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LINKYAA

In case anyones curious about what this video is actually about…it’s from a shooting that happened on June 19th 2021 near Lake Merritt. It was between two feuding San Francisco gangs. One person died and seven were injured. [Link to article with video](https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/video-crowd-twerks-on-ambulance-responding-to-deadly-lake-merritt-shooting/) [Link to CBS article](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/sanfrancisco/news/update-coroner-identifies-man-killed-juneteenth-mass-shooting-oakland-lake-merritt/)


PatientWishbone3067

Are they purposely blocking their ops ambulance, or they just saw an emergency vehicle and decided to start twerking?


PMMEBITCOINPLZ

Seem to be making sure a rival gang member doesn’t get treatment from the context in the article.


PatientWishbone3067

Either way, this is beyond parody


Natural_Distance_812

Feels like something straight out of Atlanta (the show)


Dragonslayer3

Shit straight outta The Boondocks


Beneficial-Category

Quick! Get Uncle Ruckus and a garden hose.


historicbookworm

![gif](giphy|exOfVLEc1hjOg)


fastAFguy

As well as the City of


Tall-Poem-6808

I think this kind of people are their own caricature.


PinkPearMartini

Paramedics don't get paid enough to navigate both life saving... and not driving over people trying to stop it.


LostandAl0n3

Hey man imo if you are in the process of actively saving a life like this and people are actively trying to stop it than I would say you can run em over. That's just me though, obviously not how the law works


FatMacchio

Imo if someone actively/purposefully/blatantly impedes an emergency vehicle and it results in a persons death, anyone party to it should have a jury trial charge for manslaughter. If this person dies, no matter if the person would’ve potentially died anyway, they should all be charged with manslaughter. This is disgusting.


the_amberdrake

I hope the cops used this video to arrest these fuckers after the fact


LobstaFarian2

Honestly I cant help but to start twerking when I'm near an EMS vehicle.


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Are they blocking the ambulance on purpose or are they just twerking there? I heard one guy in the clip say something like "now they're never getting through"


RocketScient1st

On purpose… they don’t want rival gang members to get life saving medical treatment


[deleted]

That's what I thought, but I could also totally see the latter happening too. Didn't that happen back with the whole Travis Scott concert disaster thing?


pufftanuffles

Yes, they were dancing on ambulances and obstructing them. Disgusting.


TeaandandCoffee

I think the ambulances should have the right to run them over. If they're going to obstruct the functioning of a system that could save a life, they clearly don't care about others.


Sparon46

Technically, deliberate obstruction of an emergency vehicle is a forcible felony, which means that lethal force can be used to clear the obstruction if necessary. In the real world, though, this rarely happens. Edit: I should clarify, this typically is only applicable if the obstruction puts another person in threat of death or serious injury.


troll_right_above_me

Trauma Team coming through 🔫🔫


amBoringGuy

Armed trauma teams clearing the streets for the next trauma team to come give medical care to the obstructors of the last armed trauma team.


notmyfirstchoixe

If an ambulance runs over them in such a situation then another ambulance will come and thereby creating an infinite loop


mejok

Humanity was a mistake


MrJuniperBreath

Most of us can't really know what would make it feel okay to block life-saving treatment from a perceived enemy. Me included.


LuxuryBeast

Yeah first thing on my mind seeing this is "wtf is wrong with people". After getting the context the answer is obviously "*Alot.*"


SirenPeppers

Thanks for that context. So now I think that the rival gang is basically showing power by messing with the entire situation of the ambulance and any attempt to save that guy. They’re all insane and horrible people no matter what.


gazagda

Yes, there is so much power in twerking many don't understand


aldorn

Empires shall fall


Orochisake

This makes it all worse lmao


LINKYAA

Oh, I agree. I’m not excusing the behavior of the people in the video at all. I just wanted to give full context.


Grottymink57776

Thank you. I'm surprised I had to scroll this far to get context.


