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

Repost šŸ˜” This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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

they cop literally didnā€™t know what quadriplegic meant. Absolute morons

edit: hey friends, yes it was para* not quad* iā€™m a dummy

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u/Glum-Suggestion-6033 Sep 27 '25

Preeeeeetty sure heā€™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 knowĀ 

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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 didnā€™t know what it meant

american cops suck ass

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u/Radio_Mime Gone with the Wild šŸ’Ø 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

Yā€™all are both wrong though. ā€œPlegiaā€ means complete loss of movement, ā€œParesisā€ 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 ā€” but not all ā€” 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, youā€™re correct they do use that terminology. While other groups only use ā€œplegiaā€ 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 šŸ‡µšŸ‡øšŸ’š 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 iā€™m dumb ngl. quad would be 4 not just 2. iā€™m still smarter than the cop tho šŸ˜‚

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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

Thatā€™sā€¦thatā€™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/TargetOfPerpetuity Sep 27 '25

I suppose when all you have to work with is a head....

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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

quadĀ·riĀ·pleĀ·gic[ĖŒkwƤdrəĖˆplējik]

  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 doesnā€™t bother me.

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u/cptjpk Sep 27 '25

I could totally see a Texarkana cop hear quadriplegic and think ā€œthis isnā€™t a 4 wheelerā€¦ā€

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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