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SWBTATTReg

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2. This is a shame ... surely these officers can tell if someone's drunk or a little inebriated vs. being a stroke

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2025, 05:49 PM

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victim, where some of the indicators of a stroke are the very things that inebriated sometimes show, unsteady walk, slurred words, disorientated...the breath test showed 100% clean, why did it take them 7 hours to catch?

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Man jailed 7 hours for DWI was really having stroke, Missouri suit says [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday OP

Idiocy. Disaffected Yesterday #1

This is a shame ... surely these officers can tell if someone's drunk or a little inebriated vs. being a stroke SWBTATTReg Yesterday #2

I used to know a cop who told me that those roadside field sobriety tests MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #3

In AZ, refusal to take field sobriety tests results in license suspension. Even if you're sober. Nevilledog Yesterday #11

Not necessarily true. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #13

My brain said implied consent test refusal. Nevilledog Yesterday #14

No problem. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #15

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That's why I always carry a certified M.D. in my car, and a criminal defense lawyer. usonian Yesterday #4

All those cops need to be fired and red flagged for no hiring in any LE capacity including security guard. Clouds Passing Yesterday #5

We have some pretty stupid people out there Emile Yesterday #6

Hope he sues not just for himself but other potential victims. live love laugh Yesterday #7

When BeerBarrelPolka Yesterday #8

A stroke is a brain injury and very few stroke victims are coherent enough to say that Arazi Yesterday #9

I had a stroke Dec 2023 BeerBarrelPolka Yesterday #10

! Arazi 23 hrs ago #16