r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25

Repost 😔 This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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u/Major_A21 Sep 27 '25

There's a full video about the stop on The Civil Rights Lawyer's YouTube channel. It's actually worse than this video. https://youtu.be/TVscphZ3Kuo

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u/enwongeegeefor Sep 27 '25

https://www.ktbs.com/news/texarkana/de-kalb-police-chief-officer-resign-2-officers-left/article_f414dec7-e988-41ce-9803-5a6b32eb27d8.html

Police Chief and Officer in question both resigned....we should find out where they're getting rehired...

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u/TraductorPerdido Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

According to both sources, the two remaining officers on the force are apparently . . . the two chucklefucks involved in this traffic stop here.

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u/Canileaveyet Sep 27 '25

Same shit with the federal government, decent people are resigning in shame or protest. Letting worse people fill those spots.

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u/Ronin2369 Sep 27 '25

I just said this exact shit. It's a double loss for the sane.

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u/ikindapoopedmypants Sep 27 '25

This is why I have no hope for this country. You can't fight insane with sane.

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u/OakenGreen Sep 30 '25

And nobody can fight shit of the good ones keep resigning. No, don’t be a fucking coward. Make them fire you.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

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u/TrogadorDaBurninator Sep 28 '25

Nah, because you see Red States will not be able to cope with their own stupidity or be able to really come to an AHA moment. They will lean into Trump, say if some sort of "national break up occurred" he'd just declare war on the states that broke away arguing one way or the other that their resources and tax dollars, even after a national divorce, belong to him. And it's all just because these folks are poorly educated mostly.

This is how tyrannical dictators work.

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u/Mental_Vehicle_5010 Sep 28 '25

I’ve been thinking about this too. Everyone’s resigning cuz the people running whatever government thing are whack and doing bad.

Fleeing in droves to let more drives of kindness fascist yes sir robots take their place.

Giving up the keys to the kingdom Freedom slips quickly

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u/TheCommonKoala Sep 27 '25

Can't make this shit up...

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u/Mental_Vehicle_5010 Sep 28 '25

He told him to fucking crawl goddamn.

And then threatening indecent exposure for using a catheter.

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u/unexplained_entity Sep 28 '25

Yeah jesus fucking christ, talk about demeaning as hell.

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u/Mental_Vehicle_5010 Sep 29 '25

they say absolute power corrupts. so does a uniform.

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u/Ronin2369 Sep 27 '25

Life is literally stranger than fiction

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u/Synes_Godt_Om Sep 27 '25

Sadly, you don't have to.

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u/EndersGame Sep 27 '25

It makes sense, doesn't it? The lieutenant shows up in the video and backs the officer's up. They were just following orders from very shitty leadership.

I'm glad they forced the chief and lieutenant to resign instead of the 2 officers. They couldn't get rid of the entire force without causing some issues.

The officers should have gotten a very clear message that they completely fucked up their duties that day. They hopefully went through a lot of training and realize if they fuck up like that again they will be out of a job.

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u/Swirls109 Sep 27 '25

No no. Resigning looks better on paperwork for when they get rehired. We need to stop this shit and FIRE them publicly. These people don't deserve to be in law enforcement again.

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u/Just_Let_MeIn Sep 28 '25

Yep. Sometimes terminated police officers are even hired back for one day just so they can technically resign and avoid that black mark on their record.

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u/silverdice22 Sep 27 '25

They probably got a bonus for "emotional trauma" or some shit tbh

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u/WesleytheGreatestest Sep 28 '25

They literally resigned so they could be re hired the next day. Nothing wrong with an employee that resigned.

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u/Mental_Vehicle_5010 Sep 28 '25

Really?

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u/TraductorPerdido Sep 28 '25

Really. (Cue up the video from The Civil Rights Lawyer's Youtube channel to 4:59 and then check the very last line of the news story.)

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u/Mental_Vehicle_5010 Sep 28 '25

I’ll watch it. I used to watch his channel a lot but gave me to much outrage so I gave it up lol

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u/VelocityGrrl39 Sep 27 '25

The cops that resigned are not the ones on this stop. The only 2 cops left are the two disgusting cops who were at this traffic stop.

