Sober driver charged with DUI... even though he had a 0.000 blood-alcohol content [AZ]

Daily Mail [UK] ^ | 9 June 2013 | James Daniel

[Slings and Arrows]

An Ohio man was charged with DUI after her was pulled over by the police, despite the fact that a breathalyzer test showed he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.000.

64-year-old Jessie Thornton who now lives in Surprise, Arizona said cops told him that they could tell he was drunk simply by looking at him.

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Surprise Police Department paperwork shows Thornton was 'pulled over for crossing the white line in his lane.'

'An officer walked up and he said ‘I can tell you’re driving DUI by looking in your eyes.’ I take my glasses off and he says, ‘You’ve got bloodshot eyes.’

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Thornton said two other officers arrived and they conducted the sobriety test.

With a BAC of 0.000, the situation should have been resolved quickly, but Thornton was evaluated for possible drug use as well.

'Yes, I do the breathalyzer and it comes back zero, zero, zero,' said Mr Thornton.

While in custody, a 'DRE' or drug recognition expert is called in to test him.

'After he did all the tests, he says, 'I would never have arrested you, you show no signs of impairment.'

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'I then get this message that my license is being suspended and I have to take some sort of drinking class or something,' he said.

Mr Thornton now claims that it wasn't DUI but motivated by race.

'It was driving while black,' he proclaimed. 'I just don't want any of this to happen to somebody else,' he said.

His latest incident with Surprise police officers prompted him to hire a lawyer with plans to sue the department for $500,000.

[donmeaker]

My understanding is the “Mother” part of against drunk driving has been superseded by “lawyers”.

I got a ticket in Suprise for making a legal right turn.

[BobL]

(in my librarian voice)

“If you don’t break the law, then you have NOTHING to worry about.”

This is what the statists say about red light cameras, speed cameras, and now NSA spying. They would like to say it about the IRS, but they haven’t figured out a way to do that without everyone laughing.

[Altariel]

Clearly, he was under the influence of the dreaded and ever-prevalent in our society gas: 0₂.

O₂ addicts are untrustworthy. Inherently suspicious.

[Slings and Arrows]

Almost as bad as the Dihydrogen Monoxide addicts.

[Altariel]

Dihydrogen Monoxide addicts are the worst. They propose we should have it in our pipes, in cups and bottles, in bowls and bottles for pets, even in our food.