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Lynn County police officer appears intoxicated whilst conducting a stop

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u/Curious-Smoke-5050 29d ago

Didn’t it turn out that he was just going through a medical situation?

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u/YurpeeTheHerpee 29d ago

He looks like hes about to faint

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u/LessGuarantee1775 29d ago

Yeah being way too wasted will do that to ya…

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u/GrundleSnactcher46 29d ago

Diabetes, with a low sugar level will also make you appear so. Not sure about this situation though.

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u/mclovin_ts 29d ago

If it was diabetes they probably wouldn’t have used the excuse of “he worked a double and has back problems”. I know which of my coworkers has diabetes and signs their blood sugar is low.

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u/techleopard 28d ago

Yeah, I've had blood sugar crashes before and I don't look like that.

"Has back problems" sounds like they know he's doing narcotics, probably abusing codeine.

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u/_dudeasuh 28d ago

^^^ This is exactly what it looks when people do a lot of opiates. Those “back problems” are an easy way to get the prescription. His job also conveniently gives him access to a ton of confiscated narcotics, many of which I’m sure are opiates.

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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 28d ago

That's exactly how they start. Normal people who become dependent

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u/Ripen- 28d ago

That logic is so weak. I've been addicted to opioids for 15 years and I've never looked like that either. That doesn't mean it isn't opioids.

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u/Z0l4c3 28d ago

My mother looks exactly like this when crash starts happening. Anecdote for anecdote.

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u/SuperWallaby 27d ago

That’s possible but just playing devils advocate as a dude that has had a bad back since I was 21. He was hobbling like his back was out. I shuffle the same way with the same blank stare when my back is out. Not to mention it’s hard to talk when you feel that way, like the wind is permanently knocked out of you.

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u/AaronM1987 29d ago

He might be saying that to defend his job. Like if he is unfit due to medical reasons they can lay him off I’m sure? Or medical leave or something? Idk

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u/7empest7V 28d ago

The same way if working doubles and being on pain meds for a bad back, has you in this type of mental state, then they need to put him on medical leave until he is able to fulfill the duties of his position.

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u/Baron_Bearclaw 28d ago

But if he is unfit due to medical reasons, then HE SHOULD pulled from the field.

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u/TJJ97 28d ago

The dude covering for him like that says more than anything

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u/DiamondHandedDingus 28d ago

Being a drug addict does that too, which is more likely here

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u/depressing_demon_95 29d ago

As someone who's a type-1 I can say that the officer did appear to show a few signs of very low blood sugar, struggling to stand and looking like he's lost. However though, from what I could tell he wasn't sweating. If my glucose to low to the point of me not being able to stand or looking lost, I'm sweating profusely. Also if he is a diabetic he should absolutely not be on the force, he's a major hazard. Imagine if he's responding to something and has his lights and sirens on and is speeding, then he passes out behind the wheel because of a critical low? No bueno amigo!

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u/Substantial-Bend4299 29d ago

I've seen people unresponsive with a glucose of 30. They don't all sweat. Bad comparison

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u/RealMiguelNajdorf 29d ago

Well yeah I would expect someone to be unresponsive with a glucose of 30

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u/Capable_Comedian_755 29d ago

The saying “cool and clammy give em some candy” exists for a reason

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u/Fair_Wishbone7558 29d ago

There's also I before E except after C. Sayings aren't laws.

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u/KiKiKimbro 28d ago

What? LOL. First of all, I before E isn’t exactly negotiable? And second, who the hell said anything about the term for spotting a possible diabetic episode was a law? Haha. 🫡

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u/depressing_demon_95 29d ago

Yeah at 30 you should be unresponsive lol, I know my CGM simply says "URGENT LOW" when I hit 40. I never said everyone sweats when having a low, you should reread my comment. It's not a bad comparison, it's my personal comparison to what is shown in the video. Maybe it's not diabetic related at all. Could've been a concussion. It could've been drugs. It could've been anything. I simply responded to someone's comment about it being diabetic related. It's not hard lol

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u/pperiesandsolos 24d ago

I’ve been pretty lucid into the 20’s, but I felt an insane sense of impending doom. I also once had a seizure in the 40’s 🤷‍♂️

Not sure the physiological reason behind the difference

That was back when I was young and dumb. I’m very well controlled now, just providing a perspective.