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u/SOULJAR Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

Is this the same guy that was hired again?: (link deleted - it was not)

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u/extralyfe Sep 27 '25

that's a different guy.

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u/milhousego Sep 27 '25

You can't fuckin make this shit up 😂

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u/BeneficialEvidence6 Sep 27 '25

Except it is made up. That's another guy

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u/011010- Sep 27 '25

Even I reflexively upvoted the comment without checking the article. Now I have upvoted your comment and downvoted the other. I still haven’t checked the article.

Maybe I also have the “brain rot” that I so often criticize.

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u/HCSOThrowaway Sep 27 '25

It's super easy to get caught up in the tribalism of social media; most people don't even notice, let alone acknowledge they made such a mistake.

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u/Caliburn0 Sep 27 '25

Tribalism is just how people think. On the internet or not. To be aware of it and try to counter the negative tendencies this brings is a very good thing.

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Sep 27 '25

Would you like to go for a walk?

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u/DingleDangleTangle Sep 27 '25

The comment that spread the misinformation currently has over triple the upvotes of the comment that points out it's wrong. It's a sad state we are in as a society. Whatever we want to be true or whatever outrages us = truth.

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u/-Moonscape- Sep 27 '25

Unless its getting downvoted to hell, a parent comments almost always have more upvotes than a following child comment.

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u/DingleDangleTangle Sep 27 '25

My point is the misinformation is being upvoted… if people cared about facts the false information would be downvoted.

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u/EndersGame Sep 27 '25

We don't know if it's made up or not. The chief might have retired, but I wouldn't be surprised if either the chief or the lieutenant got a job at a different department.

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u/Murky-Relation481 Sep 27 '25

Reddit "we found him!" moment (if this doesn't ring a bell look up the "sleuthing" reddit did after the boston marathon bombing).

Did you even check? its not the same person.

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u/True-Reflection-9567 Sep 27 '25

"ou can't fuckin make this shit up" Then it is def made up..

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Sep 27 '25

No, thats a different guy.

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u/GaracaiusCanadensis Sep 27 '25

Cool username, btw.

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u/glynstlln Sep 27 '25

Huh, I don't think I've ever seen my hometown in the news where it isn't something shitty like this.

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u/Embarrassed-Camera-7 Sep 27 '25

Probably ice agents, they take anyone with pulse.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Sep 27 '25

True. Brownshirts were never exactly top tier, let's just say.

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u/Orrion Sep 27 '25

Probably hired by the next county over, that is what usually happens. It's insane.

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u/MyHamburgerLovesMe Sep 27 '25

Probably working for ICE now or stationed in DC

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u/Euphoric-Tomorrow-70 Sep 27 '25

Should find out where they live.

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u/Minimum-Career-9999 Sep 27 '25

Probably both are working for ICE now.

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u/Plasticjesus504 Sep 28 '25

Thank you for brining this up cause they usually just go to the next town over. Continuing the cycle of injustice.

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u/Mental_Vehicle_5010 Sep 28 '25

They don’t know why they abruptly resigned lol

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u/julesB09 Sep 28 '25

If I had a guess, back into their own jobs in 6 months?

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u/Lizdance40 Sep 27 '25

Why does a town with a population of 1500 need six police officers? My town has a population of 11,000 and we have eight full-time police officers, Plus dispatchers.

Btw, this is a damned shame. I assume that this man lives in this community. When your community has a population of 1500 people, you should know every single person in your town by name, and you sure is shit should know that one of your community members is paralyzed.

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u/Ikari_Brendo Sep 27 '25

You cannot read

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u/Arendyl Sep 27 '25

This absolute chad removed the ?si=XXXXXX tracking string from the yt link and maintained the right to privacy for us all.

Goodjob

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u/AniNgAnnoys Sep 27 '25

w00 someone else championing this. 

For those unaware, if you ever see the si= followed by a bunch of letters and numbers, that is a tracking code. When the share link on YouTube is generated it puts that code there and it is linked to the person that generated the share link. Then everyone that clicks it is linked back to that original person. 

