A New York woman says a severe migraine spiraled into hours of police testing, a suspended driver’s license, and a police report she claims contained multiple inaccuracies, all despite registering a 0.00% blood alcohol level and never being charged with a crime.
According to the Redditor, she was pulled over after a migraine triggered by bright headlights became so severe she vomited. When an officer stopped to investigate, she says she underwent field sobriety testing and later registered a 0.00% BAC on a breathalyzer.
Despite the negative breath test, officers transported her to a Drug Recognition Expert, and she was “subjected to hours of testing, including light tests in a dark room that severely worsened my migraine and caused me to vomit multiple times.
Eventually, she was released without charges or tickets, only to receive a notice that her license had been suspended based on a physician’s evaluation. Things got even more bizarre when the notice stated that she was in a “motor vehicle crash where I lost consciousness.” On top of that, the copy of the police report she received of the incident allegedly had “many inaccuracies involving events that occurred and didn’t occur,” with some things left out completely.
Reddit Believes the New York Police Violated the 4th Amendment
Many Reddit users questioned why someone who wasn’t charged with a crime later had her license suspended. Others strongly urged the woman to lawyer up and gather up all the evidence she can to clear her name. Someone with a high number of upvotes recommended getting a report from a neurologist, which is unfortunate given her situation. “As I don’t have one and need an intake those appointments are booking six months or more out at clinics up to two hours away,” OP sighed.
Later in the comment section, Short-Mongoose5641 clarifies that she had been detained, not arrested. Still, the immoderate testing, the New York officer’s alleged lies, and the license suspension were all things she felt weren’t deserved. This left many Redditors wondering: “Isn’t what happened a straight-up 4th amendment violation?”
Plenty of other users chimed in, suggesting she obtain body-cam footage as evidence to challenge the officer’s claims. As one person puts it, “Regardless of whether the police had probable cause, lying in the police report was inexcusable.”
The incident remains unresolved, but for many Redditors, the most confusing part wasn’t the migraine. It was how someone who says they passed a breath test, wasn’t charged with a crime, and later disputed the police report still ended up fighting to get her license back.
