The instant lynch mobs got it wrong again in calling for the head of a Long Island firefighter caught in a viral video yelling at a 10-year-old child while loading her in the back of an ambulance went viral.

Yes, the footage seems damning: It shows North Babylon Fire Chief Peter Alt shouting, “Shut the f–k up! It’s like this with you every f–king week!” at the girl, who’s crying, “I don’t want to go! I want to go home!”

Internet outrage already has Alt stripped of his duties, pending an investigation.

But even minimal digging into the bigger picture tells a very different tale: Someone should have laid down the law with this girl and her parents long before now.

The story begins with the girl throwing a monstrous tantrum after her mom . . . took her phone away.

Facing that emo

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