Man gets DUI despite documented 0.000 blood alcohol content level

[proud2BlibKansan]

Pretty obvious DWB. And so far, it's cost him more than $5000.

SURPRISE, Ariz. - Jessie Thornton sleeps during the day and runs errands and works out during the night.

"My wife, she's an ER nurse and works three 12-hour shifts, so I adjusted my schedule to be like her schedule," said Thornton.

The 64-year-old retired firefighter moved to a retirement community in Surprise, Ariz., from Ohio.

Thornton says his late hours have put him in the police spotlight.

"I've been stopped 10 times in Surprise and given four tickets, it's amazing," said Thornton.

His latest incident with Surprise police officers prompted Thornton to hire a lawyer with plans to sue the department.


Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/national/Former-Ohio-resident-charged-with-DUI-despite-documents-showing-blood-alcohol-content-of-#ixzz2VP27Yam3

[stevenleser]

1. This is making the hall of shame on my radio show this weekend. nt

[okaawhatever]

9. Suprise's Sheriff is none other than Araipo. My parents lived there. I was there 2 wks ago. Suprise

is part of the reason Araipo gets re.-elected. I guess the city cops think they're soft on crime relative to araipo. He probably would have had this guy in tent city.

[Warpy]

2. Good for him, sounds like it's past time to sue the fuck out of the cops

I worked nights for over 20 years. When I stopped working, I tried to get back to normal hours. I gave it five years, five years of being mentally foggy, sleep deprived, and cranky.

A couple of years ago I just gave up and now I go to bed when I'm sleepy (2 AM-5 AM) and sleep until I wake up. The only problem is having very little time during regular business hours to get errands done.

Still, I understand about the nosy cops. Getting charged with DUI when he blew an 0.00 is just enough over the top that he's got a good chance to prove systematic harassment by the cops.

[midnight]

3. K&R

[niyad]

4. didn't figure out what dwb was until half way through the article. have been through that little

burg on a number of occasions. you could not pay me to live there.

[Bonx]

5. Wow. Horrible. -nt

[CreekDog]

6. you don't have to do the field sobriety test

and you shouldn't.

especially if a physical issue is going to make you look unbalanced.

[madaboutharry]

7. No Surprise this happened in Arizona.

In some ways, Arizona is no different than Mississippi.

[okaawhatever]

10. My parents lived there. Though this was a city cop, their Sheriff is Araipo. 'Nuff said? nt

[markiv]

8. Cops have gone MADD nt

[Mnemosyne]

11. It just gets more ridiculous every day. Argh... nt

[KG]

12. yay, cops!

[Half-Century Man]

13. A Ex-firefighter and an ER nurse living in a retirement community.

An obvious threat to Arizona and the United States. Lets lob charges at them and see what sticks.

Some days it is embarrassing to be Caucasian.

[sakabatou]

14. *facepalm*

[Lunacee_2013]

15. DWB, yup.

Hope he gets every last penny he sues for!

[DeSwiss]

16. He looks sober to me too:

- K&R

[Hassin Bin Sober]

22. The caption on TV is a misprint.

It should read "Surprise, black man harassed by police "

[defacto7]

17. K&R

[JimDandy]

18. Oh criminy. Please make it stop.

And I bet the poor guy had to pay to get his car back too.

Even when proven wrong, the police won't back down and their f@#%ing egos and testosterone end up costing us tax dollars in court costs. If it had to come out of their pocket, this crap would stop immediately.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

19. Come on,Badge Sniffer. . .defend this police action.

I know, it's only a few of them. And this is an isolated incident.

I'm waiting to see why I should have respect or honor for law enforcement at all. All they have become (as they always are) are tools of the empowered and the elite to control the rest of the slobs.

[DCKit]

20. Yet they can't conceive why tourism has plummeted...

and why no new folks are moving to their towns.

Yeah, it's a mystery.

[MrScorpio]

21. Yay, Cops. They're the best! nt.