A brilliant undercover sting operation...
Posted by Scott Hughes Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:00:00 GMT
I read about an amazing sting operation that happened here in Dallas where the police have actually captured people becoming publicly intoxicated… In bars! That is some real sleuth work. No question that the police involved deserve a raise for this masterful plan of capturing drunks in the act!
I like John Enright’s comment: “Texas Outdoes [The] Onion!”
I guess this is a preemptive strike against drunk drivers before they get a chance to drive… Where arresting a drunk driver was already a preemptive strike against them before they got a chance to crash. From my apartment, I can literally walk a little more than a dozen steps out my front door and be inside a bar getting drunk. Could that possibly be dangerous for anybody but me?
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Ok … the answer is yes you could become a problem between your apartment door … even in 12 steps … but I think you are brilliant enough (and experienced enough in this world) to already know that …
The other night we were walking home and we pass several bars along the way. There was some poor soul having a fight with his woman in “drunkese” … we saw him wondering about the parking lot oblivious to traffic …
But the thing my husband and I found interesting to ponder is 1) are bars public? aren’t they private? 2) is it correct, legally, to assume someone is going to leave without a sober attendant to escort the “drunk” home.
We’re thinking this is such shakey legal ground that we can’t help but wonder if there wasn’t some other sting underway.
If you run into follow up news on this let me know … I’m stuck in Oregon
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That’s a good point about the bar’s being private. Especially in Dallas (or TX?), where I believe the law says that you are only allowed to drink in your home or a private club.
You’re likely correct that there was some other sting operation though.. Just like when someone is charged with “fornication” (which is an incredibly stupid thing to have on the bills as illegal), they are also often charged with public indecency, etc. So, besides “intoxication”, there must have been other charges and the media chose to focus on the most attention-grabbing headline.