Video: Florida cops devise foolproof way of testing for paraplegia
posted at 5:08 pm on February 12, 2008 by Allahpundit
Florida police: Always on the cutting edge of YouTube-worthy detainments.
The deputy’s been suspended without pay. Click the image to watch.
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Take her out back and break her legs.
MadisonConservative on February 12, 2008 at 5:13 PM
OMG! You have got to be kidding me! What the hell were they thinking? Anyway, last time I looked, it was not against the law to ride in a wheelchair even if you were perfectly fine! Whats next? Dumping Granny out of her scooter at the grocery store?!
kcd on February 12, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Bring your checkbook.
The Easter Seals has a video just for you and it you don’t end well.
Speakup on February 12, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Where’s silverstar380 to defend the cops?
HerrMorgenholz on February 12, 2008 at 5:15 PM
This is Onion-worthy material, not supposed to happen in reality. Good God…
amerpundit on February 12, 2008 at 5:16 PM
Speakup on February 12, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Huh? : )
kcd on February 12, 2008 at 5:17 PM
. . . . . . unbelievable.
geckomon on February 12, 2008 at 5:17 PM
That b_tch should be charged with assault. A year in the klink would do her some good.
TheSitRep on February 12, 2008 at 5:18 PM
It would be vaguely ammusing if it were not real.
Think Eddie Murphy in Trading Places.
That’s outrageous.
natesnake on February 12, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Clearly, the officers were doing that for their own safety. Good shoot. I mean good taze, er.. good dump.
/snark
The paradox of government jobs… providing service we need.. from those who cant get a real job.
Free Constitution on February 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM
I thought this might be funny. I was seriously wrong.
That tough cop needs to be smacked up one side of the head and down the other.
BowHuntingTexas on February 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM
From the story:
Not only did they dump him out, but after they saw he was telling the truth they kept him on the ground and searched him. Lovely.
amerpundit on February 12, 2008 at 5:22 PM
We can expect a whole lot more of this type of thing if Obama becomes president, too.
12thman on February 12, 2008 at 5:23 PM
What does “suspended without pay” mean?
What “further facts” could they “gather” which would put this in a different light?
Hiney Von Pewps on February 12, 2008 at 5:23 PM
That was brutal.
TDBURN on February 12, 2008 at 5:25 PM
And just a small correction. He isn’t a paraplegic – he’s a quadriplegic.
BowHuntingTexas on February 12, 2008 at 5:25 PM
Its due process they cant be fired without going before a board. Is in the link. The Cheif said anything short of dismissial is unexceptible. Look for Al Sharton to rage about how the Black police officers rights were violated by this video.
William Amos on February 12, 2008 at 5:26 PM
I’ve seen a lot of spinals, Dude, and this guy is a fake. A f’ing goldbricker. This guy f’ing walks. I’ve never been more certain of anything in my life!
phelps on February 12, 2008 at 5:28 PM
If that guy’s skin was any color other than white……
repvoter on February 12, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Lovely. WTF are people thinking? How humiliating.
robblefarian on February 12, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Suspended without pay should be turned into fired without unemployment benefits…
JustinHiggins on February 12, 2008 at 5:29 PM
“Don’t dump me, bro’!”
In this case it should be from a rafter, in a laundry bag, so that passers-by can take punches. A week’s suspension should do the trick.
Shy Guy on February 12, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Help Wanted – Police Officer – no experience necessary, we’ll train
Kini on February 12, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Florida?
Well I was upset about this video this morning, but now that I have learned it was Florida. Well, par for the course.
gabriel sutherland on February 12, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Nah, look at it t he other way around, there’s your outrage.
Kini on February 12, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Looks like a clear cut case of racism to me. Black deputy dumps white paraplegic, no story. If the situations were reversed, Jesse Jackson would have been there the next day.
redshirt on February 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Dear Florida,
We’re genuinely concerned with your behavior. It’s gone on long enough- please seek help.
Signed,
The Other 49 States
Hollowpoint on February 12, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Hopefully every so called officer involved including those who just stood idly by watching will be fired over this. The one who actually dumped the guy should face arrest and prosecution.
Oldnuke on February 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM
No, Frank, that was the real Dr. Meinheimer!
see-dubya on February 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM
That joke stopped being funny a long time ago. Regardless of what Jesse Jackson would do if the roles were reversed, it’s just another case of stupidity.
Hollowpoint on February 12, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Amen
A) Not one of them went to assist the guy
B) Not one of them even bothered to file a report on the incident, which is amazing in itself, especially knowing that the cameras are everywhere and someone was bound to see this
Son of Sam Kinison on February 12, 2008 at 5:41 PM
So how do cases like this work, do they just hand him a blank check and tell him to fill in the numbers or what?
