A stumbling and staggering Lehmberg told the officers she wasnt able to properly walk the line because it hurts. Several times she begins attempting to walk the straight line disregarding the officers instructions. After finally allowing the officer to demonstrate his instructions (to put one foot in front of another) without being interrupted, she admits, I cant do that.When attempting to stand on one leg, the crocked DA almost fell over again, telling the officer,
After Lehmberg tells the officer, I cant do that, the officer explains that because of the fact that she failed the sobriety tests, and because of her erratic driving, which included her driving in the bike lane (thank God a bicyclist wasnt in it), going southbound in a northbound lane of traffic it left him no choice but to arrest her. She was then handcuffed.
The drunken wench clawed and Spit at Officers During Arrest..
Likely, a normal person would have been charged with multiple crimes. She got convicted for the one clear crime that you can get connected people charged with, because Drunk Driving is just that hated.
But clearly her invocation of her special position in government prevented her from being beaten, from being charged with felonious assault on the officer, for resisting arrest, and for disorderly conduct.