didn t anybody who was in the waiting room do anything. but chances are they were all medicated and out of it. esmond lies unattended for 20 minutes. and then at 5:52 what is nothing, except for that a security guard comes by and sees her on the floor and doesn t do anything. doesn t go near her, doesn t do anything that would indicate any concern about the well-being of this individual who has come to the hospital for treatment. the security guard looks in, and then apparently walks away. ten minutes later, esmond is in distress, kicking her legs and moving back and forth. another eight minutes go by, and then a security guard wheels himself in on a chair, rounds the corner of the wall, looks at
and this was so not violent but so violent. a 49-year-old woman collapses on a psychiatric emergency room floor. surveillance video captures the moments when others decide to intervene or not. and their decisions have dire consequences. she was a really beautiful person. and an aunt. she loved children. she loved them with a passion. esmond green comes to new york city in 1995, hoping to find work that will allow her to send money home to her six children in jamaica. she was by all accounts heartbroken to be separated from her family for so many years. i think maybe one of the reasons why she clung to other
esmond green is out of control, and pastor marilyn johnson calls 911. emergency medical technicians arrive. esmond is admitted involuntarily to the psychiatric emergency room of the kings county hospital in brooklyn. one thing about the psychiatric emergency room, it s not like an ordinary emergency room. once you re taken in, they won t let you out without permission from a doctor. so if something is going wrong in there, you re a prisoner, and you re totally at the mercy of the hospital staff. it s june 19th, 5:32 in the morning. and esmond green, who has been waiting for a bed for nearly 24 hours, slumps to the floor. none of the patients move to help her. some people have asked why
looks at esmond and apparently walks away. at 6:35 a nurse enters the room and she kicks esmond to see if she responds. you know, i m no expert on medical practice, but common sense tells me that medical people ought to have some other tools at their disposal besides kicking somebody who s lying on the floor to find out whether they re dead. after being admitted the day before, esmond has been unattended by the hospital staff for nearly 24 hours. now, the nurse alerts others who finally come to check on her, but esmond is dead. according to the medical examiner, esmond green is killed
room of the kings county medical center in brooklyn. one thing about the psychiatric emergency room, it s not like an ordinary emergency room. once you re taken in, they won t let you out without permission from a doctor. so, if something s going wrong in there, you re a prisoner and you re totally at the mercy of the hospital staff. it s june 19th, 5:32 in the morning. and esmond green who has been waiting for a bed for nearly 24 hours slumps to the floor. none of the patients move to help her. some people have asked, why didn t anybody who is in the waiting room do anything? but chances are they were all medicated and out of it. esmond lies unattended for 20 minutes and then at 5:52 what happens to her is