Why in the hell does everyone talk trash about the cop here? I'm so sick of this crap. The cop did his job. I know if it were me I would have done the same. He probably called an ambulance crew to check him out and Derek refused medical treatment. What's the cop gonna do, leave him passed out in the street?
As far as the cop writing things to make his report sound good. You are an idiot. You have to write the offense to mirror as the statute is written. Otherwise you have no reason to arrest anyone and it will be thrown out.
Derek could have been arrested for DUI. And if he were anyone else other than a UK basketball player he prolly would have been.
So the ones of you blaming the cop should prolly let that one go. Yes it was a mistake. No it's not the end of the world. Yes cal will make him pay for it.
I think that covers every discussion in here.
Lol, so I'm an idiot for saying that cops know what to write to make the report look good?
Then you say they have to write the report to mirror the statue?
You were agreeing with me, and calling me an idiot.
Cops write up the report to justify the arrest they are making.
I don't really want to get into it, so I'll just say that most of the time they are truthful, but sometimes they stretch the truth. When they stretch the truth, they know what to say to justify their actions.
If you think that never happens, then maybe there are two idiots here.