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Quote by: Boetie Autolykos,
It's not entrapment. Those whom were drunk could call friends or family or have some one there whom wasn't drinking to drive them home. |
Perhaps this is true, but how likely do you think it is? Besides, the only ones who left were those who had designated drivers. At least one of them was pulled over and asked to perform a field sobriety test, despite the fact that he was sober. All because the cop claimed he could "smell alcohol in the car".
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Quote by: Boetie As for the police waiting this is done quite often. For instance what if a police waits near a bar that is about to close and pulls someone leaving the bar over and gets a DUI? |
False analogy. A true analogy would be if the cops came in and told the bar to close down, forcing everyone to leave, and
then waited at the entrance to snag people for DUIs (or perhaps even public intoxication).
Something I forgot to mention earlier: When the cops saw that not "enough" people were leaving, they came back and notified us that we had to move all of the cars parked on the street so that they were facing in the right direction on the right side. Otherwise, they would be ticketed. Along with the fact that, from what I understand, a person can be charged with a DUI even if his car is
stationary, I fail to see how this cannot be
de facto entrapment.
Those of us whose cars were facing the wrong direction (including mine) went out to turn them around while others served as "spotters" looking for the cops. So, technically, I committed a DUI while moving my car.
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Quote by: Boetie I have no problem with the police getting drunks off the street, by whatever means. But if you want to hear something really thought provoking, how about a drunk driver with a fifth offence finally killing someone and that drunk driver didn't even lose his or her license after four offences? |
I'd have to agree with you there. That person should've lost his license well before that.
- Rob