OT: Man, #TheNetwork is GOOD

[dorndawg]

State Senate President Pro Tem Terry C. Burton, R-Newton, was found innocent of a second DUI on Thursday after a Scott County judge ruled cough syrup and breath spray must have caused a "false positive" on the breath test he took after he wrecked.
"I had a coughing spell, after all the powder and dust blew from the air bags deploying," Burton said on Friday. "I took some cough syrup ... It was Nyquil, that was all I had in my bag, had nothing else in the vehicle to drink ... I used breath spray, because my mouth felt like cotton ... The judge determined there was a false positive on the test."
Burton said he had been drinking alcohol earlier that day, at a C Spire VIP tent at a concert in the Metro Area, but had stopped drinking that afternoon and was not intoxicated at the time he crashed his car on the interstate in Scott County.

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/17/burton-dui-innocent/86034584/

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

I wonder if that defense will work for us plebes

 

[rugbdawg]

Haha. The only way breath spray can affect the test is if there is some residue left in mouth...I.e. its still in mouth. This is why there is a mandatory observation period before administering the test. I can't read the article for some reason but the idea is ludicrous unless major police error.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Ho. Lee. ****. You have to be 17ing with me. There's no way that's reall

 

[RightOfCenter]

Makes sense.** Reminds me of a time while fighting a traffic ticket, I heard a dui case while waiting my turn. Guy says he couldn't walk the line because one leg was shorter than the other. That did not help his breathe reading.

 

[xxxWalkTheDawg]

Amazing how the good ole boy system works

I had a highway patrolman admit in court one time that he had lost sight of the car he clocked speeding for four miles after turning around. He also admitted that it was in the dark of night, in post concert traffic, while there was a mist in the air. He also admitted that he had to turn on the blue lights in the left lane for the car behind me to back off so he could pull me over in the right. The right lane I had been in for several miles.

Judge bought his story that he could pick my headlights out and knew exactly I was the car he clocked.... From across the median.... Traveling the other direction.... At night....through his tinted windows..and with falling precipitation. I got the speeding ticket for some other schmuck that was upheld in court because there was zero doubt in the justice court I was the guy.

i then challenged the radar and he had no proof there in court the radar was ever calibrated. Evidently that matters not.

Now this drunken dipshit gets off with that story?! Breath spray and NyQuil? Air bag dust? Does baby powder inflate those damn things? I hope to hell you guys vote this ******** out just on principle.

 

[Shmuley]

Dear Senator Burton ............................................................................................................................

Be advised that the trooper you and your counsel just took a big ol **** on will not soon forget what you've done. He and his colleagues will be looking for your ***. Remember that, Terry.

 

[MississippiHeavyMetalDog]

Was the Honorable Wilbur McCurdy elected?

 

[tatedog]

Has Clay Chandler voiced any concern that this drunk driving sack of **** could hurt women?**