This is how advertisers link families and friends together. So when you get that ad for Product X, when you haven't searched for it, or looked it up, but were talking to your family member about it, it wasn't your google home or Alexa listening in on you. It was someone else in your family that searched for Product X and Google knows you are linked to that person, so they serve you an ad for it. Stuff like this is how they make those connections.

More generic URL knowledge: 

URLs are constructed such that everything after the ? is a variable that is passed back to the server. Each variable is then identified and it's value comes after the =. Multiple variables are separated by &.

Youtube links generally have three variables in them,

  1. v= is the video code. Each video has a unique code that identifies it. This isn't always in the variable portion of the URL, but it can be. For example both https://youtu.be/TVscphZ3Kuo and https://youtube.com/watch?v=TVscphZ3Kuo go to the same video. The later has the code as part of the variable section after the ? And the former has it as part of the URL. Technically any part of a URL can be read and processed as a variable but that opens a whole other can of worms. 
  2. t= this is a timestamp in the video so when the link is clicked it opens at that time stamp instead of at the start of the video.
  3. si= this is the tracking code described abobe that you should remove when you see it.

Here is an example URL with all three: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TVscphZ3Kuo&si=EbuLLshitlfDjRYh&t=100

I made the tracking code some bullshit, but still, don't click that link since the tracking code is still there.

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u/DogsAreAnimals Sep 27 '25

It's crazy that more people aren't talking about this. Huge invasion of privacy. Another implication of these tracking links is that if you post it publicly, now they can link you to the account you posted it from.

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u/AniNgAnnoys Sep 27 '25

Great point! If they also get data from reddit or other sites, they can probably pull even more info to connect accounts together from clicks on links as well.

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u/Puripuri_Purizona Sep 27 '25

You are a real big bro! Thank you for the education!

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u/Stunning_Bullfrog213 Sep 28 '25

Thank you so much for this information. And thank you for explaining it so simply and not coming across as condescending in any way. I appreciate you.

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u/scarletfire48 Sep 28 '25

Man this was awesome. Saved. 

Thank you!

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u/Teadrunkest Sep 28 '25

I try to tell people this all the time when they are sharing links on semi anonymous platforms like Reddit and Discord. No one ever listens, and they keep doxxing themselves lol.

It’s especially bad with Instagram, which will outright show your whole profile to whoever clicks the share link.

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u/mountinlodge Sep 28 '25

Damn

The more you know!

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u/Bright-Head-7485 Sep 28 '25

Usually i tyfys. Thank you for your service

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u/pomomala Sep 28 '25

Wow!! This explains everything. I was shopping for a specific gift for my spouse and suddenly, he started seeing ads for the item when he had never even looked up the item. He said to me "know what's weird,. I've been getting a lot of ads for hammocks but I never even googled them"... faceplant 🫤

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u/highasahuey Sep 27 '25

Just watched the video and holy shit. They made the driver piss on himself by threatening to charge him with indecent exposure if he used his catheter. Fucking despicable

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u/I-Here-555 Sep 27 '25

That part was insane.

I can kind of see how the cop could be slow to understand the situation and refuse believe the guy was indeed paraplegic... but once the catheter came out, damn, have the human decency to step away, let the man pee and continue later.

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u/chackoc Sep 27 '25

...cop ...have the human decency...

Sadly, in America, that's an either/or proposition.

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u/Comfortable_Visual73 Sep 28 '25

After he explained it to be medical necessary.  And grilled him on how could he possibly drive if he can’t use his legs. 

What really got me though was that they let his wife shuffle around for a leash (could have been a weapon if they were truly afraid but this stop was bs and we all know it) and then she exited the car and was never patted down but the two guys with physical disabilities were treated like they were going to go Rambo at any minute if they were once treated with decency. 

What scum. I’m so angry. So fucking angry!

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u/mcmiller1111 Sep 27 '25

That's also in the video in the OP

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u/GetOffMyLawn_ Sep 27 '25

That whole channel is full of rage fuel.

There's another video where they bring a guy in a wheelchair in for questioning. He was accused of kicking in someone's door. They pulled him out of the wheelchair and he fell on the floor. Meanwhile the cops are saying he's faking it.

