She Didn’t Have a Right Hand, but He Wrote the Ticket Anyway
Kathleen 'Katie' Thomas, a Florida adaptive athlete, was pulled over by a sheriff's deputy who claimed she was using her phone while driving. Despite Thomas being born without a right hand, the deputy issued her a ticket, which was later dismissed for lack of evidence. The incident, captured on bodycam footage, raised questions about the deputy's judgment and the handling of the situation.
- ▪Kathleen Thomas was stopped by a deputy who accused her of using her phone with her right hand while driving.
- ▪Thomas does not have a right hand due to a congenital limb difference, which made the accusation impossible.
- ▪The ticket was ultimately dismissed after a review revealed a lack of evidence.
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She Didn’t Have a Right Hand, but He Wrote the Ticket Anyway David Manney | 6:57 PM on May 29, 2026 Photo by Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash Kathleen “Katie” Thomas, a Florida adaptive athlete and social media creator, got pulled over in Lake Worth Beach on Feb. 11 when a sheriff's deputy claimed she'd been holding and using a phone in her right hand while driving. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); There was one problem that completely wrecked the charge straightaway: Thomas doesn't have a right hand. She was born with a congenital limb difference, and her lower right arm ends below the elbow.
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