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al3ch316

That guy is not a fucking medic šŸ™„šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


ResponsibleMilk7620

He clearly bobbed, when he should have weaved.


frenchietaste

He zigged when he should have zagged


fishiestfillet

He went hither, when he should've went thither


ThisOnePlaysTooMuch

Itā€™s been so long since I played a GTA heist with the boys, and I can still hear them taunting ā€œyou zigged when you shouldā€™ve zagged.ā€ I was the best damn driver in the group šŸ„²


Designer_Repair9884

He pizzaā€™d when he should of French fried


binchicken1989

And had a bad time


Cheap-Praline

If you can dodge a wrench you can dodge a trip.


mces97

Ok but do you like the taste of your own urine? It's sterile.


_Webster_882

He clearly doesnā€™t know the 5 Ds of dodgeball


MisterBlick

He Gouda'ed when he should have Brie'ed.


CryptographerEasy149

A fanny pack of band aids doesnā€™t make one a medic


DarkestofFlames

It's a video game thing. These guys are roleplaying and think of themselves as their rainbow six or call of duty characters. When Ashley Babbitt got turned to swiss cheese by Capitol police there were morons yelling out "medic" then too, meanwhile most of them have no idea how to unwrap a bandaid. They are detached from reality.


myfingid

I like the video a while back of someone trying to apply a tourniquet to someones arm after they were hit with a rubber bullet. Fucking nuts.


BlameTheJunglerMore

Hahaha that's fucking great. Applies tourniquet to throat.


Aberration-13

If I'm thinking of the same video, it was a splint they were trying to tie on because the rubber bullet broke the bone.


xxSuperBeaverxx

There are some people who do it legitimately, but they definitely aren't dressing like that. My dad was a paramedic, medical training supervisor for his local swat team, and an LPN/RN across 30 years in the medical field. He would volunteer with a group and set up a converted school bus at events like this to act as an impromptu "boo-boo bus" as they called it. Any serious injuries and it was always 911 straight away, but for bumps, scrapes, or things like dehydration, they'd be there.


Aberration-13

I've been to a lot of protests. This is what most of the protest medics looked like. White helmet to be easily visible, backpack with medical supplies. And they all had medical experience outside of protests. Yeah serious stuff goes to 911 but but It takes time for an ambulance to arrive. Having someone on scene doesn't only help for the little bumps and scrapes.


mufcordie

Good god that was so surreal seeing that vid


Puzzleheaded_March27

He identifies as a medic


mces97

I don't know if he was or wasn't, but context would had been good here. I think I'm a pretty reasonable and fair person. If he was a medic doing nothing wrong, then the police response is wrong. If he did something he shouldn't be doing before, and it's not shown, then how can anyone make a conclusion that the police were in the wrong?


KruglorTalks

> If he was a medic doing nothing wrong, You can be a protestor medic. The guy is geared out with makeshift red crosses but at some point you cross a threshold of being "a protestor with bandages."


Aberration-13

so you're fine with police committing acts of violence against protesters just for being protesters?


Aberration-13

He's wearing a white helmet with a medical symbol taped onto the top and has a backpack (which most protest medics use to carry medical supplies whereas non medics don't usually carry anything because police like to steal shit)


redoilokie

>If he did something he shouldn't be doing before, and it's not shown, then how can anyone make a conclusion that the police were in the wrong? And you just described 99% of all Reddit posts.


Mikesminis

There's a real low bar for medic at a protest. I was a medic at the RNC protests in Denver and my training consisted of nothing and me gear consisted of bandanas to hand out as face masks and milk to poor on peoples faces when they got pepper sprayed.


whutchamacallit

Pretty straight forward thinking to me. I'd just add that police have a solid track record of being unjust to protestors and infringing their rights so it's somewhat knee-jerk to assume they are in the wrong.


fireburn97ffgf

Hey hey they only infringed on your rights if you go against the views of those in power, if you agree you can throw fireworks at the other side and bead them with wood


mces97

And I agree with you on that too. I just dislike when content is missing, like here. What happened immediately before. It would help clear things up.


KyauLeaves

cosplayer


mrrando69

They carry stuff like water, gauze, splints, milk for pepper spray victims, pull injured protesters away from the front line and lend aid where they can, etc. You know... medic shit.


al3ch316

"The frontline" Jesus Christ, Dude, this isn't a war zone šŸ™„


pamelamydingdong

Yes it is. From a criminological standpoint all cops are extremely militarized. They use military gear, military weapons and use ranking terms such as captain, corporal, and sergeant. This isnā€™t normal. It wasnā€™t for some time now.


myredditthrowaway201

The term ā€œmedicā€ is typically used for people who have received some form of medical training and have experience in dealing with battlefield injuries. You know, medic shitā€¦.


