Honest question: It seems that the defense let hang the fact that after testifying about the driver's eye-movement the officer was suddenly unable to determine whether the eyes were bloodshot. Is that something you leave until closing rather than pursue further with the witness?
@@radiofreeutah5328 maybe not. dont give him the chance to explain it away. point it out during summation that the arresting officers eye exam is not reliable because in his own words "it was too dark...."
@@TheDUIGuyPlus This was the stellar cross examination? You were on the right track. All you had to do was emphasize the officer couldn't demonstrate that the tests were conducted in accordance with NHTSA protocols which is what creates the validity of the testing. He obviously doesn't know much about intoxicated drivers. Had you have been facing a D.R.E., you would have gotten your lunch eaten. I'm assuming that the person in the video is you.
@ChiliContestWinner how is qualified immunity a big problem? It only means that they can arrest you with the belief ( and that a reasonable person ....like you or I ...would also think that a law was being broken ) that you broke the law. Basically, it protects them when they make a reasonable mistake that most anyone else woulda done to. I'd say that BLUE WALL of SILENCE is the worst thing. And then lying on their reports just to get someone convicted. Just my opinion.I hope you are feeling well.
And I just listened to a cop explaining how incredibly under trained they are for the amount of power and responsibility they wield. The justice system absolutely sickens me.
@@jasonbelt8954 So, you mean more money besides the millions of tax dollar budgets that are spent on military type gear for these undertrained individuals when they *only* get 18 weeks of training. Cool 😎
@@yup_its_ME.512 aw, its cute that you think that millions sounds like a lot when you are referring to hundreds of officers who are keeping you safe. You seem to think guns, body cameras, tasers, cars, and training are cheap. So you want MORE training foe the same price? Math isn't your strong suit, is it?
@@jasonbelt8954 sure math is not my strong suit. I just oversaw several special programs for an isd so I know about budget cuts and how to cut corners to get students what they needed. Didn't need math then for sure! But yea be condescending and blind to what MILLIONS of Americans need and actually pay for with taxes that keep going up yet police training keeps getting worse! In no way did I mention body cams cars or tasers. No even guns but many many police departments have militarized guns ammo and even armed vehicles that were bought with tax dollars or gotten illegally through civil forfeiture when more training is obviously needed to know how de-escalate situations. Ignorance must be your strong suit. I was just pointing out how condescending you sounded but now I know your ignorant and biased as well.
@@yup_its_ME.512 I love that you claim to know all about the budget for police because you've seen budget cuts in other areas. That's really dumb. No you didn't bring up all of the equipment that are now telling us they don't need the money for. Also, civil forfeiture is not illegal. You may not agree with it, but it's very legal. And yes, they are very well trained now. But they could use even more if you keep wanting them to do different things. But I'm assuming you've already talked to all sorts of police or listen to their stories about how well they are trained in how they don't need any more money. Right? Because they make so much money it makes it worth it to put their lives on the line to protect you. Yeah, didn't think so. Your just another whiny person who thinks cops need less money. Yeah, your math skills suck. Don't argue up budget issues when your math skills suck.
They should have 2 years of law school plus ongoing education in law for their careers to be a LAW enforcement officer. They are ignorant and resort to threats and violence as a result of their gross ignorance. I feel sorry for all our communities having to deal with these so called LAW enforcement officers.
Amen. I don't know if law school is appropriate, but they should have a law course or two thrown into what is an actual 3-4 year part time or 2 year full time police academy. This 4-6 month nonsense is appalling. They give these guys a gun, a car, and the right to deadly force with damn near impunity after 4 months. I did more time taking pre-reqs for nursing school! And I already HAD a Bachelor's degree in something else. They wanted more classes. Police Academies today are a joke, and have been for decades.
LOL so the guy was drunk, and blew a 0.153 but we're just going to all pretend that evidence doesn't exist just because the jury was prevented from seeing it? This trial is disgusting to watch.
