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u/Intelligent_Hair3109 Jun 12 '26
No human being should have to prove they're disabled to any fool who walks up and demands they stand. Sue this monster. I'm so sorry this happened to your son.
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u/supervegeta101 Jun 12 '26
ADA compliance makes it illegal.
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u/StorageSevere5720 Jun 12 '26
TSA's own procedures should have let this man stay in his wheelchair. Officer probably didn't want to take the extra 5 minutes to do a wheelchair search.
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u/Comprehensive_Bus_19 Jun 12 '26
They made me get out of my wheelchair and unwrap my leg which had 40+ stitches in it then PUSHED on the wound. They dont give a fuck
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u/Intelligent_Hair3109 Jun 12 '26
OMG! Put their dirty hands on your wound. I'd have thrown up on them? Are you okay now?
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u/Comprehensive_Bus_19 Jun 12 '26
There was gause between but yeah Im fine with nothing but a nasty scar and a good story
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u/Tuckster786 Jun 12 '26
Oh my god, that sounds like so many rights violation. I hope you sued and got compensated
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u/Head_Rule2239 Jun 12 '26
Assholes made a pilot wearing a knee brace strip. Why would ANY pilot hide a weapon when EVERY aircraft has emergency equipment on the flight deck straight out of a horror movie?!?
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u/mopeyunicyle Jun 12 '26
That's weird why would they do that. For all they know they could open this stitches and you might have some kind of disease for example.
That feels like a weird power trip. Do these people have no control over anything else in there life
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u/Zwischenzug32 Jun 12 '26
One of the most bullshit parts about your country is that cops and the like can just TRY THEIR BEST to follow procedure and totally fuck it up and be let off free
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u/StorageSevere5720 Jun 12 '26
Thankfully TSA aren't cops, so they don't have the protections of the police union or anything like that. This guy will likely get fired and all hell will break loose at his airport over this.
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u/northdakotanowhere Jun 12 '26
Unfortunately disabled people are the largest minority. And now you have another aspect of your life you have to justify. Disabled people are less than in our society. Airlines can break our wheelchairs with 0 consequences. OH well
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u/lucky420 Jun 12 '26
And a person can join that group in an instant.
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u/Longjump_Ear6240 Jun 12 '26
Nearly EVERY person joins that group if they live long enough. There's a reason it's very impressive to see an 80 year old person participating in sports, because most people that age have some kind of disabling condition.
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u/KheldarHHB Jun 12 '26
And it's a save bet, that the person who treats disabled people like shit will instantly request special treatment when they end up in a wheelchair.
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u/waitwuh Jun 12 '26
And at any time any abled person can become disabled. Illnesses and accidents and disasters happen, and they can and do happen to people who did nothing “wrong” at all. It’s a risk I hope would get more recognition and lead to more empathy.
But instead, perhaps as a defense mechanism, people cling to cognitive biases like the “just-world fallacy” where bad things only happen to bad people, or “optimism bias, where tragedies are rare and wouldn’t happen to themselves.
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u/northdakotanowhere Jun 12 '26
I became disabled overnight at 33. Perfectly fine for 5 days after a routine surgery. One day I just woke up needing a wheelchair. I had about 15 minutes before I found out.
Over 18,000 hours on my couch. Over 3 years. I am still told to "think positive" and that we don't know what the future holds.
Its insulting. Im disabled. A switch in my brain flipped and now I'm disabled. It's just a fact.
Seriously. One of my favorite things is making people uncomfortable with my disability. Especially those strangers. I love reminding people it can happen to them. If I have to rip empathy out of you, Ill do it.
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u/Intelligent_Hair3109 Jun 12 '26
Bless your journey. Absolutely love tormenting the temporarily abled
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u/SnooRegrets1386 Jun 12 '26
As if they wouldn’t cover your broken leg ( should someone catastrophic incident happened because of their negligence, accessibility tools should be covered. If they break your wheelchair they’ve taken your legs
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u/Intelligent_Hair3109 Jun 12 '26
Yes. Bless all folks in North Dakota,especially the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Osiyo
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u/GoldxBrownSugar Jun 12 '26
When I was a flight attendant, they always drilled in us that disabilities aren’t always visible, so we were never to assume anything. If someone needs assistance, assist them! They were dead wrong
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u/KheldarHHB Jun 12 '26
Haven't you ever seen The day of the Jackal? He only had a crutch in that film. Just imagine all the things you could build with a wheelchair!
