March 2009 - Posts

• Another Drunk Driving Conviction – With No Driving

  Yesterday I posted about a Minnesota appellate court’s mind-boggling ruling that driving was not required to be arrested and convicted of drunk driving.  For those who think this was an isolated moment of judicial insanity, consider the latest wisdom from the appellate bench: State’s Highest Court Rules In Drunken Driving Case Hartford, CT.  Mar 24 – Drunken [...] Posted Mar 27 2009, 10:25 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Convicted of Drunk Driving…Without Driving

  Want to know how crazy things have gotten?   Minnesota Court: You Needn’t Be Driving to Be Guilty of DWI Appeals court upholds conviction of man found passed out in parked car.  Minneapolis, MN.  Mar. 24 – Daryl Fleck was drunk and asleep in his car in the parking lot of his Crookston apartment building when someone called police. Officers [...] Posted Mar 26 2009, 10:46 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• The Scarlet Letters: DUI

  If there is any doubt about there being a "DUI double standard", one need only look at the widespread use of public humiliation in drunk driving cases (urged on by MADD).  See my past posts The Scarlet Letters, The Scarlet Letter – Version 2, The Return of the Scarlet Letter, More MADDness and Washington Says [...] Posted Mar 21 2009, 09:54 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• “DUI SuperCops” To Be Monitored

  The "DUI SuperCop" phenomenon is getting so bad in Chicago that the Illinois Attorney General is stepping in and requiring the top "DUI-busters" to have their police cars equipped with videotaping equipment to justify their arrests. Prosecutor Says Top DUI Cops Need Squad-Car Cameras Lawrence X. O’Reilly identifies 28 officers for supplying video evidence Chicago, IL.  Mar. 19  [...] Posted Mar 20 2009, 07:49 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Another “DUI SuperCop” Caught Framing Innocent Citizens

  As I’ve indicated in previous posts, there is a growing phenomenon of cops across the country trying to get the acclaim, promotions and money that come with "DUI SuperCop" status — by framing innocent motorists.  See, for example, SuperCops…and SuperCons, SuperCops: The Smoking Gun and Another DUI SuperCop.  Here’s another one who simply happened to get caught: Does [...] Posted Mar 16 2009, 10:01 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• .02% Blood-Alcohol = 25 Years to Life in Prison?

  As with our Constitution, so have our laws become increasingly malleable when it comes to drunk driving.  In keeping with MADD’s neo-prohibitionist agenda, it seems even the mere presence of alcohol is now enough… La Porte Parolee Charged in Head-On Fatal Collision Houston, TX.  Feb. 26  – A La Porte man with four prior drunken driving convictions who [...] Posted Mar 09 2009, 11:15 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Legislators Vote Themselves Exempt From DUI Arrest

  We all know there’s a double standard in MADD’s "War on Drunk Driving" when it comes to cops, prosecutors and judges.  See, for example, my post "Do As I Say, Not As I Do".   But it’s always been an under-the-table policy — not an actual law.  Unless, of course, it’s to benefit a politician… From the Denver Police Department [...] Posted Mar 06 2009, 11:55 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog

• Forced Blood Draws: Citizen Backlash?

  I’ve posted in the past about the growing practice of forcefully taking blood from drunk driving suspects in the field when they refuse to submit to breath testing.  See, for example, Taking Blood by Force; for a forced urine sample, see Catheter Forced Up Penis After DUI Arrest.  In some states, this requires a search warrant (usually readily obtainable [...] Posted Mar 04 2009, 11:11 AM by DUI BLOG Filed under: Duiblog