That and the length of training!! It's stupid that someone that could potentially take your life only has an 18-20 weeks which is 840 hours. Yet to get a certificate in barber/cosmetology school, you go on an average of 1600 hours!!! So you mean to tell me that it's much more important for someone to go to school that's going to cut hair LONGER than someone that could potentially shoot someone!!!???
@@Westsideauditor1469 You can say "the cop wasn't trained enough" but the reality is he got it right. The dude was drunk. And now this guy who could have killed someone driving drunk got away with it and will likely do it again. Hope its not you or your family driving on the same road as this guy the next time he decides to down a six pack and go for a joy ride.
@@trollnerd You don't know if he got it right. And the cop being not trained enough could very well be the reason he blew a 0.153. The officer may not be trained (or anyone else in that department) to properly maintain and calibrate the breathalyzer tester. If the man is in fact getting drunk and driving, he needs to be punished. But that's why the officers need to be trained properly, fill paperwork out right, and do things 100 percent before they are out arresting people.
@@josephgray6700 Dude have you ever seen a breathalyzer? It's literally impossible to screw it up. You just blow into it. It's not possible to blow a 0.153 if you haven't had anything to drink.
I sure hope they are no longer using tapes. Actually, having a bad quality video camera like this makes video that is less compressable, so it would take even more space then good quality video. Unless of course, they still use VHS... :O
lawyer : "were his eyes bloodshot or glassy?" Cop : "it was 3.00am dark i couldnt see". Lawyer : "then how did you see if his eyes followed your pen during the FST?"
Right, but you don't want to ASK him that. You don't give him a chance to explain or amend his answer. As a defense lawyer you want to let that hang out there and then in closing arguments you say, "Somehow, our officer was able to see subtle movements of the eyeball, and yet could not identify whether or not the defendant's eyes were bloodshot! How is this possible?" And similarly, "The officer reported that the defendant stepped off an imaginary line. In other words, a line he couldn't see."
Because he has a light? But that light also means you can't tell if someone's eyes are glassy... It's no wonder juries are so susceptible to persuasion, people don't actually think from someone else's perspective
You forgot to mention in the cross-examination that if the deputy was unable to make out the status of the eyes of the accused (bloodshot etc) because of the dark night, then he must not have administered the proper eye tracking test because he should’ve had a flashlight. Completely discredits the officer’s testimony.
As I understand it, professional legal associations, i.e. the Camden county bar association will engage with the manufacturer of the breathalyzer machines to fully understand everything that could be known and understood about how the machines work, maintenance intervals, etc. if you need to beat them, we’ll, join them.
it's funny how people always act like shit heads when cops aren't there. Then they arrive, it's oh i didn't do anything. Your violating my rights etc...
I know it doesnt pertain to this case, but It's amazing to me how police always ask , "Why are you so nervous", when they pull someone over. Then the officer has to get on the stand under oath and this officer is so nervous he could thread a sewing machine while it's running.
@@elsabeleroux7896 Thank you . I just have some strange sayings . My wife says I am as country as buttermilk and cornbread with a side helping of turnip greens .
i'm not defending any officers here but I need to point something out. It is not possible to have enough academy. The average human male will grow old and die before he gets "enough" training. The average female will maybe have 5 good years of service, at the very end of her life, when she probably should be sitting at home with her TV and her cats. You get some classroom training, and the rest is OJT. If you have a shit department, your OJT will be shit and then it absolutely will not matter how much time you had at the academy, you'll still be a shitty cop. We need to change things at the city and department level to make better overall cops not the least of which is a huge change in attitude for everyone, starting with the chief.
@@Shorty_Lickens Then what is the reason for Leos, virtually all of them, not even knowing the ID law, when a person is obligated to ID him or her self. They violate the ID law/laws 24 hours a day. Everytime they walk up to someone they request ID, yet no citizen in this republic is obligated to ID unless "LAWFULLY ARRESTED", this is Constitution 101. All government agents swear to preserve and protect the constitution of the United States against foreign and domestic ENEMIES. Every police officer knows one isn't required to ID unless lawfully arrested, even addmitting this in countless thousands of police audit videos from all over the entirity of this country. This is their first and most often violation of states laws and violating their oath of office.