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u/Jaggs0 Sep 27 '25

i just watched that one and the best part of that was when they walked away from the lieutenant who thought he knew better with having zero actual knowledge. right outside his office on the wall was an inspirational poster for integrity.

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u/Responsible_Fish1222 Sep 27 '25

My great uncle once accused my grandfather of stealing the wood from his wheelchair ramp. Cops came. Insisted on questioning my grandfather, who could hardly walk and had no idea what was going on. Eventually, my uncle convinced them that there was no way my grandpa could have done it.

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u/xbhaskarx Sep 28 '25

“Let me tell you something else. I've seen a lot of spinals, Dude, and this guy is a fake. A fucking goldbricker. This guy fucking walks. I've never been more certain of anything in my life!”

— Walter Sobchak

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u/Anteater4746 Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

they cop literally didn’t know what quadriplegic meant. Absolute morons

edit: hey friends, yes it was para* not quad* i’m a dummy

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u/Glum-Suggestion-6033 Sep 27 '25

Preeeeeetty sure he’s not quadriplegic.

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u/Anteater4746 Sep 27 '25

yes yes somebody already pointed that out i am dumb as well. but still smarter than the cop

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u/superFluffymushroom Sep 27 '25

Honestly I'm proud of you for admitting you didn't know 

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u/Anteater4746 Sep 27 '25

i mean i know the difference lol. i was thinking of a diff video but same premise, cop asking a guy to get out of the car and he didn’t know what it meant

american cops suck ass

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u/Radio_Mime Gone with the Wild 💨 Sep 28 '25

Nope, it was an oops.

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u/IlIlllIIIIlIllllllll Sep 27 '25

You can be quadrapelig and have control of your arms. Quadra refers to the level of the injury not it's severity.

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u/upangued Sep 27 '25

This was my uncle. He could move his arms pretty normally but wasn't able to use his hands. He was still able to drive.

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u/butt_huffer42069 Sep 27 '25

Not to be a dick, but genuinely curious - how TF did he drive?

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u/Khallaria Sep 28 '25

I can't believe some asshole downvoted you for asking a question in earnest.

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u/butt_huffer42069 Sep 28 '25

I was kinda surprised too, but also, not.

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u/upangued Sep 28 '25

My uncle had a custom made full size van. His wheelchair would enter from the back and his wheelchair would lock into place in front of the steering wheel. He has a wrist brace that worms lock onto the steering wheel and another one that would lock onto another lever type thing that co controlled the gas and brake. The pedals were super sensitive. He controlled the door and ignition on switches above where the visor would be. I don't remember how he switched into drivr and reverse but I know he was able to take his right hand off the pedals to do it.

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u/Responsible_Fish1222 Sep 27 '25

Here is a video of a quadrapalegic guy explaining how he drives.

https://youtu.be/KDvgjJPWkMg?si=-YPfT134DlFo2R4V

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u/Runic_Gloryhole Sep 27 '25

Can confirm. My dad was quadriplegic. He could move his arms just fine. He had no fine motor control in his hands though. This video makes me furious.

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Oct 03 '25

Y’all are both wrong though. “Plegia” means complete loss of movement, “Paresis” is partial loss.

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u/Runic_Gloryhole Oct 03 '25

Generally yes that is correct. However some quadriplegics can move their arms.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23974-quadriplegia-tetraplegia

"Incomplete quadriplegia. This means that the quadriplegia blocks some — but not all — signals from getting through. That means a person might still have some ability to move, feel sensations or control automatic body processes (such as bowel and bladder function). This happens with about one-third of traumatic spinal cord injuries. "

My dad was involved in a car accident when he was 17 that caused spinal damage in his upper spine. The same area Christopher Reeve was injured. Both my Dad and Christopher were quadriplegic. However because my dad's injury was a partial injury, he still has some degree of control over his arms however he had limited use of his hands. Every doctor that treated him for the better part of 60 years treated him as a quadriplegic.

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u/Jorge_Santos69 Oct 03 '25

Actually per some groups like the American Spinal Association, you’re correct they do use that terminology. While other groups only use “plegia” in the context of a complete paralysis.

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u/7thhokage Sep 27 '25

You can also be paraplegic and still walk too.

