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IdaBriggs

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8. There are a lot of innocent dead people out there - and
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 02:25 PM
Sep 2014

people in jail - who used to say the same thing.

I work with one gentleman in his early fifties. He and his wife were stopped at lunch time on a weekday for "possible drunk driving." They both work in the area for a well known company with a zero tolerance policy for such things, and bonus: he does NOT drink for both religious and health reasons. He was given conflicting orders by the police officer, and ended up arrested. "Get out of your car" and "why did you get out of your car?" which both came down to him not being "deferential" to the police officer. His wife's testimony was not allowed. He is an educated professional person (as is his wife), with two children in college, and the third completing her medical residency. Prior to this ridiculous traffic stop, he had NO "criminal record" whatsoever/had NEVER been arrested.

"Not being a criminal" is no longer enough to protect one from a negative interaction with those we pay to "protect and serve."

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