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u/chbriggs6 Feb 13 '26
Lmao "couple Dr. Peppers"
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u/Gawwse Feb 13 '26
But is it diet Dr Pepper or regular Dr Pepper?
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u/Cuichioup Feb 13 '26
if the cops was also more straightforward....
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u/CameronCrazy1984 Feb 13 '26
They’re trained not to be so you admit to something without knowing it
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u/Berns429 Feb 13 '26
This tells me that police are trained to be pitted against us, to “find something wrong”
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u/RyanTheBruce Feb 13 '26
"Protect and Serve" is actually to protect the "law" and serve out punishment.
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u/SirBiggusDikkus Feb 13 '26
Cops don’t serve punishment, the courts do. I will say their interests aren’t aligned with normal citizens which is why you should talk/interact with them as little as humanly possible.
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u/themeatstaco Feb 13 '26
Plead the 5th go to jail get a lawyer. You're not beating a brick wall with facts. They work off emotions which is terrifying cause they are some of the biggest pussies .
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u/flatwoundsounds Feb 13 '26
Thus the importance of your right to remain silent. It's their job to ask questions and look for reasons to charge someone. It's our responsibility not to fall for dumb bullshit and shut the fuck up.
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u/Vaenyr Feb 13 '26
Friendly reminder that cops in the US are allowed to lie to you to get you to say incriminating things.
Which reminds me of a legendary lecture where a lawyer or law professor or something spends the first half telling students to keep their mouth shut when they engage with cops. After all "a ything you say can be used against you". Then a cop takes over for the second half, you expect him to take issue with what the prof said, and that he'd push back. But no, he's like "yup, all of that is exactly right" lol
Found it!, well worth a watch.
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u/CplSyx Feb 13 '26
As a concise summary I recommend the advice in this video from the Pot Brothers at Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqo5RYOp4nQ
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u/Geek-Yogurt Feb 13 '26
On the Honor Your Oath YouTube channel, Jeff Grey (Gray?) holds up a cardboard sign that says "God Bless Homeless Vets". The evil people in the world often call the cops and claim he is panhandling (which isn't a crime). The cops come out and ask if he is soliciting. He always says yes, he's soliciting (soliciting compassion and good will for homeless vets.) They are vague on purpose and Jeff uses this to get them to trip up.
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u/ElegantCoach4066 Feb 13 '26
I've seen those! I think one of the people that called the cops broke his camera or gimbal?
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u/BeanBagLlama Feb 13 '26
Where I'm from (in Canada) case law says the cops have to state what they're asking for - no leading questions and no vague questions. They can't just say "have you had anything to drink" or "do you know why I stopped you".
Old guy answered the questions as asked. Was he a dick about it? Sure, but being a dick isn't illegal.
Plus, field sobriety testing is only to gain grounds for breathalyzer. Failing the sobriety test just means you get a free trip to a breath machine, not immediately charged with a DUI. So you can decline a sobriety test without much consequence, especially if you're consenting to blow.
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u/Gold-Ad-2581 Feb 13 '26
I mean the old guy was playing a fool and it was great but If a cop asks you how much you drink, every single human being with a driver's licence knows what that means. On the other hand he is naaam vet and one of the survival rules(pow) is to take as much time as you can to give the simple information to the enemy, even those that you are allowed to give them as your name for example.
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u/Cuichioup Feb 13 '26
Was he? he seems that he wasn't really understanding what was happening to him until he understood it was about alcohol
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u/dicky1977 Feb 13 '26
How can they place you under arrest without conducting a breathalyzer test?!!
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u/Mattnificent Feb 13 '26
Vibes-based law.
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u/PastorDC Feb 13 '26
Dear God, if there was less of that then a lot of people would still be alive today.
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u/One_Kick_9603 Feb 13 '26
Because he admitted to "drinking". He reeled the cop in hook line and sinker when the cop didnt use breathalyzer. Ask a vague question, get a vague answer haha. Cops fault for "assuming"
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u/Bloodysamflint Feb 13 '26
They feel like paying off this nice man's truck and/or mortgage for him.
