ARRESTED for DUI Nowhere Close to a Car! How?

The police *don't* have to see you commit a crime to arrest you for it, even for a DUI. Learn more about why that is and what you can do to protect yourself.

[Andrewflusche]

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[SwordFighterPKN]

Anytime charges are dropped or you are found not guilty ALL arrest records should be expunged.
The fact you can be arrested and let the courts sort it out yet that arrest record can screw your life needs to change.

[EdOeuna]

How can the cops be so well trained as to get all this information from you using subtle techniques, but they don’t seem to know the first thing about the law, the Constitution and it’s amendments?

[brucesmith]

Moral of the story when it comes to dealing with cops: shut up, keep shutting up and shut up some more.

[bobspizza]

I'm 51 and from I've seen from most people I've ever met in my life. I find it absolutely mind blowing WE CAN PUT HUMANS IN JAIL OVER JUST WHAT SOME OTHER PERSON SAID!! ABSOLUELY INSANE!!

[samuelschick]

Here's one for you. I was in a no fault accident where the other driver ran a stop sign the city placed behind a tree. So sued the city for damages. Before the case was settled I suddenly had the city police following me every where I went. Caught on in my backyard looking through my kitchen window. So one night I'm driving home after college courses and I got pulled over for " driving without headlights". Right off the bat I was cuffed and stuffed in the car, not told what I was charged with nor read my rights.

At booking I was given the field test and not a breath test. I told the cop I had a walking impairment from military service, which causes me to limp and sometimes leg gives out. I was then put in a cell and told what bond was. I posted bond, got a lawyer and was shown the police report. I was charged with refusal to blow and for blowing 0.18. I pointed out the conflicting charges and was simply told " That does not matter, GUILTY!!"

Then the case got settled and I was awarded $7, 700. But guess what? All the fees and fines came to $176 more than my settlement.

Will I trust a cop again? NEVER!. If I see a cop needing help will I help? NEVER! Also I had a permit to carry concealed and had my gun in the car. Cop took the gun and never mentioned finding or taking a gun from the car " You're not getting this back" was what he said.

[nickanderson]

And this is why everyone says the process is the punishment.
Thousands in legal fees and time wasted

[Reggy]

Officer Andy deserves his own channel!!!

[freehat]

Best bet: get a card from an attorney that says "I have instructed my client not to answer any questions from law enforcement" etc. It frees you up to not even have to say that you will not speak with them.

[Heartwing]

I actually sat on a jury one time where a guy was accused of a dui when a neighbor called the cops for him arguing loudly with his gf. The gf was angry that he’d been at a football party with his friends and came home drunk. He was arrested for a felony DUI. However, the guy claimed to have been driven home by a friend. The gf corroborated his story as a trial witness. The police’s only evidence was that “his hood felt warm and the car door wasn’t shut tightly.” The police “lost” the written testimony of the friend who drove him home. That’s it. LOTS of reasonable doubt, right?

Initially, the jury was leaning towards the defendant, however a couple of strong personalities who had issues with alcoholism in their family persuaded/bullied the rest of the jury that the guy was likely guilty. I kept reminding them that the standard was “reasonable doubt” and that there was an EXTREME amount of reasonable doubt. I also kept reminding them that we needed to focus on THIS CASE, not someone else’s personal experience with alcoholism. For 3 days, 11 people screamed, bullied, and pushed me around. The trial ended on a hung jury…with me as the sole hold out. I hope that young dude did something good with his life because he was one stubborn person, who sees the law as black and white, away from a prison sentence!!! It was crazy!

[honda]

Just don't answer any questions at all. Don't agree to any field sobriety testing. Only agree to blood test, or better yet, require a warrant for the blood test.

[Conflictinator]

So what maintaining innocence actually hinges on, is that the person who is contacted refuses to answer any questions.

[timmsmiithgm]

Police CAN do anything they want - they have guns & badges. Whether their actions are upheld in the courts, is another story. Despite being a lawyer, you seem like a pretty cool dude. Thanks for all you helpful videos!

[francismarion]

Two things you always say: 1) Don't answer the door...geta warrant if you want me too. (Good luck). 2) Don't talk to the police.

[chachadodds]

That's messed up! I was befuddled about this myself. This is outrageous. That means anyone with a grudge against you, can falsely accuse/report you for any imaginary crime they desire. And there's no recourse. Mind blown💥
Funny, how if you call LE about some other type of crime, they say that they, "can't do anything unless they saw it happen."
Been there before. I guess now, it's truly guilty until proven guilty. Well, unless you've murdered somebody, then you'll be let go.
I had an attorney tell me that if you commit a low level misdemeanor, you'd actually be better off legally, if you committed armed robbery. And that's a quote.
Thanks for clarifying; lots of us needed to hear this. I don't drink, so I thought this couldn't effect me, but in light of what you just explained, any one of us is vulnerable to this kind of charge.

[michaellowe]

Cop sees a guy on a motorcycle and clocks him at 87mph in a 55. He is able to see the license plate at the next stop but the bike loses him in heavy traffic. The only thing the cop doesn't know for sure is if that was him on the bike. He waits about 3 days and goes to the address where the bike is registered. He sees a green Chevy pickup and the motorcycle in the driveway. When he goes to the door he asks if that is his green pickup. The guy says yes. He then asks where they guy works and what time he goes to work. The guy tells him, then asks why he was asking. The cop says we had reported reckless driving on Monday of a vehicle matching the description of yours. They guy says it couldn't have been me. I rode my motorcycle on Monday. The cop hands the guy a pre-written ticket for reckless driving on his motorcycle.

[davidlane]

Talking to the police is like making a wish with an evil genie. The genie will grant your wish in a way that makes you wish you had never made a wish.
This means that the cops WILL twist your words.

[jth]

A recent supreme court ruling will cause some heart burn with this type of case - the supreme court ruled that if there is a charge against you and for some reason the charges are dropped or the prosecutor loses his case you have a direct path to federal court with a title 42 section 1983 case. You no longer have the burden to show that a judge dismissed your case - only that the case was dismissed or prosecution stopped... so this type of high risk case will not even be arrested or attempted to be prosecuted as soon as a few cops get sued for malicious prosecution...

[wallebo]

"Don't talk to the police". Agreed! 100 percent.

[TheAIKnowledgeHub]

So if you only need to test positive in some states. What is to stop corruption like someone getting paid by the cops to call in seeing some drunk drivers going to a bar or someone who they know is a drunk at home. They talk to the person in a bar similar to what you said in the video. Get them to blow, and arrest them.
Like it seems like a corrupt person's loophole.