Austin PD to conduct non refusal blood draws.

[Mike1234567]

TX69... is that the drunk girl the cop bashed??

 

[bones_708]

And you just had to jump in at 12:30. You had to been watching a while. Jump in sooner.

Sorry no I wasn't.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Sorry no I wasn't.

No biggie. I felt like staying up but crashed. Appreciate you joining the conversation anyhow.

 

[A.Texas.Yankee]

What if you're not drunk? Then are you violated? I'm severely against drunk driving, but shit like this isn't going to change anything. You can tell if someone's drunk without blood.

 

[roadkill]

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[texas skeeter]

^^^^^^^Boy I sure miss those days^^^^^^

 

[F350-6]

I disbelieve this. Sorry, but I do. Someone needs to say it.

I wish it were made up. I don't understand how it's possible either, but it's happening in Denton County.

And no need to apologize. I'll admit it sounds like a BS story. But as they say, truth is often stranger than fiction.

 

[bones_708]

What if you're not drunk? Then are you violated? I'm severely against drunk driving, but shit like this isn't going to change anything. You can tell if someone's drunk without blood.

Sometimes but not always. Then there is proving it. If all the drunks just pled guilty then the blood draws would be unnecessary but they have this pesky habit of hiring lawyers and such. So these are the people that the cops are so sure of their being drunk that they have been arrested and a warrant sought for evidence to convict them of a crime.

 

[Hoji]

I'd refuse a breathalyzer, especially without probable cause. That's different from a blood draw BASED on probable cause, signed off on by a judge, to obtain the only measurable evidence of a crime.

Except we all know that the blood draw warrants in many cases are rubber stamped( both figuratively and literally)

 

[grasshopperglock]

Sometimes but not always. Then there is proving it. If all the drunks just pled guilty then the blood draws would be unnecessary but they have this pesky habit of hiring lawyers and such. So these are the people that the cops are so sure of their being drunk that they have been arrested and a warrant sought for evidence to convict them of a crime.

Don't you dare call it pesky. Like it or not it's a necessary check and balance. Lawyers are the scrum of the very earth. However...... Their place is still required. Sorry basturds.

 

[Whistler]

Don't drink and drive. It's really as simple as that. I have no sympathy for anything that happens past that, considering what COULD have happened was death of themselves and other people.

You don't seriously perceive that to be acceptable behavior by the Officer?!? I'm completely opposed to the irresponsibility of those who drink and drive as they can pose a risk to others but manhandling a 110lb handcuffed female is excessive by any standard. While the "death of themselves and other people" COULD have happened it's not what happened and prior to that there is no excuse for the gross lack of professionalism exhibited.

 

[Mreed911]

You don't seriously perceive that to be acceptable behavior by the Officer?!? I'm completely opposed to the irresponsibility of those who drink and drive as they can pose a risk to others but manhandling a 110lb handcuffed female is excessive by any standard. While the "death of themselves and other people" COULD have happened it's not what happened and prior to that there is no excuse for the gross lack of professionalism exhibited.

I don't excuse it - I just don't have any sympathy for her.

 

[Mike1234567]

I beg to differ. You do seem to condone and approve of officers needlessly beating the shit out of people who can't defend themselves. Cops like that we don't need. Hopefully, someday (if you do such things) you'll be caught on camera and you'll lose your job permanently.

 

[texas skeeter]

I don't excuse it - I just don't have any sympathy for her.

I have to ask.... you don't have any sympathy for her getting arrested for being drunk?

Or any sympathy for being arrested for being drunk and then slammed into that concrete wall with such great force by a man twice her size and 3 times as strong with her also handcuffed with no way to protect her safety?

Because there is a big difference between the 2 questions....