Don't get caught being drunk in a bar in Texas.

[IsItJustMe]

the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission are sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk.

And you wonder how we got into Iraq. Red state logic.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_bars

[muntrv]

1. Where are

the Bush twins gonna party now?

[Canuckistanian]

2. Next they'll be arresting people for thinking about comitting crimes

That is, after we have our brainwave monitoring devices installed.

[MissB]

3. And hotel guests. Drinking in the bar at the hotel they're staying at.

Sheesh.

[sam sarrha]

4. they are aresting people for public drunkenness... get over it,

you sound like a whinning freeper

[TomInTib]

6. Not necessarily. TABC will arrest you for just being there...

Trust me, I know from painful experience with those cretins.

[juliana24]

10. What do they think bars serve most people ?

If you cant solve a "crime" you make some "criminals".

The coffers must be getting dry in Texas :)

[TomInTib]

14. This is nothing new. They've been doing it for ages.

Except this time someone had a camera.

My guess is the hotel called the media.

[ConcernedCanuk]

19. It IS something new, at least so it says in the posted article

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"The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck."


AND

it was in 36 different bars.

This will be good for business in Private Clubs for members only . . .

hmmmmmm

Wonder if the PNACers have a vested interest in Private Club ownership?

Wouldn't surprise me one little bit.

[tsuki]

8. What measure are they using? It would be interesting to have a

bit more info.

[TomInTib]

16. TABC doesn't use "measures" - no breathalyzers, just visual

They are total asses.

[IsItJustMe]

13. Yeah, in a bar.

[Joe Fields]

17. These Nazi tactics really don't bother you?

[Neil Lisst]

20. You're misinformed and judgmental

They're not being arrested because they're drunk, but they are being arrested in bars.

Basically, any person drinking in a bar in Texas can be arrested. All it takes is the officer deciding you need to be arrested that night.

You're the person adopting the Freeper attitude, not the person you are attributing that conduct to.

It's a law that allows any police officer to arrest any patron of any bar any time, and yes, it is fascist in application.

[TomInTib]

5. They arrested me once for buying someone a drink and I...

wasn't even drinking.

[juliana24]

7. Easy pickings. Just wait until they hit the "wrong" bar !

You can bet they know which bars the DA's office
frequents.

[Texasgal]

9. 200th MILLIONTH

Time this story has been posted. :eyes:

[Lethe]

11. The Doctrine of Preemption is outta control!!

the one thing that gets me is the story about the woman who was arrested at a hotel bar that was staying the night there.

if the whole purpose was to keep drunk drivers off the road, then why are they arresting people who have to walk 5 doors down to a hotel room? What next.....are they going to start coming to people's houses and checking BACs?

[juliana24]

12. The cops have arrested people at airport bars, drinking before the flight

This is way beyond crazy!

Follow the money.............

[HysteryDiagnosis]

15. Well..... the bottles of Guiness had better hide behind the Bud, cuz

they're always getting drunk in bars. True that.

[upi402]

18. Texas texas texas...

What the hell is wrong with Texas?
I think they need W back to manage things...
:sarcasm:
No wonder some of our greatest liberals come from Texas. Their fact based brains go new-cue-lurr over the rampant insanity and zealotry.