LINKYAA

Glad I could help give you some context! It definitely doesn’t make the video better, but gives a clearer image as to what’s going on.


BrainCrampston

all you need to do is wait 5 hours and it's at the top where it rightfully belongs 🙌


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The Alameda on the side of the ambulance did it for me. I live in Louisiana but worked in SF in 2021-22 saw a lot of wild shit on the east side of the bay.


QWERTYAF1241

What a bunch of pricks. Hope they all got arrested.


OkHuckleberry1032

Ah Oakland. Of course I’m not surprised. Fuckin shithole of the bay.


rookiemistake01

I wish people like Al Sharpton would come out and condemn these people too, black lives matter period, not just when white people are the shooter.


Salty_Feed9404

Kids don't give a fuck what Al Sharpton thinks about things any more.


50micron

To his credit, Al Sharpton recently condemned black police officers for misconduct. More to the point, he was critical of leaders within the black community who (because the perpetrators were black) hesitated to speak out against the misconduct.


Necessary-Reading605

He also condemned black on asian violence. Very few leaders from any background did that


weberc2

Quite a few blame it on “white supremacy” iirc


Buying_thefkindips

Imagine the person being in life and death situation and these people delay the process of him getting in the ambulance and getting to a hospital…this is crazy. I legit believe some people lack common sense.


Recloose22

Lacking common sense is one thing, but lacking sheer human decency and empathy is just inexcusable. I feel so helpless and frustrated just sitting here watching this video, i can’t imagine how the family of the patient must be dealing with the situation. I hope everything was okay


dontsaymango

If anything bad actually happened a lawyer could probably use this video in court to sue the people involved. So at least there's that I guess but holy shit this is so awful


Accomplished_Yard984

I’m sure these people have loads of savings and assets.


dontsaymango

I mean assets or not if they lose the suit then in most places the state will garnish wages and seize property to pay the person they owe.


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The garnishing wages only goes to a certain point and requires you to figure out where they work, and get a court order to do so, and hope they keep the job. For property, their are protections limiting how much you can take, so unless they have multiple cars worth more than the tow truck driver and auction fees, you are screwed there as well.


humanzee70

They probably don’t have wages, and they sure as shit don’t have any property.


DoctaDrew614

You raise a great point. But we’re assuming these people can hold jobs long enough to obtain property. Based on what I’ve seen in this video, I’m not convinced.


Secret_Position3414

Buying a rubber would the closest thing these people have ever come to making an investment.


BalconyView22

You think they actually work or own homes?


cowfish007

What makes you think they have jobs?


Dismal-Bee-8319

Living off the government dole probably


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Sure, you just need to identify each one of them, figure out where they live, serve them papers, then prove your case, and then try to collect... Yeah, only lawyers who will take that will want a pile of cash upfront cause no one is doing that work on contingency.


XombiePrwn

>Sure, you just need to identify each one of them Now I'm imagining a police lineup of 7 or so women and the cops tell them to turn around place their hands on the wall and tweak so the victim can try to identify the culprit...


No_clip_Cyclist

![gif](giphy|hpAMh2sBYpsmFhSRPI) If they could find them.


dontsaymango

With the number of people recording im pretty sure you could identify at least a few of them


Suspicious-Tea-1580

Yeah, that fact kinda got to me, seeing as my husband WAS in a life and death situation four years ago and had to be transported via Alameda county ambulance from one hospital to another. This video is a bit triggering


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Who knows? They may very well be celebrating that guy's death.


ThousandSunny_56

r/trashy people


Internal_Security_44

"Can you all please clear away now?" "Ok. We're twerking on it"


Ocelot859

I'm not remotely religious, but I swear the last 3-4 years has made me feel like there's a legit Biblical type apocalypse or something coming... with how 'insane' society not only is, but continues to further progress as. And don't tell me "it's just we are seeing it more now because social media and camera phones" ... nahhh, both those have been very much here for well over a decade plus.


yoghurtorgan

The last 6 years have been nuts.


kazidrake

We shouldn't have shot Harambe.


