dorbie 0 #1 March 22, 2006 Heh, you gotta love the mind bending justification for this. http://www.nbc5i.com/news/8169246/detail.html I guess it's easy pickings if you show up in a bar, but what's the standard for being assessed as being intoxicated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #2 March 22, 2006 NO way!! People were drinking?? In a bar??! Whatever is the world coming to....Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #3 March 22, 2006 good. i'm tired of having to deal with drunk assholes at bars. i like to go to bars to play some pool and darts, but everytime i go there's a bunch of drunk bastards who are loud and obnoxious and keep trying to start fights. i'm glad they're getting arrested. about friggin' time.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 284 #4 March 22, 2006 hehe. Edited to add... You are on form today. And i have woken up now... Never try to eat more than you can lift Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 March 22, 2006 There really isn't a mind bending justification. There's two sides to Texas law on this one. One, its illegal for bartender to overserve a customer. Its also illegal to be intoxicated to the point of endangering yourself or others. Bar tenders overserving patrons is a serious problem that results in many problems besides just people being drunk in a bar. Serious violence as well as other crimes are linked to people being too intoxicated. Sure someone may state that they're not going to drive, if they're in the bar, but its still Public Intoxication. Here's a link to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code: http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/leginfo/code.htm Here's a link to the Texas Penal Code: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/petoc.html Here's a link to the Texas Transportation Code: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/tn.toc.htm In those 3 code you will find the full definitions and may gain understanding as to why, what and how about something in Texas law that you do not understand. Specifically this instance. There are laws in all 3 of those codes that apply to this situation. Any questions beyond this post please feel free to direct them to a lawyer certified to practice in TX.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ViperPilot 0 #6 March 23, 2006 So now everyone in TX can only get shitfaced at home? WTF! This world really is going to hell in a handbasket! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #7 March 23, 2006 I dont even drink and I think that is fucked up!Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #8 March 23, 2006 Dude - I used to think that would be a cool place to live. That sux donkey balls! Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 March 23, 2006 QuoteThat sux donkey balls! Wow I did not know you were that talented Vinnie.... Very nimble for a JACKASS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #10 March 23, 2006 I can do the splits...even prior to consuming tequila... Why would anyone want to arrest a peaceful or happy drunkard in a bar minding their own business or spreading cheer, mirth, and merriment throughout the bar? Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #11 March 23, 2006 becuase they are cops... the spoilers of good times! did you know that at one time roadside stops were not legal but in the POLITICAL CORRECTIVENESS movement they made them legal to try and stop drunk drivers, and 90 percent of the cars they tow and people they arrest at those stop points are not for drunk driving! they get it for warrants,no license, no registration, no insurance! These are DUI check points not an excuse to check everyone for all their credentials....... stop-check-for-alcohol and thats it!! and the sad part is watch where this is going in a few years I think you will find this is just the beggining! said with a heavy german, or russian if you can do it, accent.... STOP, I SEE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN DRINKING TONIGHT, DAT IS GOOT. BUT SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE......., PAPERS PLEASE, MMMMMM I SEE THERE IS A PROBLEM HERE YOUR REGISTRATION HAS LAPSED I VILL HAVE TO TOW YOUR CAR AND TAKE YOU TO ZE STATION.... says to fellow gestapo VE HAVE CAUGHT ANOTHER ONE UNDER THE GUISE OF A DUI CHECK POINT, GOD I LOVE THE POLITICAL CORRECTTIVENESS MOVEMENT, HE WASNT DRINKING BUT HIZ PAPERS VERE NOT IN ORDER, HE VILL HAVE TO PAY FINES TO THE STATE WHICH MEANS MORE MONEY FOR THE STATE!!!!Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #12 March 23, 2006 I don't know why everyone is getting all angry about this? If you can control your liquor you have absolutely nothing to worry about. They went around arresting people who were really drunk, the same people who would end up driving home drunk and starting barfights. By putting them in the drunk tank, they made the town a safer place to live. I think they should do this all over the country. They should also just make it illegal for a bartender to serve you more than a certain amount of alcohol. Nothing good comes out of alcohol anyways. There are so manya people who lose their lives to alcohol abuse; we need the government to step in and do something about it. I, for one, am proud of Texans, that they care enough about their fellow people, that they will stand up and do the right thing, even when everybody else disagrees.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydemon2 0 #13 March 23, 2006 we need the government to step in and do something about it. . . . DONT YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS IN YOUR LIFE TO MUCH ALREADY NEXT THING THEY WILL BE TELLING YOU HOW TO TIE YOUR SHOES AND COMB YOUR HAIRBeauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone! I like to start my day off with a little Ray of Soulshine™!