Medicine is much more complex then policing. Policing can be summed up in Two words that always get lost somehow and that’s, PROTECT AND SERVE. That’s how simple it is. Protect us the people who pay your wages through tax dollars, and serve the community that you patrol.
You do realize that the stop probably happened many months prior to this court hearing, and that this cop probably has done many stops in the meantime? It's like asking a teacher, do you recall your exact words in this 15-minute window to this one particular class of yours 5 months ago? That's why they write reports, and perhaps his should have been better done, but his 'cognitive ability' on the stand doesn't really indicate a whole lot when it comes to come particular traffic stop months prior.
So this guy's at twice the legal limit and we're just going to pretend that he wasn't slurring his words or showing any signs of being drunk? The jury was prevented from seeing a critical piece of evidence over a technicality. This is why our country is screwed.
@Roger Mawby Being inarticulate isn't the same as being stupid. Also, your logic about courtroom performance compared to out in the streets is a non-sequitur. You are making the poor argument here.
If I’ve learned one thing from binging criminal interrogations on RU-vid, it’s that you should never talk to cops without an attorney present. If I’ve learned a second thing, it’s that people who carry on too long with an answer to a question are lying and trying to convince the person they’re bullshitting.
@@aichpvee the same is true to an extreme extent of lawyers. The lawyers work for the state and citizens. It’s not the cops that make your life miserable afterward, that’s prosecutors.
Wow, he was the defenses MVP! I cringed every time I heard him say, “and all that stuff…”. The jury didn’t take the training he did. How can they know what “all that stuff…” meant?!
AND these little cops are bad about saying "I could smell alcohol in the car." Lawyer: Was the car drunk? 🤣 Yet, all cops are told repeatedly "You CANNOT smell the alcohol." Like the mercaptans mixed w/natural gas, it's 'other stuff' in beverages that a person smells! HELLO!!!
@@johnwilson6707 in law, you have to be more detailed or they just going to say “well he or she is not fit for this job” just because he didn’t say it in detail. that just how the court works 😭
That and relying on people's memory, which has already been proven to be unreliable. *Most* experts agree that the memory of just one person should NOT be considered as factual. It always amazes me when cops say "why would I lie under oath, I could lose everything for doing that".
@@freefree8163 A groups memories are even more faulty if they have ever spoken to each other about it. They will all assume parts of each others story.
You're not grasping the horrible conclusions of their training. Why does it take 18 weeks to turn a human into an enforcing machine? Most people could learn how to become a thug in 18 DAYS! The reason for the difference is that police are recruited from "c" or "d" high school students. The officer in this proceeding is a "d" student, IMO.
yep- and we wonder why our police system is so effed up. could not believe they only train them the equivalent of a little over one college semester !!!!!!!!
The deputy is the kind of guy you would meet at a tire shop and ask how he's doing and he will tell you his life story from where he was born up to why hes at the tire shop
As always a fascinating job on your Cross Examination! You really work hard to defending your clients. All defense Attorneys should fight for there client the way you do!
Not sure what was so stellar. The cop didn't admit to violating policy, and he noted all test results. I'd bet every juror knew he was guilty but voted not guilty because they didn't hear about suppressed evidence. (That likely shouldn't have been suppressed, given the person's obvious understanding of the language given he's a truck driver and has to interact with others multiple times a day)
@@mikezupancic2182Language Access protocol is a must. If any cop that doesn’t follow it shouldn’t make any arrest. Plus, I have no sympathy for these pigs anyway.
I hired Larry for my speeding ticket here in Middletown, everyone that works there is very pleasant and professional. Id recommend his firm to anyone .
"Also, I know that these practices and tests absoltely haven't changed since I was in the academy, even though I have never made any refresher course."
