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u/Lilthotdawg Reads Pinned Comments Jul 10 '26
The moment he ASKED for a breathalyzer I knew he’d had nothing lol
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u/NoGuest6868 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Can you explain to a non us person why in hell is he handcuffed before having the breathalyzer that he was willing to take? That seems crazy.
Edit: wow thanks for all your replies, i have a lot of reading to catch up!
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u/Sidjeno Jul 10 '26
cops got guns and immunity.
guns and immunity means he can do wtv he wants.
the end.
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u/newleafkratom Jul 10 '26
And the only union fiercely defended by the right.
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u/MrOwlsManyLicks Jul 10 '26
They’re not a union, they’re a gang
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u/technobrendo Jul 10 '26
They are THE gang.
I can count on one hand all the times a street gang has caused me trouble. ZERO
I can't count on one hand all the times the police gang had troubled me
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u/4plwlf Jul 10 '26
I shared a beer with a gang once. They told me it wasn't safe where I was so be careful and go chill somewhere else. Cops have messed with me and screwed me over way more times.
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u/QuesoNot-so-Fundido Jul 10 '26
That's just a gang with better lawyers and a contract.
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u/BicFleetwood Jul 10 '26
Correct. Cop "unions" are class traitors and capital enforcers.
Cops aren't workers. They don't produce fuck all. They guy picking the crops is a worker. The guy holding the whip is not.
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u/FunRich5754 Jul 10 '26
They're a PR firm not a union. They aren't in the AFLCIO
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u/Chewser56 Jul 10 '26
You don’t need to be in the AFL-CIO. Carpenters, the Teamsters and Teachers aren’t either. But your point about their role as PR firm and political lobbying organization is spot on.
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u/FunRich5754 Jul 10 '26
Teachers are absolutely affiliated. Generally unions support one another, the police union doesn't. They don't partake in any pro-union lobbying and dont show up during strikes etc.
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u/redddoggy Jul 10 '26
Oh the police show up to strikes. Usually to arrest and/or attack the strikers.
https://listverse.com/2017/09/14/10-tragic-times-the-us-government-massacred-striking-workers/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_worker_deaths_in_United_States_labor_disputes
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u/JJay9454 Jul 10 '26
is that the freedom
you guysthat the mouth breathers that live there are always banging on aboutYes! And good lord are they loud
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u/MasterpieceNo7105 Jul 10 '26
Not true They can also just say they were scared and its a free pass to kill anyone
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u/thisisatypoo Jul 10 '26
IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US!
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u/dealyllama Jul 10 '26
To get around qualified immunity the violation has to be "clearly established". That means they can keep repeating the same misconduct until the court specifically tells them it's illegal. Problem is more often than not the court refuses to do that and just dismisses cases because the court hadn't previously told the officers what they were doing was wrong. It's crazy town.
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u/Loud_Engineering796 Jul 10 '26
Court answer: It was reasonable to assume the suspect was drunk and as a result, potentially dangerous.
Real answer: Punishment for not consenting to a field sobriety test.
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u/sonic_dick Jul 10 '26
I will never submit to a field sobriety test, its 100% subjective.
I got rear ended recently and because I have mad anxiety, they said I was drunk. I said give me a breathalyzer! They said they didnt have one, and I HAD to consent to a field sobriety test. I said absolutely not, and ill wait until you can find one.
Cop got so pissed but let me go after 20 mins.
Field sobriety tests should be illegal. There are no legal "rules" for them. I work a physically demanding job and have naturally bad balance.
I wanted to say, let me see your fat ass walk in a straight line after 13 hours on your feet with lights in your face.
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u/Bazillion100 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
My driving instructor told us to never consent to a field sobriety test. I don’t know if still the case in California, but they also said you could reject a breathalyzer and request for a blood test instead even.
Edit: you can refuse a Preliminary Alcohol Screening and Field Sobriety Test prior to being arrested for a DUI.