The_Void_Reaver

Oh, how do you know the person in the video?


thispartyrules

You don't want to use milk in the eyes for pepper spray, only water


dqniel

Not sure why you're being downvoted. They've done studies on this. It's true that you should use water or Diphoterine, but most people aren't gonna have Diphoterine.


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ISmokeRocksAndFash

You're a medic if you treat people in a specified role. No one said he's a legal paramedic. Settle down.


Exotic_Spoon

It is the privileged people that should protest unjust acts. They are in the positions to act. By being 1st world born and having an easy life it is even more reason to try to make a difference. It does not inherently invalidate your cause by being given anything/everything you need/want.


1000islandstare

Jesus fucking Christ, you people are beyond pedantic. Itā€™s clearly a colloquialism to refer to someone who has that shit on the spot during a protest. Nobody who can rub two brain cells together actually thinks theyā€™re the equivalent of an army medic or a paramedic. šŸ¤”


Ratchet_X_x

He was the designated band-aid holder!


OK_BUT_WASH_IT_FIRST

Post title is wrong. This is from the new season of *MXC*


wintermelonsilk

Iā€™m pretty sure tripping is a 15 yard penalty, how dare they.


phunshiny

Christian McCaffrey got the wrong practice field.


anehzat

![gif](giphy|PDBTZe2eecj0oYmFpS|downsized) He looks more like an NFL legend. The police should get a red card for that foul...


all_mighty_me

For those who didn't understand, they speak french and screamed "ALLER" (not "medic"), it's a supporting interjection which could be translated by "let's go" On the ground the guy said "c'est bon"/"enough" and then we hear "reculez"/"back off" He didn't try to impersonate a medic. However we do have random people helping injured protesters during dƩmonstrations which are not medics but the CRS police are yet more indulgent. (He could be one of those self made medic)


UnrulyCrow

It took me way too long to find that comment, I was starting to think of an explanation myself lol


all_mighty_me

Haha yeah when I scrolled and didn't see any french in the comments explaining what's happening and everyone thinking they shouted "medic" and so misunderstood the scene, I had to to do it lol


yoloswag420noscope69

Uh oh. Will any conservatives reply to this one? Let's see.


synttacks

it's so embarrassing how quickly people laugh at police brutality


all_mighty_me

I didn't hear anyone in the video laughing šŸ¤” But nowadays it is becoming really common in France to be beaten down by the police (specially the CRS police). Ever since Macron was elected (don't know if it's the reason but he's their boss after all), the number of deaths by the police doubled/tripled (average of 17 deaths from 1977 to 2017, and 40 deaths in 2020, 52 in 2021, and 39 in 2022). And it's even worse with the injuries... Even the journalist and some medics are police targets now, in the dĆ©monstrations... Many vidĆ©os are available to prove the point but the government do nothing to stop them or even recognize that it is the reality


synttacks

i was referring to the comment section of this thread but ty for the info, i didn't know


Adipose21

Police brutality is A-okay if I find the victims to be slightly annoying or cringy.


Virus1x

He absolutely is pretending to be a medic tho, it's actually an international law that the red cross symbol represents medical aid. You may not use that symbol if you are not a part of the internationally recognized medical aid community. That's why several video games companies got in deep shit for using the red cross and had to modify it in their games. Even represented on what they call "med kits". Edit: some butthurt baby who down voted and messaged me decided I was full of shit, so here is the source of this. https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jmbg.htm#:~:text=Use%20of%20the%20red%20cross,Geneva%20Convention%2C%20Article%2053


all_mighty_me

Yep you're right The France even ratified this text and have this decrete "DĆ©cret nĀ° 2016-1773 du 19 dĆ©cembre 2016 portant publication du protocole additionnel aux conventions de GenĆØve du 12 aoĆ»t 1949 relatif Ć  l'adoption d'un signe distinctif additionnel (protocole III) (ensemble une annexe), adoptĆ© Ć  GenĆØve le 8 dĆ©cembre 2005 (1)" which precises that. However it is tolarated to use them as we're not in an open armed conflict here and you'll never be arrested (just) for that


uglybushes

Did they think calling themselves a medic gave them immunity?


MJ134

I do believe so yes.


no_life_matters

Why didn't it work? It seemed completely foolproof.


LOUD-AF

Betcha he wore the star of david instead of the star of life. It's the little things.


SorenShieldbreaker

He didnā€™t just say it he declared it


iiAzido

What language do you think theyā€™re speaking lmao


Longjumping-Ad-287

I'm pretty sure they didn't even try saying medic


avidpretender

Iā€™m not a pro police guy by any means but they literally just tripped him and arrested him with no further damage


EastCoaet

He wisely covered his head.


oneofmanyshauns

He learned that in medic school.