@@flexseal111 If I wanted to put a large number of "my friends" in jail or get them punished by the government for driving shitfaced, then yeah... I better have a very good training for that. This is a common tactic, when trying to defend this kind of stuff: You make a comment like this, imediatelly conjuring up the picture in most people's head of the most drunk we have ever seen some of our friends. And in these cases, yeah... it was obvious that those friends were drunk. What this question ignores is the fact that there is a HUGE gap between being completely shitfaced and being completely sober. And in that grey area, it gets really tricky to just "tell" if somebody has had too much to drink... and that's the grey area the cops have to operate in and identify drunkeness that poses a legitimate threat to the safety of other citizens, and people who maybe are just a bit slow when they talk or just a bit tired. This is not a legitimate argument to make. You can't just wave away the need for cops to have proper training, by trying to imply that any situation is clear-cut enough that even a layman would recognize it.
Me too! I was just thinking to myself whether I'd be better off letting the cop know I'm extremely myopic during the "medical reason you can't perform this test" part or if that would look super suspicious, like I'm trying to cover my butt because I know I'll fail. "I swear, officer, I'm not drunk, I'm just basically Velma from Scooby-Doo without my glasses!"
Me neither! Those sobriety tests.....I'm 61, don't drink, never done illicit drugs and I'd fail all those balance kind of tests!! Half deaf, degenerative joint disease, hip replacement and need the left knee done now, I use two canes to walk, and meniers disease.(causes vertigo). I quit driving when they said I had early stages of congestive heart failure, and waiting for the "big one". LOL.
I can not believe they only have to go through 18 WEEKS of training, then given a badge and all the power in the world!! This is mind blowing and TERRIFYING!!!
Which is why cop squads throughout the world are dopes and liars. They have no skill whatsoever and become cops because of the surge of power that runs through them like an electric current every time they put their undeserved uniform on. Not every civilian is a potential rapist or perjurer….but every cop IS. Thousands of cops have been jailed for rape and murder and perjury and corruption and theft and wife battery and child cruelty. To have such close dealings with crime and criminals every day will turn you into a thug in uniform if you are weak enough to let it happen. Thousands have. Ninety nine percent of all cops admitted to having criminal tendencies. The other one per cent are liars.
And then add a training officer who is jaded and angry from years of an unsatisfying career, a blue-line complex, marital problems, deep seated racial tropes and no legal accountability.
news flash, that's basically what it had become i wouldn't drink it though, it would probably taste like vinegar and might also kill you mold spores do be kinda goin off tho
German also... and this idiots.... go 18 weeks including 5 days where they learn how to harrass drivers due to traffic stops. Also most of the other time they train how to escalate shit. The US police force isnt there to help people its there to generate ravenue cause they need all the money for the millions of guys working in law enforcement
Well, I for one am glad american police need only a few months of training to do the job. That's the kind of efficiency missing from Europe unfortunately.
They gotta do something about this "no video" BS. There's no excuse, especially in this day and age that a police department shouldn't be recording everything when they make an arrest.
darkark101 yes Obama supplied law enforcement all across the country with military gear but yet this basic essential piece of equipment wasn’t included. Brilliant.
Cameras should turn on the instant they are removed from their chargers with no ability to be turned off. Along with that, there should be positive mounting to the officer's uniform so the cameras don't fall off "accidentally". We need accountability.
"It was dark, it was three oclock in the morning." As if the police don't have spot lights on their cars, in a well lit area with gas stations, and absolutely LOVE to shine flashlights in people's faces.
Yeah and you realise the lawyer was wrong and looked a bit stupid because the deposition shows the cop did state that the guy couldn't walk in a straight line
@@Rybosome141 In the redirect it seems like he describes the defendant walking a different imaginary straight line than the one he indicated - he describes him veering in another direction. That could be down to a language issue/bad instructions.
@@Rybosome141 oh and to add to the below argument it was also “3am and dark”, so dark that the officer couldn’t notice several things on the persons face. Who is to say that the line the person saw wasn’t different for the officer, how could the officers really see if he wasn’t walking a straight line. I mean it was just so dark
“He didn’t wanna stay with us, he just wanted to go home. That indicated to us he’s under the influence.” Mfer if anyone wants to stay with the police and not got home has to be under the influence. Wtf is he even talking about?