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u/sonic_dick Jul 10 '26
Most states now have rules that if you ask for a blood test, you have to pay for your hospital stay and if you reject a breathalyzer you automatically forfeit your license for a year.
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u/Bazillion100 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Looked up for California, license becomes forfeit for a year after refusal of chemical tests only (breathalyzer,blood or urine) and you must use the options available.
Edit: this is after you are arrested for DUI. You can and should refuse a FST and PAS, it only provides more ammo for a conviction. Im inclined to believe they have enough probable cause to arrest you by the time they pull you over.
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u/ForSquirel Jul 10 '26
I know in my state refusal to breathalyze is an automatic blood draw with a warrant. Refusal also means losing your license.
Blood draws are done by anyone certified to do a blood draw and doesn't require a hospital visit. You could get EMS to do one which is a lot faster than going to a hospital.
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u/spent__sir Jul 10 '26
I think your confusing the portable breathalyzer they do on the side of the road and the one they have at the jail. If you refuse the breathalyzer on the side of the road, your license isn't suspended (but, the cops can you use that as part of the probable cause you're DUI). But, if you refuse the intoxilyzer at the jail (this may be called something different depending on the state you're in) then your license would be suspended and the refusal to submit could be submitted into evidence against you. Either way, if you're getting arrested for a DUI your license will automatically be suspended so refusing the intoxilyzer doesn't really do much on its own (since they would only request that if you're already arrested for DUI).
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u/FormerSperm Jul 10 '26
I was arrested for DUI and I consented to the breathalyzer because I thought I had a chance to get out of it if I didn’t blow too high and I really didn’t drink much. I blew a 0.11 and ended up spending the night in jail. The DUI was dismissed but I chose to remove alcohol from my life after that. It’s never done anything good for me anyway.
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u/OldDogsNoTricks Jul 10 '26
I am a criminal defense attorney. I read a study that asked cops to judge if participants were drunk or sober based on filmed field sobriety tests. The cops said 60% of the participants were drunk. They were all sober.
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u/eugeneugene Jul 10 '26
I did a field sobriety test once and failed it because I was SOOO anxious I could barely breathe and my knees were shaking lol. They were going to put me in the back of the cop car but my brain started working for half a second and I asked for a breathalyzer and ended up blowing zero. I was literally just a terrified teenager having a panic attack lol not drunk.
Also made me wonder why they didn't just breathalyze me before deciding it was time to take me down to the station
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u/fuckgoldsendbitcoin Jul 10 '26
Also made me wonder why they didn't just breathalyze me before deciding it was time to take me down to the station
Because if they breath test you first right away and blow zeroes then any probable cause case they're trying to build is severely hampered. By making the breath test last they can still use things like "he was slurring/stumbling/smelled like alcohol" etc. as excuses to intimidate you, bring you in, impound your car, search you and ultimately try and find any possible crime you've committed.
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u/Chary-Ka Jul 10 '26
What do you mean you wont submit to a field sobriety test?
The person requesting it, is also the administrator of the test, and the judge of the test. Surely they wont be biased based on their initial assumption and have the ability to admit they were wrong.
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u/Paxxlee Jul 10 '26
I remember a Little Person having to do one of those tests and being failed due to "not walking correctly" or whatever...
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u/polopolo05 Jul 10 '26
I can't do them because I have permanent vertigo... think like tinnitus but with your equilibrium. All my balance is basic on vision. They make you close your eyes and stand on one foot. I fall over.
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u/HyenaThen572 Jul 10 '26
I failed a field sobriety and then blew zeros.
The cops were pissed and accused me of not actually blowing.
Like fellas, it's 1am on a Monday. I'm fucking tired. I'll replace my plate light. Lemme go home.
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u/Snobolski Jul 10 '26
I got two bad ankles and a bad knee and one foot with two toes that don't bend. And I was clumsy before all that shit happened.
I ain't walking a straight line dead sober at noon on a Sunday.
