EPISODE · Nov 10, 2020 · 10 MIN
Mini: Paul Tarashuk
from Crime Over Coffee · host Crime Over Coffee
On September 10, 2018 EMT personnel and police responded to a phone call of a truck driver reporting that a naked man was on top of his vehicle. This man was Paul Tarashuk. After being examined, an officer drops Paul off at a nearby gas station. Shortly after, Paul was struck by a driver and was pronounced dead at the scene. Listen to this episode to hear his story. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/249363802529922 https://www.wrdw.com/2020/07/21/i-team-paul-tarashuks-family-fights-for-federal-help-to-hold-orangeburg-county-accountable/ https://nypost.com/2019/07/31/man-abandoned-by-cop-in-midst-of-psychotic-breakdown-found-dead-hours-later-suit/ https://www.change.org/p/department-of-justice-justice-for-paul-tarashuk?fbclid=IwAR2-DbO5XLnmtY0e7uWSxwY-kQ218BBNwLfeuPaPj-Ix5qZl3qZaP9Pq2Bk https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/man-suffering-psychotic-breakdown-left-alone-near-highway-by-south-carolina-first-responders/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/man-suffering-psychotic-episode-left-alone-near-highway-by-first-responders/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mentally-ill-man-killed-after-being-abandoned-by-first-responders/#x https://www.emtcity.com/topic/19008-ammonia-inhalants-aka-smelling-salts/#:~:text=They%27re%20most%20commonly%20used%20in%20EMS%20on%20apparently,no%20longer%20be%20much%20interested%20in%20faking%20unresponsiveness
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On September 10, 2018 EMT personnel and police responded to a phone call of a truck driver reporting that a naked man was on top of his vehicle. This man was Paul Tarashuk. After being examined, an officer drops Paul off at a nearby gas station. Shortly after, Paul was struck by a driver and was pronounced dead at the scene. Listen to this episode to hear his story. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/groups/249363802529922 https://www.wrdw.com/2020/07/21/i-team-paul-tarashuks-family-fights-for-federal-help-to-hold-orangeburg-county-accountable/ https://nypost.com/2019/07/31/man-abandoned-by-cop-in-midst-of-psychotic-breakdown-found-dead-hours-later-suit/ https://www.change.org/p/department-of-justice-justice-for-paul-tarashuk?fbclid=IwAR2-DbO5XLnmtY0e7uWSxwY-kQ218BBNwLfeuPaPj-Ix5qZl3qZaP9Pq2Bk https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/man-suffering-psychotic-breakdown-left-alone-near-highway-by-south-carolina-first-responders/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/man-suffering-psychotic-episode-left-alone-near-highway-by-first-responders/ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mentally-ill-man-killed-after-being-abandoned-by-first-responders/#x https://www.emtcity.com/topic/19008-ammonia-inhalants-aka-smelling-salts/#:~:text=They%27re%20most%20commonly%20used%20in%20EMS%20on%20apparently,no%20longer%20be%20much%20interested%20in%20faking%20unresponsiveness
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