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WE ARE JUST THREE WEEKS INTO SUMMER. THIS IS VIDEO OF THE LATEST ALLEGED ATTACK ON A BOSTON EMS WORKER. IT HAPPENED THURSDAY, OUTSIDE THIS SOUTHIE PIZZA JOINT. STATE POLICE SAY 37-YEAR-OLD DONNA TAYLOR TRIED TO PUSH PAST AN EMS SUPERVISOR AND ENTER THE SHOP, WHILE PARAMEDICS WERE TREATING AN OVERDOSE. THIS MAN SAYS HE WAS THERE. >> EVERYBODY TRYING TO FIGHT AND EVERYTHING. I SAID, LEAVE THOSE GUYS ALONE, THEY’RE ONLY TRYING TO HELP HIM. ADAM: THE VIDEO SHOWS THE WOMAN SHOVED OUT OF THE RESTAURANT, AND PURSUED BY THE SUPERVISOR. STATE POLICE SAY IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE, AS THE EMS OFFICIAL FOLLOWED HER INTO THE STREET AND PUSHED HER AGAIN. SECONDS LATER, ANOTHER PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION. IN WHICH POLICE SAY TAYLOR’S FLAILING ARMS STRUCK THE SUPERVISOR IN THE HEAD AND UPPER BODY. TROOPERS THEN CUFFED HER AND SAY SHE WENT ON RESIST ARREST, INCLUDING SPITTING AT THE OFFICER. THE INCIDENT FOLLOWS WEDNESDAY’S ATTACK ON ELAINA MCALISTER. THE PARAMEDIC STABBED SEVEN TIMES INSIDE HER AMBULANCE, AS SHE TENDED TO A PATIENT IN EAST BOSTON. 31-YEAR-OLD JULIE TEJEDA ARRAIGNED TODAY, AMIDST A SEA OF EMT RECRUITS. THE MAYOR SAID TONIGHT HE TOO IS CONCERNED. >> IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, THEY’VE HAD A TOUGH COUPLE DAYS HERE. ADAM: BUT THE CHIEF SAYS THE PUBLIC HAS TAKEN NOTICE AND RESPONDED ACCORDINGLY. >> IT KIND OF SHOWS THAT PEOPLE DO ACTUALLY APPRECIATE, RESPECT THE WORK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THIS DEPARTMENT DO. ADAM: SO OFFICIALS SAY THERE HAVE BEEN 31 ATTACKS THIS YEAR, 12 MORE THAN IN ALL OF LAST YEAR. BUT EMS OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT THAT SURPRISED, B

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Massachusetts State Police troopers said they stopped an assault against a Boston EMS supervisor on Thursday afternoon. The troopers were working a traffic stop at Preble Circle in South Boston around 4:25 p.m. when they heard yelling nearby, state police said. Troopers said that Boston Fire and Boston EMS were responding to a medical call about an unconscious woman at 313 Old Colony Ave., next to the rotary. The troopers said they heard a man yelling, "Get back," and someone else screaming in response. A woman later identified as Donna Taylor, 37, was trying to push past a Boston EMS supervisor to enter the residence, state police said. "Taylor pushed the EMS supervisor and began flailing her arms, striking him in the head and upper body. The supervisor attempted to push her away in self-defense, but she continued her assault unabated, and the two ended up struggling in traffic on Old Colony Avenue at Preble Circle," state police said. State police said several bystanders filmed the assault with their cellphones, but none attempted to help the EMS supervisor.Troopers ran over, pushed Taylor away and eventually put her into handcuffs. They said Taylor "relentlessly tried to resist arrest."Video shared from a security camera outside a South Boston pizzeria shows the encounter between an EMT Supervisor and Taylor.Taylor was arrested on charges including assault on ambulance personnel, assault and battery and disorderly conduct.Troopers also said Taylor was wanted on a warrant for charges of larceny and destruction of property charges. This was the second attack on a Boston EMS employee this week. An EMT, a 14-year veteran of the department, was stabbed multiple times inside of an ambulance Wednesday afternoon. The suspect in that case was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. The injured EMT was released from the hospital to continue her recovery at home, officials said.