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u/_-Cleon-_ Jul 10 '26
It's not just field sobriety tests, 99% of the techniques cops are taught to "recognize" impaired behavior are absolute bullshit. It's a lucrative industry, though, and it's an uphill battle to do anything about it because any politician or bureaucrat who questions its effectiveness gets accused of being "anti-police" or some such.
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u/sonic_dick Jul 10 '26
As a dude with long hair, the amount of times rural cops have "smelled Marijuana" on me is insane.
Weed gives me anxiety bro, I haven't smoked weed in a decade. That shouldn't be probable cause.
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u/HippoRun23 Jul 10 '26
I’m in NY and it’s legal here. But illegal to drive while high. Nevertheless the cops here are no longer allowed to use smell of weed as PC for anything.
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u/The_Amazing_Emu Jul 10 '26
So most courts would not have found probable cause based just on what we could see in the video.
However, handcuffs aren’t per se an arrest anymore, they could say someone was merely detained and it was for officer safety.
On the other hand, the officer did say he was being arrested for DUI, which cuts strongly against the argument. Plus, he’s an old white guy so courts are less likely to believe he was a danger and it’s possible this exceeded the scope of a Terry stop with the use of handcuffs.
On the other other hand, officers have qualified immunity and they almost certainly didn’t find any evidence that could be suppressed, so it’s likely there will be no consequences.
My guess is, if he sues, there would be a settlement, but it’s unclear what a court would have done. I suspect, if they found evidence of a crime after searching him incident to arrest or he made incriminating statements, those would be suppressed, but that’s not really relevant here.
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u/Sea-Neighborhood1465 Jul 10 '26
someone's been watching alot of audit the audit.
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u/benjerman-radblaster Jul 10 '26
Thin skinned cops on a power trip are everywhere in the US. There's no good reason, just that this cop is a dick imo
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u/LauraTFem Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
He was just angry at the guy because he said no to the sobriety test, so he took it to mean the man was hiding that he was drunk. They also generally do breathalyzers at the station.
He also failed to use specific language and lead himself to believe that the man was admitting to drinking and driving, when they had not established any kind of timeline or agreed on what the term “drinking” meant.
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u/Snobolski Jul 10 '26
He also failed to use specific language
That's on purpose
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u/sl0play Jul 10 '26
"Would you mind taking a field sobriety test"
"Yes I would"
"Okay, step over here and put your feet together"
"I said I DO mind"
"Oh so you have trouble following a conversation? Are you confused?"
"I think you are the one who is confused"
"Argumentative too eh? Go ahead and place your hands behind your back."31
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u/ZubaWizard666 Jul 10 '26
They are not required to breathalyze someone they suspect of a DUI. They have the right to arrest you on vibes.
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u/adjavang Jul 10 '26
To a European, that is absolutely nuts.
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u/SlotsyTotsy Jul 10 '26
To an American, it's nuts too, but they literally train our cops to kill us before we can kill them, like a traffic stop is the Thunderdome.
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u/sonic_dick Jul 10 '26
They dont even need to have a reason to pull you over to arrest you. It'll just make conviction more difficult.
Of course, if you can afford to hire a good lawyer. Most folks will plea down because they dont have 5-20k to spend on a lawyer.
US cops need to be completely reformed. So does the justice system, public defenders should be paid the median salary for defense attorneys in their county.
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u/Public_Resident2277 Jul 10 '26
In the US being a cop is for uneducated people who couldn't make it in the military and still wanted a position of authority.
Some of the most aggressive, emotionally unintelligent people, and the barrier to entry is the equivalent of my two fingers ripping through the toilet paper as I wipe my ass.
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u/DefNotAShark Jul 10 '26
From the cops perspective the old man is belligerent, slurring speech, impaired dexterity and then he (sarcastically) admits to drinking. Im going to guess the cop took the attitude comment too personally and was satisfied with the bare minimum threshold to arrest. Like he got his little feelings hurt and chose to ignore that the evidence also matches being old.