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #14 March 23, 2006 QuoteSo now everyone in TX can only get shitfaced at home? WTF! This world really is going to hell in a handbasket! Come to Ca. I got arrested here last yr for public drunk. In MY OWN FUCKING APT. I wasn't PUBLIC DRUNK til they took me outside. Fuckin assholes. I beat it court but still had to spend a few hrs in jail and many hrs defending myselfI hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #15 March 23, 2006 QuoteI don't know why everyone is getting all angry about this? If you can control your liquor you have absolutely nothing to worry about. They went around arresting people who were really drunk, the same people who would end up driving home drunk and starting barfights. By putting them in the drunk tank, they made the town a safer place to live. I think they should do this all over the country.. Ahhh, the much awaited Police Pre-Crimes Division. So, if you had an angry expression on your face, would this indicate you should be arrested because you are more likely to fight or drive recklessly??? ASSUME THE POSITION!----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #16 March 23, 2006 No question it's fucked up. The whole danger to self & others is grade A bullshit peddled by puritanical busybodies. Some drinkers were staying in the hotel they were drinking in! When the local authorities principal justification for your arrest is saying it was to prevent a crime they assumed you'd commit in future (and that's exactly what they say in this article) you KNOW you're not living in the land of the free. Gobshite justification about statutes just masks how ludicrous this situation is, it was Hitler who sought to pass laws that made criminals out of everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #17 March 23, 2006 Quote Ahhh, the much awaited Police Pre-Crimes Division. Yea it's the new reality. They have the badges, all they are missing is a pair of jackboots and marching orders. I saw that in San Francisco on New Year's Eve one year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyD 0 #18 March 23, 2006 NICE GOING TEXAS! Do people there realize their tax dollars are being spent on cops going into bars and arresting people for .... being drunk? Not to mention, those people have to be taken to jail and then go to court - all on the taxpayers dime. God forbid the cops would go out and try to catch actual criminals. Nope, not in Texas. They just roll into a bar and start arresting people. I guess the new "shooting fish in a barrel" is now "arresting drunks in bars". Chalk this up as reason # 897 why we should trade Texas back to Mexico for oil. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merkur 1 #19 March 23, 2006 So what will happen, if during one of the SCR ceremonies some cops show up? Do they have busses, large enough to pick up all of us? M.vSCR No.94 Don't dream your life - live your dream! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #20 March 23, 2006 I bet there's some Dallas lawyers licking their chops over this - TABC definitely overstepped their bounds, as well as the Irving police.Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #21 March 23, 2006 Quotewe need the government to step in and do something about it. . . . DONT YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS IN YOUR LIFE TO MUCH ALREADY NEXT THING THEY WILL BE TELLING YOU HOW TO TIE YOUR SHOES AND COMB YOUR HAIR Um, not comparable at all. How I tie my shoes and how I comb my hair may make me look like an ass, but causes no problems to anybody. Drunk people are a menace to society. Why do we ban drugs but allow alcohol intoxication? When are we, as a society, going to take back our right to be safe in our own country?This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #22 March 23, 2006 QuoteQuotewe need the government to step in and do something about it. . . . DONT YOU THINK THE GOVERNMENT IS IN YOUR LIFE TO MUCH ALREADY NEXT THING THEY WILL BE TELLING YOU HOW TO TIE YOUR SHOES AND COMB YOUR HAIR Um, not comparable at all. How I tie my shoes and how I comb my hair may make me look like an ass, but causes no problems to anybody. Drunk people are a menace to society. Why do we ban drugs but allow serious intoxication? When are we, as a society, going to take back our right to be safe in our own country? You're really getting good at the parody posts.... Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #23 March 23, 2006 QuoteQuote When are we, as a society, going to take back our right to be safe in our own country? You're really getting good at the parody posts.... He'll be safe when everyone else is locked up. The dragnet will conveniently miss him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #24 March 23, 2006 Quote So now everyone in TX can only get shitfaced at home? WTF! This world really is going to hell in a handbasket! Check your state's laws, I'm willing to bet there are similar laws on the books in your state. Remember, this isn't about trying to prevent a crime. If folks actually followed the links I posted and read the text, then they would know that. Obviously people are more willing to complain then actually understand what is going on.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #25 March 23, 2006 QuoteQuote So now everyone in TX can only get shitfaced at home? WTF! This world really is going to hell in a handbasket! Check your state's laws, I'm willing to bet there are similar laws on the books in your state. Remember, this isn't about trying to prevent a crime. If folks actually followed the links I posted and read the text, then they would know that. Obviously people are more willing to complain then actually understand what is going on. I agree. Cops have better things to do than go around making false arrests. You think they like to do all the paperwork when they put a lot of people in jail? You think they enjoy the media hassles after the event? I don't think so. They went around arresting criminals, according to Texas law, and making the streets safer, all in one swoop. Simple as that.This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