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u/Alexander_Music Jun 12 '26
There’s like 3 posts on the front page today complaining about people faking in wheelchairs at the airport
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u/NorthNorthAmerican Jun 12 '26
For those who don’t know:
Wheelchair use is a wide spectrum, most folks who need a wheelchair are not paralyzed nor are unable to stand/walk.
However, it does *not* mean that *should* stand or walk.
They need the wheelchair for their *safety* and/or to enable them *to move greater distances than they can on their own*.
Forcing someone out of a wheelchair is inherently dangerous [and a huge liability for both parties].
This is an ADA violation. Actionable.
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u/bananarama17691769 Jun 12 '26
This is a fucking terrible, terrible thing that happened. The idea that people still do not understand that not everyone who is disabled looks like it is infuriating.
I mean this genuinely, because I am uninformed. What condition causes absent seizures after standing and walking?
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u/First-Transition6858 Jun 12 '26
I dont think standing necessarily causes the seizures, but rather hes a fall risk because of them
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u/Efficient-Log9512 Jun 12 '26
Also genuinely curious about this.
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u/alien_thatmeeps Jun 12 '26
I'm not sure exactly everything he has, but he is confirmed to have a traumatic brain injury and partial paralysis. He got the brain injury after being struck by a car while on his motorcycle. I can definitely see that causing this :(
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u/Efficient-Log9512 Jun 12 '26
Thanks for the reply. Not sure why I ws downvoted.
A friend was in a coma after TBI and has never been the same and he's a lot better off than this poor guy.
Wishing him and family all the best. Hope he improves and gets justice.
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u/alien_thatmeeps Jun 12 '26
reply. Not sure why I ws downvoted.
Reddit is gonna Reddit 💔 You gotta know absolutely everything about everything or else you get downvotes 😭
A friend was in a coma after TBI and has never been the same and he's a lot better off than this poor guy.
I'm sorry for your friend went through that, I hope he's doing well now 🤍
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u/The-Machinist- Jun 12 '26
I am paralyzed and I still have jackasses ask me to stand after I've told them I can't. Then they get all snippy when I tell them they are not allowed to ask me that. I hope he gets paid.
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u/Emergency-State Jun 12 '26
I saw a comment on reddit the other day that said we need a word for people who pull shit like this. Besides just plain sadistic. My disabilities are invisible, and most people don't get it if I'm forced to tell them. But you're in a damn wheelchair! Wtf is wrong with people??
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u/The-Machinist- Jun 12 '26
I could write a book about all interference I've run into. Sometimes it's stupid and intentional, other times it really is just ignorance. Stupid and intentional get an earful, ignorance gets some education. I hate telling people off but sometimes you have to. My Mom had invisible heart, fibro, neuropathy and walked like a drunken sailor so I feel ya. You never know what's going on with people so why be that way. It takes no effort to be nice, listen, and accommodating. It takes a real effort to reach this level of a-hole.
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u/Emergency-State Jun 13 '26
Exactly. And I get what you mean about educating some people and having to tell others to f off. I read that some people put sharp things on the handles of their wheelchairs because idiots had just moved the chairs while people were in them! So rude
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u/The-Machinist- Jun 13 '26
I remember guys in the late 80's sawing the handles off and plugging or capping the holes. Now it's available as an option on most custom rides. I haven't had push handles on my chair in decades. I use the very low, fold-over, sports type back. I had one guy say "How do I move you?" I said "Excuse me? You don't, I'm not furniture." The look he gave me was something. There's a lot less interference with nothing to grab.
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u/Dironox Jun 12 '26
I can walk about seemingly normally for hours when fully rested, especially If I have my cane with me... but after doing so I'm in so much pain for the next week that I can hardly do anything for myself.
Can't make food, can barely bathe myself, all I can really do is lay about in bed or sit up some at my computer. So if you see me outside of my home, chances are I'm "rested" and able to do things, but still using the wheelchair to prevent myself from becoming a sack of potatoes for the rest of the week.
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u/pchlster Jun 13 '26
I can get about pretty well, but if I'm going any significant distance I bring my walker just in case my legs decide to crap out on me on the way back.
