Posted on 12/20/2007 7:46:47 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsobserver.com ...
Refusal to blow is not de facto guilt in NC. It simply means you have your license civilly revoked for 12 months. You still have to be proven guilty in a court of law and people who have refused are often acquitted. And read the article more carefully, he was ordered to submit to a breath test by his supervisor AFTER the supervisor determined criminal charges were not warranted. That was done as an internal administrative matter.
Replied before I read your reply, LOL.
Not "dual justice", professional courtesy.
That's why most cops, judges and politicals have perfect driving records.
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