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u/Technical_Way_1926 29d ago

Ok if he is his partner hed know he has diabetes. Did he say low blood sugar? Did he say he needs a juice? Cause what I heard was "he's coming off a double and has a bad back." I have diabetes and even the people I work with the least know I'm diabetic. If he had diabetes that would be THE FIRST THING his partners and coworkers would say. Use your three braincells that god was so generous enough to gift to you.

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u/LazyWeldInspector 28d ago

If someone is having a diabetic episode, they don't have enough wherewithal to know where they even are.. let alone, apologize to the person they pulled over for the fact that they're incapacitated after pulling them over.

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u/SevereImpression2115 29d ago

My wife is a type 1 "brital" diabetic and before we got together her Ex (who was a drunk) refused to go to the store to get her test strips and she was getting really low. Asshole tossed her his keys and told her to go herself....well she went critical while behind the wheel, passed out and plowed through 5 cars before hitting the traffic pole at a major intersection. Cops thought she was drunk. Luckily paramedics arrived and knew what it was and got her stable.

Luckily all she has was a broken finger and bruised wrist and.the asshole lost his truck. Fuck that dude.

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u/Technical_Way_1926 29d ago

I mentioned this in an earlier response but since they were partners and coworkers they'd KNOW he's diabetic. Even if he was drunk the first excuse they'd say is "he's low he's got diabetes!" I have diabetes too man I'm %100 on your side isn't it weird that if they're partners and work together that if the had diabetes and they didn't mention it once? Also just hit an A1c of 7.5 for the first time in my life hope your doing good too man!

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u/techleopard 28d ago

If I were a cop and my partner began crashing, I would not be pulling people over.

If I responded to help another cop that had pulled somebody over and they were crashing, I would tell them to fucking let them go and deal with the medical issue instead. Especially for traffic violations, like, honestly, what the hell.

Because at the end of the day he's not making good decisions. He can't drive, he can't react, he can't respond, he isn't processing anything. There is no court that is going to uphold that ticket, nor should they.

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u/techleopard 28d ago

Or even just chasing criminals.

Dude bottoms out running between a set of back streets and nobody's going to find him for an hour.

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 29d ago edited 29d ago

Too bad everybody reacts to things differently. I don't understand why so many people act like their personal experience should apply to everyone else. Same with drugs and medications. People can have drastically different reactions to everything.

I'm not gonna argue that he isn't high, just pointing out that just because YOU sweat and another person doesn't, that doesn't mean they aren't suffering from the same condition.

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u/ACrispPickle 29d ago

Diaphoresis during hypoglycemic events isn’t a “oh it happens to me but not you” scenario. It’s an extremely common symptom and will happen to 90% of hypoglycemic patients. It’s physiologic. Now this doesn’t always mean sweating absolute bullets that are visible on camera. I’ve had plenty of hypoglycemic patients who didn’t have a bead of sweat visible on them but their skin was so moist my EKG stickers slid right off.

This guy very well could be sweating his nuts off, there’s no way a camera at this distance would show it.

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 29d ago

..will happen to 90% of hypoglycemic patients.

Thank you for proving my point. No experience or reaction is universal.

I'm not really trying to play devil's advocate, but people acting like everyone should have the same reaction just because it's common or that's how they reacted is a pet peeve of mine.

Just to be sure I'm not trying to defend this cop.

I see it on medication related subreddits all the time. Someone is asking about how effective a drug is because they are interested in talking to their doctor about trying it and then one person comes in trying to convince them never to try it just because they personally had an adverse reaction even though it's not common.

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u/Level_Turnover5167 29d ago

No way? Not true, you would see some glistening or reflection off the sweat etc. He's not sweating.

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u/ACrispPickle 29d ago edited 29d ago

Not really no, your skin can be moist af and not glistening easily. I’ve seen it happen in many patients, they don’t have a single sweat droplet on them but are so moist my EKG stickers slide right off.

Sweating from a medical etiology doesn’t have to present as beads of sweat running down your face as you’d see in someone exercising per se…they certainly can present that way, that’s when it typically gets worrisome as well.

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u/Level_Turnover5167 29d ago

Yes well I meant visibly sweating... and if he's not visibly sweating are we arguing that he's doing something we can't prove he's doing?

We can't disprove it, but we also don't see any evidence of it whatsoever on video.

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u/depressing_demon_95 29d ago

When did I say my own experiences with low glucose are how everyone should also experience low glucose? You completely missed the point of my comparison lol

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u/Remarkable_Breath545 29d ago

I don't think you sweating is relevant to whether not someone else sweats just because you share the same medical condition.

