The guy does sound like a scumbag. But being arrested 16 times for the same crime has to come with some sort of harassment from the police. I just can't fathom how that could be possible without the guy being profiled/red flagged and followed on a semi-regular basis. But not to many people are going to lose sleep over this douche.
My uncle has at least 8 DUI's and at least 5 of them came from shady cops.
Once they got to know him they would wait for him to get out of jail and wait for him outside of his normal bar. Well not directly outside, one would be close enough to watch the entrance another would be a mile or so down the road waiting.
My uncle was arrested having much less than a .08 many times. In fact one night he only stopped by to have 2 beers and waited an hour before driving home.
He does have a big mouth on him, and I suspect that played a major role, but nonetheless he is not a bad person, and has NEVER gotten into an accident, sober or not.
I strongly feel the BAC limit should be raised. I have to believe that this is why cops usually do a field sobriety test instead of a breathalizer.
In fact one night after downing a pint of tequila in roughly an hour hour and a half or so, I was pulled over by some asshole sheriff for merging onto the freeway too fast.
He said he could smell booze and asked me to do a field test. Shit was easy! I walked a straight line, looked up while touching my nose, recited the alphabet backwards perfectly. Copy looks at me and says "I KNOW you've been drinking but you passed the test with flying colors so I am letting you go home. Take care and drive safe" turned his lights off and sped away. Interesting night.
I suppose in the end the law is designed strictly in order to give cops as much leeway as they need to make an arrest when they feel like it. So, I apparently got VERY lucky, cause cops are usually assholes. Makes you wonder...
