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In reply to the discussion: Exclusive: RFK's Son Arrested in Westchester Hospital Maternity Unit Clash, Police Say [View all]vi5
(13,305 posts)All I said was that of what I could see in the video and what I read of their statement, and what he did he was clearly exhibiting arrogant entitlement.
By trying to go outside in the first place, by assuming having his doctor friend from the ER with him was some sort of pass from hospital rules that anyone who is there for a day knows exists, by releasing a statement saying that this was all just a matter of trying to get their baby some fresh air there is no doubt in my mind that he acted arrogantly and entitled. Just on the stuff that I flat out know. These are the actions and words of an asshole and remind me of every entitled asshole I've ever known (and I've known plenty).
Who did what as far as the aggression and all of that, like I said it's for the jury to decide, not me. But again, given what I do know, it does not seem at all like this is someone who respects the authority of the hospital or anyone in it so there's little about him or his behavior that I do know and can read and see that makes him the least bit sympathetic to me.
Again, I've been the father, with the baby in the hospital. And as frustrated as I may have gotten at times with nurses or doctors, I recognize that in that situation, in that place they are the authority. If I have an issue with that I know there are proper channels to go through and proper protocol. I've held my tongue and my hand, and my patience in far more urgent and pressing and actually medical situations than simply "I want my baby to get some fresh air", so I have zero sympathy or respect for someone who can't do the same. It should never have even gotten to the point where he was walking around with the baby out of the ward. Even if the nurse grabbed him, I do blame him to a very large degree for being in that situation in the first place and for putting the nurses in that position in the first place.