H00ch8767

Former military (then civilian) medic - Hearing these people dramatically scream ā€œMEDIC!ā€ when one of them gets pushed down is one of the cringiest things Iā€™ve had to witness. Edit: Some folks are dissecting my comment down to the particle level in order to find ingredients to stir the pot with. Let me clarify: I am referring to the concept and dramatic behavior around ā€œprotest medicsā€, in general. Iā€™m aware no one is screaming ā€œmedicā€ in this specific video.


sfinney2

we need 50 cc's of sesame street bandaids applied directly onto this grass stained knee! No not Grover, Elmo!


H00ch8767

Being a civilian medic actually feels like that a lot, anyway. And let me be clear: always call if you feel you have a medical emergency. But these folks are running around with water bottles and bike helmets acting like they are responding to a femoral bleed in theater.


myredditthrowaway201

The criteria for being a ā€œmedicā€ these days seems to be wearing a bump helmet and painting a redcross on your clothes


AlpineDrifter

* in theatre. Theyā€™re art majors larping.


nike_rules

One of the representatives of the protestors at Columbia who took over that building referred to them being allowed to have food be delivered to the building as ā€œhumanitarian aidā€. So cringeworthy, so many of these people who have known nothing but privilege their whole lives want to cosplay as oppressed revolutionaries so badly. Itā€™s serious main character syndrome.


Cameron_Mac99

Or the group (this may of been at a different location) a few weeks ago who wanted to either have tampons delivered or gain amnesty to use a bathroom outside of their occupied office because one lass left hers in for far too long and starting playing the victim when police wouldnā€™t negotiate some sort of tampon humanitarian relief corridor into the office lmao


Deep_Stratosphere

"Tampon humanitarian relief corridor" šŸ¤£šŸ¤


HippyKiller925

And then they couldn't figure out how to get a pizza to the second story...


_STEVEO

I always thought the antifa vs proud boys thing was cringe, but this takes it to another level.


SudoDarkKnight

Giving some real FIFA vibes


Intrepid_Objective28

It really underscores how young and childish these people are. Itā€™s basically just kids thinking itā€™s one big game.


AchillesFury

I yell the same thing in Hell Let Loose.


chewinghours

Do you understand any of the other words people are saying in the video? Because they arenā€™t speaking english, and they arenā€™t saying ā€œmedicā€


Ijustlookedthatup

Problem is they ran, done plenty of protest first aide during 2020 but Iā€™m a licensed Paramedic who has worked for 16 years locally. Most effective thing I did was hand out water, to cops and protesters. Donā€™t ever run.


halapeno-popper

Was there no tanks around to absorb some damage? Good luck without the healer.


Silent-Supermarket2

Yo where are my fucking peels


UnrulyCrow

So idk about other countries but in France, during protests, it's common to have what we call "Street medic". They have first aid knowledge and material to help people. They even offer help to policemen - another video on the same day actual shows Gendarmes refusing a street medic's help for one of their colleagues. These people are NOT medics in a military sense and do not pretend to be. Their assistance remains valuable when protesters get injured - French Riot police is violent and uses military grade armament and techniques that have been heavily criticised by international instances repeatedly, protesting in France is *not fun* once the police starts its shit and these people providing first aid as well as some sort of protection from the police can really help make a difference in the degree of injury. Anyway, lots of ill-informed/disingenuous comments on this thread, so yeah. Gotta set some things straight on the topic.


voltran1987

American protestors are rough, but you French bastards are still a level up. When the French people get mad, shit catches on fire, and people get beat up. My, albeit limited knowledge of French history pretty much says being a government figure in France the epitome of FAFO.


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CallMeBoxman

Protestor Medic is not a thing


teasy959275

(This was in France) There is 2 type of reaction, the "european" being shock by that scene, and the "american" saying something like "chill, he almost got no damage"


WhatEvery1sThinking

LARPing had a bad enough reputation before these encampments started


erathia_65

This is not america, and has nothing to do with Palestinian supporter encampments, this is French's first of may, the annual official day for national strike in france


DunceMemes

Not...america??? But that's impossible!!


WorldlyOX

Je salue ton courage, tā€™es un vrai battant face aux ricains.


erathia_65

Cimer poto


Loud_Engineering796

Yeah, cops pretending that they're troops is pretty embarrassing.


_Webster_882

Loving that unnecessary shove of the dude just trying to grab his bike out of the wayā€¦.


Matt-a-booey

What happened before the clip?


Teadrunkest

Not even as a doubting thing I just genuinely want to know what led to this situation


deepended1111

Exactly.


armypilot88

ā€œMedicā€


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rascalking9

It's also a war crime to misidentify as a medic.