Agreed. Any reasonable person would ask to be on their way in the presence of police. That is not an admission of guilt. Now a days people don't feel comfortable with police
Q: "Did he have bloodshot eyes...were his pupils dilated?" A: "They could have been" He "could" have had a bazooka up his bum too, but that's not the point, is it, officer. ridiculous
Interesting how the officer conducted a 45 degree test and the pen test while LOOKING AT THE SUSPECTS PUPILS, but had trouble answering questions about whether the subjects eyes were bloodshot or whether his skin was flushed. If you can see the dilation of a persons pupils at 3 am at night, how do you not see if a person has bloodshot eyes or if their facial skin is flushed.
He is good in Kentucky cause they are too cheap to buy cameras for the police. Sort of a catch 22 though, can they find enough officers with an IQ over 80 to use them without incriminating themselves lol.
I already started laughing when Larry asked the first question to the officer 😂 With the Officer already being evasive and Larry keeping him on point, I knew this was going to be good.
70s is kinda far back. dash cams only really came in last 15 years maybe. Certainly mid 90s video tape was primary source video recording. Video camera cost thousand bucks aswell. Big and bulky
I grew up in the town where he was trained and can honestly tell you that the main training course and the only one most of them care about is bar hopping.
Medics and firefighters are first responders, cop's are instigators and will arrest medics and firefighters on the job and arrest the person that called for help. ALL They DO IS LIE!
That's because the officer takes his imaginary line with him every where he goes. But it is kind of concerning that he thinks other people can see it as well.
Wait he said he did the pupil test, then said he couldn’t tell if his eyes were red or glossy because it was to dark? Ummm 🤔 So did you ever really look in his or No?
That's because someone in or relating to your field of work had enough common sense to realize or atleast accept the FACT, that human memory is flawed. A record of statements keeps everyone honest so the story can't be changed later on. Unfortunately, Common Sense and Honesty are 2 things that are no longer required of Public Safety Officers. But for the record..... I'm not sure if they've officially added, "The Ability to see Imaginary Lines" , as a requirement yet.
The cop was stupid then, he should have said you are being facetious and if you think drink driving is a joke I don’t and am sure the judge doesn’t either.
@JustDev Don’t care if it’s a good idea or not, I have served on a jury and the way the solicitor spoke to the innocent parties mother was outrageous, I actually spoke up and was warned in no uncertain manner I would be locked up if I did it again the lawyer did tone it down a bit and I was given the high fives from my fellow jurors. We are all the same don’t like bullies in any walk of life.
@JustDev England crown court, teenager beaten up by gang, he was the sort of kid that you could call a nerd ( nothing wrong with that) he had face damage broken orbital, the defence attorney tried to discredit him by saying he was a very unusual kid, his poor mother started crying, I had enough of that bullshit and shouted out “ no need for that, if you ask me you are unusual” the silence was deafening, like Oliver Twist when he asked for more. But that poor woman and kid gained nothing from going to court only more bullying from the establishment for some attorneys selfishness.
@JustDev Yes we all know how it is but if everybody was to stand for our rights they would not get away with it. To quote Burke “ All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent”
@@davidcookmfs6950 I agree. This cross was barely above average. His only real point was that there were possible signs of impairment that the Def did not show. This is a well-used tactic, but the atty did not employ it to much effect. Definitely...MEH.
This is one of the worst defense attorneys I've ever seen. "Didn't walk in a straight line" and "stepped off of the line" is the same thing. These kind of arrogant parlor tricky word game type attorneys often times only piss off the jury who then take it out on the defendant.
3:05 she asked why he made the arrests during those DUI stops. And he said "B/c everyone we pulled over he FELT they were intoxicated on something" !?! Seriously? B/c he FELT they were. Not b/c they failed the sobriety tests or they confessed to being intoxicated just b/c he felt they were on something. 🙄. Tyrant
This is an example of an extremely poorly prepared witness. Not that he is or isn't lying (I have no idea), but the prosecutor is SUPPOSED to review the testimony with the witness prior to trial.