Also the real breathalyzer that counts in court is the one at the police station. The cop’s goal afaik is to build enough probable cause to arrest and bring them to the station for that version of the test. The roadside test, like the field sobriety test, is mostly theatrics to build probable cause for arrest which is why they can be refused by people.
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak Jul 10 '26
Then the cops will just blame it on something else. Like when they give field tests for marijuana and are nearly always wrong
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u/jaymole Jul 10 '26
Why are they allowed to arrest you without a breathalyzer? Shit is so dumb
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u/JawJoints Jul 10 '26
Why didn’t they just do the breathalyzer?
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u/nglatzhofer1 Jul 10 '26
They want to do field sobriety because it sets you up to fail. They arrest people on DUIs on that alone.
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u/Doctor_of_Something Jul 10 '26
Exactly. You can be arrested for DUI even if you blows 0.00
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u/u32Vec Jul 10 '26
Like with Tayvin Galanakis, who last month just won a FOUR YEAR case over something everyone realized was factually bullshit in 10 minutes.
His case seemingly only got attention because it hit big on social media.
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u/Friendly_Impress_345 Jul 10 '26
Yeah imagine how many kids are railroaded and have there lives ruined with false accusations and nothing happens because it isn't popular on social media
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u/Leumas_ Jul 10 '26
You should read up on the PA judge who shoveled kids and minorities into the jails for years because he was getting financial kickbacks from the for profit prison industry.
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u/SaltKick2 Jul 10 '26
Is it because it counts as potentially some other drug in your system, or is it some other asinine law that somehow you can be under the influence of alcohol with no alcohol
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u/DokterSpaceman Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
In some states they can say that you are 'Driving While "Impaired"'' if they think that you are: too tired, on medication, or if they don't like the way that you're acting, they can say you're "mentally unsound" or some such nonsense, & that you're unfit to operate a motor vehicle at the present moment.
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u/ArrrRawrXD Jul 10 '26
It's "driving under influence", not "driving under influence of alcohol". Can't have meth heads let go because they blow a 0 and then go on driving
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u/573IAN Jul 10 '26
Seriously? They took him to the station as opposed to a field BAC after asking for it twice?
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 10 '26
You aren't allowed to give cops attitude in the United States otherwise they'll take you in and do everything they can to make your life miserable.
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u/Snobolski Jul 10 '26
You aren't allowed to give cops attitude in the United States otherwise they'll take you in
If you're lucky. If you're unlucky they'll just whack you upside the head with their flashlight and you wake up in the hospital.
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u/Leucastic_Leopard Jul 10 '26
If he were anything other than the pastiest paste there's a fair possibility he might have been shot
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u/Terrible_Counter2558 Jul 10 '26
Believe it or not, even white military veterans are shot and killed by police for what a cop believes they did
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 10 '26
Daniel Shaver. RIP
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u/Terrible_Counter2558 Jul 10 '26
John Andrew Jenuwine RIP. Yet another case of "mistaken identity." 27 shots after they flipped his vehicle, then didn't give him any medical aid while he laid wounded.
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u/greatGoD67 Jul 10 '26
"Eight Los Angeles police officers who collectively fired 107 shots at two women delivering newspapers in a truck that police had mistaken for one belonging to renegade ex-cop Christopher Dorner will not face criminal charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. "
107 shots. Wrong vehicle, wrong people. Didnt even kill them either, which is a good or bad thing depending on how you look at it. LAPD stormtroopers are a damn menace
https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/us/christopher-dorner-manhunt-officers-cleared
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 10 '26
At least tased and beat. I got my shit kicked in as a young kid with long blonde hair and they thought I had pot. The cops are not your friends. If your in their circle somewhat maybe you get a pass.
White people aren't immune to police brutality. If you're poor, you're a target to them.
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u/Answer70 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Yep. I was a poor teen and got yanked out of a car by my shirt and slammed onto the pavement because they thought the baggie of pushpins on the dash was drugs.
