Posted on 03/26/2014 10:44:06 PM PDT by Ken H
A University of Virginia student charged last year with assaulting Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents attempting to stop her for underage possession beer that turned out to be sparkling water has filed a $40 million lawsuit against the state and seven agents.
Among other things, Elizabeth K. Daly’s 47-page suit, filed Tuesday in Richmond Circuit Court, alleges malicious prosecution, failure to train ABC agents appropriately, and six counts of assault and battery.
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Heres how to handle it.
Cop: Hello, how are you tonight?
Girl: Ok.....
Cop:(flashing his badge and IDing himself}Mind if I ask you a few questions?
Cop: have you been drinking tonight?
Girl: No Sir.
Cop: Ok....have a nice night.
Just by that exchange can a novice tell if the person was drinking. Observing her movements and seeing if you can smell booze on her breath. There is no need to do a A Team assault and throwing the girl in jail.
The agents from ABC that filed criminal charges that resulted in her spending the night in jail. The DA dropped them immediately.
The law firm that was retained seems to be very effective and well connected.
Weird ordeal. Perhaps thankfully I’ve had little occasion to know about such things. If I were king I wouldn’t have it possible for police to file any charges — it would have to go through a prosecutor first.
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