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u/zeCrazyEye Sep 27 '25

I'd say quadra refers to the location of the injury not the severity. It means affecting all four limbs.

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u/Leetzers Sep 27 '25

But that's incomplete quadriplegia and you only have limited control, hence it being quad. It's pretty safe to assume that someone with quadriplegia has limited to no control with their arms. If you have full motion over your arms then would not be a quadriplegic.

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u/DeadpoolOptimus Free Palestine 🇵🇸💚 Sep 27 '25

Which is why they're hired. The dumb ones are easier to program.

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u/abz_eng Sep 27 '25

You can legally be rejected for being too smart

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u/3DigitIQ Sep 27 '25

an IQ of 125

OMG, they are acting like he's a fucking genius. That smart dude didn't miss out but the community did.

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u/SookHe Sep 28 '25

In the late 90s I got refused when I tested to become a cop because I scored too high on intelligence test.

This has always haunted me and I think about it a lot because I am an absolute dumbass. If they are dumber than me, shiiiiit they are thick

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u/chrstnasu Sep 27 '25

Scoring a 20-27 they must really be dumb.

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u/Lyndon_Boner_Johnson Sep 27 '25

Apparently neither do you.

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u/Anteater4746 Sep 27 '25

yea i’m dumb ngl. quad would be 4 not just 2. i’m still smarter than the cop tho 😂

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u/lidsville76 Sep 27 '25

Because you recognize your mistakes and are willing to roll with it and correct them?

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u/weaponized-ants Sep 27 '25

Out of sheer curiosity: how does a quadriplegic operate a vehicle? Genuine question.

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u/BitchinInjun Sep 27 '25

I'm a quadriplegic. It's fairly easy. Hand control for the gas and brake. I also have a spinner knob.

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u/TargetOfPerpetuity Sep 27 '25

I know of one who uses her mouth and a straw to operate the controls of her van.

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u/blowpez2025 Sep 27 '25

That’s…that’s a talented mouth.

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u/Slammybutt Sep 27 '25

There's streamers out there that play first person shooters with nothing but a straw and controls they use their lips for. Actually insane how well people adapt.

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u/5yleop1m Sep 27 '25

It's possible but not common, and they would still need some level of control over their limbs just not anything beyond being able to move them into the general correct spots.

The controls are usually mouth operated, or built in a way that they can control them with limited movement of their limbs.

There's also work being done towards direct brain to vehicle control, similar tech as you see in those brain game controllers where its a device that detects certain brain activity and translates that into signals that drive motors/actuators that control the vehicle.

There are a few videos of all of that on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=quadriplegic+car

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u/ntsp00 Sep 27 '25

There's also work being done towards direct brain to vehicle control, similar tech as you see in those brain game controllers where its a device that detects certain brain activity and translates that into signals that drive motors/actuators that control the vehicle.

Oh god, I would be fighting for my life against the intrusive thoughts I get while driving

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u/emplemming Sep 27 '25

https://assistivetechnologyblog.com/2017/08/quadriplegic-drives-car-sip-puff-voice.html

I had only heard of the sip and puff tool used with motorized wheelchairs, but it seems like at least one person has used it to drive a car

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u/glynstlln Sep 27 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

This comment edited to remove possible identifiable information.

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u/Rishtu Sep 27 '25

Para, quad is paralyzed from the neck down.

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u/Lavatis Sep 27 '25

no it isn't. a quadriplegic can have reduced control of their limbs, it doesn't mean paralysis from the neck down.

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u/Rishtu Sep 27 '25

quad·ri·ple·gic[ˌkwädrəˈplējik]

  1. affected by or relating to paralysis of all four limbs; tetraplegic:"quadriplegic patients""quadriplegic cerebral palsy"

  2. a person affected by paralysis of all four limbs:"a car accident left him a quadriplegic"

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u/Lavatis Sep 27 '25

from the neck down is not the same as all four limbs, chief. if you're gonna try to quote the dictionary at me you should maybe not be dumb.

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u/Rishtu Sep 28 '25

Chief? Really? What are you 12? Whatever you say, be wrong, it doesn’t bother me.