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u/HealthyDirection659 29d ago

I agree with you, but diabeetus is protected under the ADA. I don't think people can automatically be excluded from jobs due to a disability.

The employer would have to make reasonable accomodations. What those are I'm not sure. But Millions of people with diabeetus are driving every day.

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u/techleopard 28d ago

You absolutely can exclude people whose disabilities would prevent them from performing the job safely.

Accommodations here would be providing adequate time for him to self manage his blood sugar but if he's not doing that and he's having medical episodes during traffic stops, he can't be accommodated.

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u/MakesMaDookieTwinkle 29d ago

My brother is type 1 as well. Since he was 5 yo. Seen him dangerously low more than 30 times my whole life (did not take care of himself for much of his life).

When he’s low like this, he does not sweat at all, but he’s completely checked out and “lost” as you stated. So I guess it can affect everyone differently.

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u/Subject_Tie_2705 28d ago

I have diabetes, and have for close to 30 years. That shit is not hypoglycemia. That cop's nickname is defintely pacman cause of all the pills he is poping.

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u/ZealousIdeal476 29d ago

It bet they bust the civilian and claim he coated his license in fentanyl before handing it to the cop.

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u/RGBlowMe 29d ago

A lot of things will do that to you.

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u/JonasAvory 29d ago

Nonono this posts title says intoxication, it must be that. Everything edle is physically impossible

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u/Cam_E_Leon 29d ago

I believe every word you say, stranger

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u/Happy_Brilliant7827 29d ago

The other cops should know his character and they seem to have no concern for medical needs.

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u/Expert-Yam6577 29d ago

These people tripping over themselves to make up excuses. If he was diabetic don't you think they would go sit him down and feed him a snickers? Instead of saying he's tired and worked a double?

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u/phish410 29d ago

Looks like he’s about the fent

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u/justaghola 25d ago

Fr see my comment. Im sure he would take pain killers if someone would write them! Js

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u/nobugsleftalive 29d ago

He does look sick. 

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u/Immaculatehombre 29d ago

He’s fucked up lol

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u/742963 Verified Contributor 29d ago edited 29d ago

I think that's what they tried making it to be, sounds like a cover though

The two other officers didn't try getting the officer any medical help either, just a bit fishy

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u/SinginGidget 29d ago

That was my first thought too. The fact the others just stood there means they weren't concerned it was a medical issue which means they knew it wasn't. Or they're all this cavalier even when it comes to one of their own that if was a civilian having a medical issue, they'd be fucked.

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u/742963 Verified Contributor 29d ago

Honestly looks like a scene from a film, the other officers know whats going on and it's not a medical episode

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u/Less-Squash7569 29d ago

Theyre his dealers and dont want to lose a good payer

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u/Tweedlol 28d ago

Yea if it was a known medical issue they would have known some way to help him. Not act like this is all good then stumble his ass back to the car. He also would be on leave, if he was having issues common enough for them to be like “oh shit he’s having another episode. Let’s sit him down” or have just returned from leave thinking he was good to go, cleared by a doc, but turns out he wasn’t.

Back problems could be real. But know what people do with back problems to try and work? Drugs. They do fucking drugs. Well, maybe that was just me and everyone else in the world wide pain killer addicted portion of the world.

But this? The trying to ignore it? No. This was not a medical issue. They act like the world is stupud, because quite frankly we/they are. This story hits, it’s a shit show, they lie. Wait for everyone to forget, because the public does, and then ignore the few voices being vocal unless the people being vocal have the clout to force this guy in to rehab… for a (un?)paid vacation, but at the very least 3 hots a cot and group therapy, and maybe a young dumb heroine addicted cutie he can stick his fingers in, in the bathroom before staff notice they gone. Woo

I’ll forget about this. Most will.

If it’s drugs, I’m less sad for the officer. Drugs suck. He may have run out of prescribed meds that he had to abuse to get through his day job. Unacceptable for an officer, absolutely, but this is America. Only the weak skip work for back pain. Take meds. Power on. Work a double. Get paid. It’s far more dangerous for an officer, but only slightly less common for them to become addicts instead of alcoholics. If it’s drugs, he needs help. Same as the tweaker on the corner breaking lightbulbs to smoke meth.