Thats awesome counselor!!! It's good to see a win for a hard working individual. They tried pulling every trick in the book, but they were out matched, out maneuvered and out witted. I'd hire you in a flash if I ever needed the assistance of counsel. Way to go!!!! 👍👏
Ain't that great? We sure need to always "outwit" law enforcement so that drunks can be on our roads and can kill us. After all it wasn't as if the man was wrongly accused now was he? He blew a .15 so he was near twice the legal limit. AND he was a CDL holder and in most jurisdictions that legal limit is .04 so he was near 4 times over the limit. When and I do mean When not if this SOB kills someone by driving his commercial vehicle drunk, you better hope it isn't you or yours that he hits.
His client was drunk driving, and will do it again. The lawyer hid behind the language barrier. Now every cop will request an interpreter every time they put over someone with an accent. Have fun sitting in the side of the road waiting for an interpreter every time you get pulled over. I’ll have fun paying for all of it.
Right? Those field sobriety tests are rubbish. Why not use breath testing kits ke everywhere else? Although on second thought I do enjoy watching people do them on TV, so I'm torn.
EXACTLY! How do you draw an imaginary line and expect someone else to be able to follow it? This is just 1 example of the many flaws in the training & tactics they use. Like how the results of the field sobriety tests are judged from each officers PERSONAL OPINION. If any of these tests are requirements of operating a motor vehicle then why arent they part of the drivers license test at DMV ? It's because sober people cant pass them either. It's actually a FACT that people can NOT walk in a straight line without some kind of VISIBLE Guide Point. If telling someone to follow an INVISIBLE line isn't absurd enough, dont forget to add in the unnatural awkwardness of doing it heel to toe.
All bodycams should be permanently on, otherwise they are censored "evidence " as soon as a policeperson gets out of the precinct, AUTO ACTIVATE, No option by wearer to turn off / on every shift must be filmed, that may help toward trust
Would also be nice to connecting their footage to their pay. Oops looks here you missed 6 hours of your shift today as their is no footage submitted during 1-6pm of your shift, so you will have a pay dock for 6 hours as well.
Colorado just passed law I think! They ended qualified immunity so cops can be charged personally for things like excessive force. It also states that if an officers body cam is turned off at any point during a stop of any kind they whole report and testimony is thrown out and can’t be used as evidence
not sure about battery life for a whole shift on that but maybe only turns on upon vehicle exit but on-duty (not lunch or piss break)? how do you desperate that or make non-public?
@@jsmith-u5i - Actually vehicle mounted HD storage itself is not expensive at all. A 2TB SSD can be had for less than $50 USD and a 16 TB for less than $400. Plus an officer's body cam can be configured to auto-upload to the cruiser's onboard storage, which in turn can be set to auto-upload to a private server when in range (I've done this with my personal equipment). Also... the camera can be plugged in during the shift to recharge and/or batteries swapped without shutting the camera off. But these issues really don't matter all that much to you since you aren't the one paying for it... are you officer?
Cops who perjure should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and the cops should do the term of imprisonment time that the cop sought for the victim instead! That would stop them lying!
Jon Piazza : don't forget - if sued, the money has to go out of their very own wallet. And you can count the minutes until all that lawbreaking of the blue men group screeches to a halt.
@@thisrichbastard.809 NOT on the stand and there are stipulations as to when and to what extent they can. Under oath they are subject to the same rules as every one else.
You're utterly way out of your league to make these uninformed opinions. Police have a duty to protect themselves at all costs, because they are crime fighters who need to get back to getting stuff done. They aren't about to let a little mistake here and there to get in their way of that.
As a lab tech who drew blood for DUI testing, I went through cross and recross a few times. We videotaped it, so there was no question about our procedure, and had a checklist to initial, but lawyers always tried to create some doubt. Maybe the next time this officer makes a DUI stop he will remember being chewed up by this attorney and NOT make the same mistakes. For starters, turn on the dash cam and the body cam! Follow the protocol given by your department (ideally they will have a checklist), report ALL your findings and observations in your report, and don't testify to anything you did not document at the time of the incident. He should have reviewed his report before testifying, and should have been warned about the reputation of the defense attorney.
