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Another Case of Cop Immunity

By Lawrence Taylor

 The drunk driving double standard continues… Outcry Swift After DUI Charges Against Officer Dropped   Indianapolis, IN.  Aug. 20 – Questions about how Indianapolis police have handled a fatal drunken-driving investigation of one of their own officers became that much more pointed Thursday. Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi announced he would drop the most serious charges against officer David Bisard. Why? Because Bisard’s fellow police officers had botched the case. The reaction was swift — and far-reaching. An embarrassed Public Safety Director Frank Straub announced that the FBI will be brought in on the case. He also removed a lieutenant from his positions as commander of the department’s hit-and-run unit and coordinator of the multiagency Fatal Alcohol Crash Team...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on August 20, 2010 (boomark / email).