Once, a long time ago, I drove home after another late night at the office. I was dead tired, and my driving was a little off. I got pulled over by a cop a mile from home. He smelled my breath and asked me some questions. I explained that I was just very tired and that I had only a mile to go to get home. The cop was a nice guy. He just told me to drive safely and get some rest.
There have been studies demonstrating that driving while fatigued can be as dangerous as driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs.
The police report shows Slayton acknowledging that she takes Prozac and Adderall for ADHD...Slayton then performs the field sobriety test, failing to stand firmly on one foot and appearing to teeter when walking with one foot in front of the other. “I’ve seen the videos. You do look shaky,” asked WSMV4 Investigates.
“If you don’t get somebody or a friend to get him, then we have to call DCS, and they’ll take custody of him,” an officer tells her... Slayton tells them she has no family in Tennessee, and her phone is dead, so she can’t contact a babysitter. Her son would ultimately remain in state custody for nine weeks as she awaited blood alcohol levels, which showed her not to be intoxicated. A psychologist’s review found her fit to regain custody. But the test showing what else was in her body then would take much longer: six months. When it finally became available, it showed, once again, that she was not impaired. The charges were dropped.
https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2010/title-39/chapter-17/part-4/39-17-408
Amphetamines are on the list...
The reason for the police contact was hearsay from a third party that the officer did not witness.
She volunteered to assist in the officer’s fishing investigation.
Several lawyers on YouTube stating that no one will pass a field sobriety test for a cop that wants to make a arrest.
I could never pass their physical agility test if forced to perform such test.
*LE is not entitled to a healthy victim to take a field sobriety test.
“remain in state custody for nine weeks as she awaited blood alcohol levels,”
Nine weeks!!! That’s insane. Used to work in a medical lab. You run the test immediately.
One of my friends about a decade ago was considering a divorce because of her husband’s temper was out of control. Well their son got diagnosed with ADHD. Then they realized her husband had the same symptoms. He started on the meds and his personality changed amazingly. Temper was erased. It was unbelievable.
> Slayton agrees to take a field sobriety test <
Big mistake on her part. I don’t care if you’re both sober and a ballerina. If the cop wants you to fail that test, you will fail that test.
> Slayton acknowledging that she takes Prozac and Adderall for ADHD <
Another big mistake on her part. Cops are not your friends. Anything you say will be used against you. Respectfully declining to provide those kinds of details is usually the best way to go.
I would sue big time, including the day care. This child now has trauma.
No one can pass a roadside test, it is all up to the ego of the cop. The more busts under his belt, the higher the glory.
Look at the case of the pilot in Colorado, in the same city that tackles an old woman with dementia, so they can have a good laugh at the resulting video.
So basically she was under the influence of a cocaine like substance. every bit as dangerous as Cocaine. She ever exhibited the symptoms. But since it was medication than that is OK under the progressive mindset.
After reading about this cluster f_ck, apply the same hearsay “evidence” to the new Red Flag laws being passed by congress.
Nine weeks for a blood alcohol test? I call BS.
Six months for the other tests? I call double BS
The way I read it, they could easily have investigated her claim of 2 days work without sleep. Looks like once they realized they had been over zealous, rather than admit it, they doubled down. Typical behavior of the legal system.
I know that there are statutes regarding driving while impaired, and lack of sleep can be used for that. But that is not what happened here.
The police are not here to “serve & protect” - SCOTUS has ruled on that, quite clearly. They are here to arrest people (or watch them loot and burn, depending on what political party rules the local environs). Innocent until proven guilty is a meaningless platitude in the real world.
Responding Officer’s discretion. Whether he just graduated from high school or not.
“Careful out there...”
Last week I took my 87 year old father with dementia to the doctor. On the way I got stopped. And I am going to tell you right now I gave absolutely no probable cause for the stop. The officer had nothing on me period.
Dad moved too fast because he does not have the understanding to “kiss ass, get down on your knees, and submit to your superiors” and we were both almost shot. I had to beg and yell very fast or I would not be here to share this now.
I just picked up the lettering to put on our town car that says... “Old 5150 mental patient aboard please do not shoot us!”.
It is getitng sad folks, very sad...