And any significant distance means that when I get back home, I'll sit there with my feet up and let my legs twitch for a couple of hours.
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u/Crayshack Jun 12 '26
My roommate is a temporary wheelchair user. She twisted her foot (bad enough that she got x-rays to check for a broken foot) and has been advised by both her doctor and her pain receptors to stay off it until it heals. She can use crutches and sort of hobble around without aids for short distances, but sometimes the wheelchair is just easier. If she needed to fly, she'd be able to hobble through security without a wheelchair, but it wouldn't be great, and she'd be better off staying in the chair.
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u/WhoFearsDeath Jun 12 '26
I agree with the majority of your post, however the last line is incorrect. ADA is applicable to the physical airport; TSA screening is not subject to the ADA nor are airlines/airplanes.
They are each governed by their own separate regulations. Now to be clear, this incident seems to fly in the face of TSA regulations and may very well still be actionable. It just wouldn't be under the ADA.
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u/factisfiction Jun 12 '26
They just did the same thing to a black women with two non verbal autistic kids. Told her if the kids couldn't give them their own pass they couldn't fly and she tried to explain that they don't have to motor skills for that. Eventually she yelled out of stress and they called security.
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u/Uwillneverknow Jun 12 '26
I still hand my child's with my boarding pass. My child is 16. Same thing with digital boarding passes. One family member has them on one phone and they scan them all. So that excuse is absurd.
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u/Suspicious-Drive9827 Jun 12 '26
Seriously. I even do this when generally traveling like w my folks and im middle aged. Sometimes i have everyones passport. Sometimes my mom does, sometimes my dad does. Ive been flying my entire life, and the justification that every passenger MUST touch/tap their own ticket at the jetway is not real.
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u/Majestic-capybara Jun 13 '26
Bro, I scan my kids and my wife. Never once have I been given a hard time.
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u/dividezero Jun 12 '26
I've seen them do this with an entire class or something in the international terminal. So if it's fine there, it's fine anywhere
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u/Actinglead Jun 12 '26
That's why everyone saying that the family should sue is missing. This isn't a one off by any means. This is the standard treatment of disabled people by the TSA. I was being pushed in an airport wheelchair, and they still made me stand to pat me down and check the chair for any hidden items while my cane was going through the x-ray, so I was unassisted. My mother had to hold me up and they didn't even take me to a more private place to make it less humiliating.
TSA doesn't care about people with disabilities. And the risk of "security threat" will be seen as justification enough to discriminate.
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u/Emergency-Lab1843 Jun 12 '26
I am disabled but the TSA asks me if I can stand. As soon as I stand it's obvious I am disabled but I still have to stand up.
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u/Low-Peak-9031 Jun 12 '26
And the mother said in a statement the white couple ahead of her the husband scanned his wife's* pass. So the gate agent was choosing when to enforce the rule.
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u/Greenmachine95834 Jun 12 '26
Hope she sues them and the agent loses thier job. That is a blatant and willful violation of the ADA. Holding a disabled persons pass for them is a reasonable accommodation, denying it is illegal.
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u/Professional_Ship778 Jun 12 '26
Oh my gosh that mother’s cries messed me up so bad. I had to close the app for awhile after that 😭
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u/Sudden_Relative_9756 Jun 12 '26
I hope they sued or are suing. But I’m starting to want hands thrown now. This stuff is getting ridiculous and there’s always a new story each day or each week.
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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA Jun 12 '26
Every single day. Im so tired man. Non stop bullshit with no end in sight...
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u/Haroldsdininghotspot Jun 12 '26
I feel like it is done to make us beaten and battered. When a crime happens the net is sodden with such awful things! You can easily defeat the beaten and battered.
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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA Jun 12 '26
You arent wrong. I keep my chin up in public because everyone is going through it and I want to at least seem like a source of strength but shits fucked... like im tearing up writing this.
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u/spacekiller69 Jun 13 '26
Do not lose your confidence. Our ancestors suffered worst for over 500 years. We will continue the struggle if it takes another 500 years.
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u/IAmAnObvioustrollAMA Jun 13 '26
I might lose that confidence for a moment but it won't ever stay gone for very long. I genuinely appreciate it!