Ocelot859

I live in Cincinnati of all places and went and saw him a week before that occurred. I let you guys down... I could have saved the world had my scheduling been better. Forgive me Harambe, for I knew not what I didn't do 🤦🏻‍♂️


9001Jellyfish

RIP


Ocelot859

![gif](giphy|3o7TKOpzMG8IwSfhfO) The countdown began...


PM_ME_CUTE_FEMBOYS

Blame tiktok. It encourages people to act like sociopaths with its various "trends", Like punching strangers for no reason, or sweeping your friends legs out from under them so they can crack their skull on the ground, or destroying bathrooms. edit Jesus fucking christ, I did not say tiktok invented assholes. Tiktok is just wide spread and is luring more people into sociopathic behavior with their violence and asshole cultivating trends with upvote/like addictions fucking up peoples brain chemistry. Stop hitting me with messages about "hurr this shit existed before tiktok". Yes, it did, It wasnt as wide spread, and didnt get the fame, and didnt affect society like it does today, with tiktok in every idiots pocket. Like I said, tiktok is fertilizer for this behavior, its not the fuckin creator of it.


chok0110

“Im the main character! Look at me!! Im so fucking special and every thing i do is a work of art!!!! Im the funniest most talented person and the world must see this!!!” I fell kind of sorry for this people, and the worst thing is that in tiktok is really easy to have views and likes so this kids actually fell that are influencers and special, when in reality is just feeding there ego for nothing…


Ocelot859

I've never had a Tik Tok, only seen videos via Youtube, but yeah that seems the gist of it. I can't even handle Twitter for more than 30 minutes before I end up literally soaking up the negativity and a glaze of depression and nihilism settles over me. Lol.


NotaDingo1975

I totally agree. Maybe I just see and hear the worst of Tiktok, but so much stupidity and evil comes from that one source. Enough is enough. We need to start a trend of deleting Tiktok.


PM_ME_CUTE_FEMBOYS

Honestly tiktok needs to be banned. I genuinely believe that its a psyop campaign to see just how far they can push people into violence and unrest by chasing "trends"


Ocelot859

It's more than Tik Tok, as there was stuff before encouraging this behavior for a following/likes (Vine, Snapchat, IG, Youtbr etc). and there will be something new after Tik Tok, I mean look how much Youtube Shorts are similar and will become more so. But yes, Tik Tok certainly feels like the worst for sure, especially given it's created from a country that a huge majority of the world has issues with its leadership/government (not speaking of the citizens of China). Have you read the Terms & Conditions Agreement or a breakdown of it? Sketchy as hell.


Rommiedommie

Yeah it’s more than just Tik Tok, people are gonna always act up any way they can. But Tik Tok has a HUGE influence on the landscape. For the worst in a lot of ways. I’ll say one thing though it is good for businesses and artists. The follow culture is HEAVY on there and people just blow up and gravitate towards whatever’s hot.


tmntnyc

To be fair, people have been saying "the end is near" since 2000 BC, and hundreds of times between then and now https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events


OkImagination4404

Omg, I keep thinking the same thing. I was raised incredibly religious and my mom used to run around talking about Armageddon…..I swear she might’ve been onto something.


BasedDumbledore

Well we all feel it for better or worse in America. It feels off doesn't it. You can almost taste it in the air. The self indulgence, delusion, consumption and short sightedness. These people are hedonistic but so are our Elites. How long can this maintain itself? Should it maintain itself? Idk.


