Police: Infamous EMT's Death Not Vengeance, Just "Karma"

Greenhouse (Katie Sokoler/Gothamist)

Though it seemed plausible, at least from a Law & Order perspective, that the murder of EMT Jason Green might be connected to the death of a pregnant woman he allegedly refused to help because he was on break, a witness says Green was shot during a fight that started over a parking spot. Police had questioned the deceased pregnant woman's twin brother—a soldier set to return to the Middle East one day after the shooting—but they say he had absolutely nothing to do with Green's murder, which happened early Sunday morning after Green and his friend couldn't get into Greenhouse in Soho.

Two women who'd been inside the club came out to meet Green and his friend, and they were all standing outside when another group of men started arguing with Green. His friend denies that a parking spot was involved in the dispute, and it's unclear how the fight started, but it ended in a parking lot across the street, where Green was getting the upper hand in a fistfight. "He was winning, and the other guy didn't like it," a police source tells the Daily News. Green, 32, was shot twice in the torso.

The assailants fled in a BMW, which the cops tracked down. According to the Post, the suspects are young men in their 20s, from Brooklyn. "It's karma, but it wasn't planned. It wasn't anyone retaliating," a police source tells the News.

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By John Del Signore in News on July 20, 2010 11:04 AM

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napalm

He got exactly what he deserved

juliec

Please consider the fact that this man saved a lot of lives as an EMT. More people will die because he was murdered because he cannot help them He was wrong to have let his negligence directly result in the death of a woman, especially a pregnant woman.

'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'

(John 8:7)

Guest

'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.'

(John 8:7)

but i ended up playing catch with the accused because of my weak arms...

Cannibal

Well, if the NYPD says its Karma, I am satisfied.

JacqueMehoff

who cares, cops don't believe in karma.

but it all balances out in the end.

juliec

You're absolutely right, too many cops and authoritative representatives are inconsistent and unfair in their execution of justice, which goes against the ideals of karma. But some cops are good. We should support these individuals and their actions instead of profiling them all as 'bad cops.' That is how you achieve balance.

You did ask who cares...

JacqueMehoff

I was actually referring to if cops believed in kharma they wouldn't treat people the way they do. but yeah, whatever. it all balances out in the end. I hope the good cops can also sleep at night knowing what they've seen the bad cops do.

yamon

Actually karma from a Buddhist perspective is NOT good my friend. The point is to move beyond it

juliec

Karma is like the water in the ocean; you want to swim to the top for air, but you are still in water and it is still good, but I do appreciate your response!

juliec

Murder is not karma. I'm happy Buddhist vocabulary is spreading in our cultural lexicon, but please use it wisely. Senseless acts of violence are not karma and never good, no matter who the victim.

realist

"It's karma, but it wasn't planned" elegantly understates the sort of fundamental misunderstanding that seems rife throughout this entire encounter.