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NFL Star?s Arresting Officer Faces DUI Problems of his Own

By Topher

NFL football player Jerry Porter was arrested in Bakersfield, California, recently, on suspicion of drunk driving, assaulting an officer and resisting arrest, according to a story by the Associated Press. While Porter is hardly the first prominent athlete to gain unwanted attention with a suspected DUI arrest, this case has taken several strange turns: Starting with the arrest itself and continuing on to the matter of the arresting officer, who is himself under investigation for drunk driving. Furthermore, it is possible that the California Highway Patrol is investigating the officer for alleged brutality in the arrest. Porter, a linebacker who recently signed a contract with the Arizona Cardinals football team, was approached by California Highway Patrol officers in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in Bakersfield...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on March 31, 2010 (boomark / email).