Death by snow

According to the New York Post, the snow clearing debacle in New York City was the result of an intentional slow down by sanitation workers to protest recent cut backs due to tight finances. If this is true, then these guys are guilty of manslaughter. Sure, no one is going to be arrested and charged with a crime. After all, in New York, labor leaders can do pretty much whatever they want and the liberals all line up in support. Nevertheless, there were people who died during and after the storm when ambulances could not get to them due to unplowed streets. If those streets were intentionally left snow covered to make a point in a labor dispute, then the people who made that decision are directly responsible for those deaths. It is no different than if the staff of an emergency room refused to treat half of the patients who came into the ER one evening as a protest of their benefit levels. If the untreated patients were to die, you can be sure that the doctors would face severe consequences. So, let's see if mayor Bloomberg does anything about this.