re: DWI lawyer gets arrested

And your third person shtick is as washed up as a whale carcass.

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That is all assumption, though. When did innocent until proven guilty stop applying to police officers. The facts are the attorney committed an arrestable violation and was arrested.

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I agree it has to cut both ways and you'll sometimes see me argue the flip side of the last post I made as I think many are great people that do a fantastic job day in and day out.

In this case, and as someone said - in the court of public opinion- a cop known for padding DUI stats pulls over a car on not signaling to change lanes (able to pull over but a little ticky tack potentially), makes a driver that's not drunk take a field sobriety test because he's suspicious (again, legal but potentially ticky tack and can come across poorly) and then arrests a lawyer in the car that he likely has history with for telling her that she doesn't have to (again, legal and likely that the guy was obnoxious but comes across for a third time as looking to get an arrest - and possibly for personal reasons now)....

Without the full facts, it feels uncomfortable and I think warrants questions about whether it was handled the way it SHOULD be not just whether it was handled in a way it legally could be.... Hopefully the answer is that the officer was serving the public and not his own goals here. As scruffy said - they get a ton of power and should be held to a very high standard.

Oh how will I fricking sleep tonight.

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WTF does graduating college have to do with being a good cop?

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It helps weed out some of the riff raff. Most cops are uneducated thugs, who don't even understand many of the laws they are paid to enforce.

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Damn, that is pretty washed up. Scruffy should probably consider changing.

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He is just jealous, that is all.

He will not be able to sleep tonight thinking about it.

Good. frick him.

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Oh how will I fricking sleep tonight.

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By getting drunk at Walk Ons first?

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Only took two pages to bring up that an officer could die.

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I posted that very issue about passengers twice but I'm just a pervy tard.

We all know that Officer Safety is a legitimate court-recognized defense and I agree with that. But let's be realistic in that it is also the most overused and abused excuse out there for when an officer wants to do something he probably shouldn't. Much like PTSD, neck problems resulting from rear-end collisions and unemployment benefits, those individuals who run to it for a reason every chance they get diminish the item for those that actually need it.

There is a HUGE difference between a couple of passengers getting out on the side of a highway with a Trooper out in the boonies and this incident. Don't compare the two. When this lawyer stepped out of the car, everyone on scene knew exactly what was happening. This officer could have had additional units on scene in seconds and probably did. There is little doubt he knew who the guy was and booked him just to do it. This looks a LOT like a bit of F You to the lawyer and that is a problem. Even if it was completely justified and legit, the officer should have realized how it would look and carefully documented exactly why the arrest and booking were required. That should have been followed by a pro-active effort on the part of the BRPD PIO to relate that information to the media. But it wasn't. So this looks like a petty slap at the attorney and the reputation of the BRPD suffers accordingly.

If it turns out he just booked the lawyer to be a dick, he should be disciplined.