wasn’t a medical emergency.

Standing outside isn’t a medical emergency that would cause an ambulance to show up. If you called they’d transfer you to the police.

Standing outside for hours becomes a medical emergency. You would watch him die rather than call the police.

But even so, try to bring him inside, hand him a blanket,

He’s waving a shower rod at you. He’s blind and confused.

If he was capable of following directions he would have walked into the police cruiser and been driven home.

The obscurity of the language isn’t exactly relevant as I wouldn’t know it was obscure if I didn’t speak it

It’s relevant to your claim that you could have found someone to translate for you.

It is not the woman’s fault for contacting the appropriate authorities. Fix your police.

Communicate with them,

HE DIDN’T SPEAK ENGLISH! And its not like he spoke Spanish or something somewhat common that you could find a translator. He was Rohingyan. His language is obscure even in his native country.

if any neighbours recognize the language would be the next step. Failing at direct communication, take a vague guess at nationality and call ethnic restaurants to see if anyone has a better idea what the language might

How many neighbors do you know speak Rohingya? How many Rohingya restaurants are in your city?

It’s an obscure language even in his native country of Burma. The original incident that resulted in his arrest happened on Feb 15th of 2025. It was below freezing outside. While you are screwing around calling restaurants, he would have died of exposure- just like happened after he was dropped off at a Tim Horton’s without notifying his family.

What lack of empathy? A confused blind man who didn’t speak English was at her door. What was she supposed to do? Ignore him?

Fix your police. Don’t blame the woman.

but it’s not like calling the police is the only option for when someone

He was confused, blind and didn’t speak English. It wasn’t a fire and wasn’t a medical emergency so neither would respond. Social workers are not first responders- they don’t show up on call. What would you have done?

Fix your police. Don’t blame the woman.

I imagine the woman absolutely knew about copious evidence of police brutality

Are you kidding? The media glorifies police. It’s non stop Police procedural drama on TV.

Safely talk to them,

HE DIDN’T SPEAK ENGLISH!

He’s blind. He didn’t speak English. He needs obviously needs help but there is no one to call. It’s not a fire. It’s not a medical emergency.

the woman calling the police

That’s the only part that’s normal. A blind man who doesn’t speak English shows up in front of your house? What are you supposed to do? This is exactly what the police are for!

This is entirely the police department’s fault.