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Prosecutors Drop DWI, Reckless Driving Charges Against Bruce Springsteen
New York Post ^ | February 24, 2021 | Ben Feuerherd and Lia Eustachewich

Posted on 02/24/2021 10:55:20 AM PST by nickcarraway

Bruce Springsteen pleaded guilty Wednesday to drinking with fans at a New Jersey park — but dodged charges of DWI and reckless driving because prosecutors said he wasn’t drunk during the November incident.

The disposition in the high-profile case was announced during The Boss’ arraignment on the three misdemeanor charges stemming from his Nov. 14 arrest at Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook.

“I had two small shots of tequila,” the “Born in the USA” singer admitted in his signature raspy voice during the virtual hearing, as he copped to a single count of drinking in a closed area.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bruce; dui; dwi; newjersey; pennsylvania; springsteen
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To: sacjones

Okay, let’s get this straight. He was not over .08%? I say BS on that.


21 posted on 02/24/2021 11:06:59 AM PST by nikos1121 ( )
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To: nickcarraway

It’s because he’s Jewish. ;-)


22 posted on 02/24/2021 11:07:42 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: glasseye

Welcome to the land of DoyouknowwhoIam.


23 posted on 02/24/2021 11:12:54 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: nickcarraway

It pays to be a big time liberal elite in America.


24 posted on 02/24/2021 11:12:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave (History, as we know it, is written by the winners not losers! Who is rewriting our history, now????)
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To: sacjones

Friends of Barack


25 posted on 02/24/2021 11:14:16 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: fidelis

He ain’t a god in my part of Jersey.


26 posted on 02/24/2021 11:15:41 AM PST by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: 1Old Pro

An admission right up there with “my car insurance expired just this morning and I didn’t realize it” ... a version of the “what had happened was ...” defense tactic.


27 posted on 02/24/2021 11:17:25 AM PST by glennaro (Tyranny can only be defeated by force ... physical force. It doesn't just "go away" by itself!)
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To: sacjones
To be fair, he only blew a 0.02% on the breathalyzer test ... far below New Jersey's legal limit of 0.08%.

Some of us predicted this shortly after the incident made the news -- for this very reason.

28 posted on 02/24/2021 11:19:31 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: Skywise

Technically, you can be charged with “impaired driving” in most states even if your blood-alcohol content is below the legal limit. It’s common for this sort of thing to be reduced in a plea deal.


29 posted on 02/24/2021 11:20:57 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: fidelis

This was in Pennsylvania.


30 posted on 02/24/2021 11:21:48 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nesnah
It’s because he’s Jewish. ;-
"🎶 so many Jews are in show biz, Bruce Springsteen isn't Jewish but my mother thinks he is 🎶"
Adam Sandler, the Hannukah Song😀
31 posted on 02/24/2021 11:26:55 AM PST by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: nickcarraway
TDS Privilege.

If you proclaim your hatred of Trump loudly enough, all is forgiven.

Today's "Bottomliners" is right on point: an attorney is telling the judge, "My client did the wrong thing, but he's a member of the right political party."

32 posted on 02/24/2021 11:28:26 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: nickcarraway; Impy; BillyBoy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; ...

Derp State celebutard privilege.


33 posted on 02/24/2021 11:29:03 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (DEFEAT THE COUP D'ETAT BY THE STALINAZI DERP STATE !)
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To: Skywise

Wonder what happened to the Park Ranger that brought him in.

If he blew .02, then there’s no way the Park Ranger is locking him up.

As they say, especially with Democrats.....Sumthin’ ain’t kosher in Denmark


34 posted on 02/24/2021 11:33:32 AM PST by qaz123
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To: a fool in paradise

“Did the bartender use a thimble?”

What bartender?


35 posted on 02/24/2021 11:36:47 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Skywise

In most cases, an individual is stopped on suspicion of a DWI and given Standard Field Sobriety Tests. On occasion, these tests are omitted, usually if doing them at the scene would be a safety issue (think heavy traffic, a severely impaired driver, or an unruly crowd or crowded area).

If the officer believes he has probable cause for an arrest (not a conviction but an arrest) the individual is arrested and asked to provide a blood or breath sample. Very often (because juries much prefer blood tests) the individual is asked for a blood sample. If the individual agrees, he is transported to a local hospital for a blood draw. If he does not, a warrant is prepared and sent to a local magistrate on duty and a warrant for the blood is obtain and the individual is taken to the hospital for a blood draw.

Once the blood draw is complete, the blood is sent to the local state lab for testing, which can, depending on backlog, take weeks or months. In the meantime, the individual is booked into jail, magistrated, given a bond amount, posts bond and waits for a court setting. If the person is well known, the fact of the arrest are plastered everywhere even though he hasn’t been convicted of anything yet.

Once the blood results come back, a prosecutor takes a look at offense reports, any video the officer has/provides, and the lab results and makes a determination if he has sufficient evidence to prove to the jury the individual’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In some counties and states, the charges have already been prepared and the case is dismissed at this time. If charges were filed and the blood alcohol content is very high, the charges are amended at this time to reflect a greater offense charge due to the higher BAC. In other states, the charge would not be prepared until this time so if the state does not intend to proceed, they refuse charges.

This, under normal circumstances can take weeks or months.

This is neither an injustice or falsification of evidence but the way things actually work in the real world not a 30 - 60 minute crime drama on TV.


36 posted on 02/24/2021 11:38:04 AM PST by dpa5923 (Small minds talk about people, normal minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.)
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To: nickcarraway

His politics aside...a 0.02 is NOT DRUNK...not even close according to the business model of DWI/DUI . Notice I phrased it “business”.....I am numb to DUI’s/Racist/domest terroist...COVID...DUI is HUGE business and cash cow to the states courts....even when you are legfal you still pay a huge amount of money to some government fund...it is obscene.


37 posted on 02/24/2021 11:38:36 AM PST by mythenjoseph
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To: Skywise

He was drinking in a closed area while on his motorcycle and refused to take an on spot test.


38 posted on 02/24/2021 11:40:16 AM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: nickcarraway

Color me stunned!


39 posted on 02/24/2021 11:40:45 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: dpa5923

Yeah yeah - completely ignoring the fact that they charged him with DWI BEFORE having the evidence?

Or is that because the prosecutors watched too much CSI Las Vegas too?


40 posted on 02/24/2021 11:41:12 AM PST by Skywise
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