Idiots.
Drew on February 12, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Ha. If they haven’t before they’re going to now.
BowHuntingTexas on February 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM
What’s the big deal, he didn’t feel it did he???\sarc off.
UNBELIEVABLE. Police State -coming soon to a country near you !
stenwin77 on February 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM
How pathetic was that STUPID policeman walking away from the poor guy on the floor, laughing.
How does this happen – he should be fired as well !
stenwin77 on February 12, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Racism doesnt have a single color but does share common stupidity.
William Amos on February 12, 2008 at 5:46 PM
LOL… dude abides
Ugly on February 12, 2008 at 5:46 PM
That’s about it. It’s like a doc cutting off the wrong foot – just write the check. There is no defense.
stenwin77 on February 12, 2008 at 5:48 PM
This is just awful. JustinHiggins said: Suspended without pay should be turned into fired without unemployment benefits… – and that is absolutely correct. If ever I saw a firing offense, this was it.
Now for Free Constitution on February 12, 2008 at 5:21 PM, who said: “The paradox of government jobs… providing service we need.. from those who cant get a real job”
I was a government worker for more than 30 years. Your idea of who takes these jobs is out of date. The government hires from the same “talent” pool that all other employers hire from. What you have here is a badly educated employee who also lacks compassion and lacks proper training for the job. Every employer has a few.
reine.de.tout on February 12, 2008 at 5:51 PM
He should have done what the officer said. The officer told him to get up. . . he’s lucky he wasn’t shot. You have to follow every order from an officer. Now here we have another innocent cop who is going to be railroaded for trying to protect and serve.
/sarc
ThackerAgency on February 12, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Absolutely, and add never allowed to work in law enforcement or security again. The other morons who stood by should be the ones suspended without pay.
Mallard T. Drake on February 12, 2008 at 6:01 PM
All I can ask is..Can you imagine if the officer was white, and the Quadriplegic was black?
Yeah, I know…….
Bearhopi on February 12, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Where is Al Sharpton and JJ for the protest of civil rights to this guy?
Bearhopi on February 12, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Ah, the smell of Huffpoo comments….
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Guess what, the Abu Ghraib thugs have returned and applied for a job with the police
dish on February 12, 2008 at 6:09 PM
You can dump me out of my chair for half what that guy’s going to get!
Guy’ll never have need to buy another lottery ticket – ever!
mksmithwriter on February 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
The new Easter Seals vid will include the Officer and then show the five mil check.
Speakup on February 12, 2008 at 6:14 PM
I haven’t quite worked out all the details… but I’m certain that this is Bush’s fault.
RightWinged on February 12, 2008 at 6:16 PM
OMG, there’s a poster named dirken-something comparing these idgit police to the SS in Nazi Germany, ya know, marching millions into gas chambers because of the inhuman actions of Bush….watch out, they may be coming for you….wow. just wow.
dish on February 12, 2008 at 6:17 PM
RightWinged on February 12, 2008 at 6:16 PM
:-)
dish on February 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM
How pathetic was that STUPID policeman walking away from the poor guy on the floor, laughing.
stenwin77 on February 12, 2008 at 5:46 PM
I’m not saying he wasn’t laughing at this and deserves punishment… but the video cuts from the vic on the floor to the laughing cop where you can see the vic is back in his wheelchair…
No way to know from that just what the cop was laughing at. For all we know, he’s just your average racist, misogynist white cop laughing that his black colleague just got herself fired.
krakatoa on February 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM
oh, we found our answer (from the HuffPo commenters)
Haha, man these people are pathetic. Remember, there were no incidents of police stupidity while there was a Democrat in the White House. If only we’d elected Kerry in 2004, this guy wouldn’t have been dumped out of his wheelchair.
RightWinged on February 12, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Wow! This morning I was joking while killing my albino habanero pepper seedling. I said this what I think of handicapped plants and animals. I feel slight guilt after seeing heinous incident, but the cripple is a human being, not a Terry Shaivo vegetable or an albino habanero pepper.
thuja on February 12, 2008 at 6:26 PM
dish on February 12, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Come on now… Huffpo commenters breaching Godwin’s law is hardly an OMG moment is it? Really?
I’ve become almost inured to being called a fascist SS pig by the left… I think it was the moment the right in the person of Pres. Bush and his administration and all the Amnesty proponents started calling me a racist pig… that pretty much overloaded my outrage squeedelysplooch to the point that short of waking up with McCain actually in my pants, I’m fairly incapable of OMG moments.
krakatoa on February 12, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Wait until Al Sharpton hears a Black deputy dumped a White man out of a wheelchair!!!!!!