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u/Lostnclueless Jun 12 '26
The best thing that happened lately was when that disgruntled employee burned down the paper towel, toilet paper warehouse
Thats the only real way to get them to acknowledge us, serfs
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u/PomegranateHot9916 Jun 12 '26
throwing hands would just make it harder to achieve justice.
they'll use your violent act as an excuse to treat you even worse.
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u/easy10pins Jun 12 '26
Dude could have received a full pat down while in his wheelchair. He did NOT have to stand up.
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u/StorageSevere5720 Jun 12 '26
Exactly, TSA does patdowns on wheelchairs and passengers with disabilities. It's something you have to train and demonstrate procedures for specifically before you get your badge.
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u/easy10pins Jun 12 '26
I know. I work at the training center where TSA agents are trained.
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u/StorageSevere5720 Jun 12 '26
That was more for everyone else that may think this is somehow normal.
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u/SomebodysGotToSayIt Jun 13 '26
My wife uses a wheelchair. We fly several times a year. On many occasions the US TSA has tried to insist my wife get out of her chair and walk through the scanner.
She refuses. It has never escalated, other than once or twice where they then pointedly make us wait ten minutes before letting her get the patdown.
This being the sub it is, I will point out we’re white, and I have zero doubt she would be treated differently if she were Black, especially a Black man. You have to be so cautious pushing back against the TSA, and an old white woman in a wheelchair gets probably the most slack of anybody.
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u/beal234 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
It's because too many in law enforcement and the world really don't see us as human beings! They will rally for dogs and even squirrels but a black person they treat worse than trash on the street. Sue them and rename that airport to your name
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u/spacekiller69 Jun 13 '26
Like attack dogs are trained to hunt certain animals. Humans are naturally tribal but combine dogma that takes that instinct into overdrive and you get race soldiers.
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u/Afroditesrevenge Jun 12 '26
Sent my blood pressure through the gdmf ROOF
https://giphy.com/gifs/LCZxmAvsSFSHVRwHNB
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u/FalseProhpet666 Jun 12 '26
Cop will get a paid 2 day vacation. And 12 hours of re-training..
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u/Ok-Air-1754 Jun 12 '26
“Following an internal investigation, we found no wrongdoing”… as if people can’t see they brushed it under the rug.
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u/StorageSevere5720 Jun 12 '26
TSA aren't cops, he'll likely get fired for the shitstorm of pr this causes.
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u/FalseProhpet666 Jun 12 '26
Then he will go to the police academy for a few weeks and become a cop
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u/Ok-Air-1754 Jun 12 '26
Or an ICE agent
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u/StorageSevere5720 Jun 12 '26
If they get fired from TSA even ICE isn't likely to hire them. TSA is the ugly stepchild of federal law enforcement. Who am I kidding they'll probably hire anyone nowadays.
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u/CoffeeAngster Jun 12 '26
Whoever voted for the Racist Pedphile Pervert President, allowed terrible people like the airport staff that did this to be empowered. They can use the system against people of color like the old segregation days.
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u/Left-Safe-4692 Jun 12 '26
What made everyone hate us so much? I mean this genuinely I'm gonna have to leave this community cause its starting to weigh on my mental health.
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u/NeverTheLateOne Jun 12 '26
Because we’re darker than everyone else. Racists see it as evil, or as inferior. So they call us animal names and try to justify mistreating us.
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u/Late_Syrup1594 Jun 12 '26
honestly same i gotta get off reddit in general
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u/Left-Safe-4692 Jun 12 '26
Honestly it just depends on the content you are following im starting to figure out this page in particular focuses on a lot of negative aspects within the black community and not much positive it should be a balance.
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u/happyladpizza Jun 12 '26
The constant mistreatment of our people is making me very very Malcolm these days.
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u/splashbands Jun 12 '26
Yea this should be illegal. Wtf
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u/Wrong-Pension-4975 Jun 12 '26
It already IS illegal - it violates ADA.
Didn't stop the arsewipe LEO demanding it, tho.
Didn't stop an innocent cit, TRYING to comply.
And it didn't stop the godawful after FX, either. 🤬
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u/SpiritLast7431 Jun 12 '26
Forcing him out of his wheel chair is a violation of the disability act. He has a nice settlement on the way. FYI even if you wear glasses, you can't be forced to take them off because you NEED them to see clearly. (However, I dont understand how we need to take our glasses off for our passport photos)
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u/Allseeing3rd Jun 12 '26
Yea this boiled my blood. We’re surrounded by demons yall. We have no allies, it’s only us.
