Not a big drinker but is it illegal to be drunk in your home?
Johnson made her take an alcohol test and found that her breath alcohol content was just over .08 percent, the legal limit for driving.
She talked too freely, said she had been drinking at a bar and then came home, presumably driving, and not walking or getting a ride. Easy defense, she had a drink at home. Easier defense, don't volunteer.
The word "officious" goes nicely with "officer," doesn't it?
“Not a big drinker but is it illegal to be drunk in your home?”
Read the article. https://patch.com/new-hampshire/hampton-northhampton/north-hampton-chief-leaves-after-investigation-questionable
These "officers" belong in prison, in general population, for assault, battery, kidnapping, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, and deprivation of civil rights under color of law. And they further should be held PERSONALLY liable for compensatory and punitive damages in connection with any property damage they may have caused as well as pain and suffering.
They gave her a breath alcohol test and she was right at the .08% limit, and in her house. The article doesn't say when they administered the test. Was it at her home, or at the jail? Either way, she wasn't legally drunk, so there was no reason to drag her from her home. The article never says anything about the resolution of the so-called crash the cops claimed they originally knocked on her door for.
No, it is not. This is an outrageous abuse of power. The city will be stroking her a big fat check to make this go away. There’s no question the cops here were in the wrong.