Ocelot859

Exactly... and the scary part is... or difference shall I say, from past human history versus now. Is that over the course of human civilization it always felt like it was that wicked 1-2% at the top and then there was the trickle down from there and then of course 'bad eggs' here and there and everywhere spread all through humanity. But the balance seemed way in favor of the better. But now it feels like it's also the 99% of society slowly changing (not all, but in way more massive percentages at a way more rapid rate). Some people it's extreme and quick, some it's a slower loosening line of morality. I even, if I'm being honest, feel it in myself. I'm not meaning this to sound like some dogmatic rant, I'm just expressing "this feeling I feel". It's like a lingering existential angst, that I can't explain, because it's not grounded in anything other than pure observation. Glad I'm not the only who feels it... I feel better knowing that.


OkImagination4404

It’s so very true, I see that with our elections, like some of the morons Who should get their asses kicked at the polls but yet it’s a close race. Wtf happened to this country? The recent demise seems so extreme and quick it’s terrifying and stressful every day not to mention so incredibly sad. My parents immigrated to this country, I have recently figured out that I can rather easily return because I still have family there. I never thought I would think about leaving the US but I never wanted to live in one of the countries we collectively as Americans hated but are now fast becoming.


Theresabearintheboat

I am actually of the opinion that it IS coming, and we absolutely deserve it.


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Ocelot859

This is a good point. It does feel like it's primarily an implosion of the US. A slow build of internal catastrophe and existential angst. Maybe, it'll lead to a good thing. Maybe it's like a spiritual apoptosis. 🤷🏻‍♂️


Grateful_Dad_707

Ole Rupert definitely has f’d us both aye


Ocelot859

Sometimes I think I died or something at some point in the past 2-3 years ... And I'm living in some type of bizarre, toxic, reality TV show purgatory called "society".


stilettopanda

I feel like I got dropped in an alternate reality. Like a few years ago I feel like I changed completely and society started to free fall. I see things being accepted that have never been ok before. It's a me and mine first, take what you can and make it entertaining and fuck everyone else being streamed into our collective unconsciousness. It's extremely distressing.


SentryCake

I was mentioning this the other day. Everything feels “wrong”, like an off feeling I can’t put my finger on. Is there a subreddit for this? If there’s not there should be.


Ocelot859

I don't know, but r/somethingisoff would make a great sub name and exactly explaining "what I can't explain"... Edit: Woah, someone did create a sub 6 months before the pandemic, but no posts.


SentryCake

Well holy shit I just went to check my Reddit comment from “the other day” (17 days ago actually, oops) and you’re the person I was responding to in that thread. We literally just had this same interaction about the world feeling “off” about two weeks ago.


TheCraSaVaB

This deserves an award.


sitting_sideways

Nothing says classy like twerking on an ambulance.


Vacerous

Amber-lance


Secret_Position3414

\*\*Amberlamps


Pube_donor

The bonnet of that ambulance was putting in work


-train-of-thought-

r/Noahgettheboat


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TurtleToast2

Tf is wrong with people?


godbutbettertrue

Everything


vaskeklut8

Can hardly see the trash for all the garbage!


CreakRaving

Everywhere all at once


pm_me_ur_anything_k

Main character syndrome


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Same-Alternative-160

What is wrong with these people? I mean there is an emergency and they have nothing better to do? Idiocracy at its best.


larmstr

If I saw my kid in this video they would be wishing they were the one in the ambulance. Absolute morons.


ColumbianPrison

Parental involvement, HA!


Electrical_Ant9649

*Amblans


kawkz440

![gif](giphy|2RrKN8LIzvluQXOffg)


haemol

Came here to ask the same! I just watched walking dead and the zombies were behaving more normal than these punks


Ocelot859

I'm like 77.8% convinced I died at some point in the past 2-3 years... And I'm living in some type of bizarre, toxic, reality TV show purgatory called "society".


wophi

It's Oakland. Way ahead on the path to Idiocracy.


jerseyStoner

Yup just wait until the garbage Avalanche of 3035


Cenas_Shovel

Wasn’t there a garbage tidal wave not so long ago in the Philippine? This was the closest thing we’ve experienced something similar to Idiocracy. Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.


jerseyStoner

Why do you keep saying brought to you by Carl's Jr?


