Off-duty nurses, security guards, ambulance workers and others have joined protests against racism and police brutality to work as medics. 'When we see suffering, that's where we go,' says one.
Many are medical professionals who see parallels between the front lines of COVID-19, where they confront stark racial imbalances among those stricken by the coronavirus, and what they see as racialized police brutality.
A table is filled with supplies for injured protesters at an apartment complex that became the central command for Denver's street medics on June 1.A table is filled with supplies for injured protesters at an apartment complex that became the central command for Denver's street medics on June 1.
"I am working full time and basically being at the protest after getting straight off of work," says Butler, who is black. That's tiring, she says, but so is being a black woman in America. Iris Butler, a certified nursing assistant, worked as a medic during Denver's June 1 protest."I am working full time and basically being at the protest after getting straight off of work," says Butler.Iris Butler, a certified nursing assistant, worked as a medic during Denver's June 1 protest."I am working full time and basically being at the protest after getting straight off of work," says Butler.
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