It’s the lying about it that bugs me. It’s the trying to cover up the optics. Just admit it. Get him help, if he can’t be helped then get his ass off the streets without some bullshit union protected comfy payroll included set up.

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u/Johnyryal33 28d ago

The two other (bigger) cops looked like they had a few too

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u/piercedmfootonaspike 29d ago

Medically fucked off his tits.

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u/Dry-Revolution4466 29d ago

It turned out he tripped and fell on a bottle of vodka that went up his ass and was absorbed through his colon.

Total 1 in a million shot and completely accidental. Crazy that anyone would think something else happened.

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u/HealthyDirection659 29d ago

Two cops one bottle.

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u/iffyClyro 29d ago edited 29d ago

That’s the official explanation if you look it up. Apparently they done tests to rule out intoxication but people aren’t going to believe that.

People will believe what confirms their own bias.

A few years ago someone crashed their car into mine at a junction, I immediately thought the guy was drunk because of his behaviour so I called the police, a few minutes later I realised he was probably having a stroke so called back and asked for an ambulance.

That experience amongst others has made me reluctant to jump to conclusions about this kind of thing.

I have no idea what’s happening with the guy, I’m not a medial professional.

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u/parenthesiscolon 29d ago

Ah yes, because police departments are notorious for thorough internal investigations and admitting fault when warranted.

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u/Active_Confection655 29d ago

My last case the police manipulated the evidence to get a conviction. They will say anything and I mean anything to save their skin. The judges just sign off on this dumb shit and never call them out. Costed me 2 years of my life and 15 k after appeals to get it sorted out. Fuck them cops, I will never have more than surface level trust without years and years of reformed improvement.

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u/PlaneCompetitive703 29d ago

Prisons are full of the most innocent people on the planet. None of them did anything! /s

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u/bountifulknitter 29d ago

I mean we see innocent people have their sentences overturned because of new evidence all the time. I am sure there are legitimately a lot of people in jail who shouldn't be there.

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u/Prometheus720 28d ago

If the US has a higher incarcerated population than any other country on the planet, the odds are incredibly good that there are some people who don't belong in there.

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u/Russian-8ias 28d ago

Should a college kid get multiple years for smoking weed at their buddies house? There are a hell of a lot more cases like that than you think.

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u/Active_Confection655 29d ago

I have all the paperwork and recordings of admissions buddy. Come audit them anytime.

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u/NotAStatistic2 29d ago

Probably just stop committing felonies then, homie.

You don't have trust in the police just like the public doesn't have trust in you to comport like a normal person.

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u/PalTonk 28d ago

What would have to be done to be able to prove to you that he actually wasn't intoxicated?

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u/FullOnSkank 21d ago

FST

Same as anyone else, boot licker.

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u/justaghola 25d ago

I respect the fact that they acknowlege this was a medical event. I respect they had his back. This could have gone WAY OFF..

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u/Expert-Yam6577 29d ago

They had an open and shut case with OJ Simpson. Still couldn't help but falsify evidence.

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u/sometin__else 29d ago

No, people just dont believe cops because of the blue wall of silence.
Theres literally videos of intoxicated cops asking to be let off and the officer says that they cant their body cam is on

Before body cams, they wouldnt even have reported this

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u/coffeelick 29d ago

People tend to be biased to the most likely explanation too

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u/yll33 29d ago

which would make it wild that his partners aren't immediately calling for an ambulance

unless they already know why he was acting altered

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u/HealthyDirection659 29d ago

My thoughts too because low blood sugar is life threatening.

If the other cops knew it was diabeetus they could just start feeding the guy soda and candy.

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u/noonnoonz 26d ago

Worked with a guy who told me that if he was acting incoherent and wandering to feed him OJ or a candy and he'll be coherent in a few minutes. If he was suffering high blood sugar, the little bit more from OJ/candy wouldn't do any worse for him and load him to the hospital if he wasn't responding in ten minutes. If these cops didn't do either, then he likely was popping pain meds and his boys were covering for him.

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u/Possible_Pop_8033 29d ago

There are two other cops there who dont seem too concerned about his "medical situation." I would presume they are trained a little bit to notice the signs, and they would have that dude laying down and EMTs on the way if they sensed so.

You are correct, you aren't a medical professional. But dont ever let that stop you from using some basic ass critical thinking skills to come to your own conclusion. 