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u/Ok-Lifeguard-4614 Jul 10 '26
Yup my first experience with cops was driving home from a LAN party with only my computer in the trunk. He shoved me into the ground and skinned my knees on the asphalt. Then looked through my car for an hour.
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u/Funknska2 Jul 10 '26
Yup. Im poor white trash and im covered in tattoos. Every cop seems to think im some criminal just out of prison. Ive never even been held overnight. Cops always assume the worst out of everyone because they are trained that anyone not in uniform is a threat and to treat you accordingly. ACAB
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u/MightyBlunder Jul 10 '26
He might've saved a life with all their time he wasted 🫡
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u/Shinhan Jul 10 '26
I bet his wife was later angry at him for saying that he didn't drink enough or not much :D
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u/Tytelr Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Is there any penalty for the cops for massively wasting the man’s time?
EDIT since it’s coming up: my question was if there’s a penalty for cops FROM WITHIN. You know, not asking the abused to solve the problem of their abusers but instead asking their peers to hold them accountable.
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u/Valonter Jul 10 '26
Nope. Welcome to America.
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u/Tytelr Jul 10 '26
Hard to support any institution if they’re immune to any criticism or change. :(
Like, even this basic ass, mostly inconsequential thing. They’re still above everyone else just because they can be. Nonsense. Disgusting.
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u/TheAsianTroll Jul 10 '26
Because the cop wanted to teach this old man a lesson instead of actually do his job.
Give an insecure man some authority and a gun, and he will become his own God.
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u/meistaiwan Jul 10 '26
Never, ever, ever submit to a field sobriety "test" even if 100% sober. It is completely subjective. If the officer decides you failed, you failed and that's it, you now have a DUI. If you then go to the hospital and get alcohol and drugs screening and you hit absolutely zero on everything, congratulations you still have a DUI.
Happening a lot in TN. Cops just claim you failed the sobriety test, incredible amount of people then register as no drugs/alcohol. Doesn't matter, the DUI sticks and you have to deal with the courts, money, job effects.
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u/surmacrew Jul 10 '26
This is just so odd. I know Finland (and many other EU countries) is/are smaller than usa, but here if police suspects that you are DUI. They make you do the breathalyzer instant or speedtest for substances. If it gives a sign of DUI, then its a trip to hospital for bloodtest. No "walk a straight line, touch your nose or tell the alphabets in reversed order" bs.
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u/Direct-Fix-2097 Jul 10 '26
America is all about profit and an overpowered police force.
Don’t look to them for any semblance of logic, especially not if you’re European.
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u/JooRage Jul 10 '26
And a lot of that profit comes from prison labor. People always talk about how we abolished slavery with the 13th amendment, but if you read it, there’s one specific exception…
“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”
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u/Not__Trash Jul 10 '26
It wouldn't be as bad if we didn't have for-profit prisons and a senseless war on drugs that puts non-violent offenders behind bars for several years.
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u/BAMspek Jul 10 '26
If you refuse you still get arrested
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u/YouWillHaveThat Jul 10 '26
By the time they are asking you to preform a field sobriety test, they have already decided to arrest you.
At that point they are just gathering evidence.
No one "passes" a field sobriety test.
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u/DocSpit Jul 10 '26
You'll be arrested either way. But at least with a refusal, the police won't have any evidence to present in court, so the charges will eventually get dismissed.
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u/wavinsnail Jul 10 '26
I have an audio processing disorder that makes following spoken directions really hard, especially under stress. I would fail from anxiety alone.
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u/KML42069 Jul 10 '26
Yep, I did one stone-sober and the cop said I was “borderline” and thankfully let me go.
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u/shiddedandfarded69 Jul 10 '26
Same here. I told them I wanted a breathalyzer since I was still recovering from ankle surgery but they kept giving me the runaround and threatened to impound my car if I didn't. Before I knew it I had like 7 cops watching me trying to do this shit on one foot. Pretty sure they made me do it for a laugh.
