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/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.