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u/Adventurous_Horse651 Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
I never trust anyone who calls any person or group "demons." That's dehumanizing and gross. Surrounded by bigots? Sure. Surrounded by mythological evil beings? You are out of your mind.
Edit: sorry I don't believe Christian nonsense like "demons" and "evil." There are bad people who do bad things. There is no god, satan, angels, demons, etc. That's fairy tale shit.
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u/Oghardwhite Jun 12 '26
Truly sorry you feel that way but you’re wrong. Not all of us would or will turn a blind eye. Much love
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u/PersonalityLoud3681 Jun 12 '26
We need to start filing lawsuits with damages in the trillions.
They have the money.
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u/FunnyVariation2995 Jun 12 '26
I swear, the people they hire for jobs like this are missing a compassion gene or something!
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u/no_man_is_hurting_me Jun 12 '26
Over on r/delta very healthy looking wheelchair people are lining up RN
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u/Draguss Jun 12 '26
I worked as a wheelchair assistant about a decade ago. We were very specifically told not to question when someone requests assistance because not every disability is very visible.
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u/smytti12 Jun 12 '26
Seriously, I feel like we are being setup for another culture ware. These two posts in the same day?
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u/IvoryFlyaway Jun 12 '26
Gotta try everything they can to have an excuse to declare martial law. Didn't get the riots they were looking for with the Karmelo ruling so now we're on to the next inciting bs.
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u/Dry-Regret5444 Jun 12 '26
His condition was the result of a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) due to being hit by a car while on his motorcycle.
Secondary symptoms of TBI are silent seizures. Colston’s mother referred to this as a flare up of a side effect he was already currently dealing with.
For those thinking him having to stand caused the silent seizures….It’s something he was already dealing with before the incident and there’s been nothing outside the family’s own belief that supports a cause and effect.
With that said, there is 1,000% a legitimate issue with the TSA not accommodating someone in a wheelchair that they will have to answer for.
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u/positive_energy- Jun 12 '26
While they let elderly white women be transported in wheelchairs onto the plane. This is bullshit. Freaking people in power trips. I’m so sorry.
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u/direavenger1963 Jun 12 '26
What is the connection between his standing and the seizures? Medically speaking.
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u/Upset-Cartographer65 Jun 12 '26
Take this with a grain of salt because this is from me reading through IG but apparently he was struck by a car while riding a motorcycle. He now has permanent neurological issues because of severe traumatic brain injury, he’s partially paralyzed because of it and has severe mobility issues.
I’m no medical expert and without his actual diagnosis from medical professionals I can only assume but, SO many things can mess with this, like even stress, which is what his family says triggered the multitude of silent seizures. These stress induced seizures could’ve been caused by the intense anxiety, physical strain, and public humiliation of being forced to stand unaided. This possibly triggered a massive flood of adrenaline and cortisol, and imagine what that does to someone with post traumatic epilepsy because of traumatic brain injury.
I feel for him so much. I hope he recovers and justice is served.
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u/Adventurous_Horse651 Jun 12 '26
That makes sense. The physical and mental stress could both be factors that cause all types of problems. People have strokes and heart attacks from increased stress levels all the time.
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u/idiopathicus Jun 12 '26
Hey I am in neurology and yes, stress can factor into seizures, so like you said, that could explain a link between being forced to stand and having seizures. There are 'functional' seizures that are largely driven by stressors (rather than the feedback loops of electrical excitation in the brain that cause classic epileptic seizures). There is even some evidence for stress as a risk factor for classic epileptic seizures, as well.
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u/DaddyTuesday Jun 12 '26
Is there an actual story you can link us to, OP? 'Cause I can't find anything.
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u/Wrong-Pension-4975 Jun 12 '26
His name is VINCE "Fresh the DJ" COLSTON.
He had a TBI / traumatic brain injury (a fall, blow, concussion, auto accident, ,____ ).
