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Arrested teen hailed as hero after helping cop who collapsed




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A teen who has often found himself on the wrong side of the law is now being hailed as a hero after he helped saved the life of a police officer who was booking him at the jail.


Jamal Rutledge, 17, was handcuffed and sitting in the Fort Lauderdale police booking facility on Sept. 10, a few feet away from a desk where Officer Franklin Foulks was doing paperwork.


Suddenly, Foulks, 49, leaned backward from the desk, toppled off his chair and collapsed to the floor, according to Detective DeAnna Greenlaw.


Seeing Foulks in distress, Rutledge got up and began kicking the security fence and yelling to alert other officers in the area. The events were captured on surveillance video.


Within minutes three other officers arrived to find Foulks semiconscious and clutching his chest.


Sgt. Todd Bunin called Fire Rescue and then began to remove Foulks' police gear and cut off his shirt, Greenlaw said.


Officers Robert Norvis and Raymond Ketchmark overheard Bunin's radio transmission and arrived to assist.


Norvis began performing CPR on Foulks while Ketchmark grabbed a nearby defibrillator to begin stimulating Foulks' heart.


Ketchmark also made direct contact with Fire Rescue crews to provide updates on what was going on. After Fire Rescue arrived, Foulks was taken to Broward Health Medical Center.


Rutledge was being booked for violation of probation on charges including burglary and violation of juvenile imposed conditions, Greenlaw said.
He has been arrested "multiple times" since that September arrest, Greenlaw said. Because he's a juvenile, the details of the allegations were unclear on Tuesday.


Broward Health medical staff noted that Rutledge's action and the quick response of officers were critical to Foulks' survival.
Foulks is currently on light duty, and is expected to return to full duty at the end of this month, Greenlaw said.


Rutledge, a Fort Lauderdale resident, along with three police officers who teamed up to save Foulks' life, will be honored Jan. 21 at a city commission meeting.

 

I so love this story. <3 (was planing to post it in hero thread). What is so sad is how many people on FB are saying they'd have let the cop die. Just awful. God Bless this young man! :freehug:

 

it is sick people would think that crap

 

Uh yeah...don't be fooled either

People say a lot of honest shit on the internet

I remember looking at a few youtube videos with lone cops getting beat up by suspects, with crowds of people just looking on and not helping out

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...creams-turn-smiles-beats-2-Chainz-played.html

 

lol, zomg, have you seen this?

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http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ra...st-nancy-grace-marijuana-legalization-debate/

 

yeah.. i saw this on a commentary show...tyt.

they dogged her. they were say she looked like she got rear ended cause she didnt expect him to be intelligent

 

A random act of kindness that went terribly wrong :smt009

On February 14, @Super8Hotels tweeted, "Love is in the air… Happy Valentine's Day!" But their love certainly didn't extend to homeless families in Ohio.

On Valentine's Day, the temperature in Columbus, OH, was nine degrees with wind chill below zero.
A family traveling across the state met a homeless couple with nowhere to go.
Rather than letting them suffer hypothermia, they generously bought them three nights at a Super 8 Motel.
But an hour later, the Super 8 called back just to let them know they were evicting the homeless couple even if it meant letting them freeze -- all because they didn't have ID, and no, the generous family couldn't have their money back, either.

Super 8 is owned by the Wyndham Hotel Group, which also owns Days Inn, Ramada, Travelodge, Howard Johnson, and more.
Tell Wyndham CEO Geoff Ballotti: If you want our travel dollars, then change the way you treat homeless people! Make things right with this couple and set new policies to make sure this never happens again!

Then share this petition widely so that Super 8 hears from as many customers as possible - thank you!


Sign the petition here:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/628/524/036/

 

Welcome to philadelphia.....where the homeless have been freezing since xyz

 

Seriously what the hell is wrong with people. Pushing people out into the freezing cold even though the room was paid for. Merica proving to the world that being rich ain't got shit to do with having a soul.

 

This is pretty pathetic. I hope their decision was worth the negative publicity. Petition signed.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...b-following-night-cocaine-drinking-lover.html

I'm sure goodlove approves of this

 

This is a positive story I swear....I'm not trolling

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...markable-story-11-years-never-walk-again.html

I'm very interested in how this caused the marriage to fall apart

Did she become super bitchy and selfish (which can happen when people become disabled) or did the husband not have the moral decency/sex life to stand by the woman who almost gave her soul for their children

It would take a lot of unthinkable shit to get me to leave in that situation, simply because of the surge of love and respect for what she's done

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ther-s-touch-five-years-old-s-never-sick.html

 

This one makes no sense. ..error link you posted maybe? (lucky for you you weren't watching pron links)

Amazing heroic story. That mama got a surge of Herculean strength we so often hear about.

 

The link works for me...the man's cheating wife dies and he decides to raise her kids from another relationship..how awesome is that for the kids

I won't insult you insulting my porn addiction because ur on probation and I'm a decent (fairly) person



And yes it's an amazing story...so often you hear about parents doing whatever it takes for the life of kids

 

Lol...ok first link..l read half of it and wondered what is the relevence..l didnt reach the kids part. My bad.

Stating a fact about you is not an insult.

Also, you are incorrect, not on probation at all. #Reversed. :yawinkle: Hugz. #lovethisplace#webbierocks

Keep the goodfeel stories coming, Petty

 

Oh.....im just warming up for a weekend of race baiting and incessant whining

And yes the article is kinda downer until you read about the kids calling him 'dad'

Their biological father is in the wind somewhere and this guy loves the kids enough to raise the bunch of em as his own regardless of how awful a wife their mother was

I'm being long winded but as a parent u kinda have to raise ur kids...because...duh

Someone said a perfect act of character is what someone does when they're not obligated to do it

 

Yeah..noble thing to take on another's child be it adoption or the way he did. Hate seeing kids pay for the misdeeds of shitty parents. Feeli the same about pets, too.

Yes you certainly are the forum's racebaiting jester. :smt031 . :axe:

EDIT: l missed your last two lines. Forgot your 5min rule, lol.. Great comment.

 

Just because.....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ge-men-Cincinnati-Ohio-pay-special-visit.html

Like I said before....truly unsung heroes for their cities

Let a few weeks go by without sanitation and see if anyone cares about 'hero' firefighters or cops