March 26, 200620 yr To my knowledge, though, there is no legal limit to how much you can drink unless you are driving. If you're not driving and you're not going to be in public, you're done nothing wrong and you're basically being arrested for the potential of later committing a crime. Being drunk in public is against the law. This is true almost everywhere. Last time I checked a bar is a public place. Where it's right or whether it's wrong, the arrests are 100% lawful.Yes, but what's "drunk" mean? Legally, of course. A bar (and a club for that matter) is a 'public' place in that it is outside of the privacy of your own home, yes. But it's not a public place in that the entry to this building is limited. Also, it is common knowledge that bars and clubs are for drinking. To be arresting people inside of a place that is well known to be for the purpose of being drunk is an attempt to coax people into breaking the law. It's not any government's place to try and trick you into breaking the law.
March 26, 200620 yr It's not any government's place to try and trick you into breaking the law. Undercover drug deals or prostitution stings?
March 26, 200620 yr Drug busts only happen after a process of investigation to build a case, leading up to an arrest on the attempt of someone to completely on their own accord purchase a type of drug. The same goes with a prostitution sting. This would be just walking into a bar, finding the loudest drunk there, and taking him/her to the police station for public intoxication. Completely and totally different.
March 27, 200620 yr coming next: no swearing in public places. That was part of the "good old days." Famous 1st amendment case, name slips my mind, where guy was arrested for saying f*** the draft outdoors. Luckily that stuff is protected now. The case was Cohen v California. Sad to say, there are those who thing that under the reign of Georgie the Powdernosed Chickenhawk, that it should be rescinded. http://stpeteforpeace.org/palmharbor.html If Jack Thompson had his way, swearing in public would get you the death penalty...
March 27, 200620 yr Comedy Central is showing Blue collar comedy tour and Ron white was just on and i thought what a coincidence. "They call me tater salad"
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