re: Per SI - Texas A&M WR Ainias Smith Arrested on Gun, Drug Charges

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So you quoted a post and said "now you are making accusations without evidence" but you were actually referring to some comment I made earlier? ok

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It's a continuation of the previous comments.

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He was arrested for driving while intoxicated. That doesn't inherently go away and lose all merit simply because his BAC was under the legal limit. SO when you say "he was doing nothing illegal," that is making an accusation without evidence. What there is evidence of is he failed a field sobriety test and there was weed in the vehicle. Whether or not he was legally impaired by weed is TBD

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The field sobriety tests are mostly just an excuse for the cop to do whatever they want. It's a real problem because people are getting pulled over and arrested for this, and it happens to people who don't even smoke weed at all. The cop just says "Oh well I think you exhibit signs of smoking weed, I'm going to arrest you".

And then based on these tests, his rights to privacy/security were taken away. He passed the actual scientific test, but the cop didn't get the result he wanted, so went with plan B - doing whatever the frick he wants.

I mean maybe I'm wrong and the guy was so fricked up he could barely stand, but that doesn't really seem to be the case. And as far as I can tell, they didn't find the weed first, which would give them cause for further testing beyond a breathalyzer, so it's just a fishing expedition that goes well beyond protecting the public.