A 5-year-old boy called 911 to say his mother had collapsed. The operator told him to stop playing on the phone and hung up. He sat alone with her for 3 hours. By the time anyone came, she was already d*ad.
Robert Turner was five years old when his mother collapsed in their Detroit home on February 20, 2006.
He dialled 911 and told the operator his mom had passed out.
The operator, Sharon Nichols, asked him where his father was. When Robert couldn't explain, she decided it was a prank and ended the call. No police or ambulance were sent.
Robert spent the next three hours watching his mother deteriorate. At 9:02 p.m. he called again.
The second operator threatened to send police to the house to punish him for playing on the phone and demanded his mother come to the phone.
His mother could not come to the phone. She was dying.
Police eventually arrived to find Sherrill Turner, 46, already d*ad. Her cause of d*ath was complications from an enlarged heart.
A doctor later testified she would likely have survived if help had been sent on the first call.
The case became the first in US history in which a 911 operator was criminally convicted for mishandling a call.
Sharon Nichols was found guilty of wilful neglect of duty.
The prosecutor noted the absurdity of her defence at trial: "Her defence was that she could not hear the child.”
If that were true, how could she tell it was a prank call?
Robert Turner was six years old when he attended the press conference about his mother's passing. He was wearing a suit.
This woman said she used her credit card for her down payment on her car (she had the cash to pay off immediately) and the points/rewards were enough for a few trips…..now my brain is in overdrive
Burkina Faso has broken all ties with France, giving the french special forces to evacuate which have been carried out. Having expelled the french ambassador to the country.
It has become the 2nd francophone country to do that after Mali. The current president of Burkina Faso, captain traore is just 34 years, making him the youngest president in the world.
Just like Thomas Sankara, he has reduced his salary and that of his cabinet members.
During a meeting with his Malian counterpart , he hinted about forming a federation with Mali, since both economies has gold as its primary source of revenue.
They now plan to mine gold and print currencies in their respective countries rather than using the CFA currency that is printed and regulated by France.
I wish every country in Africa can emulate this. Long live Mali!!! Long live Burkina Faso!!!!
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Medics working with Letby:
• Raised concerns in Month 1
• Conducted an internal review
• Flagged it to bosses repeatedly
NHS Management:
• Ignored them
• Made them apologise
• Threatened them with the GMC
• Offered her a new job + a funded Masters
We need to listen.
Yes & you deserve to become the ruler of all women because of it. Your wonderful, life preserving, baby free uterus is of the most sanctimonious in the world. How do we worship you?
There are women all over the world who would like abortions, who need abortions and will never be able to get one, because so many of you stigmatize it. That's why tweet like hers are problematic because - who cares?
Yes & you deserve to become the ruler of all women because of it. Your wonderful, life preserving, baby free uterus is of the most sanctimonious in the world. How do we worship you?