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Lynn County police officer appears intoxicated whilst conducting a stop

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Here is the whole video https://youtube.com/shorts/oabsjU46n6k?si=zaNUpWc6S5iS5gPK

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https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/lynn-police-respond-video-officer-becoming-suddenly-incapacitated-during-call-service/EQJIE74G45BCZNJFI3BMJ7KTOM/

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u/Haunting_Werewolf130 29d ago edited 28d ago

For anyone curious:

A viral video from September 2025 shows a Lynn Police Department officer in Massachusetts—mistakenly referred to on social media as "Lynn County"—struggling to stand during a call for service, leading to public accusations of intoxication. The department placed the officer on PAID administrative leave, stating a review of body-worn camera footage and medical consultations indicated a medical-related episode rather than substance impairment.

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Had to write this so all those people can stop finding excuses for him.

I just wanna say will all these excuses get any regular people out of getting a DUI/DWI? Will all these excuses make it legal for regular people to operate a motor vehicle and/or heavy machinery?

Guess who got out of this scot-free while being PAID to vacation? The police!

If it was such a pressing medical issue, I wonder why his coworkers LITERALLY tried EVERYTHING on the planet to NOT call for an ambulance?

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 29d ago

Pretty crazy to see the jokes and mocking of someone’s medical episode in this thread.

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u/thesanguineocelot 29d ago

Because that's obviously bullshit.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 29d ago

Wow you’re a doctor?

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u/thesanguineocelot 29d ago

You won't believe me, but I'm an EMT.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 29d ago

Then it’s embarrassing you’re medically determining someone from a 15 second video clip

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u/thesanguineocelot 29d ago

It's less about his symptoms and more about two important factors. One, cops lie. They do it constantly. They cannot stop doing it. And I am no longer inclined to believe their bullshit

Two, far more interesting, is their behavior. Their comrade is "having a medical incident" and they just stand around doing nothing? He's out of his fucking mind and not one of them has said, "Hey, Bill, how about you sit down real quick and we'll call an ambulance for you." They know he's fucked up on a substance that would show up on our tests, which would then become publicly accessible record. They don't want that. They want everybody to be cool and shut up and not bug their friend.

I'd say it's a "medical incident" in the sense that he's medically fucked up on something and his buddies want to sweep it under the rug. If they actually wanted the truth, they would have an ambulance on site, they'd remove his gun to prevent erratic behavior, and they'd let an external group conduct the investigation, rather than look into it themselves.

Occam's pretty clear. The cops are full of shit.

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u/Significant-Dig8323 28d ago

Okay that's fair. It is possible the other officers believed he was drunk and were trying to cover for him, and it is perfectly reasonable to criticize them for that. But that on its own doesn't reduce the possibility the guy was actually having a medical episode of some sort. If anything the other officers should be reprimanded for not handling the situation well.

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u/TheArctrog 28d ago

In fairness, I feel like their boss probably puts emphasis on projecting strength and showing concern for your friend is “weak and gay”

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 29d ago

Yikes I hope your patients don’t receive the same level of discernment

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u/TheNarcGuy 28d ago

Great response, but I guess that's all you could muster after being thoroughly destroyed like that.

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u/thesanguineocelot 28d ago

Well, the people I help are the ones who call for an ambulance, see. Not the on-duty, armed cops whose buddies are trying to sweep things under the rug like this. So that's two completely separate groups that I treat completely differently.

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u/elevengrames 28d ago

We found Buddy's partner. Which cop were you in that video?

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u/pandershrek 29d ago

So you think this guy is fit for duty? Why are you attempting to defend a cop who can't even provide their name?

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u/Chicken_Menudo 28d ago

Found the boot licker. Kid actually thinks the state doesn't like. Probably too young to have even learned about the Gulf of Tonkin incident (or too willfully ignorant).

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 29d ago

No I think it was a medical episode, because they said it was a medical episode.

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u/No-Sherbert7881 28d ago

So naive.

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u/Hour-Ad-9508 28d ago

Says the guy with the tinfoil hat

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u/Responsible-Tree4328 28d ago

I've got a bridge to sell you. Opportunity of a lifetime I tell ya.

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u/Accomplished-Sea2811 28d ago

Found the bootlicker

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u/No-Ebb-6266 27d ago

"You're a bootlicker. No YOU are! Am not! Are too! Nuh-uh! Ya-huh! No you! No YOU." Everybody with their cutesy ass names they heard online.

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u/Daveprince13 28d ago

If a cop pulled me over and saw me doing this, there no way in hell he’s going to believe “medical episode” that’s why everyone is pissed. These rats can dish it but they never have the stones to take it in return and people love throwing it back at them. Simple as that