Maybe next time this officers makes a DUI stop he will remember and DO HIS JOB PROPERLY. Absolutely they should take all those steps that you've stated ie., turn on dash cam and the body cam, follow the protocol given by your department, report all findings and observations, etc. There seems to be one problem for the police (but a win for the public) with this approach though: it tends to net a few off-duty cops for DUI (if you don't believe me then do a search on YT) and because it's now on cam there's no more of the good ol' 'helping a fellow colleage out' or 'showing professional courtesy (cough)' by waving them on through or giving them a ride home that without question would have been legion in years past. 'Times they are a changin' as Bob Dylan said. As for him being warned about the defense attorney I'd say he already had been and that's why he seems to be nearly soiling his pants in anticipation even when questioned by the prosecutor.
Agreed, BUT he didn't have a dash cam nor a body worn camera. Too bad. ANd of course this deputy did not write a good foolproof report, And he is not highly educated and is not "clinical" in his testimony. But all of that aside the guy fully understood English and was VERY intoxicated and the "good" lawyer got him off. Ain't that great. One more drunk back out on the road for all of us to deal with. And a nice fat fee in the pocket of the lawyer.
@@jamesk0uaagreed! I sat through that whole video waiting for the big reveal when the cop was going to make some crucial mistake. I didn't really see one. The worst thing the cop said was that it was too dark to see the defendant's eyes. If hewas looking at his eyes while doing the movement test, heshould have been able to see if they were glassy, bloodshot, etc. I don't like that the Sheriff's department there avoids cams as a policy. That feels dodgy to me. However, I think that cop was just inarticulate and nervous. For the same reason it's unfair to judge someone in their car for being nervous at a police stop, I think it's a bit unfair to judge this cop as being incompetent just because he's nervous on the stand. Over confidence to pull the wool over people's eyes has gotten the name "con man" for a reason. All I saw was a pompous lawyer get a drunk out of a DUI.
In the redirect I notice he talked about pointing out an “imaginary line” for the defendant to walk on. If it’s too dark to see the color of his eyes when you’re shining a light on them, how does the officer expect the defendant to follow an imaginary line?
Wow. ‘Did he have glassy eyes?’ Cop ‘he could have had em’. I’m sure when they taught him about probable cause that’s how they explained it. Holy lord. My aunt coulda had balls but she didn’t. Hence, she’s my aunt.
Not to mention that he couldn't see his glassy eyes or flushed face because it was so dark at 3am yet he could somehow see the micro twitches in the guy's eyes. Get outta here
@@Lokswar fwiw the guy was driving drunk. If you read the video description he got arrested, taken to the station, and blew almost double the legal limit. For the arresting officer he made the correct call easily and correctly, they just fucked up by not having an interpreter present.
@@tmoore121 The legal limit has been further halved with absolutely no science behind the actual intoxication at the different levels. “Double the legal limit” is buzzed for most people. The limit is ridiculously low.
He noticed twitching eyes....... but no bloodshot eyes, no glassy eyes, lied about stepping off a line....... Fkn liar cop. Liar nothing more. Strip this piece of sht his badge and he should be barred from any type of law enforcement. Not even a mall cop.
your eyes react to different shades of color. An LED flashlight has a white light. The human eye has less sensitivity to white lights. This is one of the main reasons for rally and race cars having yellow lights. You eyes can utilize more of the light if its a yellow color. So if the deputy shined an LED light at the gentleman, it's entirely possible that a color in the suspects eyes was not easily visible, as it would be during daylight.
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In Australia we have had random breath testing since the early 1980s. If you fail the road side test you are arrested and taken for a more accurate test at the station. If you refuse the test you are arrested.