Oh wait, never mind.
Hening on February 12, 2008 at 6:30 PM
If the “Officer” is disciplined…
Count with me folks:
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TADA!! Jessssseeeee Jacksonnnnn! Racist white system is keeping the black officers down! I’ll sue the State of Florida, racists!!
Montana on February 12, 2008 at 6:36 PM
As I pointed out to a police officer friend of mine years ago in Fort Lauderdale, every employer has some, but not every incompetent employee is given a gun and a badge of authority. With greater authority comes greater responsibility, and greater accountability.
oldleprechaun on February 12, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Yeesh. I remember a time when I would have been shocked by this kind of abuse by cops.
flipflop on February 12, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Crap. How much competence do you gotta have to know you don’t dump paralyzed people out their chairs.
A man who was my professor, pastor, and friend is a quad. I have zero sympathy for any of those involved in this outragous and criminal act.
I don’t know if the one who called the paralyzed man a fake was kidding or not, but,dude, … !
davidk on February 12, 2008 at 7:03 PM
That video shows black women degrading and assaulting a white man.
Hate crime, anyone?
American-Infidels.com on February 12, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Wow, voting for Hillary has me in a daze.
“shows a* black woman* degrading”
American-Infidels.com on February 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM
krakatoa on February 12, 2008 at 6:27 PM
yeah, I guess I’m being a bit naive, but having these comments smack me upside the face still shocks. I don’t expect less, ’cause I am reading the comments on the site…maybe I’m just hoping for more from them.
dish on February 12, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Wow , did I just witness a black on white hate crime ? The officer who thought it was funny should have arrested her on the spot. I for one am glad he will be when he is punished right along with her. I still won’t hold my breath waiting for the hate crime prosecution, but that is about as close as you can get.
deadbackpacker on February 12, 2008 at 7:13 PM
White cops, black paraplegic…different story? Front page hate crime maybe.
Vigilante on February 12, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Vigilante on February 12, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Jesse and Al would be tripping over each other to get in front of the cameras first!
deadbackpacker on February 12, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Looks like those officers need some disipline time with
Officer Rivieri or Hulk Hogan.
Texyank on February 12, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Oh yeah. There’s going to be a lawsuit.
SoulGlo on February 12, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Unlike the skateboard cop video here, THIS incident shows the fault of the police.There is NO excuse for this incident.
Warner Todd Huston on February 12, 2008 at 7:42 PM
Exactly what I was thinking Dude.
nailinmyeye on February 12, 2008 at 7:45 PM
I wonder if the size of the check he is going to get is going to bankrupt the city? It should!
I don’t think I have ever seen anything so F up’d in my life.
It’s sad that the citizens of that city will end up paying for some idiots behavior.
lsutiger on February 12, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Bad cop, no doughnut. I’m thinking a blank check, key to the city and a siren for his new Knight Rideresque wheelchair. Some form of public humiliation for the officer would be nice too.
To you and other commenters pushing this tired tripe:
When was the last time Al Sharpton made news for injecting race where it was not relevant? Jesse Jackson? At what point do you idiots gain parity with Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson?
Every single day on this website and others, I read some barb about how “what if he was black” or “what if a white guy did that?” Many ignore the fact that there are many instances wherein racism is a factor. Also, there is a tendency to paint any minority as ready to seize upon race as a reason to bitch-and-moan. It’s an unfortunate and understandable backlash to the tiresome needling of retrograde race-baiters.
IMO there are more complaints now about racial double standards than there are about racism. Monitor as much media as you can for a week. Monitor HotAir comments for that same week. There’s no contest. You guys whine more than the original whiners.
I have never been ashamed to speak openly and honestly about race. I’ve stood my ground and called things as I’ve seen em all my life. As a black man, that has made me a target at times. But on the other hand I don’t have a ton of pent up racially-tinged aggression.
Since I don’t mince words with blacks, I won’t mince them with others. GET OVER IT! Try yoga or skydiving.
If you invoke race just because the people involved in a situation are of a different race than you, you are exactly like Al Sharpton or any other race-baiter.
This situation was perfectly awful without all of the “I’m not racist” birds chirping in unison. Somehow it’s always the people who “not racist” ones who find a way to inject race.
The thin veil of irony and sarcasm does not hide your true intent or frustration. Next time you invoke as a muted attack, remember this: Just because you say you’re not a racist, does not make it so. At some point, the attacks will graduate from passive-aggessive to just being aggressive. The acts will become second nature. Second nature despite your denials will reveal your true nature.