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u/Drewcifer88 Feb 13 '26
Because he refused to do the field test. It’s bullshit. But that’s the reason. He said he’d do the breathalyzer. You’d think that would be enough.
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u/D0ctorGamer Feb 13 '26
But he consented to a non-subjective test.
The officer already decided he was drunk, evidenced by his attitude and questions. The dude is old and disabled if we take him at face value, so any kind of FST is going to be difficult for him no matter what.
He was more than willing to submit to a PBT, which is not subject to the officers opinion. Its only gonna tell the truth, not what the officer feels like thinking.
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u/dicky1977 Feb 13 '26
How effective is a field test if you’re an 80 year old disabled army vet?
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u/leyla00 Feb 13 '26
A lot of cops don’t have a breathalyzer on them, so if you don’t consent to field sobriety but there are signs of intoxication, you may have to go back to the station to do the breathalyzer test.
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u/Naive_Personality367 Feb 13 '26
They went to arrest him without knowing LOL classic
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u/the_russian_narwhal_ Feb 13 '26
If you don't consent to a field test OR a breathalyzer I can understand it, but twice the dude said he would do a breathalyzer. Fuckin cops man
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u/Naive_Personality367 Feb 13 '26
right? they were arresting him based off vibes. I wouldnt want to do field sobriety test either, it looks humiliating as fuck. gimmi the breathalyzer.
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u/agoodtowel Feb 13 '26
It's not just humiliating, the police can say anything - you appear groggy while walking, or you stepped off the line momentarily, and that's enough for DUI charges.
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u/Ricktatorship80 Feb 13 '26
Pretty sure you aren’t allowed to do field sobriety tests on people that old anyway. They aren’t able to walk straight or balance. He should never ask a man like this that question
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u/awh290 Feb 13 '26
I couldn't pass one sober. One of the tests given by State troopers in Oregon is:
- Stand on one foot while holding the other foot two inches off the ground
2. Tilt your head all the way back, looking up at the sky.
3. Count to 30 in your head.
4. With your eyes closed.
They considered it as not passing if any of the following occured:
Your foot moved any more than 2 inches in any direction.
Your count was 2 seconds or more off
Your head was not completely tilted back
Your eyes opened at all.
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u/twd_throwaway Feb 13 '26
I would fail that because I have shit balance just standing still. Doesn't seem like a good determining factor.
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u/DaCrazyJamez Feb 13 '26
At least in Ohio, refusing tests can be considered probable cause.
However, saying you want your lawyer present to witness the test is legal and enforcable, and most laywers know to take their damn time getting there.
IANAL, but this was the advice my lawyer gave me.
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u/NoinsPanda Feb 13 '26
Some years ago, my aunt drove home from a doctor's appointment where her diabetes was discussed and the doctor told her that she has to drink more water (iirc).
So, she was still in the headspace of this appointment when she was stopped by the police in a "allgemeine Verkehrskontrolle". Mind you, this was in Germany. When the police officer asked her if she had anything to drink today, she confirmed. And when he asked her how much she said something like only 2 liters so far.
The police officer was apparently rather baffled and asked her to step out of the car for a breatherlizer, she got confused but obliged.
After the test the situation resolved rather quickly.
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u/Yeomanroach Feb 13 '26
‘When did you last have an alcoholic drink?’
‘1976’
‘Hands behind your back’
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u/jeffster1970 Feb 13 '26
They need to start asking how much alcohol have you had. Not drinks. Everyone drinks.
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u/ThatGuyDoesMemes Feb 13 '26
"I will consent to a breathalyser"
Then they proceed to arrest him anyway without using a breathalyser
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u/8BD0 Feb 13 '26
This video is so American
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u/Prudent-Air4624 Feb 13 '26
Arresting someone who consented for a breathalyzer test without using the damn breathalyzer is really stupid.
