‘I was Black’: Texas man gets injured in a car crash, but EMS allegedly delayed bringing him to the emergency room
The man claimed the issue was because of his skin color.
EMS typically respond quickly and transport patients for urgent care—even for the most unexpected reason. However, one Texas man who claimed to be injured in a car crash alleged that first responders refused to take him to the hospital right away, citing his skin color as the reason.
“Inadequate care. That’s what’s going on here. I just got in a wreck,” Mr. Aura (@mr..aura777) can be heard telling EMS during the incident. In his video shared on TikTok, Aura can be seen surrounded by several first responders and the Assistant Medical Director of the Lewisville Fire Department, while a view of his car showed its mangled state with the airbags deployed.
Aura then accused EMS of failing to transport him for treatment, claiming they allegedly refused to rush him to the emergency room because of his skin color. Frustrated by what he described as inadequate care, Aura told EMS he would hold them “accountable in the court of law, because that’s my right,” and went on to accuse them of malpractice.
Man claims his skin color delayed his medical treatment
According to Aura, the accident allegedly left him with a concussion and a C5 fracture, a serious spinal cord injury at the base of the neck that affects arm and shoulder movement, breathing, and other vital functions, per SpinalCord. However, Aura claimed that EMS wanted to search him first before transporting him to a hospital.
“Do you search every white person? Every person that gets into an accident, you search ‘em?” Aura directed at the surrounding EMS. In response, one of the responders told Aura that he was “acting irrational.” Aura denied this, asking the responder to clarify what he meant before saying, “Cause of my skin. I am Black. That’s why you were scared, brother. Grow up, bro.”
In the caption of his video, Aura claimed he hadn’t committed any crime or made any threats that would justify the search. He later urged any viewers practicing law to let him know whether his rights were violated during the incident. “If you handle civil rights, EMS negligence, or medical malpractice cases, please reach out,” he said. “I NEED ANSWERS.”
While there is no federal law requiring first responders to search a patient before transporting them for medical care, such protocols are left to the discretion of EMS agencies. These protocols are not implemented arbitrarily.
According to a report by 7News, nearly half of the 10,000 first responders who participated in a national survey said they had been physically attacked by a patient within a single year. It is, unfortunately, an issue that has yet to be formally addressed.
EMS do get attacked by patients
In February 2022, paramedic Melanie Kempf and her partner were transporting a patient suspected of a drug overdose to get medical treatment. En route to the hospital, however, paramedics discovered the patient had concealed a knife, and Kempf was stabbed multiple times.
In May 2026, Baton Rouge paramedics determined Kenneth Armstrong needed further medical attention and began transporting him to a nearby hospital. While in the ambulance, Armstrong grabbed a paramedic and repeatedly tossed her around by the neck.
Most viewers appeared to side with EMS in Aura’s case. For them, the incident highlighted why first responders deserve higher pay. As one commenter put it, “This is exactly why ems and fire deserve to be paid more, yelling at them is ridiculous.”
Others were left in disbelief at Aura’s behavior towards the medical director. “That’s the medical director. Literally the dude that writes the protocols you say they’re breaking,” a commenter said.
Some shared their own experience on why searches are encouraged: “I’m a firefighter you wouldn’t believe the amount of times we got to the hospital and the patient had a gun on them because no one searched them before leaving the scene.”
In Aura’s case, it is likely that EMS were exercising caution rather than acting because of his skin color. Expert Dr. Jenn Taylor highlighted the importance of consistent safety protocols and ensuring that patients won’t harm first responders once they are placed in an ambulance.
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