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The DUI Double Standard

By Lawrence Taylor

So what happens when a cop drives drunk? Ex-Cop Charged with DUI STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOOK OVER CRASH CASE   San Jose, CA.  July 4  -  More than three months after San Jose police failed to test a former cop for intoxication or cite her after a serious multi-car accident, the state attorney general has charged Sandra Woodall with felony drunken driving. Woodall, 39, now an investigator with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, is expected in court Thursday. The charge raises a larger and so far unanswered question: Did police officers at the scene of the March 25 nighttime collision intentionally do an incomplete job while trying to protect Woodall from criminal charges? Soon after realizing one of their own was involved, both police and the district attorney’s office agreed to ask the state prosecutor to look into the case, realizing there was a potential conflict of interest...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on July 07, 2008 (boomark / email).