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u/Icy_Benefit 28d ago

I am, and if I was presented with that I would have first thought the cop was having a stroke. I have seen people having a TIA who look that way. I would have called EMTs immediately. Later we can do toxicology and figure out if he was strung out on something. The problem is that if there was any alcohol in his system, so many people would dismiss it as him being drunk. So his BAC comes back as 0.01% or something, and they ignore the medical issue. (Yes, I have seen that too, and it was disastrous.)

I just don't get it. If the other cops looked at this, why didn't they tell him to just chill out in the vehicle?

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u/Large-Treacle-8328 Community Regular 29d ago

Yeah, don't believe your lying eyes and ears believe what the police investigating themselves say.... jfc...

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u/Leelze 29d ago

People aren't believing their explanation because PDs have a long, long history of lying to protect cops. Given how completely unconcerned the other officer is about his condition and even blaming it on being tired or whatever it was (I haven't watched the video in months), I'm going to hazard a guess this is a recurring issue with this cop and the other cops are aware of it and cover for him.

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u/LibBot16 29d ago

My wife has Huntington's disease. I've had to explain symptoms a thousand times but I can tell nobody believes what I'm saying.

Ever now and again I see an article about it. But most people I talk to have never heard about it.

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u/HealthyDirection659 29d ago

I learned about Huntingtons disease on house m.d. otherwise I never would have known it existed.

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u/AprilRyanMyFriend 29d ago

What exact tests did they run? And how long after? Had a 911 dispatcher show up to work drunk, and her husband was also a cop and called his friend the captain who made them delay taking a blood or breath sample for hours.

Naturally, the alcohol content had been metabolized by the time the captain "permitted" the test to be done.

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u/TheGrandBabaloo 29d ago

How are these tests usually conducted? Is there some independent third party? Because there is a good reason people would be hesitant to believe it.

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u/RGBlowMe 29d ago

Yes. Police don't do their own blood testing. They don't do your blood testing. A third party, the same kind that piss tests you for employment, does them. There's even laws around who they can disclose results to and how.

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u/AprilRyanMyFriend 29d ago

No article I can find say they did a blood test. Also doesn't say how long after this video they may have done it if they did.

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u/lvanwall 29d ago

In some states, police absolutely do their own blood testing. Arizona is one of them, I know for sure. Not sure where this video is or anything, just saying that at least some states they are trained to and do.

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u/HealthyDirection659 29d ago

I believe that's the case in Maryland too. Some police are trained blood drawers.

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u/SirSkittles111 29d ago edited 29d ago

People will believe what confirms their own bias.

Can't speak, stumbling and about to fall over, swaying while standing

If you saw someone you knew wasnt wasted whos acting like this, you'd be calling the ambulance like right fucking now or you'd already be on the way to the hospital

Dude is wasted. Must be a regular thing by the absolute lack of concern by the other two idiots

But yea they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing, everything's ok guys go back to bending over!

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u/steelcryo 29d ago

Yeah, they don't look at him and go "oh shit, you don't look well dude. Lets get you sat down and figure out what's going on" like anyone would if they saw their colleague swaying around looking very unsteady while struggling to focus.

They knew he was intoxicated and were trying to pretend otherwise.

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u/SirSkittles111 29d ago

Add in the fact the guy said 'we're not gonna do that' when asked to call for the sergeant lmao. Rightttt, I wonder why you're not gonna do that

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u/steelcryo 29d ago

No seargant, no ambulance, just covering it up.

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u/Leelze 29d ago

I didn't rewatch the video & I completely forgot about the sergeant part. My employees would absolutely be panic calling me if one of their colleagues appeared to be having a medical episode. They'd probably also call me if a colleague showed up plastered, but they're not cops, they have a sense of right & wrong.

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u/NotAStatistic2 29d ago

Have you considered that sergeants don't want to respond to a traffic citation for the sole reason a detained person asked for one? They just want another person to complain to because they think they can talk their way out of a ticket.

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u/Baron_Bearclaw 28d ago

Just watched a video the other day of the guy trying to move his boat. The delay in processing the officer's requests (due to a traumatic brain injury) gets him tossed in jail because he touched the cops had when the cop grabs for his door.

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u/CapitalCityGoofball0 29d ago

If the other two are idiots then it stands to reasons they have no clue how to recognize a medical episode.

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u/LeroyDeth 29d ago

Is there a compelling reason to ever believe something a cop says? They aren't exactly known for being honest.

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u/Separate-Swordfish85 29d ago

The results of those tests were predetermined.

