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California City Council Candidate Cleared of DUI Checkpoint Misconduct

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A DUI checkpoint was the scene of what some call a local politics power play, but the local government candidate in question was acquitted of criminal wrongdoing after interacting with police at the checkpoint. Planning commissioner Jim Righeimer is a candidate for the City Council of Costa Mesa, California, in the upcoming elections. Righeimer was recently involved in an incident that came under fire, not for being under suspicion of DUI, but after he talked with police officers at a DUI checkpoint in a way that some saw as an abuse of power, according to an article in the Orange County Register. After the incident – which was investigated by city officials – critics said that Righeimer attempted to misuse his power as planning commissioner to confront the police officers at the DUI checkpoint and to direct them to discontinue their activities...continue to full post

Full post as published by The DUI Blog on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).