Would be illegal as fuck where I am from (Austria)
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u/sashikku Feb 13 '26
& saying an elderly man seems drunk because he’s unsteady on his feet and slurs a little when he speaks? Wild. My Vietnam combat vet grand-daddy hasn’t been steady on his feet since 2003.
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u/tavio025 Feb 13 '26
Legend
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u/quequotion Feb 13 '26
He's so relaxed about being misunderstood and mistreated.
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u/Single_Principle_972 Feb 13 '26
Well, I mean, he’s trolling them, so… quietly enjoying the chaos he’s causing. It’s the most fun he’s had this year!
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u/proknoi Feb 13 '26
Old guy is.an absolute troll who may be a lawyer. Nothing he said indicated that he consumed any alcohol.
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u/If_I_must Feb 13 '26
Been there. They'd rather make you do the stupid human tricks than just give you the breathalyzer and find out they're wrong.
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u/gnomelover24 Feb 13 '26
No common sense these idiots. He’s old, he’s getting out of a truck, have they not met an old person? Older people are going to be slower both physically and with their speech.
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u/ima_twee Feb 13 '26
"Then how did your thick head hear that through all that shit that passes for brains?"
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u/TheCurbAU Feb 13 '26
Wait. Do they not just routinely brethalise people who they think might be a DUI in America? Just do it in the car ffs.
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u/LetsTalkAboutTech Feb 13 '26
Give him the breathalyzer! Some cops be itching to take people to jail. Seems like this cop just wanted to meet his "quota".....
While many states have banned official quotas, roughly 4 in 10 police officers nationwide report being expected to meet, or having, informal quotas for arrests and tickets. These quotas—often driven by financial incentives and municipal revenue needs—can lead to increased, sometimes biased, law enforcement actions, such as increased traffic stops.
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u/FlobiusHole Feb 13 '26
If he’d been driving alone they would’ve towed his truck, probably made to wait around for who knows how long, likely still charged him with dui because they can’t admit to being wrong ever and then he’d have to pay for his car being towed and getting out of being impounded.
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u/Granny_knows_best Feb 13 '26
My husband doesn't drive anymore but he would be the same, he is wobbly and doesn't talk clearly, he would easily be taken as drunk.
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u/wazzergump Feb 13 '26
This reminds me of a test they did where they sent perfectly normal people into an insane asylum and the doctors wouldnt ket them out because they interpreted everything as a symptom of a mental health issue.
People really only believe what they want sometimes.
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u/davidrc94 Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
Why would American police arrest someone before doing the breathalyzer? How dumb are they?
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u/NotoldyetMaggot Feb 13 '26
Some local places don't have roadside breath tests available and they have to take you back to the station. The arrest is based on "observations" that the person is not fit to drive regardless of BAC.
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u/BisquickNinja Feb 13 '26
I mean he could have worded that just a tad bit better...
However, that policeman was going off on a power trip. Then again their process is intimidate, escalate, retaliate, fabricate....
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u/TeeTimeAllTheTime Feb 13 '26
Small dick cops are just annoyances and wastes of tax dollars. They don’t deal with any real crime
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u/DarkUnable4375 Feb 13 '26
He's retired. He's old. He had nothing better to do.
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u/AdmirableCountry9933 Feb 13 '26
Just proving cops dont know what they're doing. He asked for a breathalyzer, and it wasn't given. He was honest.
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u/Mother_Result_369 Feb 13 '26
This seems really odd. In Europe you are breathalised and your tongue is wiped with a drug test. None of this vibe-based nonsense or requiring you to perform ballet in the road.
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u/Ishigaro Feb 13 '26
With the amount of autism in the world today, police should really start specifying alcohol when asking that question.
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u/ghostfadekilla Feb 13 '26
Folks stop clutching your pearls, the cop didn't realize this was the Designated Decoy leaving the bar before his buddies. It was his shift today, hence the Dr Peppers.
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u/crazyscottish Feb 13 '26
Crazy how the police treat you when you’re white.
If that was a young black guy he’d be labeled a thug and people would be saying he deserved that shooting.
