And after that, they will arrest you for even THINKING about a drink in your own home.
Tyrants NEVER stop their march against freedom loving citizens.
Posted on 03/17/2006 10:33:37 AM PST by billorites
IRVING, Texas -- The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has taken its fight against drunken driving to a new level. TABC agents, along with Irving police, targeted 36 bars and clubs Friday, arresting some allegedly intoxicated patrons before they departed the businesses.
The officers and agents also kept watch on bartenders who might have over-served patrons.
Agents arrested 30 people Friday night. Most of the suspects now face charges of public intoxication.
The agents and Irving police officers traveled from bar to bar and worked undercover, according to an NBC 5 report.
The report also said that some agents shared tables with suspected drunken patrons. Some patrons were subjected to field sobriety tests inside bars.
Agents and officers said the operation represented an effort to reduce drunken driving.
Sgt. Chris Hamilton, of the TABC, said some inebriated bar patrons "end up killing themselves or someone else" after departing the businesses.
Not that I support the policing activity here, but a public intoxication conviction is far less problematic than a DUI.
Consider me protesting, too.
Somehow, ya just gotta believe that Ronnie Earle is involved here some way.
A tad intrusive, but "it's for the chilrun." Imagine all the children that were saved because these drunks were taken off the streets.
I also like the fact that bartenders were held responsible for people drinking and driving. A bartender who does not take the keys away from his customer must be fined or jailed.
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Ya caught the Tater.
Are you pinging me to this, because I am Irish,and it is St. Patrick's Day!???? *LOL*
How very appropriate *HIC*...Cuff me ossifer! ;-)
Now there's a chief of police that won't be getting reelected.
Prohibition failed for good reason.
Arresting people for public intoxication inside bars is a good way to turn a good portion of the public against you very quickly.
Drunk driving creates a serious danger. A loud minority have been able to push through harsher and harsher drunk driving laws beyond what most might consider reasonable if you tested every person after a couple drinks and told them what their blood alcohol is, however by using the tragic results of a few to scare the majority, they've pushed through stiff laws.
However, when you start arresting people because of what they could do if they were irresponsible enough to drive while intoxicated, when they haven't gone near a car, and there's not yet any indication that they might try and drive, you've stepped way over the line.
The police are going to quickly find that privacy advocates, the chamber of commerece, and bar patrons from all walks of life are going to be very, very upset with them.
The chief of police is going to find he can't get relected, and don't put much faith in police tax levies passing.
Even people who just go to a bar to have a drink or two know plenty of people who have a few too many, but don't drive while drunk, and when their friends start getting arrested for public intoxication at their favorite watering hole, the backlash against the police for this stupidity will be felt.
I can't support any charge that requires no proof.
Cops are getting some interesting assignments these days. A few weeks ago cops were engaging prostitutes but they had to actually have sex with them before they could arrest them. Now this Where do I sign up?
oh no!!!!!!!!!
wait till they hit the tittybars with nudity charges
I, for one, am pleased to be on the Drunk People In Bars ping list.
Those a$$-holes through me into pubLIC....
8^)
;-)
not (another) ping.....
"What's next. Police arresting people for getting drunk in the privacy of their own home."
Yes
And after that, they will arrest you for even THINKING about a drink in your own home.
Tyrants NEVER stop their march against freedom loving citizens.
No, you can get a drink in Dallas.
I don't know if they've simplified things or not, but areas in the county used to be wet or dry based upon where precinct lines ran about 100 years ago.
But you can still get drinks in 'dry' areas at 'private clubs'. If you have an out of state driver's license, the manager might sponsor you as his guest. If you might be a cop, you have to pay the $1 or $5 initiation fee and be accepted for membership (process takes less than a minute most places) and you get a membership in the club - which may cover a number of separately owned bars in the geographic area.
A lot of the clubs are computerized, so you don't even have to carry a card.
To make life simple, only one person at the table has to be a member, the others can get drinks as a guest of the member.
So no, it is not difficult to buy a drink in the county once best known for the Carousel Club and its owner.
They pulled this in Northern Va a couple of years ago. There was such an outcry, that I believe it was halted. Which is impressive, because Fairfax County is a totalitarian hellhole.
Guess the bar owners in Irving have been contributing to the wrong party.
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