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   On 24 Aug 2023, Culture War  posted some   
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   > The EMT should be carrying a .357 and unafraid of using it.   
      
   The mother of a New York City EMT who was stabbed in the back of an   
   ambulance told Fox News Digital that her family fears the accused attacker   
   will "be released and face minimal consequences" amidst New York state's   
   bail reform and sentencing guidelines that "protect the criminal."   
      
   Julia Fatum, a 25-year-old from Boiceville, New York, was attending to 48-   
   year-old felon Rudy Garcia in the back of an ambulance headed for Mount   
   Sinai West in midtown Manhattan on the evening of July 19.   
      
   Prosecutors wrote in an indictment unsealed this week that Garcia pulled a   
   knife out of his boot when Fatum "asked [him] to stop" after he threw a   
   gum wrapper at her.   
      
   In response, Garcia allegedly stabbed her six times — once in her left   
   forearm, once on the left side of her chest and four times to her left   
   thigh.   
      
   MAN REPEATEDLY STABBED EMT IN NYC AMBULANCE AFTER SHE TOLD HIM TO STOP   
   THROWING GUM WRAPPER: INDICTMENT   
      
   On Monday, Garcia pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder,   
   first degree assault and second degree assault charges, according to a   
   press release from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.   
      
   Garcia is being held at Rikers Island in lieu of $500,000 bail. His prior   
   convictions, per prosecutors, include two felonies for assaulting police   
   officers, three previous misdemeanor charges and at least two failures to   
   appear in court.   
      
   Most recently, he was arrested at a Brooklyn subway station on June 10 for   
   fare evasion after sneaking onto the platform using the emergency exit   
   door, the New York Police Department said. He was also charged with   
   criminal possession of a weapon for a knife in his pocket.   
      
   NYC EMT REPEATEDLY STABBED BY 'EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED' PATIENT IN BACK OF   
   AMBULANCE: 'HE SKEWERED HER'   
      
   It is unclear whether he has answered to this charge in court, or whether   
   he was on the street awaiting trial due to New York State's bail reform   
   laws that allow nonviolent criminals to await their court dates outside   
   jail without posting bail. Fox News Digital could not reach the King's   
   County District Attorney's office for comment at press time.   
      
   A lawyer for Garcia could not immediately be reached for comment.   
      
   The injured EMT's mother, Cara Fatum-Grant, told Fox News Digital on   
   Wednesday that Fatum is "determined to make it back to life before the   
   attack" despite her debilitating injuries and post-traumatic stress she   
   sustained.   
      
   "Julia has not and will not be able to return to work any time soon,"   
   Fatum-Grant said. "She still does not have function in her left hand and   
   arm and has quite some trouble walking."   
      
   NYC EMT STABBED REPEATEDLY BY FELON HAD 'SIGNIFICANT' BLOOD LOSS, NEEDS   
   SURGERY FOR NERVE DAMAGE: DA   
      
   Although she is "strong and determined," she has "a long road ahead of her   
   physically and mentally," and "her recovery has been slow," said Fatum-   
   Grant.   
      
   The mother — who has been vocal about her disdain for the state's bail   
   reform policies and asked policymakers "how [their] bail reform is   
   working" in a Facebook post after the attack on her daughter — said she   
   fears Garcia will be "released and face minimal consequences for what he's   
   done."   
      
   "We expected him to plead not guilty, and we expect they will ask for some   
   kind of plea bargain — we are worried that our daughter's struggle with be   
   for nothing," she told Fox News Digital. "People are literally getting   
   away with murder in this state and change needs to be made."   
      
   Fatum-Grant said she never thought highly of New York State's bail reform   
   legislation, which went into effect at the start of 2020 — but after July   
   19, the "attack on [her] daughter only made [her] more angry."   
      
   "I feel like New York is failing its citizens," she said. "We've become a   
   'protect the criminal' type of state."   
      
   "Knowing how dangerous this man is and how many times he was caught and   
   released really scares me," the mother continued.   
      
   Fatum-Grant, her husband and their 16-year-old son live three hours away   
   from the city in Boiceville in Ulster County, and have taken time off from   
      
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