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(1,989 posts)Demovictory9
(32,423 posts)brewens
(13,542 posts)Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)Cause thats how it goes
BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)From the article:
Allen West said his wife was stopped for failing to use a turn signal to change lanes but had no issues with field sobriety or breathalyzer tests. He said she refused a blood test, but an officer got a warrant for it.
Driving while intoxicated is not limited to just drinking.
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)LeftInTX
(25,141 posts)We don't know how drunk she was....
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)who is now running for governor, is arrested for DUI. I'm thinking the cops in Texas would not arrest an ex GOP lawmaker's wife without cause. Time will tell. My money still says she was under the influence of something.
PortTack
(32,710 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,789 posts)joetheman
(1,450 posts)stillcool
(32,626 posts)unless the cops didn't know who she was, and figured she was just another black woman.
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)A sobriety test, unlike a lie detector test, is allowed to be used in a court of law. Why would a cop, even a racist one, arrest someone who could prove her innocence with a simple sobriety test? Doesn't add up to me.
madville
(7,404 posts)They can still arrest. In many states refusing the tests is treated like an admission of guilt and its an automatic license suspension too.
LeftInTX
(25,141 posts)They did a blood test in jail and results are pending
madville
(7,404 posts)But theyre probably not that smart. If the blood test is clean I imagine all charges will be dropped because theres no evidence for the prosecution, just a clean test for the defense attorney to point to.
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)case against the Texas police. So why would she not take a sobriety test?
madville
(7,404 posts)Not comply with the police out of some principle or misplaced pride.
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)She and her husband are a pair of asshats, my money says she is guilty.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)it's why she was arrested. The only reason for arrest is usually because they're behaving like an asshole, or they're not popular with the local P.D. I am a nobody, but being the sister of a cop saw me through years of addictions without a single ticket, and many rides home when too drunk to drive.
kairos12
(12,843 posts)kimbutgar
(21,056 posts)Yuck!!!!!!
Kittycatkat
(1,356 posts)cbabe
(3,512 posts)1963 fatal drunk driving crash. Some drunks are more equal than others.
pwb
(11,252 posts)Explains the meanness.