IMHO, the police had to do something. They get a call for a 60+ year old dragging herself through a yard after flipping her chair. If they simply left, she could have drug herself into traffic. Then people would have been outraged that they did nothing. I think it was a tricky position for a cop to be in.
Perhaps. But charging her with DUI, which in many people's minds is worse than murder, when she wasn't driving a vehicle which required licensing? Really?
Frankly, once she wins this case, I hope she turns around and sues the local PD for false imprisonment.
I agree. If she had sashayed out into traffic on her freebie scooter and been killed by a motorist - the police would have been accused of negligence. If she had just wrecked her scooter - Medicare would have paid for another one;(
p.s. There is a cadre of cop critics on FR; who believe the police are willing pawns of the Gubmint...a very unsettling trend.
They didnt have to arrest her.