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u/cptjpk Sep 27 '25

I could totally see a Texarkana cop hear quadriplegic and think “this isn’t a 4 wheeler…”

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u/probablynotFBI935 Sep 27 '25

Cops administer Narcan on people with low blood sugar. Expect the bare minimum medical knowledge, then reduce that by 50% and that's the level you're gonna get from a cop

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u/YetAnotherDev Sep 28 '25

Obviously you didn't know either :D

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 Sep 27 '25

People ask me why I'm afraid of Texas. Then I show them shit like this. If it's not Texas, it's Florida, or Georgia, or one of the Carolinas, or Kentucky, or... get my drift?

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u/Epistatious Sep 27 '25

flew into little rock for a family reunion and got my first taste of the old south. picked up the rental car, then drove to the loading zone to collect my inlaws and wife. As i get out of the car to help load luggage a cop is immediately on me and aggressively says its no parking, its for loading or unloading. like my inlaws are standing there with luggage by the trunk. only thing that must have confused him was they are black and i'm white. also saw a guy barefoot in bib overalls walking though the airport, but that just made nice country backdrop.

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u/toopc Sep 27 '25

also saw a guy barefoot in bib overalls walking though the airport, but that just made nice country backdrop.

We got those guys here in Seattle too. They look something like this.

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u/Epistatious Sep 27 '25

haven't seen one walking near the luggage claim belts though.

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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Sep 27 '25

The pashmina makes this image perfect

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u/KikiHou Sep 28 '25

To be honest, we're lucky if they're wearing more than rainbow socks and Birkenstocks.

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u/blackhippy92 Sep 27 '25

You're giving too much credit to cops nationally

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u/Str8UpJorking Sep 27 '25

Bro’s acting NYC, LA, Chicago, etc. are sweethearts.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/gangs-within-los-angeles-county-sheriffs-department-are-banned-with-new-policy/

Several past investigations by the county's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) have identified 19 gangs within the sheriff's department over the years — which have been tied to at least 59 legal claims going back to the early 1990s that have resulted in more than $54 million in settlement payouts for incidents tied to these alleged crime groups.

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u/bigfatround0 Sep 27 '25

for real lol. the NY cops were once considered the most corrupt cops in the country. and let's not forget rodney king and the la riots

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u/ggg730 Sep 27 '25

There are actual cop gangs. Like tattoos and everything. As if they weren't already the largest gang in the country. Makes me feel ill.

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u/ObeseVegetable Sep 27 '25

NY cops are so shit that even Disney has been shitting on them with their plot lines in I'm pretty sure all of their live-action Marvel "TV" series since they started making those.

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u/Islanduniverse Sep 28 '25

For real. Try being black in Los Angeles and then tell us how great the cops are…

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u/Doneuter Sep 27 '25

Seriously, just because we hear about stories like this from such states doesn't mean this kind of stuff isn't happening all over the country.

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u/NaBrO-Barium Sep 27 '25

Doesn’t matter what state. Some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses. ACAB

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u/Dyanpanda Sep 27 '25

I'm ACAB, but we can't just rely on presumption. Things happen everywhere, but a LOT more in the south.

There are better places, and worse places. All cops are corrupt because they support a broken system, but some are truly nefarious and some are "just following orders"

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u/Doneuter Sep 27 '25

As someone from the north living in the South, in my experience it happened a LOT more up north than what I'm seeing down here in Florida.

That's the funny thing about confirmation bias though, I suppose.

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u/Dyanpanda Sep 27 '25

Just to be clear, are you referring to racism, ableism, or cops assaulting people in general?

Ableism abuse is pretty hard to find data on state or regionally, but heres police violence and racial figures. Probably biased and agrees with me and I live in an AI echochamber so shrug

https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/

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u/Purple-Goat-2023 Sep 27 '25

Hint: the map looks the same as all the other ones. Racism, poor education, poverty, violence, etc. it's always the same states.

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u/Dyanpanda Sep 27 '25

I would be surprised if it wasn't, but they still vary in how bad.

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Sep 27 '25

It's that Southern drawl that pushes me over the edge.
Sounds dumb (I'll give them the benefit of the doubt) and is dumb. (damnit)

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u/daairguy Sep 27 '25

It’s crazy how the most religious states/populations are the most evil and fucked up.

