You can be charged with DUI even if you’re sober, WSMV 4 Investigates reveals
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From Clarksville to Murfreesboro, from Franklin to Goodlettsville, we found sober drivers charged with DUI, and because of a backlog in alcohol and toxicology tests at the TBI, they are forced to wait months for proof of their innocence.
  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    because of a backlog in alcohol and toxicology tests at the TBI, they are forced to wait months for proof of their innocence.

    Christ. In a country where even a charge can set you back in terms of your job and other things that might require a background check, maybe, just maybe, they shouldn’t be charged until the tests come back positive?

    “(The officer) said, ‘I’d like to do a field sobriety test, do you consent? And I said yes, I do consent, but I’d rather do a breathalyzer. And he said, we don’t do breathalyzer in Rutherford County. We do the blood alcohol test at the station based on your behavior.’”

    Never consent to a field sobriety test or anything. Never talk to the cops.

    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I got arrested and got to spend the night in jail because I shouted for a women who was being given a field sobriety test to shut her fucking mouth and stop incriminating herself.

      The cops buddy trucked across 4 lanes of traffic to arrest me for “resisting arrest”.

      I was put in “timeout” by a cop because his authority was questioned.

      The city formally apologized to me via letter and dropped the “resisting arrest” charges but only after I paid too much for a lawyer and requested the body cam footage be ready for my court date.

      Fuck the police, I’ve never had a good experience with a police officer. I’ve never felt safer with a cop in the building.

      • meco03211@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        How long ago was that? Sure Sue them off if you’re not beyond the statute of limitations. That’s illegal as fuck. If they dropped the charges that quickly they might pay a settlement quick too.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I hate that if I point out this is a low-effort comment without phrasing it in this way, people will downvote me because they think I’m disagreeing with it

      • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        6 months ago

        It’s succinct not low effort.

        Be mad that we have to have such a phrase to remind us of this global phenomenon.

        • NateNate60@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          I’m not mad at the fact such a phrase exists. It is very low-effort, because anyone can just type four letters on any post about police without further elaboration and gain lots of upvotes. Everyone’s already heard it before hundreds of times. It’s not like it communicates any new information.

          All it does is drown out, dilute, or distract from actual discussions about the problems with the system of policing.