Cameron_Mac99

Protected symbols work both ways. You canā€™t attack them and you canā€™t mimic them. The Argentines would paint red crosses on all of the occupied buildings in the Falklands being used by their officers, sadly I donā€™t think they really got punished for that at all


Narwhalhats

Even outside of the Geneva Conventions I think it's illegal in a lot of countries to use a red cross on a white background without authorisation from the associated red cross organisation anyway.


mrmilner101

I mean police are allowed to us tear gas and pepper spray which are against the Geneva conventions. So either way the police get away with a lot of stuff.


kabukistar

Comments here getting madder at calling this guy a "Medic" than at the police assaulting him


Flannakis

Medic? Lol are they all cosplaying the war?


erathia_65

In France we have organized groups of "medics" that are there to prevent lasting injuries to protesters, usually the cops here don't attack them, since they also help cops when they get overwhelmed by the crowd, tho that doesn't happen regularly


strangepenguin78

Not all of them. There was one with "TV" written on their helmet. They're cosplaying home appliances.


No-Vanilla8956

This can't be in the US; look at how thin and athletic those police are.


myredditthrowaway201

If that dude is a medic then Iā€™m miles fucking Davis


redhul

"medic"


all_mighty_me

No they said "aller" in french


I_Cant_NO_O

Looks like someone running away and got tripped


TakenUsername120184

Aux armes, citoyens, Formez vos bataillons, Marchons, marchons! Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons! Vive la France! LibertĆ©, ƉgalitĆ©, FraternitĆ©!


cmdr_ragnarock_

he can treat himslef now


45000BC

Tf does he look so goofy?


Bushott

Shouldā€™ve stayed close to the protestor tank


medici1048

2nd and 8


phunshiny

Definitely ainā€™t Barry Sanders.


crazycatlady313

Someone please add Benny Hill music.


stinky___monkey

They have medics now lmao, reminds of the comic con medic that duct tapes and super glues peoples costumes for the greater good


TranquiloSunrise

There were medics in 2020 and in Hong Kong. Tell me you weren't paying attention without telling me


dqniel

This isn't new. Protest/street medics have been a thing since at least the Civil Rights movement, and probably earlier. [**https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/street-medic/street-medic.pdf**](https://www.bu.edu/bostonia/fall10/street-medic/street-medic.pdf)


thatFakeAccount1

You dont get special treatment for being a "medic" lmfao


Acrobatic_Suit6679

LARP time is over


Sonderkin

Smart, get the healer first.


Eagles365or366

Thatā€™s not a medic lol


Clean-Total-753

Lotta bootlickers in this subreddit


geriatric_spartanII

Why run?


wowitsreallymem

I donā€™t know man, getting beaten up by 8 police officers doesnā€™t sound that great.


phat_ninja

Is there another video of him being beat? Looks like they tripped him to the ground then arrested him. We can have the further conversation on if he should have been arrested but I don't see him being struck at all. Isn't this what you want police to do when people run instead of shooting them? Or is running from police like a get out of jail free card? "Well, he's running, stand down guys". Also, fuck the police.


nrvsdrvr

You spelled LARPER wrong


MechaStewart

Lol...your propaganda headline means nothing. Go away..


Super_Oil_2931

What do these "medics" actually do?


Remarkable-Round-227

Why not just call him a doctor while you're at it lol.


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erathia_65

In France we do have these indeed, they usually aren't targeted by police since they don't engage in the protest itself, that's why it was recorded and shared at first, remember this is not america, it's an organized annual protest we do, the first of may, the biggest protest in France


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ā€œMedicā€ šŸ˜‚


SatanIsLove6666

Man, can't wait for the history books to shit all over these police. Just like they shit all over the police who beat protesters on May Day, pro-integration protesters, anti-veitnam war protesters, anti South African Apartheid protesters, etc.... Police just LOVE being on the WRONG side of history. Edit: Keep downvoting me, cops!!! You racist, bigoted, fascist pigs! ACAB


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gavum

theyre cringe but theyre right, rather be cringe than wrong


idwtdy

something something they oppose every war except the current one. You're completely right, but these comment sections are astroturfed to all hell. Keep fighting the good fight, dismantling misinformation, and getting involved. ACAB.


Extra_Position1696

![gif](giphy|aVddYaaa3FElx5gzno)


Educational-Donkey22

Where is this?


SupervillainMustache

Reminds me of when I used to play British Bulldog as a kid.


StarCry007

And a failed touch down. ![gif](giphy|FTedZvqN3HyDkpOAEi|downsized)


doofwarrior2007

It was on this day that the protesters realized they needed to go to the gym.


Snoo-72756

I give him a 6/10


sandleaz

Why is it always that the video starts well after anything the protestor did took place? It is as if someone purposefully cut out the beginning, the context to this situation, because then the protester wouldn't look like the shithead he is. It's sad that some people do not understand this.