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We
love
a
judge
who
stands
on
business.
Earlier
this
year,
BOSSIP
reported
on
the
alleged
murder
of
a
35-year-old
Black
man
Earl
Moore
who
died
after
EMTs
in
Springfield,
Illinois,
Peter
Cadigan
and
Peggy
Finley,
strapped
him
face-down
onto
a
gurney
on
the
night
of
Dec.
18,
2022.
Moore
was
suffocated
to
death
and
Sangamon
County
Coroner
Jim
Allmon
ruled
his
death
a
homicide
saying
it
was
caused
by,
“compressional
and
positional
asphyxia
due
to
prone
face-down
restraint
on
a
paramedic
transportation
cot/stretcher
by
tightened
straps
across
the
back.”
As
you
can
imagine,
the
ambulance
company
that
employs
Cadigan
and
Finley
is
trying
its
damnedest
to
weasel
their
way
out
of
accountability.
However,
according
to
News
One,
Sangamon
County
Judge
John
Madonia
isn’t
here
for
the
shenanigans.
In
response
to
the
company’s
legal
team
arguing
that
first-degree
murder
charges
were
“inappropriate”
for
the
situation,
Judge
Madonia
lucidly
ruled
otherwise.
“Knowledge
through
training
at
the
most
basic
levels
would
suggest
that
these
particular
actors
or
defendants,
in
this
case,
had
the
requisite
knowledge
to
know
that
what
they
were
doing
could
cause
substantial
great
bodily
harm
or
potential
loss
of
life,”
Madonia
ruled
about
LifeStar
Ambulance
Service
reports
News
Channel
20.
Bang
the
muthaf***in’
gavel.
The
audacity
of
this
intentionally
obtuse
outfit
to
argue
as
if
trained
and
certified
EMTs
don’t
know
that
it’s
not
a
great
idea
to
STRAP
SOMEONE
FACE
DOWN
onto
essentially
a
rolling
mattress.
States
Attorney
Dan
Wright
added
a
plus-one
to
Judge
Madonia’s
thoughts:
“Knowing
based
upon
their
training,
experience,
and
the
surrounding
circumstances
that
such
acts
would
create
bodily
harm
and/or
death,
in
violation
of
the
Criminal
Code
of
the
state
of
Illinois,
potential
penalties
faced
by
both
defendants
include
a
range
of
20
to
60
years
in
the
Department
of
Corrections,”
We’re
no
lawyers
but
it
sounds
open-and-shut
to
us.
Put
these
thugs
where
they
belong.
