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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months agoNot unusual. Cops have always had problems with even common medical issues like diabetes. My grandmother used to carry a card in her wallet that said “I am not drunk, I am diabetic.” Doesn’t seem to help… https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/825000-settlement-police-beat-tase-pepper-spray-diabetic-man/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/diabetes-police/ https://wlos.com/news/local/questioning-police-tactics-diabetic-mans-arrest-at-walmart-sparked-controversy-spruce-pine-dillon-ledford-girlfriend-leslie-mcintosh-university-of-south-carolinas-joesph-f-rich-school-of-law-seth-stoughton
Not unusual. Cops have always had problems with even common medical issues like diabetes.
My grandmother used to carry a card in her wallet that said “I am not drunk, I am diabetic.”
Doesn’t seem to help…
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/825000-settlement-police-beat-tase-pepper-spray-diabetic-man/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/diabetes-police/
https://wlos.com/news/local/questioning-police-tactics-diabetic-mans-arrest-at-walmart-sparked-controversy-spruce-pine-dillon-ledford-girlfriend-leslie-mcintosh-university-of-south-carolinas-joesph-f-rich-school-of-law-seth-stoughton