Comments on: When you are Mayor-for-life, you don’t need to stop for red lights http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:28:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tiffany http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-5664 Tiffany Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:58:58 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/#comment-5664 I think the answer to Smouie's Secret Service question is here: "Barry said the incident occurred after he saw Secret Service officers gesturing at him as he drove near the White House. He was giving a brief tour to an out-of-state elected official, whom he would not identify, when authorities stopped him." It wouldn't surprise me if the Secret Service actually did have joint jurisdiction over moving violations in the immediate area of the White House- maybe they don't want to have to wait for local police to arrive if someone comes speeding toward the barricades. I think the answer to Smouie’s Secret Service question is here:

“Barry said the incident occurred after he saw Secret Service officers gesturing at him as he drove near the White House. He was giving a brief tour to an out-of-state elected official, whom he would not identify, when authorities stopped him.”

It wouldn’t surprise me if the Secret Service actually did have joint jurisdiction over moving violations in the immediate area of the White House- maybe they don’t want to have to wait for local police to arrive if someone comes speeding toward the barricades.

]]> By: Maggie http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-5663 Maggie Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:50:08 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/#comment-5663 Maybe they were hoping to see if he was on crack since they couldn't find any alcohol in his system... Maybe they were hoping to see if he was on crack since they couldn’t find any alcohol in his system…

]]> By: Don http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-5662 Don Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:44:14 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/#comment-5662 It's also possible to be unable to capture a good reading with a breathalyzer if the perp refuses to use it correctly... It’s also possible to be unable to capture a good reading with a breathalyzer if the perp refuses to use it correctly…

]]> By: smouie kablooie http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-5661 smouie kablooie Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:26:25 +0000 http://dc.metblogs.com/2006/09/11/when-you-are-mayor-for-life-you-dont-need-to-stop-for-red-lights/#comment-5661 You know what - I'm actually going to side with Barry on this one. Since when does the Secret Service pull people over for traffic violations? Further, the fact that he took the field sobriety test, and the breathalyzer, means the authorities had an opportunity to capture tangible evidence regarding his sobriety. For a breathalyzer to not produce "an accurate reading" - to me - means that either it wasn't calibrated on a regular basis - which it certainly should be if you are going to be using it to determine whether or not to charge people with DUI - or that it didn't give them the result they were looking for. I hope Barry said the following to them, preferably in an Eric Cartmen voice: "Urine analysis? Screw you guys, I'm going home..." I think that these machines are also supposed to produce a "receipt" that says what the results of each of the two tests were. Can the Washington Post say FOIA? You know what – I’m actually going to side with Barry on this one. Since when does the Secret Service pull people over for traffic violations? Further, the fact that he took the field sobriety test, and the breathalyzer, means the authorities had an opportunity to capture tangible evidence regarding his sobriety. For a breathalyzer to not produce “an accurate reading” – to me – means that either it wasn’t calibrated on a regular basis – which it certainly should be if you are going to be using it to determine whether or not to charge people with DUI – or that it didn’t give them the result they were looking for. I hope Barry said the following to them, preferably in an Eric Cartmen voice: “Urine analysis? Screw you guys, I’m going home…”

I think that these machines are also supposed to produce a “receipt” that says what the results of each of the two tests were. Can the Washington Post say FOIA?

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