Police Arrest Parapalegic Man For Considering Himself a Pedestrian

[DamianTV]

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/larry-dodson/


ROANOKE, VA — A wheelchair-bound man was taken to the ground face-first and handcuffed because he rode his motorized scooter on the shoulder of a road against traffic, the way pedestrians are legally supposed to. Police impounded his scooter and took him to jail.

Paralyzed from the chest down, 52-year-old Larry Wayne Dodson has limited transportation options. He said that he has used his scooter hundreds of times to take himself the short distance to the local grocery store without incident.

The law says that pedestrians are to travel on the shoulder, against traffic. This allows both the pedestrian and the oncoming vehicles to have their eyes on each other. Mr. Dodson rides this way, considering himself the same as a pedestrian.

On April 25, 2014, he was rudely informed by a local law enforcer that he is no pedestrian. Roanoke County Police Officer C.A. Jacobs stopped Mr. Dodson and told him that by the letter of the law, his scooter is considered a vehicle.

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[kcchiefs6465]

Mr. Dodson was charged with driving the wrong way, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest. He was taken to jail on a stretcher and his scooter was impounded. His bond was set at $1,000.

“They have to pick on a little old man in a wheelchair,” Dodson told the Roanoke Times.
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[Czolgosz]

Lol

[SeanTX]

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/larry-dodson/

ROANOKE, VA — A wheelchair-bound man was taken to the ground face-first and handcuffed because he rode his motorized scooter on the shoulder of a road against traffic, the way pedestrians are legally supposed to. Police impounded his scooter and took him to jail.



So I guess the slamming face first into the ground thing is SOP for those paralyzed from the chest down too?

Being paralyzed from the neck down, I don't think he could be doing much "resisting." He was probably "mouthing off" , which sent the tax tick into a rage. Or, he could have been fully cooperating and gotten the same treatment, you never know anymore.

Good thing he wasn't waving a ballpoint pen -- Houston PD would shoot a quadraplegic for that.

[aGameOfThrones]

Hey, the anti bullying campaign does not apply to cops.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

Grandmas gotta register her hoveround

[VIDEODROME]

What would Charles Krauthammer say? I guess Charles is just a severely paralyzed as this guy. You only ever seen him move his head and talk on TV.

[presence]

In a recent study published in PLOS ONE, researchers collected reports detailing experiences of wheelchair use among 55 wheelchair-bound individuals with spinal cord injury to determine whether bodily assimilation of a relevant external tool, such as a wheelchair, develops from altered sensory and motor inputs.Study results showed that,

among all patients,
the regular use of a wheelchair
induced the perception that the body’s edges
are not fixed, but are plastic and flexible
to include the wheelchair ,

independent of time since injury or previous wheelchair use.

In particular, patients with lesions in the lower spinal cord and with loss of movement and sensation in the legs but who retained upper body movement showed a higher degree of functional embodiment than those with lesions in the upper spinal cord and impairment in the entire body, according to study results.


“The corporeal awareness of the tool emerges not merely as an extension of the body but as a substitute for, and part of, the functional

self

,”MariellaPazzaglia, PhD, of Sapienza University and the IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia of Rome in Italy, and colleagues stated in the study.http://www.healio.com/orthotics-prosthetics/diseases-conditions/news/print/o-and-p-business-news/%7B42bd2729-3905-4339-8e6c-3648a167eefd%7D/patients-with-sci-associate-wheelchairs-as-extension-of-body



For a user, a wheelchair is an extension of self.
http://www.healthtechnica.com/blogsphere/2010/04/05/wheel-chair-technology/


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=427035&page=2

A power wheelchair is NOT a motorized vehicle. It is an assisted mobility device just the same as a regular wheelchair. It is an extension of self.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

i think that can be said for any good driver. I know the boundaries of my vehicle when I'm driving

[DamianTV]

Grandmas gotta register her hoveround

All Vehicles are Weapons after all. What if they were a drunk or psychotic quadrapalegic? They could be a threat to children and run over your foot!

[Philhelm]

They really do hire the most mindless, primitive goons they can find.

[Root]

Wow, he's lucky he didn't get beat to a bloody pulp for not obeying.

[JK/SEA]

They really do hire the most mindless, primitive goons they can find.

pretty sure these guys were tops in their class....the wheel chair guy is lucky he still lives....