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Staff are attacked at Tustin vaccination site by man claiming pandemic is a hoax; suspect arrestedJahanbani said he was punched several times before his colleague stepped between him and the assailant. The attacker knocked that coworker onto the ground and then rained punches down on him, all while calling clinic staff murderers and accusing them of causing the pandemic, Jahanbani said.
You could just see the rage in his face at this point, Jahanbani said.
Two patients who were waiting for booster shots had to help Jahanbani and the security guard in order to free the man pinned beneath the attacker. It took all five of them to hold the man down while police were summoned.
He was eventually handcuffed to a stretcher and arrested. The man was yelling and kicking, even as he was shocked with a stun gun, Jahanbani said.
He was shouting youre a part of this too! at the officers, Jahanbani said.
https://www.ocregister.com/2022/01/03/staff-are-attacked-at-tustin-vaccination-site-by-man-claiming-pandemic-is-a-hoax-suspect-arrested/
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After a security guard asked the man to wear a mask, he became increasingly angry claiming medical workers were complicit in a COVID-19 hoax and that "he was 'not a sheep'" said Jahanbani, the mobile operations manager for Families Together of Orange County, where the clinic was operating in the parking lot Dec. 30.
As Jahanbani, 37, and a medical assistant approached, the man identified by police as Thomas Apollo, 43 launched at them, landing a blow to Jahanbani's face, he said Tuesday. The medical assistant, who declined to be identified, tried to pull Apollo back and took "a few pretty strong punches" to his head, chest and back, Jahanbani said.
The assistant ended up pinned under Apollo as he delivered punch after punch, Jahanbani said. He said it took five people including another healthcare worker and two patients to pry the man off. About 10 to 20 patients were at the clinic, which has seen a recent surge in demand for vaccines and tests as the Omicron variant continues to drive a rapid increase in cases, said Cassie Rossel, a spokesperson for the community healthcare center.
It took seven police officers roughly 15 minutes to restrain Apollo, who was "irate and shouting profanities," Jahanbani said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-attacks-workers-at-orange-county-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-calling-them-murderers/ar-AASrugT?ocid=msedgntp
NJCher
(35,423 posts)"he was 'not a sheep'"
He doesnt get that this is precisely what he is.
IA8IT
(5,538 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)phylny
(8,353 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Girard442
(6,059 posts)We all know what would have happened then.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)assaulting a health care worker is the same crime as assaulting a police officer. There will be multiple felony charges.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Sick of healthcare workers being abused!
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)I feel bad for all involved - except hm.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)This guy needs to be living in an institution! Uncontrollable rage, even when tasers used!
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)This really needs to be a fed hate crime to atrack healthcare workers. It happens every day.
benfranklin1776
(6,427 posts)All three produce equally lethal effects on ones ability to discern reality as do meth or bath salts. We are now seeing the real life horrific effects, like this criminal behavior, of the rancid stew of propaganda these entities relentlessly pump out warping peoples minds and radicalizing people into a new American domestic terrorist movement that is every bit as lethal as the Covid plague is to our society and to all rational human beings.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)They know psy ops work!
This pos needs to be living in a locked institution!
benfranklin1776
(6,427 posts)Its like were fighting a war but refuse to invest in the weapons we need that are available, and, given its an information war, we definitely need our own media infrastructure, if only to counter the relentless mind altering brainwashing. It would be a far better investment for the long term than 30 second political ads which are quickly forgotten and often cant break through the years of propaganda many viewers have been conditioned by. We absolutely need to make that structural investment.
And yes there absolutely needs to be accountability in the form of prison for all those like this cretin who act out on their warped violent impulses, as well as those like Agent Orange and his handlers who orchestrate it. Otherwise it becomes the new abnormal and the danger to human life multiplies.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Tfg & coconspirators absolutely must be arrested, tried, & given max sentences upon convictions!
Midnight Writer
(21,546 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Faux snooze as well.
raccoon
(31,089 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,787 posts)Takket
(21,424 posts)ShazzieB
(15,952 posts)The pandemic itself isn't man-made, but the lies told about it on social media, Faux News, etc., most definitely are.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,119 posts)Alice Kramden
(2,157 posts)That is terrible
pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)As far as I am concerned, the increase in these types of attacks is the fact there appear to be no consequences for the attacker's actions.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)Right wing cops are notoriously anti-vaxx when it comes to the covid vaccines, especially in conservative Orange County areas like Tustin. The Orange County Sheriff reported only a 16% vaccination rate among its officers. https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/16/california-police-prison-guards-vaccination-rates
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,440 posts)I hope they all gettit.
Demovictory9
(32,323 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)oioioi
(1,127 posts)noun
noun: dag; plural noun: dags
1. Australian/New Zealand
a lock of wool matted with dung hanging from the hindquarters of a sheep.
Evolve Dammit
(16,632 posts)elias7
(3,976 posts)It is reported that 65% of the faux info out there is being pushed by a dozen people, all of whom have gotten quite rich for pushing alternative medicines and non-vax approach. Anyone who distrusts medical establishment needs to be equally wary of the source of their info from alt sources. Check out their net worth. They are latter day snake oil salesmen capitalizing on intellectually challenged peoples fears and ignorance. These people are guilty of crimes against humanity IMO.
NPR reported these complied by the center for countering digital hate (CCDH):
Joseph Mercola, an osteopathic physician and major proponent of natural health
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the son of Robert F. Kennedy and an environmental lawyer and the founder of Childrens Health Defense
Ty and Charlene Bollinger, self-acclaimed filmmakers and founders of the docuseries The Truth about Cancer
Sherri Tenpenny, an osteopathic physician who believes vaccines cause autism
Rizza Islam, an antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ social media influencer who targets his anti-vaccine messaging to the Black community
Rashid Buttar, an osteopathic physician known for using chelation therapy for numerous conditions, including autism and cancer
Erin Elizabeth, runs an alternative health site called Health Nut News who has also shared antisemitic posts
Sayer Ji, the founder of GreenMedInfo, a popular alternative medicine portal
Kelly Brogan, an author of books on alternative medicine, such as Mind of Your Own
Christiane Northrup, an obstetrics and gynecology physician and author who has embraced pseudoscientific alternative medicine theories
Ben Tapper, who works as a chiropractor and founded The Wellness Pointe
Kevin Jenkins, a social epidemiologist focused on inequities in healthcare
SergeStorms
(18,891 posts)A few are supposed "doctors" of some sort, and all of them, like you said, filling their bank accounts selling snake oil and "alternative treatments".
Why can't the FDA shut these assholes down?
IronLionZion
(45,256 posts)sounds like Thomas Apollo got a sweet deal. A different sort of person might be shot dead.
7 police officers taking 15 minutes to restrain someone who is powered with Qraziness. Qanon is no match for stun guns.
They should add domestic terrorism to his charges anyway
roody
(10,849 posts)...
Mr.Bill
(24,103 posts)loose cigarettes or something.
Harker
(13,875 posts)in a story that has nothing to do with NASA has considerable talent.
Scrivener7
(50,773 posts)are all showing themselves.
That and the Darwin effect. Because this guy is going to get Covid in whatever facility they bring him to.
Aristus
(66,092 posts)Give it to nasty people like this hammerhead, and this is the result.