the Border Patrol is the same way. Get rough or get out.
I'm sure that's true! There's a line, though. Beating people who are already handcuffed is probably not on this side of okay.
You know, you're right. But depending on the situation, I could see being pissed enough to wail on somebody who was cuffed.
Our ED was tough enough, it had it's own jail cell. Cops hauled a drunk, jacked-up idiot in one night, after he managed to drive his car into some parked cars on a residential street. Guy was cursing loudly and just being a bit wild.
Anyway, we checked him out, I drew the blood alcohol and a couple of other things, and he was nice and drunk, along with a sprinkling of meth.
Doc said he wasn't bad enough to keep and gave him back to the cops. As they were taking him out of the cell, he spit in the cop's face. Cop just wiped it off and put the drunk in the cruiser.
About two hours later, the cops brought the guy back in. According to the story, he had gone nuts in his cell, running into the bars. Repeatedly. And some more.
Sure is a shame what folks will do when they're drunk.
