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Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:01 pm
by Jumping Frog
Ambulance gets 'booted' while paramedics tend to emergency
NEW ORLEANS - The Quicky's convenience store in Mid-City takes its parking lot rules seriously. Very seriously.

About 4 p.m. Friday, New Orleans paramedics rushed inside the store for a man with a life-threatening medical issue. . . . .The medics stepped out and found a boot on their ambulance.
Not sure where in Louisiana law there is the equivalent of Texas Penal Code Sec. 38.15. INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC DUTIES, but it would sure seem to apply.

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:17 pm
by Abraham
I thought only municipal authorities are allowed to boot vehicles?

What the heck is going on...?

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:31 pm
by baldeagle
If the patient dies, their booting days could be over.

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:34 pm
by ELB
wowzer. so much fail.

Be sure and watch the video with the article. The store employee at the 1:00 minute mark is priceless...

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:16 pm
by tomtexan
That store should be liable for the tire too.

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:44 pm
by Waco1959
I wonder who at the store is getting the boot.......

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:22 pm
by Rikk101
How stupid do you have to be to put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?...........I would think criminal charges would be in order! (well, maybe not in the Big Easy)

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:58 am
by Dave2
I've said it for a while as a joke, but this makes me wonder if there really should be such a thing as "Criminal Stupidity"... :grumble :grumble :grumble

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:11 am
by Excaliber
Rikk101 wrote:How stupid do you have to be to put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?...........I would think criminal charges would be in order! (well, maybe not in the Big Easy)
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an arrest. The city has NOPD.

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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:31 am
by RoyGBiv
Excaliber wrote:
Rikk101 wrote:How stupid do you have to be to put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?...........I would think criminal charges would be in order! (well, maybe not in the Big Easy)
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for an arrest. The city has NOPD.
"rlol"

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:42 pm
by WildBill
Inconceivable. :banghead:

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:32 pm
by AEA
Where's Steven Seagal when you need him? :banghead: "rlol" "rlol" :biggrinjester:

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:38 pm
by smoothoperator
AEA wrote:Where's Steven Seagal when you need him? :banghead: "rlol" "rlol" :biggrinjester:
I don't know, but Chuck Norris would laugh at him for not noticing the boot.

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:13 pm
by RedEagle
People never cease to amaze me. Who in their right mind would put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?

Re: Guess they do things differently in the Big Easy ...

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:31 pm
by Excaliber
RedEagle wrote:People never cease to amaze me. Who in their right mind would put a boot on an ambulance with lights flashing?
Simple answer: No one.

On the other hand, it's apparently no problem for those not in their right minds - and apparently New Orleans has at least one of the folks in that category.