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<blockquote data-quote="Richard L" data-source="post: 601863" data-attributes="member: 52972"><p>kefguy,</p><p></p><p>I am not trying to legislate morality. I have clearly said that I drink occassionally and no harm in someone else drinking their beverage of choice. But the law states that people are not permitted to be drunk in public. And that is all these people are being ticketed or arrested for.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The TABC has not convicted these people, but you seem to have, and then you accuse the TABC of doing just that.. The TABC is not a court and they cannot convict anyone of anything. They mearly inforce the laws. People who where obviously Intoxicated where given tickets if they have a sober person who can take them home. If they have nobody with them who can take them home, they are taken to jail to sleep it off and given a ticket for being intoxicated in public.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree that if there were any abuse of police power in these citations or arrest, then thos people shoul go free and the police severly repremanded. But as of now, that has not been shown to be the case.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's kind of funny that nobody is protesting the law that says you cannot be intoxicated in public. Instead, they complain that the police are going undercover in the bars to make these arrest !!! Or trhey claim that the police are accusing these people of drunk driving, when that is not the case at all. The TABC and police crackdown is to help reduce the number of drunk drivers. Until that is shown to be right or wrong I will side with the TABC's efforts.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>...Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richard L, post: 601863, member: 52972"] kefguy, I am not trying to legislate morality. I have clearly said that I drink occassionally and no harm in someone else drinking their beverage of choice. But the law states that people are not permitted to be drunk in public. And that is all these people are being ticketed or arrested for. The TABC has not convicted these people, but you seem to have, and then you accuse the TABC of doing just that.. The TABC is not a court and they cannot convict anyone of anything. They mearly inforce the laws. People who where obviously Intoxicated where given tickets if they have a sober person who can take them home. If they have nobody with them who can take them home, they are taken to jail to sleep it off and given a ticket for being intoxicated in public. I agree that if there were any abuse of police power in these citations or arrest, then thos people shoul go free and the police severly repremanded. But as of now, that has not been shown to be the case. It's kind of funny that nobody is protesting the law that says you cannot be intoxicated in public. Instead, they complain that the police are going undercover in the bars to make these arrest !!! Or trhey claim that the police are accusing these people of drunk driving, when that is not the case at all. The TABC and police crackdown is to help reduce the number of drunk drivers. Until that is shown to be right or wrong I will side with the TABC's efforts. ...Rich [/QUOTE]
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