Andrew Brunette DUI video released

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He's an asshole for removing drunk drivers from the road? okaaay

In this circumstance, sure

Once he pulls him over and he's drunk he has no choice but to arrest

I'm not a fan of arrogant cops patrolling neighborhoods for minor offenses. Drunk driving is not a minor offense, but rolling a stop sign in a golf cart is one of the most minor offenses I can think of.

So unless he knew he was driving drunk and followed him waiting for a moment to pull him over, yes total asshole.
 
He's an asshole the moment he celebrates a rolling stop in a golf cart as an excuse to ruin someone's day
It takes a 30 second Google search to see the context leading to the police officer pulling Brunette over and how wrong you are.

According to an arrest report obtained by WPLG Local 10 News, the incident started outside a bar with an illegally parked golf cart owned by Brunette. He told a sheriff deputy that he was leaving, as the citation was being written, but “the deputy observed Brunette’s speech was slurred and that he was unsteady on his feet.”

The deputy then conducted a traffic stop 17 minutes later when he observed Brunette drive the golf cart away and blow through two stop signs
 
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It takes a 30 second Google search to see the context leading to the police officer pulling Brunette over and how wrong you are.



Could've been added to the OP?

All I see is wishy washy traffic stop and all I hear is some nerd

And that also shows that it was clearly vindictive. Cop got mad Brunette left without taking his parking ticket and wanted to make it as worse as possible for him. Brunette acted like an entitled brat and deserved what he got so not going to cry for him, but not sure how anyone is impressed with Law Enforcement here
 
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Could've been added to the OP?

All I see is wishy washy traffic stop and all I hear is some nerd
Sure.

But watching the video I believe it's the cop turning the camera on knowing that he'll confront Brunette, meaning there was context beforehand leading to the altercation/arrest. Doesn't take rocket science to realize Brunette probably did something stupid beforehand to have an officer follow him for rolling a stop sign.
 
Never understood the fascination with the straight line, foot in front walk test. I'm unable to do that whether drunk or sober. LOL
 
Sure.

But watching the video I believe it's the cop turning the camera on knowing that he'll confront Brunette, meaning there was context beforehand leading to the altercation/arrest. Doesn't take rocket science to realize Brunette probably did something stupid beforehand to have an officer follow him for rolling a stop sign.

I agree that Brunette is wrong and deserves to get arrested for his actions.

My bigger issue is with punitive policing as a whole. Empowering people to stop you for a minor traffic stop and accuse you of crimes and toss your whole car and make you pay exorbitant legal fees just to get your stuff back.

Brunette will be okay, but this style of policing needs to go.
 
Why wouldn’t they Bleep out the “Bud light” before releasing this? You think Brunette really wanted to come out of the closet this way?
 
This is such a load of crap and you know it. I get your point of it can be dangerous, but multiple homocides on a golf cart aren’t happening in a single gated community every year.

Unless you’re willing to reveal which gated community as proof, or provide one, this take should be completely disregarded.
Believe it or don't, doesn't make much difference to me. Would be a really weird thing to lie about.
 
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand I have nothing but contempt for drunk drivers. But stopping a guy for doing a rolling stop on a golf cart going 10 mph in a gated community when there are no other cars on the road? It just feels like unnecessary policing. It's not like he stopped him for swerving or any other sign of drunk driving.
Where did you get this from? And no offense but just because there are no cars at that specific time does not give you the right to drive drunk. And he was coming from a major/busy street. I know the area very well.
 
Except he wasn't at all. It was a guy doing his job.
Sounded from what the cop said that he almost stopped but not quite fully.. so the cop was going outside of his way to mess with someone who hadnt even done anything wrong. Dont act like you come to a complete stop, especially in a quite neighborhood.. just not the way people, including cops themselves, drive.

And the cops behavior, unfortunately, was just so typical of US cops.
 
Sounded from what the cop said that he almost stopped but not quite fully.. so the cop was going outside of his way to mess with someone who hadnt even done anything wrong. Dont act like you come to a complete stop, especially in a quite neighborhood.. just not the way people, including cops themselves, drive.

And the cops behavior, unfortunately, was just so typical of US cops.
Did you read the article/link I posted earlier about the context involving Brunette’s arrest?

It wasn’t just because he rolled one stop sign.
 
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People are shooting each other left and right, women are being raped and abused, kids are being molested, and this cop is proud to catch some dude driving a frigging golf cart while tipsy.

