At a drunk roadblock the police are very busy trying to get the non-impaired drivers moving on. By chatting up drivers the police can get a quick handle on whether the driver might be drunk or high. If he looks tipsy or high then the next stage is roadside sobriety test and/or blowing into the alcohol meter. This snotty punk was interfering with this procedure by refusing to talk with the cop
The transcript records a great deal of conversation going on for someone who was "...refusing to talk with a cop."
The kid was just giving the cop answers the cop didn't like. No law against that.
"This snotty punk was interfering with this procedure by refusing to talk with the cop"
See I think you are wrong there, he WAS talking to the cop:
Brett: I don't wish to discuss my personal life with you officer.
Looks like a conversation to me. If he just sat there, kept his mouth shut and stared straight ahead I'd agree. But that isn't what he did. There was more than enough back and forth conversation to determine his sobriety. He was lucid and obviously not slurring his speech or they'd have gone to the DWI shuffle right there.
If time's at a premium, the "chatting up" tactic you suggest seems rather self-defeating. Engaging each and every driver who passes through a road block in a conversation to see if the driver's intoxicated seems like it would be a monumental time sink. One would think a good cop would be able to spot a drunk behind the wheel without having to conduct any sort of interview at all.
Also, this "snotty kid" didn't refuse to talk to the cop at all---he talked with the cop(s) quite a bit.
He didn't refuse to talk to the cop. The cop just didn't like what he said. The cop chose to divert resources from drunk drivers to getting into a p!ssing contest with a lawful citizen. Misplaced priorities by the cops.
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