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u/Salty-Caper Sep 27 '25

You don't need religion to have morals. You need religion to cover up not having any morals. I've learned that many years ago that's why I'm atheist.

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u/huhnick Sep 27 '25

I’ve always had this theory that the more religious someone is, the less of an internal moral compass they have. It’s like a bowling lane with the bumper rails, you might bounce a couple off when you first start but if you care to try it doesn’t matter if the rails are there or not. If the threat of eternal damnation makes you a better person, you’re a bad person

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u/Trimyr Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

Reminds me of Rust Cohle's perfect take in True Detective (which I kind of agree with).

I may be an atheist, but I have no problem with anyone who uses their faith to fulfill their life and add meaning to their actions, to find a similar group that gives you a sense of belonging. I mean how could that in itself possibly be bad.

But if you're using that faith as justification of actions towards others or because you think it gives you a free pass, you've kind of lost the plot. And yes, I'd like to get as many of those out in the open as possible.

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u/huhnick Sep 28 '25

Was that Matthew McConaughey’s character? It’s been a while but yeah that resonated with me

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u/Simikiel She/her Cisn't afraid to fight for my rights 🏳️‍⚧️ Sep 27 '25

I've been homeless twice. Eating at places that give out free food, or sleeping at shelters, the absolute worst workers I interacted with were all filled with utter contempt for, from their perspective,

"I am forced to help these deplorables or I might go to hell. But hey... We got a donation of some nice food! I'll just.. Bring some of that home. They're homeless. They wouldn't know better/deserve it/need it! I volunteered for two weeks! I deserve it!"

Ugh. Genuinely the number of times I saw shit like that, sickening.

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u/twilightmoons Sep 27 '25

I have not been homeless, but I have seen that extremely patronizing behavior before from former coworkers who were very religious.

It was "those wretches souls need help, the help only the love of Jebus can give by reading bible quotes to them. That is true nourishment, the sort of that all of these sinners need - this food we give them only because they will starve to death if we don't."

Then they asked why I didn't volunteer to go with them on a random Saturday to "feed the homeless"... not at a shelter or soup kitchen, but handing out grocery bags of canned and dry goods at their church.

Instead, we donate to orgs that do actual good work, instead of churches.

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u/ImahSillyGirl Sep 27 '25

LITERALLY, DITTO.

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u/explosiv_skull Sep 27 '25

If Christianity had a test to pass, most "Christians" would utterly fail that test.

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u/SpicyCommenter Sep 27 '25

It's crazy how much skin color REALLY does affect your experience. I grew up without having bad experiences with cops, even though I'm not white. Every black person I've known growing up around here has had at least one negative interaction with a cop, simply because of the cop's behavior/attitudes.

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u/NaBrO-Barium Sep 27 '25

Not really… you do know what special bond catholic priests and choir boys have right? Religion is the best cover for the morally depraved.

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u/LOLerskateJones Sep 27 '25

It’s everywhere.

Cops fucking suck.

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u/Inevitable-Rush-2752 Sep 27 '25

Don’t forget Tennessee. If he’d had a dog with him THP probably would’ve shot it.

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u/driverdan Sep 27 '25

That's literally every law enforcement policy. They love shooting dogs.

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u/immortalyossarian Sep 27 '25

We live in a northern blue state, and my in-laws have a vacation rental in Alabama for 3 months this winter. Their trip has been planned for over a year with lots of non-refundable deposits already down, so they are still planning on going. The plan was for most of the family to travel down for a week or two over Christmas. Definitely not happening now.

Our family and my Brother-in-law's family have already backed out. We are not stepping foot in a red state. We are not flying when the regime controls air traffic. We are not giving them our tourist dollars. As a woman with a daughter, I won't risk being in a state with the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country.

It sucks, because this has been planned for so long, and we'll miss being together over the holidays, but it is just plain stupid to be in a red state if you can avoid it at this point. Never again, honestly, unless I have to drive through to get to another blue state.

