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Tube inserted into man who refused to give urine sample
Seattlepi.com (Seattle Press Intelligencer) ^
| 3/4/08
| Associated Press Staff
Posted on 03/07/2008 7:04:04 PM PST by elkfersupper
KELSO, Wash. -- When a man who was suspected of drunken driving in Longview refused to give blood and urine samples he was taken to a hospital.
His lawyer says he was held down kicking and screaming for a blood draw. And a tube was inserted into his bladder to withdraw the urine.
He sued Cowlitz County. A settlement was reached Friday in which he was paid $15,000, without authorities admitting they did anything wrong.
The 37-year-old man, Matthew Clifford Arthur, was on probation at the time of the arrest in November and was required to undergo screening for drugs and alcohol. When he refused, his lawyer says he should have been taken to the jail instead of the hospital.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Washington
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To: elkfersupper
Did he block a McDonalds drive thru or something?
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posted on
03/07/2008 7:47:06 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the RINO population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: ought-six
I pray for your recovery and commiserate with you. I had a Foley catheter in overnight after some prostate surgery. The next day, the doctor told me to count to three and he would remove it. He got to two and then yanked with all his might, like he was starting a lawnmower. I guess it hurts less that way, or at least for less time.
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posted on
03/07/2008 7:52:52 PM PST
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
To: elkfersupper
The article doesn't say why he was on probation.Doesn't matter - he's ON PROBATION!!!! His butt, his blood and his urine belong to the state in exchange for proving that he can obey the laws of society . . . . . . . . which he obviously can't!
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posted on
03/07/2008 7:54:47 PM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: DustyMoment
His butt, his blood and his urine belong to the state in exchange for proving that he can obey the laws of society As do yours and mine, brother.
We just haven't been convicted yet.
To: krb
If there was justice in the universe, you’d get the alien anal probe.Here's a hint - you don't get put on probation for singing off-key in the church choir. He got probation as a second chance to prove that he is an honorable, law-abiding citizen.
This latest arrest proves that he isn't!! He blew it and now he is paying the price of being an ignoramus!!!
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posted on
03/07/2008 7:57:24 PM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: traviskicks
To: elkfersupper
Yes sir!! That’s reality in the near-socialist paradise we live in today!!
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posted on
03/07/2008 7:59:09 PM PST
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
To: DustyMoment
IMHO you are ceding too much power to the state. A serious amount of power.
My previous statement stands, until you can’t sit :-)
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:02:26 PM PST
by
krb
(If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
To: elkfersupper
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:11:30 PM PST
by
redreno
To: elkfersupper
Catheter in the...
[eep!]
...That said, it doesn’t pay to be a smartass.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:16:05 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...William Frank Buckley, Jr., November 24, 1925-February 27, 2008, R.I.P.)
To: appleharvey
Where do you think you live? America?
Wake up, Rip.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:17:07 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: krb
You just had to toss in the whole alien angle into it didnt you? Well manga to you too
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:18:06 PM PST
by
valkyry1
To: DustyMoment
He can give up ‘privilege's’ not ‘Rights’.
Once you give control of Rights to Gov’t we are screwed. I'm really worried about FR when people are wanting to give up 'rights'. Scary.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:22:40 PM PST
by
BGHater
($2300 is the limit of your Free Speech.)
To: elkfersupper
he was paid $15,000 With s better lawyer could have gotten more.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:23:56 PM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: darkangel82
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:24:43 PM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: elkfersupper
Just think if he had been an illegal they probably would have bought him a steak dinner and had a cop drive him home.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:33:11 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: DustyMoment
“He was on probation. I think he forfeits his right to be outraged “
which one of the 10 bill of rights says that?
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:33:53 PM PST
by
spanalot
To: DustyMoment
He was on probation. I think he forfeits his right to be outraged . . . . . . . . or paid. NO, the cops are suppose to play by the rules, if the guy broke his pardon he should have been locked up and the matter put before the judge, who could have order the tests.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:37:42 PM PST
by
org.whodat
(What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
To: elkfersupper
Ahh...America. Land of the Pee, Home of the Brave (or not).
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:38:57 PM PST
by
Wolfie
To: BGHater
It’s been happening for a while on here.
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posted on
03/07/2008 8:44:15 PM PST
by
darkangel82
(If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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