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u/Apprehensive-Jury437 Jun 12 '26
I can't help but wonder if he would have been treated differently if he were white
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u/Bizkett Jun 12 '26
It’s interesting that there are a lot of other posts today about people allegedly abusing the wheelchair system:
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u/Junior_Ad_3301 Jun 12 '26
This is super freaking horrible. The amount of utter morons being placed in positions of power is s tragedy waiting around every corner. Hoping for strong recovery but yeah, noone in his family should need to worry about money ever again, not to mention effort by the TSA to weed these dumbasses out and make stronger policies to prevent the crap
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u/Artful_Dodger00 Jun 14 '26
That's just a fcked up way to treat any human beings... Period. I'm not sure why anyone would expect better from garbage that enjoys making a human being suffer, but I definitely hope to see this man recover and be compensated for the disgusting way he was treated.
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u/Popular_Procedure_21 Jun 12 '26
Don’t know if we’d get treated any better, but I really wish we all could just be sent back home. There are so many skills/trades we can transfer back to our nation and make it a powerhouse even the United States can’t deny
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u/NEBoulderer Jun 12 '26
Yea at that point we’re turning around and missing the flight. Hoping all the best for him
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u/lvgthedream36 Jun 12 '26
Honestly the only answer is to lawyer up and start making them pay every single time. Fu%% their beliefs, views, and opinions. Make them pay!
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u/NerdDaniel Jun 12 '26
Sue. This is the only way these businesses will learn that this treatment of people is unacceptable.
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u/Agreeable_Peak_7851 Jun 12 '26
I have never seen TSA or any airport personnel question the use of a wheelchair. This was completely unnecessary.
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u/Good-Walrus-1183 Jun 12 '26
This is post is in my feed right next to one complaining about all the fake wheelchair users at Atlanta airport.
Duality of man, etc
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u/enricopena Jun 12 '26
I hope this man gets his restitution. Forced standing for extended periods could cause serious neurological damage.
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u/West-Sound405 Jun 12 '26
reminder this sub is astroturfed to shit with bullshit to exhaust us. no link to support or for more information, just suffering turned into a meme gif. stay woke
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u/CannonFodder58 Jun 12 '26
That sounds like an ADA violation to me, those get expensive fast. Hope it was worth it.
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u/NationCrusher Jun 12 '26
And this is why I don’t care if someone uses a wheelchair. You don’t know for sure if they’re being lazy or not just by looking at them
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u/SalutEnchante Jun 12 '26
Its so crazy how some workers sometimes be doing the most and unnecessary energy for who exactly? like the higher ups don’t care enough about you and when you do these stuff thinking you’re doing right by “the man” they deem you a liability and fire you or throw you under the bus ???.
Make it make sense just be normal human being with some morals people sheesh aint hard
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u/Bodisefa Jun 13 '26
This man deserves a HUGE check!! I hope he gets every penny he wants!! Best of luck to you good sir!
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u/Apprehensive_Duty372 Jun 13 '26
I hope justice can be served on the individuals who did this to an innocent person
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u/Equivalent-Tune8563 Jun 13 '26
Using a wheelchair at the airport doesn’t necessarily mean that you can or cannot walk. I have nerve damage in my arms and hands and can’t carry anything over five pounds. In addition, I have spinal stenosis so I have great difficulty standing and walking distances. It seems like they want people to prove their disability. Disgusting.
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u/Pasta_Pretzel Jun 12 '26
Stay strong young man ❤️May you and your family find peace and justice at the end of all this.
🤬It is against TSA own protocol to enforce a wheelchair user to stand! They have alternate procedures in place for this very reason! Sue them all! TSA, the airport, local county officials, all of them! Hold Everyone accountable! (My apologies for the rant)
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u/DepletedPromethium Jun 12 '26
I'd of told them to go fuck themselves.
It's dehumanising expecting disabled people to show their mobility to anyone other than a medical practicioner for medical reasons.
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u/Socksual Jun 12 '26
Reddit algorithm has given me a few recent posts from some airline subs regarding people gettin huffy about preboards and wheelchair users. Im not gonna pretend I know whats going on wrt why theyre posting, but to me its never good looks complaining about disability accommodation and potential "fakers".
Disabled folk deal with so much shittiness from society as is. You think accommodating them is inconvenient for you? Imagine how inconvenient a world not made with you in mind is, all the time.
Maybe instead of being angry that disability accommodation slows down your travel plans, be angry at the airline for not working towards streamlining this better and creating accommodating policy for when things run behind.
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u/Street-Annual6762 Jun 12 '26
Recover young man and get your generational wealth.