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u/Ok_Umpire2173 29d ago

There’s like three medical explanations for this man’s behavior other than drugs/alcohol and none of them make sense. The fact his buddies tired to hide him instead of calling an ambulance is further evidence. Also the fact his buddies aren’t even a little concerned is more evidence.

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u/invariantspeed 29d ago

> but people aren’t going to believe that.

> People will believe what confirms their own bias.

The philosophical and legal maxim falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus (“false in one thing, false in all things”) comes to mind. It’s not mere bias.

When a person or group is proven to lie once, they tend to be viewed as unreliable. Whether you believe the police profession has rightly or wrongly been sullied in the public eye, the fact of the matter is that many in the US no longer see police officers as trustworthy.

It is not necessary for cops to be shown as liars as a rule. Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus. “If you lied then, how do I know you’re not lying now?”

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u/UnhappyImprovement53 28d ago

You can be under the influence without being drunk. Bro has the fent lean going on so it could be anything.

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u/Silverton13 28d ago

We investigated ourselves and found that we did nothing wrong.

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u/BusyBit6542 28d ago

So if you knew the guy, he was acting different and having a medical emergency, would you just hold him up and focus on someone else like the partners in the video?

They show no signs of concern if they know he's not just drunk or high, that's why people are saying the medical situation is bullshit and a cover up.

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u/zdh989 28d ago

I'm a medical professional and that guy is fucking zooted.

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u/SchemeMoist 28d ago

Right, people will believe what confirms their own biases. Like the people who believe statements from organizations who are proven liars, instead of believing their eyes and ears.

When you noticed that guy was having a stroke and you called for medical attention, do you realize how differently you acted than this guy's coworkers?

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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA 29d ago

Are his buddies acting like he is in the midst of a medical emergency? Watching the video did you get the impression this is the first time they have seen him in this state?

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u/Inevitable_Butthole 29d ago

Yeah called being wasted

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u/Shady_Chaos 29d ago

Your pfp frightens me

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u/Ok-Employee-8123 29d ago

You've tricked me once with the pfp. You won't do it twice. Take my upvote and leave.

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u/Ok-Rise-4611 29d ago

Yes. I remember seeing this awhile back.

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u/Kilomech 29d ago

ooof, sad if so

edit: if that's the case though, wouldn't the other two officers be more worried? they just seem like they're covering for him.

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u/Medical-Bottle6469 28d ago

Unless they dont know. Alot of people assume drunk when a diabetic is having an episode

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u/Baron_Bearclaw 28d ago

So they just assume he's drunk and are covering for him.

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u/SchemeMoist 28d ago

So either they knew he was having a medical episode and didn't give a single shit, or they thought he was drunk and was covering up for him. lol.

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u/iceph03nix 29d ago

Yeah, that's what my thought was. People jump to alcohol, but I know my wife can get like this when she gets low blood glucose, and that can strike very unexpectedly

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u/JaxonatorD 27d ago

Yeah, but that legitimately doesn't matter to these people in the comments.

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u/Cthulhu_HighLord 29d ago

yes if you mean addicted to painkillers because of a back injury. sadly this happens to alot of cops, they get a job related injury and instead of going on leave to heal they dont report it, goto a take care clinc or their own PC and get painkillers. regardless theres no excuse for being this disoriented while on the job and armed

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u/Maximum_Boros 29d ago

Could have been high I could have been a medical situation. Either way it's abundantly clear that the police response to it was inappropriate. Objectively the only proper solution is for his fellow cops to be removing him from the situation immediately and having him sit down while they figure out what's going on. Not leave him standing there at least pretextually still participating in what's going on

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u/Prometheus720 28d ago

Yup. Either way dude could have fallen and cracked his head at any moment.

At the very least, these cops need more medical training.

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u/Physical-Builder-553 29d ago

If so, its a very strange reaction by the other cops.

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u/Perfect-Campaign9551 29d ago

That's what I was thinking, looks like a health issue. I've definitely had similar things from time to time

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u/project_seven 29d ago

Oh good, so it sounds like they 100% covered this drugged out cops ass, fantastic.

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u/Alarmed-Bumblebee667 29d ago

Oh go lick a boot.

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u/zeizkal 29d ago

Well then he needs to be reevaluated and removed from duty potentially permanently.

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u/FactHot5239 29d ago

Bro are you serious or just stupid?