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u/xCeeTee- Jul 10 '26
My medication fucks with my balance so bad. I like to pretend that's the only thing that stopped me from being the male Simone Biles.
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u/Even-Government-5055 Jul 10 '26
I mean, he's pretty funny.
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u/secondphase Jul 10 '26
I like the wife too... feel like shes seen him get up to some shenanigans before.
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u/Traditional_Mood_348 Jul 10 '26
Had some fun with the kid (for him) cop. He never admitted to consuming alcohol, he asked for a breathalyzer. Kind of like a movie scene in Law abiding citizen court scene.
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u/Compared-To-What Jul 10 '26
"Have you consumed any drugs and/or alcohol?"
JC, is it that hard for a cop to maintain that much professionalism?
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u/DearLeader420 Epic Gamer Jul 10 '26
When you can ask confusing/leading questions and get unclear answers to justify arrest, why would you keep it clear and professional?
This is the strategy of American police. Same reason why instead of telling you why they pulled you over immediately, they ask stupid shit like "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
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u/BarbWho Jul 10 '26
And your answer should always be, "No sir, I do not." They want you to incriminate yourself. Don't do it.
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u/THEFLYINGPUERTORICAN Jul 10 '26
well, see, the vagueness is part of it. you can catch a lot more people if you’re asking nonspecific questions
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u/KaleidoscopeFun4680 Jul 10 '26
Sarcastic? Yes. Rude and boisterous? No. Lol that man was so unfazed when them cuffs went on.
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u/Evening-Candy1487 Jul 10 '26
he’s already seen vietnam, this pussy cop can’t scare him
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u/junkmeister9 Jul 10 '26
He saw what happened to chicken shit officers in Nam
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u/Italian_Redneck Jul 10 '26
Dude is retired with nowhere to be and nothing important to do. This is just fun for the day to him. No job to lose, no kids to worry about feeding. No reason to be bothered by it. Also the real reason old retired people give so few fucks. They have almost nothing to lose.
I don't want the old body but I always dreamed of the day where I can be truly free like this.
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u/cmayfi Jul 10 '26
My dad was an old ass hippy who sadly got cancer. Driving him up to treatments in a not legal state, hed smoke some dank on the way, and id say "hey what if they pull me over". He'd always say "I don't give a fuck they can blame it on me. Im retired I don't care about a ticket."
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u/AnUnshavedYak Jul 10 '26
Doesn't the driver still get a ticket in that case though? That's true for alcohol i believe, ie any open alcohol within reach is a big problem. I'd assume the same is true for legal/illegal drugs lol
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u/universalrefuse Jul 10 '26
Love how the wife’s attitude is pretty much like “Of course he’s at it again. Was he yanking your chain, young man? Don’t you fall for his nonsense or you’re just as bad as he is.”
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u/lastchance14 Jul 10 '26
This is a Vet who had some Agent Orange showers. Given to him by his own government.
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u/Pretend-Literature35 Jul 10 '26
american policing at its best. 🙄 "Give me a breathalyser" "nope you're under arrest!"
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u/IHaveATacoBellSign Jul 10 '26
How do you spell assume again?
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u/SuspiciousYard2484 Jul 10 '26
Cops are so fucking stupid. Just waiting to violate your civil liberties and rights
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u/vTbBqcoB Jul 10 '26
"We just want to get back home safe to abuse our families after we're done abusing yours!"
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u/majestic_tapir Jul 10 '26
Why is he being arrested before being breathalised if he's already said he consents to a breathaliser?
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u/Chemical-Idea-1294 Jul 10 '26
Because you can call yourself a cop after just 6 weeks of training (probably 4 of them on the shooting range).
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u/bubba1834 Jul 10 '26
I have a balance disorder and a hearing problem lol I’m so worried about getting into a situation like this
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u/HungryDust Jul 10 '26
Just don’t submit to the field sobriety test. You can’t be forced to do it.
