Caller: Trooper was 'drunk'(Seriously berserk cop alert)

newsobserver.com ^ | Dec 20, 2007 | Dan Kane and Joe Marusak, McClatchy Newspapers

[Copernicus]

"There's construction work going on ... and the state trooper is running up and down the road harassing people," the caller said, "and he got out and just tried to fight an old man. And the smell on his breath, he's drunk, really drunk."

The caller said the trooper "got out of the car staggering," according to a copy of a dispatch tape obtained by McClatchy Newspapers on Wednesday.

[Copernicus]

I am sure this is just an isolated incident.

Best regards to all,

[elkfersupper]

Beatty said that once Thompson determined there was not enough evidence for a criminal charge, he sought to have Grubbs blow into an Intoxilyzer to determine whether any alcohol was in his system as a step in his administrative review of Grubbs' actions. Beatty said Grubbs refused, and that alone could have been grounds for his dismissal.

That alone could have been grounds for an ordinary citizen to have his license suspended and be placed into the MADD-hysteria-induced meatgrinder for several years.

[JLS]

Clearly they this guy got special treatment. This dual justice system is undermining general confidence in the system.

[Mr. Mojo]

That alone could have been grounds for an ordinary citizen to have his license suspended and be placed into the MADD-hysteria-induced meatgrinder for several years

Or at the very least tasered into submission.

[Copernicus]

This dual justice system is undermining general confidence in the system.

My confidence in the system has been undermined since California Highway Patrol operating outside their jurisdiction in New Orleans mugged a little old lady IN HER HOME, seized her curio and relic .32 caliber pistol ALL IN FRONT OF NEWS CAMERAS.

No one was ever reprimanded to the best of my knowledge.

Best regards,

[elkfersupper]

My confidence in the system has been undermined since California Highway Patrol operating outside their jurisdiction in New Orleans mugged a little old lady IN HER HOME, seized her curio and relic .32 caliber pistol ALL IN FRONT OF NEWS CAMERAS.

Terrorist suppression. It's for the children.

[Copernicus]

It's for the children.

The accounts of the children at Virginia Tech were tragic.

Utterly tragic.

Best regards,

[tired1]

government is not your friend.

[Caramelgal]

Judge not guilty of drunken driving

OCEAN CITY: Off-duty cop charged with DUI after crash

[mylife]

Ditto

[dusttoyou]

Probably not drunk at all. More likely sugar induced, by consuming too many donuts.

[org.whodat]

Jordan said Tuesday that he thinks his deputies rightfully detained a trooper on suspicion of drunken driving. He said that the patrol's decision not to file charges and not to comment initially on the incident put him in an uncomfortable situation.

One set of rules for the ordinary folks and one set for those that consider themselves above the law. Both need to be fired. And the POS sheriff needs to be voted out of office.

[ME-262]

The beers were just to calm his normal roid-rage. Perhaps he was going under cover to infiltrate a drunk driving ring. A-hole cops are worse than ordinary A-holes, just had to say it, Don’t taze me bro!

[razorback-bert]

Beatty said Grubbs refused, and that alone could have been is grounds for his dismissal.

This the way it should have read.

[Right Angler]

“Beatty said that once Thompson determined there was not enough evidence for a criminal charge, he sought to have Grubbs blow into an Intoxilyzer to determine whether any alcohol was in his system as a step in his administrative review of Grubbs’ actions. Beatty said Grubbs refused, and that alone could have been grounds for his dismissal.

That alone could have been grounds for an ordinary citizen to have his license suspended and be placed into the MADD-hysteria-induced meatgrinder for several years.”

Granted, what this officer did was reprehensible, but the article clearly states that no criminal charges were warranted. He was ordered by his supervisor to submit to a breath test, which an officer cannot compel from a DWI suspect in NC. MC law affords the right to refuse to be tested, albeit with a years revocation as a penalty. But this officer was ordered to blow as an administrative matter. Under the Garrity Rule, that evidence cannot be used in a criminal proceeding since it is compelled under penalty of dismissal from employment. He refused to comply with the order which constitutes insubordination. That was grounds for dismissal, but he resigned instead.

[davisfh]

"Or at the very least tasered into submission."

That's it!! Taser him Bro!!

[skinkinthegrass]

That was grounds for dismissal, but he resigned instead...Good. :/

[davisfh]

"More likely sugar induced, by consuming too many donuts."

Dang!! Why didn't I think of that?

[Don W]

You are dead wrong about “no criminal charges being warranted”. Refusal to blow is considered de-facto guilt in every jurisdiction I know of.

[Don W]

Posted before reading entire posting. My bad, or as Roseanne Roseannadanna would say: Nevermind.