Seattle Children's knew for years security was called disproportionately on Black patients
Seattle Children’s knew for years security was called disproportionately on Black patients By Asia Fields, The Seattle Times Published: April 21, 2021, 9:35am Share: SEATTLE — At Seattle Children’s, a father’s request for staff to use a needleless injection device on his child — as the doctor ordered — instead of a numbing cream ended with security taking him from the room. “As a black man, being escorted away from my very sick child by a security officer left me powerless, embarrassed, and seen in the eyes of other families on the unit as a criminal,” he said, ...
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