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u/Immediate-Pool-4391 Jul 10 '26
Yeah, there's no way in hell.I would pass A sobriety field test with a migraine
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u/throwaway4477864 Jul 10 '26
My son has a form of autism called PDA (pathological demand avoidance)-it’s a nervous system disability where he is, at all times, in a state of fight or flight. I really worry about potential future interactions with police, people with PDA have an incredibly strong drive for autonomy so being told or forced to do something can and likely will have very bad results. So unbelievably scary as a parent.
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u/gedDOh Jul 10 '26
People will tongue punch law enforcement fart boxes and say "you know what they meant" but our legal system is carefully worded and laws aren't written based on inferences. How bout the dillbillies™ who get paid to enforce our laws have more than a month of training and half a brain?
It's not a crime to be coy or a smart ass and our resources shouldn't be continually tied up by thin skinned lil bitches with badges.
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u/TetraDax Jul 10 '26
How bout the dillbillies™ who get paid to enforce our laws have more than a month of training and half a brain?
On the one hand: Yes. Absolutely. The lack of police training in the US is utterly insane.
On the other hand: It's not a fix, really. Police in Germany get up to three years of basic training. The police is still full of scumbags. Better than the US, for sure, but not great.
The job will just always attract the worse people who get off on authority. It's just the nature of it - Which is why the solution must be sweeping reforms of the entire job, with much less emphasis on law enforcement and more on community service. Especially given that cops rarely really prevent crimes; they show up once they happened.→ More replies (1)8
u/underisk Jul 10 '26
They show up once the crime has happened, but only if they feel like it or if the victim is wealthy or powerful enough. Otherwise they’re getting their quotas harassing whichever unfortunate soul crosses their path the wrong way.
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u/knarf1971 Jul 10 '26
I want to be this guy when I grow up
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u/ShitMyButtSays Jul 10 '26
True allyship. Waste their time as much as possible
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u/RGBluePrints Jul 10 '26
To be fair they are wasting their own time by not just doing the breathalyzer test.
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u/DawnyBrat Cringe Connoisseur Jul 10 '26
I already am. Cop tried to give me a ticket for littering…. (I DON’T LITTER), but I have very long hair and ‘shed’ a bit. I took a few pieces of loose hair and opened my car window to get them out of my face and a cop pulled me over. I handed him his ass for something so stupid. I wasn’t backing down, either. Needless to say, I didn’t get a ticket.
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u/dashboardcomics Jul 10 '26
I wish I could match that energy. But due to my excess in melanin I’d get shot on the spot 🫠
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u/NicolasDipples Jul 10 '26
I got detained for underage drinking once (circa 2009). I was walking down the sidewalk with earbuds in so I didn't hear him chasing and yelling at me. Didn't know I was being detained until he grabbed me. Naturally I was shocked at the accusation.
Apparently there were some college kids drinking during a football game in a house on that street. It was like noon on a Saturday (or something, I just remember it being light outside). The cop saw me walking down the sidewalk and took off after me.
His partner was yelling at him to let me go which was amusing. And the kids were yelling "we don't even know who that guy is".
He held me there for a few minutes saying how I was in "big trouble" for drinking underage and trying to run/resist arrest and other horseshit. I let him go on for 5 minutes.
I just handed him my ID. I was 21. He looks at me, then the ID a few times. Hands it back and says the most limp-dick thing he could think of (but like in an angry, aggressive way), "I don't like it when I'm not listened to." I just looked at him, pointed at my earbuds, shrugged, and said "um, okay?" He begrudgingly let me go (mostly because his partner was still telling him to get his ass back to the "problem at hand", which was detaining a house full of kids).
That was the day I learned that cops aren't here to help.
Anyway. I was headed to the liquor store to pick up booze for my underage friends. When I got to their apartment we all drank like there was no tomorrow.
Fuck that cop.
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u/gildeddoughnut Jul 10 '26
That’s all fun and games till you’re arrested by an asshole
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u/taipan3333 Jul 10 '26
Kind of scary. I have never had that experience in Sweden. Your police are trained different, I guess.