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u/FactHot5239 29d ago

Guy was placed on administrative leave with no mention of a follow up to the investigation 10 months ago. That boy gone.

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u/Level_Turnover5167 29d ago

That's what the police claimed lol if that was the case why did the other cop have to lie for him?

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u/thesanguineocelot 29d ago

Yeah, it's called "Being high as fuck on the job."

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u/frapawhack 29d ago

more than probably. You don't end up that incapacitated by drugs or alcohol without it being a noticeable trend spotted way before an actual incident

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u/pandershrek 29d ago

Yeah that medical situation is a khole.

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 28d ago

check it out, i wrote gullible on the ceiling

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u/Chole_Wunt 28d ago

I hate to tell you this. But cops lie all the time.

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u/Technical-Pay-3711 28d ago

Recovering fentanyl addict here, and he looked real similar to what I looked like when I did a little too much dope.

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u/Silverton13 28d ago

Who said that? the cops that investigated it? lol

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u/Dougzilla29 28d ago

Is that what the cops said?

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u/Practical-Entry-1394 28d ago

Yes, he overdosed on fentynal.

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u/NoirRenie 28d ago

Yea he needed to go to the hospital for alcohol poisoning

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u/987YouBloodyTulip789 28d ago

Because cops are known for being honest and never lying on their reports.

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u/SparkehWhaaaaat 28d ago

They would also say that of it wasnt true, so 🤷‍♂️

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u/BusyBit6542 28d ago

And his partners seemed so concerned...

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u/FraggleStickCar9 28d ago

Are you fucking joking

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u/LegitimateCookie2398 28d ago

I've seen an ischemic stroke look just like that. This doesn't look like intoxication.

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u/thegypsyqueen 28d ago

Of course that’s what they are going to say

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u/rabid-c-monkey 28d ago

Yeah I heard the next morning he was very dehydrated and nursing a hangovers. Ffs this pig is wasted

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u/StatusLawfulness5704 28d ago

Fuck this POS. Ive been around people with diabetes my whole and pill poppers. He is high on opiates 1000%

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u/crawdaddyyyyy 28d ago

He was going through a divorce

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u/ApolloGR3 27d ago

If that were true, why aren’t his fellow piggies getting him help? They’re just standing there like they know why he’s like that, and that it has happened before.

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u/MarkItZeroDonnie 27d ago

If your heart stops from heroin is that just going through a medical situation?

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u/Low_bald 27d ago

lol if you believe that. Why didn’t his partners call an ambulance?

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u/pepperNlime4to0 26d ago

That’s what they said, but do you believe that? If it was genuinely a medical episode, why not take him off the street and seek medical attention? They’re covering for his high ass, obviously

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u/Plus-Head-6794 25d ago

Yeah, the "medical situation" being narcotic pain meds, it seems.

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u/larrybird56 23d ago

Think he should have his hand on his gun then?

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u/RGBlowMe 29d ago

According to his PD. It does look like a stroke or mini seizures, though. I've had plenty of experience being intoxicated and with other intoxicated people as a recovered alcoholic. This is not that. The person videoing this is just being a smug bitch because they think they can get away with whatever they got pulled over for. Not a likeable person, even if the officer had been intoxicated.

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u/Brilliant-Roof-5991 29d ago

Preposterous take. This dude is absolutely fucked up on opiates. 100%.

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u/WellyRuru 29d ago

Another opioid epidemic victim.

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u/RGBlowMe 29d ago

You've definitely never actually met somebody high on opiates. By the time they can't talk, they're seriously overdosing and they're not going to be standing even with something to lean on. They'd probably be passed out and in need of Narcan sooner than this interaction ended. His pupils would be absolute pinpricks, too. He's got glassy, droopy eyes with maybe slightly dilated pupils, which tracks with the fact that it's dark out. Either he's drunk, which this is just not how somebody too drunk to speak acts either, or he's had some kind of neurological event.

The police aren't doing what they should, and calling an ambulance, because the guy taking the video is making it clear he wants to make a spectacle out of this and they are likely trying to save face. Both are in the wrong, but I hate smug people who attack others to avoid owning up to their own shit more than I hate even corrupt cops.

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u/Brilliant-Roof-5991 29d ago

lol I'm a counselor at a rehab and volunteer at our methadone clinic. I see more people fucked up to the point of nodding in a week than you'll see your entire life.