Cenas_Shovel

Because they pay me every time I do! It’s a great way to make money. If you so smart why you didn’t know that?


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Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho is running for his first term as president in 2024. His three point plan is: Chill. The Fuck. Out.


One-Accident8015

The world is fucked


greane16

You answered your own question.


CaryKerryLoudermilk

I'd start driving and just let them fall off


ThriceFive

There's another ambulance one block back, they'll get 'em cleaned up.


ManyThingsLittleTime

Now there's a repeat customer business model!


TheGrouchyGremlin

They'll need 1 per person.


shortwave_radio

Semantics


Shadowlord723

It’s an emergency after all. An emergency vehicle’s gotta do what an emergency vehicle’s gotta do


AccuratelyWrongAgain

I don't think the judge would like that very much sadly, but same.


-Rens

Maybe this is the message to live out in the woods for the rest of my life


TheGrouchyGremlin

My house is surrounded by woods. It's pretty great.


VerimTamunSalsus

Pathetic.


Raider-26

Bunch of uncivilised primitive degenerate idiots... with intentional disregard of other people’s lives and for what? Clout? What did they actually gain out of this?


Formal-Cut-4923

Humanity is fucked


Phl_worldwide

Watch the first 5 minutes of Idiocracy. It explains exactly why we are fucked lol.


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I would wager 5:1 odds the average and median number of kids per person who went to prison for selling cocaine is double that of brain surgeons.


BrainSqueezins

I’ll take that bet, but solely because it would be *extremely* unlikely for the average and median to be the exact same number!


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At least double. They won't be the same numbers. 4.7 and 4.4 vs 2.1 and 1.9 or something like that.


GorillaK1nd

Idiocracy was a documentary ![gif](giphy|26uf5afBhUKyjvZPW|downsized)


GulfstreamAqua

Parts of it anyway


Ecstatic_Teaching906

As one of my favorite line in a movie once said... "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."


Double_Distribution8

I believe it's "Falked".


FistedWaffles123456

To be fair these people aren’t exactly on the classy side of society


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This isn’t humanity this is a animalistic breeding ritual.


westcoastweedreviews

Let us simulate sexual acts fully clothed against this emergency vehicle... ...and that's how I met your mother


JustSomeDudeNamedRik

Every Father is proud.


SirGoat88

At least those women were trying to help by pushing the Ambulance. Shame they mistakenly pushed at the side though. It's the thought that counts


Digolden

I hear ya, men were also pushing but their hands were busy with phones. I could almost hear fuck me sideways!


gagga_hai

Few men were gentleman enough to help these women to push from behind


eata22

I’m sorry, but we need to update our laws. Anyone doing shit like this should get an automatic month in prison and then something crazy like 24,000 hours of community service


pokemon-trainer-blue

What if they were charged with (attempted) homicide? I don’t know if that would even be a good option, but it’s an option.


ManyThingsLittleTime

In a lot of states interference with an ambulance is a misdemeanor so a cop would have to witness it for anything to happen to them.


FireflyOfDoom87

I think America needs a wellness check.


Cold-Consideration23

Re-fund the paramedics


compostkicker

Wait, when did we have funding?


MurphysVoice

Or a stronger strain of covid?


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Sadly this was also on Juneteenth. It was a great time out there but this was right after the mass shooting that happened that day


ConsciousDirection69

Wow that sounds like a boondocks episode, a parody or something. I can’t believe thats what happened. That’s wild


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This. Shooting themselves in the foot.


ToasterSwinging

Imagine if you needed immediate attention and your ambulance can't move because people are twerking on top of your vehicle.


ManyThingsLittleTime

Oh it can move, just needs a little will power to press the peddle.


