Headline: Texas arrests people INSIDE of bars
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Headline: Texas arrests people INSIDE of bars
A Bar is No Place for Drunks!!!
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Written by Drew Gross
Mar 26 2006
In a bit of brilliant detective work, undercover agents in the state of Texas will begin infiltrating taverns and clubs to arrest individuals for being intoxicated. The announcement came this past Wednesday from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
The first of these undercover operations was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents arrested 30 individuals for public intoxication in a “sweep” of 36 bars, according to the commission's Carolyn Beck.
When pressed to explain the reasoning for arresting people while still in the bar, Ms. Beck explained: “Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness. The goal,” she said, “was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.”
When asked about those who are responsible and have either designated a driver or planned to use a taxi or other public transportation, Beck responded:
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car, people walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
She was please at the early success of the program and stated that these “sting” operations would continue statewide.
In: Redline News > Community News
Written by Drew Gross
Mar 26 2006
In a bit of brilliant detective work, undercover agents in the state of Texas will begin infiltrating taverns and clubs to arrest individuals for being intoxicated. The announcement came this past Wednesday from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
The first of these undercover operations was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents arrested 30 individuals for public intoxication in a “sweep” of 36 bars, according to the commission's Carolyn Beck.
When pressed to explain the reasoning for arresting people while still in the bar, Ms. Beck explained: “Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness. The goal,” she said, “was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.”
When asked about those who are responsible and have either designated a driver or planned to use a taxi or other public transportation, Beck responded:
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car, people walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
She was please at the early success of the program and stated that these “sting” operations would continue statewide.
Now that just down right pisses me off. I understand that drunk people can be dangerous. Also, in most cases a drunk is just a drunk. We arent talking about raging aggressive crackheads here. I think Texas went way too far on this one. Actually, of all states Im surprised Texas did that. Youd think California or New York would be the first. [>:]
“Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness.
“was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.”
Yea great idea, but we arent in the fuking Minority Report. Arresting somebody before they do anything? Do you have a time machine, Beck? Go to hell liberal whacko bitch.
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Wow. I'm thanking god I don't live in Texas.
That's kinda like arresting someone for buying a gun cause they may or may not do something illegal with it... it's just recockulous.
That's kinda like arresting someone for buying a gun cause they may or may not do something illegal with it... it's just recockulous.
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LOL texas has an open container law though.. anyone in vehicle besides driver is allowed to drink.. Less they changed it since i was there.. Was like that when i lived there in 2000
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The bars will just take on a private club name sake. They dont arrest people in bars here in TN but a certain number of bars have......should I say illegal activities going on in them and the owner protects his investment by deeming it a private club. The only way a cop can enter a private club is if they are called and asked to enter it. Once again this is a way our government is stripping the rights away from us that it at the same time is sending our troops to die to protect in Iraq.
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^ good point but here is another one ITS F^N TEXAS! About the prviate club thing... I know all about those laws and I gotta tell you, thats a sweet law too. I can be sipping a beer whilst a cop is looking at me from a street and legally they cannot do anything.
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It is not illegal to drink a beer anywhere unless it is posted by the owners of the property. Public streets are our property just as much as anyone elses.
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So let me get this right,you have to be over the legal limit on a breth alizer, or do you take a field sobriety test or is it,"look out", dont do anything stupid here comes the police.
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No it's a-your in a bar getting drunk which is what a bar is for and you get arrested for that.
That to me is like arresting people at a track for street racing.
That to me is like arresting people at a track for street racing.
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It is not illegal to drink a beer anywhere unless it is posted by the owners of the property. Public streets are our property just as much as anyone elses.
It is not illegal to drink a beer anywhere unless it is posted by the owners of the property. Public streets are our property just as much as anyone elses.
Yea granted but its a law that in public you cant do it. We are talking about provate establishments.