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Well they gave it their best shot. I would say that second incident was kind of hard to cover for.

Like you, I think the verdict was a travesty and believe this is another thing police should receiver immunity for. After all, how many lives is he not saving by being incarcerated. It takes one to catch one. What are those other catchy phrases you and I used again?

They through out the drunk charge as they should have. What part of that did any of us miss?

Like you, I think they should have overlooked the rest.

lol

Like the seven time DWI looser that decided to sleep it off one real foggy night while parked across both lanes of the road. It was a dark car in heavy fog. Thank God the Torus my daughter was driving self destructed and protected her. The car was a total, the sob drunk was fine and my daughter lived.

Yep, he did the right thing, just park across both lanes, lay down, and take a nap. Nobody should have bothered him.

"Sleeping it off" takes on a whole new meaning when you're asleep at a green light with your foot on the brake.

I'd have no problem with the death penalty for DWIs. They're not accidents and they're 100% preventable, for those that care to. And that's what aggravates me about them. DWIs aren't crimes of passion or need, they're crimes of apathy.

Disability would keep me from passing a field sobriety test. So, I figured if I could not pass one I should not be driving even though I have had to almost completely quit drinking and I don't do drugs. I quit driving for the sake of others on the road. I have no mercy for drunks who drive and endanger others.

Howdy again Fawkface,

Your arrogance and condescension are neverending and show many of us just exactly why it is that so many hate cops and will continue to disagree about their value and role in our society.

Lots of people are stalled at a green lights including those that are texting, cell-phoning, are on Prozac, and those that are eating a cheeseburger. Are you proposing the death penalty for those as well?

Contrary to what 99% of Americans believe due to the sheet presented on reality TV and in the press............there is no such thing as a legal limit in many areas. .03% can get you busted. If you blow over .08% it simply means that the cop does not have to demonstrate further proof. It doesn't mean that you can't be arrested. If you admit that you had a single glass of wine after work........and the overzealous cop successfully demonstrates that you were driving erratically and under the influence.......you can be convicted of a DWI. After all, it's only your word against the cop's at that point. Are you suggesting, BD, that cops who are always right such as those in this link can use their word against a citizen to get the citizen a trip to the gas chamber?

http://time.com/3667089/albuquerque-police-murder-charge-body-cameras/

Looks to me like YOU are the reason many folks hate cops. It's YOU.

Can't open the link. Sorry BD......my word against yours. Lethal injection or firing squad?

BD,

Here's a couple more in the news today. Great credible LEO's.......ones whose opinions matter...........retired after successful LEO careers (the greatest credibility a cop can ever, ever attain!). Geez...........I'd hate to have my word against theirs in court. Rather go straight to death penalty by hanging from a rope.........


http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/2...-daughters-found-dead/?intcmp=latestnews

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/23/us/georgia-sheriff-shot/index.html

Okay, I'll meet you in back of the jungle gym at 3:15 today. If I'm a couple of hours late, just keep waiting.

I guess you mean DUI causing death.

I would like to see mandatory prison of more than one year actual for the second DUI (simple), more for subsequent convictions, and mandatory jail or prison for driving on any DUI suspension.

First DUI with injuries to another, mandatory jail or prison, depending on severity. Death is always some sort of homicide.

The toughest state in the US is too lenient, IMO.

I can't decide whether Bluedouche or GotCock12 is the biggest [bleep].

I can't decide whether Bluedouche or GotCock12 is the biggest [bleep].

Whichever one double posts

Succinct, and spot on..

Yours is as good a solution as I've seen proposed since it focuses on THE REAL PROBLEM of DWI, which is automobile accidents that MIGHT not have occurred absent the alcohol involved.

A guy who blows over the number required to establish guilt in a particular state, who is caught at a checkpoint, may actually be at less risk for causing an accident than a stone cold sober old person who's eyesight and reflexes are shot.

First offense DUI's where no accident is involved are cash cows for certain lawyers in many places. Enough money can ensure that each time a person is charged for DUI, it's a first offense, and may be plead down to a lesser offense.

Would be more than happy to hear your take over 4 fingers of Glenmorangie single malt and a good cigar.

I knew I'd met you somewhere.



Travis

Well, Gunner, if I don't take a drink, or die, in the next 17 days, it will make 30 years since my last drink, but I do enjoy a good cigar.

See you at Ed's.