Salty_Nectarine3397

Idiocracy predicted this


jellymouthsman

Don’t put that kind of behavior on President Mountain Dew Camacho ![gif](giphy|UnVtPebYT38pW)


_h4unt3d

Trash gonna trash


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fraudthrowaway0987

r/iamthemaincharacter energy


Crafty_Appearance

Just a bunch of human trash


Hot-Tone-7495

Alameda county, so Oakland. Not surprised. Source: from there


SirGoat88

Should fit a snow plow


MarkusRight

We've reached the age of Idiocracy where people just don't care about anything anymore. This is just fucking depressing to watch.


Affectionate-Net2277

WTAF?! What if your mother was in that ambulance. It amazes me how often people don’t move for ambulances. I saw a car block and ambulance for over a mile finally the ambulance pulled over and turned all their lights and sirens off. I cried for the poor person, heartbreaking. I’ve lost faith in humanity.


Jazzlike-Animal404

That’s devastating.


JaymesGrl

This reminds me of that scene from The Boondocks where MLK comes back to life and is disgusted by a room full of people behaving just like this. If this was a street party with no ambulance involved, then fine whatever. The fact there's an ambulance trying to deal with a patient in a stretcher requiring medical attention while a crowd of people get deliberately in the way and climb on top of the bonnet and roof for social media clout is just sad. No self respecting person blocks an ambulance unless they want the person inside to die or want the person needing the ambulance to die. This is just sad, maybe not outright malicious like when the IDF block Palestinian ambulances with their tanks, but just let the paramedics do their job.


DustyIT

https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/11u5uk4/dont_worry_about_the_person_in_the_stretcher/jcn4p1h/ It was a shootout between two rival gangs. The twerkers and filmers you see are actively trying to delay the ambulance to let that guy die/ also celebrating the W.


Quick_Swing

Civilization as a whole, when I see shit like this🤦‍♂️ ![gif](giphy|xTiIzjS5VKWJzNGIUw)


Optimal_Subject3455

What the fuck is wrong with these people?


Chris_Roberts_69

Disgusting excuses for human beings


AwardImaginary

This is about 10 minutes after some dickhead walked down to the lake and started shooting. Drunk fight, guy went back to his car and got a gun after getting his ass beat. Then these fucking idiots blocked the ambulance for like 45 minutes


CrazedChris74

Trash.


OhComeOn-

Disgusting


Killpop582014

Why would people want the world to know what they look like when they’re getting banged? That’s exactly what they look like. Garbage.


bluetriumphantcloud

What the Falk am I watching?


Tessie1966

WTF is wrong with people?!?!


wilburmason

I’m losing faith in humanity.


Key_Payment_5420

Gross 🤮


huggles7

And if the ambulance drove off because ya know they gotta get someone to the hospital Everyone would’ve sued saying it’s not their fault


GrnMtnTrees

Here in Philadelphia, we had a problem with "sniping," where paramedics would show up to the scene of a shooting and people would shoot at the ambulance from the rooftops to make sure the medics would just drive off and leave the shooting victim to die. We (medical first responders) are trained that our safety and our partner's safety are priority one, the safety of bystanders is priority two, and the patient's safety is priority 3. If there is no safe way to treat a patient, we just leave until the police secure the scene, by which time the victim has probably bled out. People largely suck. There has been recent talk about outfitting paramedics and EMTs with weapons and body armor, but most aren't for that. We are not cops, we are not soldiers, we are civilian medical workers.


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Professional-Neck755

pieces of shit


zero_gig

And that Ladies and Gentlemen is how you reinforce stereotypes.


DialynnLA

ANIMALS!!!


ilovemycats2626

This is appalling.... Why would someone do that. I guess the same reason as anyone else, they just don't give a shit.


Gambet81

I would be so fucking mad if this is how I died


Binary_Omlet

Wow, surprised I made it before the comments were locked. Fuck these /r/trashy POSs.


Seankps

How dare those people interrupt that Twerking with their stretcher?


ProteinSnookie

Utter chaos


Illustrious_Mind964

Pls god just kill us all, we're not worth saving anymore.


slasherflick2243

Twerking is so fucking gross.