Oswlek
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I wouldn't, there is no precedent for that.
Being released after two arrests in subsequent years? Sure there is.
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I respect your postion/view on it, but disagree in some regards. Person goes out and has 2 beers while waiting a 1/2 for a dinner table. That person then has 2 glasses of wine while eating dinner over the course on another 1 1/2 hours.
That's 4 drinks in 2 hours. Would it be drunk driving for them to drive home right then ? Does it depend on other factors such as what they had eaten previously in the day ? Or a person's metabolism? Or their weight? Or the level of body fat?
At this point, unless a person has made the decision to never drive after having anything to drink, then they have to use their judgment to determine whether or not they can drive safely (and legally). As noted previously, consumption of alcohol impairs your judgment.
Bob's probably rich enough to let someone drive him afterwards.
Being released after two arrests in subsequent years? Sure there is.
I assume that if you refuse a breathalyzer you wind up being involuntarily blood-tested.
I'll pay attention to this story when the reporting is clear as to his blood alcohol level. If it's above the legal limit, he's screwed, because he's on probation for a related kind of offense. (Partying so hard that there was an after-effect when he left the party premises.)
If he's below the limit, then it's a fortunate wake-up call/narrow escape shining light on Dennard's dubious lifestyle choices.
Second year player coming off of a trial where he was charged with assault on a police officer, gets probation, and subsequently gets a DUI. How much do you think the team could get for him in a trade? It makes more sense that he gets cut, if any reprucussions were to come down from the team on this.
And based on the fact they made no mention of Dennard failing the field sobriety test in the report I'd be curious to what the probable cause would even be to detain him and ask for the testing.
Why? Because our dumb ass ex-TE may have murdered some people? Drinking and enjoying their lives in the offseason shouldn't be taken off the list. Making bad decisions after that (like getting in a car and driving in a state where you were just on trial for assaulting a cop) SHOULD be taken off the list.
Anybody can be arrested, it only matters if he is convicted. If you wanted to argue that if he is convicted for DUI then he should be released that's a different conversation. I still wouldn't agree but a different conversation just the same.
Dennard was pulled over for straddling a line, did he cross over a lane? Nope just to close to a line in the cops opinion. The jury will laugh this case out of court. He was pulled over for being a black kid driving at night, harassed because he punched one of their own in the face.
He did not fail a breathalyzer he simply refused to take one. Considering the circumstance of the fact he just got 30 days in jail for punching a cop he didn't even know was a cop in that city I would probably refuse it to, not going to trust those same people submit a accurate result to the courts. That's a joke.
I think that's the part where he's straddling the line dividing the lanes.
It should also be noted that refusing the breathalyzer is probably the smartest thing that one can do in a D.U.I. situation as well.
I wasnt as think as you drunk he was
He was pulled over for being a black kid driving at night, harassed because he punched one of their own in the face.
Dennard will walk with ease, and his lawyers will rip that police department apart. Check out this link if you want to see the real reason he was pulled over. 97.1% white, 0.8% black.
Nebraska DHHS: Statistical Profile
It's a joke, and an embarrassment to our country.
I doubt the cop was able to tell whether he was black or white at 2 AM. This is a lame excuse and I thought you were better than this.
The guy is on probation for assaulting an officer. He refused a sobriety test. How many chances should he get? And, yes while the Ahern thing is going on. I think the writing is on the wall. He's toast.