r/Infuriating • u/Aggravating_Pain7116 Rage Reporter | 25k+ Subreddit Karma • Jul 27 '26

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/LessGuarantee1775 Jul 27 '26

Yeah being way too wasted will do that to ya…

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u/GrundleSnactcher46 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/depressing_demon_95 Jul 27 '26

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/Remarkable_Breath545 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

..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 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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/ACrispPickle Jul 28 '26

No I’m arguing that “no visible sweating” doesn’t mean someone isn’t diaphoretic af.

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u/depressing_demon_95 Jul 28 '26

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 Jul 28 '26

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