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maximus
04-25-2005, 05:17 PM
The police thought she was drunk....but they thought wrong.

http://ksnw.com/news/stories/7544938.html

Video included.
Franklinnoble
04-25-2005, 05:37 PM
That's just f'ed up.
Tigercat
04-25-2005, 05:39 PM
My Dad has worked very early morning shifts for forever. One morning, around 5AM he had an insulin reaction at a 7-11. A cop came in and almost cuffed and arrested him, luckily he had a medic-alert bracelet.
maximus
04-25-2005, 06:03 PM
Unless I missed it in the article, I wonder if that women was wearing one of those medic-alert bracelets.
judicial clerk
04-25-2005, 07:44 PM
Its like Chris Rock said, "If you don't stop for the police and they have to come get you, they are bringing an ass-kicking with them."
Ben E Lou
04-26-2005, 10:35 AM
Some of you know that Rudy Allen (http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/090597/fb_mike.html), former Tech QB, is a first cousin of mine who grew up about 10-15 houses down from me. Rudy is also a diabetic. He had a diabetic reaction while driving once, and was pulled over for erratic driving. Fortunately, the cop who pulled him also grew up on our street and knew Rudy was a diabetic and that he didn't drink at all. Instead of taking him to the station, Dunlap took him to a nearby convenience store and bought him a candy bar, and he was fine.

That being said, it is an unfortunate situation when a diabetic reaction occurs while driving. I'm not sure I could fault a cop for thinking that the driver was drunk.