True crime fighter right there, glad he was on service at the right time to bag this hardened criminal.
 
Do you expect cops to be robots? They're human, just like the rest of us. And humans, in general, will get annoyed/snarky if they're fed bullshit on a nightly basis.

There was no misconduct from the officer there. He treated the coach with kid gloves until the coach escalated the situation, at which point they responded with the force escalation of their own.
I expect them to be professionals and avoid escalating situations. There are plenty of cops who would have handled that situation much better.

People in service jobs deal with BS all the time, but if they decide to get snarky and escalate situations, they get fired. Why are police held to such a different standard?
 
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Never understood the fascination with the straight line, foot in front walk test. I'm unable to do that whether drunk or sober. LOL
It's purposely difficult and allows cops to create probable cause and evidence for an arrest that they were likely already set on making. It's sad that it's a pretty common sentiment that a lot of people would 'fail' these tests even when stone cold sober. Even cops will say that they wouldn't be able to 'pass' field sobriety tests.

No matter whether a person is intoxicated or not, the officer can say that based on their evaluation of the performance they had reason to believe the person was and then go from there.
 
I expect them to be professionals and avoid escalating situations. There are plenty of cops who would have handled that situation much better.

People in service jobs deal with BS all the time, but if they decide to get snarky and escalate situations, they get fired. Why are police held to such a different standard?
I have no idea, but it's probably because they deal with exponentially more BS than the average. Other big reason is they are part of a union, it's not that easy to fire someone.
 
People are shooting each other left and right, women are being raped and abused, kids are being molested, and this cop is proud to catch some dude driving a frigging golf cart while tipsy.

True crime fighter right there, glad he was on service at the right time to bag this hardened criminal.

You seem confused, what have all of the other crimes anything to do with drunk driving? It does not change the fact that it's illegal and it's their job to protect the roads...
 
I expect them to be professionals and avoid escalating situations. There are plenty of cops who would have handled that situation much better.

People in service jobs deal with BS all the time, but if they decide to get snarky and escalate situations, they get fired. Why are police held to such a different standard?
Because they are the ones that would have to punish themselves for anything illegal, so they obviously wouldn't do that. And they work hand-in-hand with the courts, so the courts aren't going to want to cross them either.

How many times do we hear of a department conducting an internal review and then finding that they did nothing wrong? lol
 
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I too have contempt for drunk drivers. But a police officer is inevitably going to come in contact with a lot of criminals (or alleged criminals) and it's part of their job to remain patient and professional, and do their best to deescalate situations. His comments were intentionally inflammatory - it was clear that he was patronizing Brunette and looking to get a reaction out of him. He probably encounters situations like these hundreds of times a year, he should know better.
In an ideal world, absolutely...unfortunately, in practice this isn't really the case for significant portions of Law Enforcement. They're training in de-escalation is minimal compared to other things and have demonstrated either a lack of ability or lack of motivation/interest in doing so.
 
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It takes a 30 second Google search to see the context leading to the police officer pulling Brunette over and how wrong you are.


Nothing there intimates the opposite. He suspected a guy of DUI then followed him for SEVENTEEN minutes waiting for him to roll a stop sign? Come on lol.
 
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People are shooting each other left and right, women are being raped and abused, kids are being molested, and this cop is proud to catch some dude driving a frigging golf cart while tipsy.

True crime fighter right there, glad he was on service at the right time to bag this hardened criminal.
It's not like he chose to ignore a shooting and take this on instead. All laws are policed....I suspect if a more urgent issue arose in their area, they probably would have gone there. I didn't realize the back story until now....but even without that, I have no problem pulling someone over for rolling a stop....I wish there was cop parked near my house pulling people over. I have a stop sign about 20 feet past my driveway (3-way stop), if I look out the window and watch 10 cars go by (assuming no other cars are around)...4-5 might slow down to 40km/hr and blow through (speed limit is 40km hr.....)....2-3 will roll the stop, which isn't a huge deal and maybe 1 will actually stop.

My point.....no problem with pulling over for the rolling stop.....whatever, it's a violation, doesn't mean a ticket will result from it....I'm guessing they'd pull up their information and if nothing comes up, give warning and on their way.

I do think, generally, people in a position of authority go on power trips from time to time, obviously some way worse than others....some you have to give the benefit of the doubt because of the BS they deal with. I see hockey refs the same.....some go on huge power trips....they are all human.....doesn't excuse bad behaviour though......not sure I'd come down too hard on this guy though, didn't seem too abrasive to me.
 
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