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FBaggins

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4. Not sure this is an example of "did nothing wrong"
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 03:12 PM
Sep 2020

A driver with a prior DUI is pulled over and refuses a breathalyzer test. Assuming the field sobriety test is actually legit (e.g., probable cause), the penalty for that is actually much higher (in MN) than if you take the test and fail it. The driver is arrested for a DUI either way. (Edit - in other reporting it appears that he was pulled over doing 118mph. That's likely probable cause by itself).

Since it's her car and she's in it at the time... that means she allowed a drunk driver to operate her vehicle.

That isn't "did nothing wrong". It's reckless endangerment and probably aiding and abetting.

Legal criminals I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2020 #1
Police abused civil forfeiture laws for so long that the Supreme Court stepped in. Cattledog Sep 2020 #2
from the comments discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2020 #3
Not sure this is an example of "did nothing wrong" FBaggins Sep 2020 #4
The police... Alacritous Crier Sep 2020 #5
Are you saying that he was never convicted? FBaggins Sep 2020 #6
Civil forfeiture, as practiced, is unreasonable discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2020 #7
That's a better position than the OP FBaggins Sep 2020 #8
"did nothing wrong"??? Maybe not. discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2020 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2020 #10
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