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Originally Posted by MedicalTruth
Care to tell us the names of "everybody"?
If you don't know, then mathematically the set is simple. Everybody but you.
This carrot-dangling is getting old.
Your inference here is that you know something everyone else doesn't (and you'll only tell it in tiny soundbytes). Enough with the childishness.
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Originally Posted by MedicalTruth
What if one encounters a dirty cop who knows that they can destroy your career by simply placing "DUI" as the charge, knowing full well it will never result in conviction? But still destroy your career of possible millions in income?
What if one encounters a dirty cop who shoots first and asks questions later? What if one encounters a dirty cop who pushes drivers off the road and into lakes? What if one encounters a dirty cop who plants evidence? What if, what if, what if?
You can postulate all you want. If the cop is "dirty" and the encounter is weighted and unfair from the outset, then what do you want? You've just become a victim. Are you seeking some kind of balance, fairness, or order here? Life ain't fair, mate. Life happens.
You're making a broad-based assumption that a charge of driving under the influence will destroy a career. This is a poorly informed and inexperienced understanding, and untrue.
Now why don't you come clean and tell the story, or end this can/mouse game?
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Originally Posted by MedicalTruth
But you're right, if any Cop asks you to do that, ask him/her to do it first.
Not an option in a field sobriety test. One can, and should, however, document, document, document. If an officer elects to freelance the test outside known standards or common procedures, it's subject to review.
At the time of the stop, however, compliance within the scope of one's rights is in order.
If rights are violated, that will be addressed later, after the stop is completed and paperwork done.