Posted on 02/15/2026 9:49:14 AM PST by Enterprise
Forty-one DUI arrests made by a single Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper in Bedford County have been dismissed, with 22 of those cases involving drivers who had no alcohol or drugs in their system or were within legal limits.
The dismissed cases all involved arrests made by former Trooper Asa Pearl between 2021 and 2024, according to records obtained from the Bedford County Clerk’s office.
Pearl resigned from the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 2024 with no reason given.
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Pick the most egregious arrest made by this ex-trooper.
Then prosecute him for official oppression and kidnapping.
I’m sick and tired of bad cops who commit criminal offenses being allowed to resign, and then just walk away.
This guy makes the trooper look like a piker:
Every single arrest this SOB made needs to be reexamined. Every shred of “testimony” he made in Court has to be challenged. There are probably people in state prison who could be sprung because of him.
Bad cops aren’t just fodder for cop shows. They’re a disaster for actual law and order.
Shelbyville TN
Home of the Shelbys
Thomas’s statue on the square
The most egregious arrests --- plural.
Charge him with aggravated assault (with a deadly weapon), felony battery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, perjury, making a false police report ... then ship him off to federal court for civil rights violations. And void every conviction supported by his testimony.
> Bad cops aren’t just fodder for cop shows. They’re a disaster for actual law and order. <
Right you are. It is critical that we trust the police to do the right thing. And I think that most cops really do try to do the right thing.
But when bad cops are not held accountable, the whole system is brought into question. The system then becomes untrustworthy, and suspect.
Bad times are ahead. It should be the good guys vs. the bad guys.
It shouldn’t be the good guys vs. the bad guys vs. the police.
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Sounds like some civil suits need to be made against him and Tennessee!
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Ill bet another department 20 miles away snatched him up.
Totally unrelated to the non-DUI cases, BUT, it was common knowledge that if a Trooper wanted to advance in the ranks he had to be an active Democrat. It was SOP for decades.
I’m pretty sure multiple lawsuits are a forgone conclusion. Rather than bother with State charges, I would think Federal charges of violations of civil rights under color of authority would be more effective. Jail time and huge civil fines.
I personally believe that many of those accused failed the sobriety tests because of physical impairment. I’m not sure I could pass a roadside DUI test because my balance isn’t the best because of my Parkinson’s.
We just left recently a small horse farm in Williamson (Franklin)we sold to Kali
Moved back to Green Hills urban Music City
Williamson is extremely over policed
Very rich county
Probably 8-10 times the cops they legit need
Every year more budget and spend it all
It sounds good on paper but at night they get bored and they can harass you
Follow you looking for excuse and so on
We’d shoot and they’d always show up even though perfectly legal 100 yards from residence in rural county turf
Some yankee neighbor unaccustomed
“We’re just checking”
I’d warn my oldest don’t have those unusual paper clips in your pocket with with that AR
Now in Nashville it’s like back to normal
Cops out but not one per every mile driven
You can over police
And they do get bored
You and me both
Williamson got me like that one night
My bad balance from cervical compression and neuropathy
My wife had to convince them I don’t drink hardly ever
Some concerned citizen rat called me in for weaving when I dropped a lit la Gloria in my lap on 840
See 17
I congratulate Deputy Smith.
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