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Hispanics Carry Lopsided Share Of DWI Arrests
WRAL ^ | May 2, 2006 | Amanda Lamb

Posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:27 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn

RALEIGH, N.C. -- WRAL has learned that 33 percent all drunken drivers arrested in Wake County are Hispanic, although the latest census numbers indicate that Hispanics make up only 7 percent of Wake County's population.

This past weekend in Wake County, 69 people were arrested and charged with DWIs. Twenty-three of those drivers were Hispanic. While DWI is the most common charge, many of those charged with that face additional charges, such as driving without a valid license. People on both sides of this issue say more education is the key to helping solve this problem.

“We've known for some time that the Hispanic population is overrepresented in DWI arrests and DWI collisions,” said Lt. Everett Clendenin with the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

The Highway Patrol says that while Hispanics make up roughly 7 percent of the state's population, they make up more than 17 percent of the patrol's DWI arrests and are involved in 15 percent of their alcohol-related crashes.

“In Mexico and other Latin communities, traffic laws are not taken as seriously as they are here in North Carolina and also in our nation,” said Clendenin.

“I definitely don't want the police targeting me based upon how I look, and I don't want them targeting me because I came out of a certain store or nightclub,” said defense attorney Ricardo Velasquez.

Velasquez said he believes racial profiling has something to do with the high numbers, but the statistics appear to be too high and too consistent to simply be the result of selective enforcement. And Velasquez agrees that his clients do not always understand the laws and their severity.

“I think that there needs to be more education in that area,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at wral.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alcohol; aliens; drunkdrivers; dwi; hispanics; illegalaliens; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration
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Shall I hold my breath until MADD takes up the crusade for deporting illegals who are DWI?

After all, they were quite effective into turning 20 year olds into criminals for drinking a beer.

1 posted on 05/03/2006 2:55:30 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

bttt


2 posted on 05/03/2006 2:57:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

Doing the DWIs that Americans won't do.


3 posted on 05/03/2006 2:57:49 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn
WRAL has learned that 33 percent all drunken drivers arrested in Wake County are Hispanic, although the latest census numbers indicate that Hispanics make up only 7 percent of Wake County's population.

Perhaps the census is wrong. ;)

4 posted on 05/03/2006 2:58:32 AM PDT by TankerKC (¿José puede usted ver?)
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To: Larry Lucido
Great slogan!

Illegal immigrants: Doing the DWI's that Americans won't do!

ROTFLMAO!
5 posted on 05/03/2006 3:00:00 AM PDT by roaddog727 (eludium PU36 explosive space modulator)
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To: roaddog727
Hispanics Carry Lopsided Share Of DWI Arrests

Somewhere in there must be a perfect punchline to be delivered by that "git 'er done" comedian dude. "Come on, folks, we're not carrying our share of DWIs!"

6 posted on 05/03/2006 3:03:33 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

“In Mexico and other Latin communities, traffic laws are not taken as seriously as they are here in North Carolina and also in our nation,” said Clendenin.






Is anybody surprised that any laws in the USA are taken seriously by illegal aliens?


7 posted on 05/03/2006 3:03:39 AM PDT by petkus
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

Mas Tequila!

Feliz Cinco De Mayo!!


8 posted on 05/03/2006 3:20:58 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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People on both sides of this issue say more education is the key to helping solve this problem.

Both sides of this issue? Would that be both the Pro-Drunk-Driving side and the Anti-Drunk-Driving side?

It's been a while since the Pro-Drunk-Driving lobby has been making any noise in this country. 'Bout time their voices were heard!

9 posted on 05/03/2006 3:37:21 AM PDT by bondjamesbond (RICE 2008)
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People on both sides of this issue say more education is the key to helping solve this problem.

I seriously doubt this unvalidated statement. What is "both sides"? Who should be 'educated'? What should they be taught? Are we talking about educating cops not to 'profile'? I don't know what side the paper would say I am on, but I would say deportation is the 'key' to this problem.

10 posted on 05/03/2006 3:50:45 AM PDT by sportutegrl (People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
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33 percent all drunken drivers arrested in Wake County are Hispanic, although the latest census numbers indicate that Hispanics make up only 7 percent of Wake County's population.

Obviously the arresting officers are racist...

11 posted on 05/03/2006 3:53:30 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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In these parts, there have been ~three fatalities related to DWI in the last couple of years. Two of those were due to an illegal alien driving drunk. In one instance, a passenger in the car was killed. In the other case, the driver was so drunk that he drove into a house, killing the homeowner...
12 posted on 05/03/2006 3:53:41 AM PDT by Fury
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...but the statistics appear to be too high and too consistent to simply be the result of selective enforcement.

Gee, does that apply to the crash stats, too?

13 posted on 05/03/2006 3:56:16 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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This past weekend in Wake County, 69 people were arrested and charged with DWIs. Twenty-three of those drivers were Hispanic.

They use one weekend worth of statistics and conclude that 33% of DWIs are hispanic? That's just dumb.

14 posted on 05/03/2006 3:59:48 AM PDT by palmer (Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle)
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Let's see. So much to do. Outlaw drinking, but only arrest American citizens. We've already outlawed racial profiling, but it looks as if implementing that will take time. Meanwhile, allow Hispanics to drink and drive, commit mayhem, whatever...since they don't really understand the law and the severity of what they're doing. (Get used to it. It's cultural, and we'll see a lot more of this.)


15 posted on 05/03/2006 4:03:05 AM PDT by hershey
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To: sportutegrl

Nope "education" is always "the key". (Or at least "money for education".)

(After all, 40 years of ever-escalating and increasingly graphic sex education has certainly put an end to teen pregnancies and STD's.)


16 posted on 05/03/2006 4:03:42 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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“We've known for some time that the Hispanic population is overrepresented in DWI arrests and DWI collisions,” said Lt. Everett Clendenin

Whatever the number is for longer-term statistics, from this remark it is clearly disproportionately high.

17 posted on 05/03/2006 4:04:31 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

"LAWS, We don't need no stinking laws!"


18 posted on 05/03/2006 4:04:45 AM PDT by southernerwithanattitude ({new and improved redneck})
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To: palmer
They use one weekend worth of statistics and conclude that 33% of DWIs are hispanic? That's just dumb.
Yeah, you're right ... it's closer to 35%.
19 posted on 05/03/2006 4:04:53 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: SirJohnBarleycorn

Obviously it is due to racial profiling. Tagline...


20 posted on 05/03/2006 4:20:55 AM PDT by dhuffman@awod.com (The conspiracy of ignorance masquerades as common sense.)
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