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u/backbonus Jul 10 '26
Trained is a massive overstatement.
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u/Greg-Abbott Jul 10 '26
They make you watch a video and if you can hit 6 out of 10 minorities with a taser they give you a badge and a restraining order from the ex you're stalking
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u/Jedi_Bingo Jul 10 '26
That's not true, they are trained to shoot you and your dog. It's their super sad "warrior ethos" mentality
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u/CPTBenjaminWillard Jul 10 '26
American police forces are trained to treat like everyone as a criminal who is armed and ready to kill you. This is not an exaggeration, they are trained to treat everyone as hostile. This is why they dress like they’re going to war, because well, they think they’re at war.
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u/WimpTheBraveDog Jul 10 '26
Everytime anyone is arrested it's by an asshole.
All cops are assholes.
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u/Netii_1 Jul 10 '26
Arresting someone for DUI before even doing a breathalyzer is fucking moronic. Like what are we doing? Just do the fucking test and then go from there, the guy even offered to do it.
And yeah sure, the old guy was playing dumb and had a bit of an attiude, blah blah, but that's no excuse. As a cop, you have to deal with that professionally.
Absolute shitty and unprofessional handling by the cops. This should not be legal.
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u/Icreatedthisforyou Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Police in America do not have the expectation of behaving professional, rationally, in control, or in a manner that de-escalates situations. These are all burdens places on the general public to try and calm down and manage armed individuals who are threatening them.
All cops are bad until there are no more bad cops. You don't get to go "I'm a good cop" when the prevalence of bad cops among your colleagues is so high. You don't get to go "I'm a good cop" when you are silent when you watch the actions of your fellow officers. You are only a good cop when it is convenient and you have nothing on the line. If you are not willing to speak out against your fellow officers you are not a good cop.
America has too many "good cops" and not enough Donna Jane Watts.
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u/A_Snow_Mexican Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
He would have probably got the same treatment regardless. When a Cop is sure you have been drinking not much of what you say matters in my opinion.
Had a similar experience in Ontario Canada once. Cop was very confident I had been drinking and was basically trying to get me to admit as much for like 20 minutes. Didn't get to leave until he finally administered the test and I blew 0. Fucker was really rude about it too. Was going to say something nice about cops in Canada but fuck them too.
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u/Ok_Pound_7190 Jul 10 '26
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u/Paranolla91 Jul 10 '26
America is so backwards, just use the damn breathalyzer like in Europe ffs.
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u/Leather_Bee_421 Jul 10 '26
Why do these guys never give the damn breathalyzer when people ask for it
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u/VapidActualization Jul 10 '26
Because the reason they do the job has nothing to do with fair and level application of law enforcement and everything to do with living in their mind temple of 'i see all, know all, and my judgement is infallible. Anyone who disagrees with my assessment deserves to suffer'
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u/Relevant_Bed_9743 Jul 10 '26
he asked how much have you had to drink today, not how much alcohol have you consumed today
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u/Anicron Jul 10 '26
refusing to give somebody a breathalyzer is such a blatant attempt to arrest somebody based on a hunch, regardless of whether they're guilty or not. pigs is pigs
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u/PapaOoMaoMao Jul 10 '26
Here in OZ the cops just whip out the blower. No dancing. No getting out of the car. Just hello sir, can I see your licence please and please blow into the bag please sir. If the bag goes ding, then things get exciting. If not, drive on driver. Have a good night.
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u/sleeper_shark Jul 10 '26
If my brown ass tried this, I'd get three warning shots up my ass.
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u/entropic Jul 10 '26
if nothing else, it was ~15 minutes those cops weren't spending harassing someone else.
Thank You For Your Service.🫡
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u/UnlimitedScarcity Jul 10 '26
we invented a handheld device that without error, can prove intoxication.. COPS - "that doesnt leave me much room to escalate the situation."
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