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  • Bar Sweep Sparks Controversy (Drunk People Arrested in Bars!!)

    03/22/2006 10:40:15 AM PST · by Daytyn71 · 238 replies · 4,889+ views
    NBC5i.com ^ | March 23, 2006
    The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week. TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving. North Texans interviewed by NBC 5, however, worried that the sweep went too far. At one location, for example, agents and police arrested patrons of a hotel bar. Some of the suspects said they were registered at the hotel and had no intention of driving. Arresting authorities said the patrons were a danger...