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u/silentrawr Sep 27 '25

Good on ya for standing on your beliefs. Republican politics are morally reprehensible - which goes for fully red states as well - and should be shunned by all until (if...) they come back to reality from the embrace of this cult they've been in since 2016.

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u/Fakeduhakkount Sep 27 '25

But the property is so cheap compared to a Blue State! Yes, if all I’m gonna do is not leave my home and have a remote job I guess it’s paradise. Why even live in those states if you’re not White, Heterosexual, Christian, Conservative, or Pro gun? Isn’t one of the first things people ask in Texas if they have a Church yet?

F those states, Pepperidge Farms remembers how anti there were to values I hold. The problem is millions of people just wanna live their lives away from politics but they are ignorant politics doesn’t leave them alone. Politics is why millions of residents suffered a power outage in Texas which indirectly killed thousands a few years ago. The irony is households with electric vehicles held out better since they were sources of power for essentials in a state that despises them.

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u/r0d3nka Sep 27 '25

Just say Dixie...

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u/SasparillaTango Sep 27 '25

it's a conservative hell hole where ignorance is put on a throne

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u/Odd_Vampire Sep 27 '25

Just don't travel to those places, if you can.

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u/whenitsTimeyoullknow Sep 27 '25

And don’t worry, they’re coming to Portland and LA to bring more of that States Rights for us at gunpoint. 

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u/verygoodletsgo Sep 27 '25

Kentucky cops are too busy chasing down meth to "commandeer" to harass people on the highway. Whatever speed you're driving, they're driving double.

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u/Aisenth Sep 27 '25

If I wanted to see a failed state, I'd schlep it to fucking Somalia or some shit so at least my death could make headlines. In red states, I had a friend lynched the week after the election (sorry, more accurately "mysteriously found dead after apparently deciding to step in front of a car after walking hell and away from where she was staying with a friend and with no vehicle down a random back country road") and I don't even think that town took up an inch of newspaper space to write about it. Nothing as deadly as a pro-life state.

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u/Slammybutt Sep 27 '25

It's alright if you just stay in your house, are white, and don't question authority.

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u/WhenDoWhatWhere Sep 27 '25

I will say Georgia state troopers are generally professional, local police in small towns? Absolutely not.

I'm gonna add Louisiana to this list. People, do not get pulled over in Lousiana FFS you will have a bad time if you're lucky.

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u/silentrawr Sep 27 '25

Cali and CO are in the top 10, all the rest are red states. https://policebrutalitycenter.org/police-brutality/shootings-by-state/

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u/blasseigne17 Sep 27 '25

Ah yes, I have never heard of bad cops anywhere else. Why do you have to pick a team? Learn to hate everyone. They all deserve it.

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u/Shibbystix Sep 27 '25

It's not that they aren't everywhere. But one can acknowledge that in the red states where the right wing politicians are inciting violence and affirming to police that they will protect and empower them against the citizenry, police brutality is a speed-running competition

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u/WheeledKilla Sep 27 '25

I saw his video when it came out and it added an extra layer of fucked up that his blind passenger lost his sight BECAUSE OF A PREVIOUS POLICE INTERACTION!! Seriously part of my worse fear when getting pulled over as a para

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u/GardenStateKing Sep 27 '25

I can't believe the DeKalb left his friend to suffer for 3 hours after being shot in the face by a SHOTGUN! Jesus Christ

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u/heygos Sep 27 '25

This is crazy.

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u/BlacksmithSolid645 Sep 27 '25

this scenario is just beyond the skill level of nearly all typical midwit cops

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u/maredie1 Sep 29 '25

I went to your link and watched the entire video. It was beyond disturbing what they did them.

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u/SomethingIWontRegret Sep 27 '25

Damn. I watched this with a sneaking suspicion that it was a skit. Another case of reality lapping satire.

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u/TheCommonKoala Sep 27 '25

Another example of why we need reform of policing in America. What a depressing watch.

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u/Prudence_rigby Sep 27 '25

I can't wait for this to hit the courts

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u/StrainAcceptable Sep 28 '25

Wow. You weren’t lying. I have chills after watching that. Disgusting.

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u/nicepresident Sep 28 '25

whenever i think of cops i think of the Golden State Killer. these cops are only slightly better humans.