A few weeks ago two female cops pulled me over for expired registration. For no reason at all that I could see they had me do roadside sobriety tests. I passed the tests but I realized at some point there was very little tie to reality. Literally they could have taken me away because they wanted to and just said things like he was unsteady on his feet, his eyes had trouble following my light, etc. I realized this and near the end I told them I have had nothing no drugs no alcohol and will pass a piss test. I said this to make it clear I will pass a drug test and this will be a regrettable decision on their part if im arrested literally for doing nothing wrong.
Field sobriety tests are not mandatory. They are very subjective to numerous situations and to each person who takes it, as well as the biased officer giving their unprofessional opinions regarding it. NEVER TAKE A FIELD SOBRIETY TEST. NEVER CONSENT TO THEIR unfounded revenue stops. Hold cops liable for everything they do and say against you.
happened to me... I passed the tests and blew zeroes but was put in cuffs and spent five days in jail because i "slurred my speech" Ended up not getting charged with anything, but almost lost my job and had to pay $1,000 to get my car out of the impound lot.
I can get that it's hard to do your job as a cop, but 18-21 weeks is pathetic considering cops in Europe do at least 104 weeks and up to 156 weeks depending on the country. That is 6 times more training minimum. It's pathetic. How did it become this way to where we have cops with such little knowledge when it comes to their jobs.
And they also have very little knowledge of real law, as he stated running a red light is against the "law"... well if there are absolutely no cars coming in either direction and you zip through a red light maybe because it's taking too long technically it isn't breaking a "law"..it is a statute... you can look this up. most anything officers enforce are statutes except the four laws in their oath..which are constitutional and all involve a complainant,victim or injured party....
...he had 2 beers before driving, he couldn't walk a straight line, and he ran a red light proving he probably shouldn't be driving. Why are people on youtube so gullible?
As I listened to the cross examination (with an open mind), all I kept hearing was "It's dark out, it's 3 o'clock in the morning". If I was a juror I would be asking myself "How could the officer then determine the other tests if it was "Dark out, it's 3 o'clock in the morning". Surely EVERY test would have to be given equal measure, it couldn't be too dark to make a determination for some, but light enough to determine the others. I was actually surprised that the defense lawyer didn't pursue that!
"It's too dark to see his face." "Don't you have a flashlight?" Then on closing argument: "It's not that he couldn't do the tests, it's that he never bothered to do the tests. He didn't notice my client's face was flush because it was not flush."
That deputy was sloppy as shit in a court setting. They ought to have their officers trained better. Hell I remember being trained better than this guy performed when I was working plain clothes loss prevention for a large department store. This officer was just cocky, loose, and annoyed. Like him and his boys own the town, how dare you question my knowledge.
@goggles789 No, not just his inability to articulate himself. His inability to properly process and document a DUI in a way that we can be assured it ought to be done by law, as people sworn as LAW ENFORCEMENT Officers. Dude drew an imaginary line for someone whose English was not native, and told him to walk that imaginary line in the dark at 3AM. Can you or can you not see how that would be problematic in avoiding discriminatory prosecutions? I understand what you're saying. You want cops to keep the streets safe from unsafe people, I get that and I'm for that. But do you get what I'm saying from a criminal law perspective?
Best DUI Lawyer in this country! Hands down this lawyer will beat the devil if the devil was inside this court room, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and this man is a completely beast in the court room.
FYI, in infantry school while learning land navigation you are taught that a person will NATURALLY veer towards their strong side (right handers towards the right, conversely left handers to the left) use that next time a cop uses it to get a "clue"
John Francis No, I mean a drunk dude who blew a BAC above the legal limit and a danger to others got off because a cop didn’t follow proper procedures. This in turn lead a good lawyer exploiting it to get a guilty person off. Hence, my comment, no one to root for.
I'm not sure in this case, cop seemed ignorant, a sharp lawyer can easily make an ignorant innocent person seem guilty. The prosecuting lawyer did not seem to bright either.
Lol "did you notice that my client had a heavy accent?" "that's not my question, sir. My question is did you notice that my client had an accent?" One hell of a lawyer, alright
Funny how the cops always need a “refresher” and “don’t have anything on them while in court”. But if you can’t recall exactly what happened to every detail accurately, then you are punished.