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race rage: The inability any circumstance involving a minority without invoking race in anger or in jest.
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Pardon any grammatical flubs, typos and tense changes. Creeping
shariarace rage really grates my cheese.The Race Card on February 12, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Oh yeah, I’ve seen this movie:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fyEWm3x5ulE
At 1:18 into the remixed trailer. Greatest movie ever? Yes. Yes it is.
manfriend on February 12, 2008 at 7:59 PM
If you remember John Edwards said in 2004 that if he and Kerry were elected that Christopher Reeves would get up from his chair and walk because they would fund stem cell research.
JackS on February 12, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Funny. Lurch and Silky weren’t elected and Christopher Reeves did get up from his chair!
Too soon?
manfriend on February 12, 2008 at 8:03 PM
You never know when a quadriplegic is going to whip out a Gat and start spraying! You can’t be too careful.
Pablo on February 12, 2008 at 8:09 PM
It was the guy’s own fault. He called the sheriff “dude”.
Tzetzes on February 12, 2008 at 8:22 PM
The funniest thing about this clip (if anything could be considered funny) are some of the comments posted at Huffington, where this video is hosted. Many commenters equate the police with “those Repugs, Bush-like justice, etc.”.
Clink on February 12, 2008 at 8:27 PM
They ought to do a reality show about that deputy trying to get another job.
“…and that’s why I’m not seeking a customer service position, ma’am.”
It is more than a little disturbing that there were no reports filed on this – though it’s possible that they were lying when they said this was the first they’d heard of it.
I wonder if any other surveillance videos are waiting to be delivered to the news station?
I’ll say one thing – I’m pretty much down on the press, but sometimes they do the right thing. It’s just that they need to do more good than harm, and they have a long way to go.
Merovign on February 12, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Florida.
We’re about to cut off water and power to y’all.
TexasDan on February 12, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Terry Shaivo, whatever her condition, was not a “vegetable.” She was a human being created in the image of God,deserving of all the care and respect that that ontology demands.
davidk on February 12, 2008 at 9:37 PM
The officer probably should be criminally charged. A badge should not put her above the law.
snaggletoothie on February 12, 2008 at 9:38 PM
In most states if you assault someone and break any of their bones, that is felony assault.
Hammie on February 12, 2008 at 10:04 PM
She should be fired NOW! and the cop that saw all the humor in the incident should also be fired…stupid looking jerk in the 1st place…a tall Barnie Fife…that’s bull$hit…stupid ignorant government employees. …can’t get a job that pays that much in the real world.
My deepest apologies to the Mr. Sterner for ignorance and shear stupidity that exists in our world these days…and these idiots vote?
oldernslower on February 12, 2008 at 10:04 PM
That dumbass deputy will be back to work soon, and the taxpayers will be out a couple million.
BadgerHawk on February 12, 2008 at 10:29 PM
But those aren’t police officers. Being a cop is so dangerous that we must allow them to assault quadraplegics whenever they become annoyed with them.
Some animals ARE more equal than others!
Kristopher on February 12, 2008 at 10:36 PM
So it’s racist to speculate on what the reverse image might have resulted in? That is interesting.
BL@KBIRD on February 13, 2008 at 12:23 AM
What a fine example of protecting and serving, I feel sooo much safer now from all those dangerous wheelchair jockeys.
infidel4life on February 13, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Can we find out who she voted for in 2004? If only.
- The Cat
MirCat on February 13, 2008 at 4:55 AM
“To Protect and to Serve.”
Akzed on February 13, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Seven miles from my house. Fantastic.
Mark Jaquith on February 13, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Dude come on. The president has nothing to do with this. That is the equivalent of the Huffpo commneters who immediately blame this on Bush. Check out the fist 3 comments at Huffpo. Its hilarious. Somehow George Bush was responsible for this poor guy getting tossed from his wheelchair. This is evidence of obsession and dimentia on the part of the Huffpo commenters. Lets not drop down to their level here.
Zetterson on February 13, 2008 at 9:53 AM
Is this guy a paraplegic or a quadriplegic? How could a quadriplegic drive a car?
74impala on February 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM
This is so insane. Is stuff like this happening more and more?
Where are we headed, here? Cops abusing their authority!
It makes you wonder what some cops have gotten away with because there was no camera around!
I have always had the highest respect for police.
This women and every officer in that room needs to be fired and never wear a badge again! If this had been a white woman dumping a black man on the floor it would be world wide news right now!
Insane!
JellyToast on February 13, 2008 at 2:55 PM