Mike Williams (Tampa) busted for DUI (1 Viewer)

[jackdubl]

so is he still charged with a dui then?

possibly? Once again I don't know particulars of fla law, but in ga there are 5 ways you can get a dui (used to be 6 but we beat one back), and they often charge multple versions of it (kind of shotgun/throw #### at the wall and see what sticks approach).e.g under these facts they woul need to dismiss the PER SE dui charge ( greater than .08) but could keep the 'was less safe due to consumption of alcohol' standard. With the erratic driving and a .06 it would be one of the many borderlines duis that get pushed through courts all over this great nation because MADD has a GREAT lobby.

Definitely will be charged with a wet reckless. Well, probably will be charged.

 

[jackdubl]

racism is alive and well in the south (and in a lot of other places too) when it comes to the cops. Sorry you have angry white man syndrome, but it's the truth. Look at the incarceration levels. Hell the federal courts had to intervene to force the courts to deal with cocaine (expensive elite version of coke) often diverted and slapped on the wrist, the same as "crack"(the inner city version of coke) where people routinely got 5-10x the jail time for the same thing.

I drove for 10 years (12-16k a yr ) on my tag without the tag light (apparently it was present- but never plugged in at factory) Never got pulled over. I gave my black mechanic my car to repair over the weekend while out of town. He was pulled over (as 4 of my other black clients have been-- no white ones btw) on the way home from the airport with solely the tag light as the basis of the stop. I mean it could be random, but that's pretty eye opening...

That's a funny story. Same thing happened to me in college. Was driving my roommates car home a little too late for the local police. My roommate said he'd never been stopped for that. Guess what we both look like.Here's another one. I went to law school in Idaho but was from California. So every summer I drove back to California. I got pulled over by the same cop twice in the same small nothing of a town somewhere in the middle(once each year I drove through). The first time he said(with a straight face) I was driving 37 in a 35, which was a lie since I had my cruise set at 35 long before I saw him see me. The second time it was the same reason. I was in a fairly nice car and he checked me out with no ticket both times. Didn't remember me, of course. Both times I assured him that I was not speeding even a little.

I can also say as someone from California who visits his mother in Mississippi sometimes, it's a different world down there.

 

[jackdubl]

racism is alive and well in the south (and in a lot of other places too) when it comes to the cops. Sorry you have angry white man syndrome, but it's the truth. Look at the incarceration levels. Hell the federal courts had to intervene to force the courts to deal with cocaine (expensive elite version of coke) often diverted and slapped on the wrist, the same as "crack"(the inner city version of coke) where people routinely got 5-10x the jail time for the same thing.

I drove for 10 years (12-16k a yr ) on my tag without the tag light (apparently it was present- but never plugged in at factory) Never got pulled over. I gave my black mechanic my car to repair over the weekend while out of town. He was pulled over (as 4 of my other black clients have been-- no white ones btw) on the way home from the airport with solely the tag light as the basis of the stop. I mean it could be random, but that's pretty eye opening...

That's a funny story. Same thing happened to me in college. Was driving my roommate's car home a little too late for the local police. I was actually pulled over in my driveway and told not to exit the vehicle. My roommate said he'd never been stopped for that. Guess what we both look like.Here's another one. I went to law school in Idaho but was from California. So every summer I drove back to California. I got pulled over by the same cop twice in the same small nothing of a town somewhere in the middle(once each year I drove through). The first time he said(with a straight face) I was driving 37 in a 35, which was a lie since I had my cruise set at 35 long before I saw him see me. The second time it was the same reason. I was in a fairly nice car and he checked me out with no ticket both times. Didn't remember me, of course. Both times I assured him that I was not speeding even a little.

I can also say as someone from California who visits his mother in Mississippi sometimes, it's a different world down there. I'm no angry black man, either. I'm a very happy half-black man. But there's a couple of my experiences shared for you to evaluate. There's other instances, of course.

Not that this has anything to do with Mike Williams, but who knows.

 

[LawFitz]

DWB is very real, even in 2010. Sad.

 

[Sarnoff]

The St. Petersburg Times reports that the Hillsborough State Attorney's Office will not prosecute Bucs rookie WR Mike Williams for a charge of driving under the influence. Williams was arrested in November, and tests indicated that his blood-alcohol level was 0.065 percent and 0.061 percent, below the threshold of 0.08 at which the state presumes a driver is impaired. But authorities said Williams failed a field-sobriety test, smelled of alcohol and appeared to have glassy eyes. State attorney spokesman Mark Cox said Friday that lab results showed Williams had no drugs in his system. Prosecutors decided to drop the DUI charge after reviewing those results and Williams' performance in the roadside field-sobriety test. "We're pleased by this news and are happy for Mike, who is already focused on an exciting 2011 season," said Bucs director of communications Jonathan Grella.