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The Thin Blue Line Exception

By Lawrence Taylor

Just the most recent example of the double standard applied when cops, prosecutors or judges are busted by honest officers for drunk driving: Officer Found Not Guilty of OUI Charge Northborough, MA.  Feb. 19  –  A judge has cleared a town police officer of drunken driving after throwing out his blood alcohol reading because it was taken at the hospital without his consent. Earlier this month James Scesny, 38, of Clinton, was found not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol and not responsible for a charge of marked lanes violation by Fitchburg District Court Judge Andrew Mandell. The charges stemmed from a May 2007 accident in Clinton in which Scesny and his girlfriend were injured when the car he was driving struck a telephone pole...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on February 21, 2008 (boomark / email).