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Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names
alphadogg contributes this snippet from Network World: "If you get busted for drunk driving in Montgomery County, Texas, this holiday season, your neighbors may hear about it on Twitter. That's because the local district attorney's office has decided to publish the names of those charged with driving while intoxicated between Christmas and New Year's Eve. County Vehicular Crimes Prosecutor Warren Diepraam came up with the idea as a way of discouraging residents from getting behind the wheel while drunk. 'It's not a magic bullet that's going to end DWIs, but it's something to make people think twice before they get behind the wheel of a car and drive while they're intoxicated,' he said."
and yes people that drink drive ARE SCUM, and should be harshly dealt with. if you'd ever known someone who has lost family or friends to some piece of shit DUI'er you'd understand how senseless and heart breaking it is that moron's still drink drive.
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When someone is charged with a DUI, there really isn't any questions about if they were drunk or not. If they get away with an innocent verdict, it just means they know how to work the system (or, I guess every so often, someone might be victim of a faulty machine however these are calibrated/tested before every use).
Can a person be charged with drunk driving if they actually haven't had anything to drink? If not, then I have no problems with this action by the county.
I've got approximately zero sympathy for people who drive while under the influence of alcohol, whether or not they happen to be within the "legal limit".
was at the same shout the loudest Pooper. Nothing politics openly. you are a screaming and has instead Future at all Product, BSD's ppalid bodies and for a living got
name one instance where a sobriety test was taken as evidence over a blood test. I think your going off in imaginary tangents which haven't actually happened.
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Way to put words in people's mouths dumbass. ClintJCL never said diabetics who can't control their condition should be allowed to drive even at the endangerment of others. No, he simply said that they should not be charged with a DUI. It's hardly emotional to believe that the punishment should fit the crime.
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Gee... I wonder how many of those names will be HISPANIC?
Still, mustn't let the TRUTH get out, must we... just let them keep invading once safe America, until they have turned it into a third world shithole, like their own country...
I've never met anyone with the name "HISPANIC".
On the contrary, I am VERY glad that police departments put out arrest records. If you have cash, you can buy an acquittal unless the crime is extremely gruesome. So conviction records don't show if someone is a criminal or not.
Arrest records are honest. Where there is smoke there is fire, and an arrest record usually can point out people not worth hiring. If a certified peace officer considers wasting the time cuff and stuff someone and do the paperwork for processing, there is a reason they did it. No LEO would waste their time and reputation grabbing someone off the street unless there is a good reason for it.
I'm also happy the records are open to the public. As a part of the hiring process, my employer checks arrest (not conviction) records and records about prison/jail time. If a candidate has been arrested, their resume goes in the round file before the company wastes any time with going forward to bring a potential troublemaker and legal/criminal liability on board.