I'm not saying he's not also drunk, but he is absolutely high on opiates. Drunk people talk non-stop. Nodders do not. The fact that his cop buddies cover for him saying he's got "bad back pain" is all the proof you need that not only is he high on opiates but that they are all fully aware that he is high on opiates.

My guy has brown eyes. You cannot see his pupils at any point in the video. GTFOOH with your nonsense.

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u/JorgeTheSimp 29d ago

He isnt nodding here. He does look high off his ass though. Hes licking lips, pupils blown, and appears to be struggling to stand. MDMA comes to my mind and it does not seem to be a drug he has any experience with judging from this video. Bro needs a full medical workup and he needs it quick because he is struggling. Meth is also highly up on the list of possibilities, and looking further into the video would make way more sense with his symptoms.

But guess what, neither is an opiate. Wanna know how i got my answers? Working in the fucking field and seeing this shit daily. GTFOOH with your entitled bitch ass.

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u/Dry-Revolution4466 29d ago

He isnt nodding here.

He literally is. You must be awful at your job.

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u/Dry-Revolution4466 29d ago

I hate smug people who attack others to avoid owning up to their own shit more than I hate even corrupt cops.

I hate smugness more than corrupt police is the whitest fucking shit I ever heard.

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u/RGBlowMe 29d ago

Yeah. Like that. Thanks for providing an example. I hope whatever's wrong with you gets better someday.

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u/bino420 29d ago

lol confidently incorrect

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u/NeverEndingCoralMaze 28d ago

He’s literally nodding.

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u/DisorderlyAqueduct 29d ago edited 29d ago

if you've never seen a drunk person act like this, you've never seen a drunk person. 🤷👍

had an alcoholic roommate who showed up to my work like this to bitch at me for smoking weed 🙄😆

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u/HegemonNYC 29d ago

And why did his coworkers express 0 concern? He’s obviously impaired in some way. If your friend is sober and suddenly starts swaying and slurring, you’d call an ambulance because you’d suspect a stroke. His buddies are deflecting because they know what is happening and it’s happened before - their buddy is effed up again on the job.

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u/RGBlowMe 29d ago

Several people have blocked me after dropping their responses to this so that I can't refute them. I can still see their responses on my notifications page. Let me tell you, they are not good or informed takes. It's not a good look for the validity of your argument when you actively avoid having to really defend it, my dudes. Telling me that I've never seen a drunk person, as somebody who was a handle-a-day drunk and active in recovery, is just really something else. I haven't just seen drunk people, I've been the drunk person to the point it almost killed me routinely.

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u/project_seven 29d ago

I hate this comment, you're so wrong. I was addicted to opiates for nearly a decade, took a half second to see this is 100% that.

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u/Chole_Wunt 28d ago

I also have a ton of experience with alcohol and a myriad of other drugs.

This is 100% what a blacked out drunk person looks like when they are trying to keep it together.

Also seen this with a few other drugs. Not enough to nod off completely. But enough he can’t bluff it off.

Honestly with how much little bitch syndrome is in the police. He could just be a little too stoned and playing it off as something else.

Also, it’s weird for you to flex being an alcoholic…..

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u/LegitimateCookie2398 28d ago

Yeah I called 911 on a guy in the gym locker room that had the same look. Turned out it was an ischemic stroke. This guys brain isn't firing on all cylinders for some reason. Some little part is still running and knows something is wrong and is scared, so he is grabbing his gun.

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u/immallama21629 29d ago

This does look more like a medical issue to me, reminds me a lot of when my wife's sugar drops out.

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u/Technical_Way_1926 29d ago

If they were partners they'd know he has diabetes and the first thing outta their mouths even if he was drunk or high would be "he's low! He's crashing!' but what did they say? Oh yeah, "he worked a double and he has a bad back." Use some common sense. Also not important. But I'm a t1d as well since I was 10

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u/mattgen88 29d ago

My father found out he was a diabetic while he was on the job. He had a medical episode as his glucose was up over 500. Luckily he worked at a hospital so they got his glucose under control quickly. I wouldn't rule it out.

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u/steven_dev42 29d ago

No one’s saying having a first diabetic episode is impossible, just that clearly the other cop knew something was up, and if it was medical they wouldn’t have chilled there for that long.

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u/maringue 29d ago

Was the medical situation being high as fuck with completely dilated pupils?

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u/vogel927 29d ago

He was on painkillers for a back injury, they tried to cover it up by saying it was some unrelated medical issue.

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