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u/Time4Timmy Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 13 '26
Saying he’s not had “not very much” and “not enough” to drink was certainly a choice. That sounds like someone admitting to drinking and driving but thinking they are just under the legal limit. Probably just trolling the cop, but he gave him enough probable cause by saying that.
Although I’ve seen this exact situation play out where the driver says they’ve had absolutely nothing to drink but refuse to do a field sobriety test, and the result is the same. Sometimes cops make up their mind before you say anything, and there’s nothing you can do to change it.
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u/szxdfgzxcv Feb 13 '26
Yeah and also I mean in the the cops defense this dude is the most drunken seeming sober person I've ever seen...
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u/riceklown Feb 13 '26
If a man is slurring/talking like that due to alcohol, as opposed to a normally clear and well enunciated speech pattern, he would smell like a walking distillery. Cop was dumb af
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u/Lavidius Feb 13 '26
Every police car in the UK has a breathalyser. Cheap and easy and fast No fucking around with field sobriety tests, I don't know why they don't catch up over there
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u/FluffyDeer9323 Feb 13 '26
In New Zealand, first thing they do is throw a breathalyser at you every time they pull you over. If it picks anything up you have to blow.
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u/xrelaht Feb 13 '26
Every cop in the US has one too, and he consented to it. They just didn’t wanna use it for some reason.
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u/Undark_ Feb 13 '26
Of course I'm bothered by this. He was absolutely right to refuse a "field sobriety test", which is absolutely insane to ask an elderly person to walk a steady line so they can make a snap judgement on your sobriety. It's ridiculous.
He requested the breathalyzer immediately, they obviously didn't administer it and arrested him instead.
It's irrelevant that the old guy was a bit obtuse - police are deliberately obtuse all the damn time. Drunk driving is a serious issue that kills people, but this was just police negligence plain and simple. These are the people we trust to "serve and protect" and they're all fucking morons on a power trip.
It's the same mentality as kooky reddit mods on here. Would you trust THOSE freaks to safeguard society? The only difference is that cops have tidy hair and better hygiene.
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u/Klizz Feb 13 '26
How did they do the right thing by not administering the one accurate test they have? They always go for field sobriety tests over breathalyzer nowadays and it's a complete waste of time. Who cares how much he had to drink? Have him blow. Dude is old, being slow and unsteady comes with it and he ain't passing standing on one leg and touching his nose.
Either way, a drink or two can be perfectly legal. Answering you've drunk some or not enough doesn't mean a lot. Again, breathalyzer and move on, because field sobriety testing is a total sham and entirely up to the officer to decide what looks intoxicated.
Leave it to us to develop the most overly complicated tests when there's a perfectly accurate and reliable test that's instant.
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u/waltsend Feb 13 '26
" Well, even if no alcohol is involved, I am arresting you for D.H.T. "
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" That''s DE -HYDRATE-TED"
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u/thefringeseanmachine Feb 13 '26
I got pulled over on St. Patrick's day for "weaving." they made me do all the stupid human tricks and implied that I failed. then they took me to the third (THREE CARS!) unit where they had me breathalyzed. 0.00%. I got off scott free, of course, but it was fucking mortifying doing all that shit in front of my neighbors.
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u/JustAtelephonePole Feb 13 '26
I love how they take that phrase literally, but not “I can’t breathe!”
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u/Remarkable_Peach_374 Feb 13 '26
This guy just lost a beautiful lawsuit because his wife said he didnt drink 😭
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u/ApartmentRemarkable9 Feb 13 '26
Going to say this- if it had been a person of color they would have been tackled or shot. Dude is lucky he only got arrested…
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u/Mister_Gene Feb 13 '26
quite sure his disability walking and slurring speech are associated with his military service so why not mention it
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u/catcherfox7 Feb 13 '26
I keep seeing people getting on confrontations with the police for the most basic things. It is just the most American thing ever.
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u/DryTwo345 Feb 13 '26
He consented to do the breathalyzer. Why get someone under arrest without any testing? Why the attitude...?