Tough Day To Be In Law Enforcement

[One Brow]

Dang. Just saw this. Brooks seems like a great guy and they officer seems calm and level headed then it escalates out of no where. Damn.

Alcohol makes you think like everything is a good idea. That wasn't a good idea.

Instead of arresting him while he's drunk, you take his keys and call him a cab/Uber to take him home. There's no need to arrest him, you've got the evidence and the information to track him down.

 

[One Brow]

Isn't that description applicable to a black man every time he steps out of his home?

No, you don't understand. Black men get this all day long, so they are used to it. Police only get this while in uniform, so it's much harder for them.

Or, did I get that backwards?

 

[One Brow]

I feel safe in saying the victim should have been arrested.

What does that accomplish that confiscating the car would not?

 

[Archie Moses]

I would have to watch the video again and it was difficult to see but I think it was .1 something. Over .1

I could be wrong though.

Based on the cop saying that he had to much and to put this hands behind his back I figure it had to be above the DUI level and I don't think the cop would lie since it was being recorded on his body cam.

I feel safe in saying the victim should have been arrested.

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I mean, he drank enough he passed out in the car while going through the drive through. Although passing out is going to sleep it's not going to sleep willfully. Dude probably blacked out.

 

[Archie Moses]

Instead of arresting him while he's drunk, you take his keys and call him a cab/Uber to take him home. There's no need to arrest him, you've got the evidence and the information to track him down.

Nah, dude. What if he gets home and gets behind the wheel of another car? Dude was blackout drunk and operating a vehicle. That's wreckless af and he should be arrested.

Stop with this Uber nonsense.

 

[Archie Moses]

What does that accomplish that confiscating the car would not?

Teaching him a lesson that driving drunk isn't ok and kills thousands of people?

 

[One Brow]

Nah, dude. What if he gets home and gets behind the wheel of another car? Dude was blackout drunk and operating a vehicle. That's wreckless af and he should be arrested.

What if you decide to molest a kid tomorrow? Someone should shoot you today, just to be safe.

I mean, if you base every decision regarding other people on the worst possible outcome, at least be consistent.

 

[One Brow]

Teaching him a lesson that driving drunk isn't ok and kills thousands of people?

I think that lesson happens when he winds up in court on the drunk driving charges. People don't learn very well when they're drunk.

 

[Archie Moses]

What if you decide to molest a kid tomorrow? Someone should shoot you today, just to be safe.

So you catch a guy in the process of molesting someone, using your analogy, and you wanna call him an Uber because you don't know if he will tomorrow?

Mmmkay.

 

[Archie Moses]

I think that lesson happens when he winds up in court on the drunk driving charges. People don't learn very well when they're drunk.

People make poor decisions too when drunk and break the law like this guy. Some need to be locked up until their sober to protect them from theirselves and others from them as well.

 

[Eminence]

Yeah, I don't see the arguments to not arrest the guy. Drunk driving is unacceptable.

 

[candrew]

Instead of arresting him while he's drunk, you take his keys and call him a cab/Uber to take him home. There's no need to arrest him, you've got the evidence and the information to track him down.

My uncle was a cop in NYC and up until the mid-80's this was a pretty common practice (except the Uber part of course).

He told me he would confiscate their keys and tell the person he was leaving them with the desk sergeant at his precinct and to come pick them up tomorrow. He would then radio them a cab or if they were lucid enough tell them to walk home if they lived nearby.

The only exceptions would be if they had any outstanding warrants or if they were disrespectful/cursed him out.

In the mid-80's MADD started mobilizing throughout the country and would pressure police to do away with the practice.