Full Video of EMS Call Prior to Death of South Carolina Man with Schizophrenia

ORANGEBURG, SC (WRDW/WAGT) - It started with a few 911 calls on Sept. 9, 2018.  911 Caller: There is a man naked running down the interstate on 95. 911 Caller: I don't know if you are going to believe me or not, but I just had a naked guy come walk up on me on the side of the road, and I took off and I think he jumped on my catwalk.  JEMS: Questions Surround Case of South Carolina Patient’s Death It was 26-year-old Paul Tarashuk. When Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived to try and grab Tarashuk, they believed he was on drugs. He was not. He was having a schizophrenic episode. Tarashuk's disorientation made it difficult for deputies and EMT officials that eventually arrived at the scene to understand him.  Body cam captured by one of the deputies at the scene shows Tarashuk appearing confused. "I'm getting this thing passed down," one of the deputies said to a truck driver at the scene. "He ain't going to jail, I promise you that. He ain't my fish. I'll get him some medical help."  Nobody knew just how much Tarashuk needed medical help more than his mother, Cindy Tarashuk. "Paul did have a mental illness," Cindy said. "Instead of helping him and recognizing what they should have been trained to recognize, they insulted him and called him names and mocked him."  The deputy's body cam is still recording when EMT workers arrive. They ask Tarashuk for his name over and over again, but he doesn't res...
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