Did she get them on a technicality?

Friendly reminder that the reason we get funny headlines like this from Florida is that the state allows the media full access to their police records so they can find stories like this

But also because Florida is full of these.
- “Innocent until proven guilty” but also your photo is published for posterity so when someone puts your name into their favourite search engine it’s the first thing to pop up, next to a crime you didn’t commit.

Wait, her argument is it's the act of drinking (actually passing the liquid into your mouth) that's illegal?

i guess she's going by the "don't drink and drive" rule, a little too literally. but the law obviously doesn't say that; it says under influence/while intoxicated, so even on a technicality she doesn't pass.

I hope this is the beginning of a new Sovereign Citizen style movement that uses hyper-literal misinterpretations of the law as a defense.

I feel like the law is not drunk driving but something more like "operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level above something something..."
- Yeah, it's usually Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), not, "Drinking and Driving." But its not like facts have any influence over the Sovereign Citizen movement, so I don't see why we should start here.
New? People being people I'm sure we must have been attempting this kind of defense since Hammurabi, if not earlier...

I'm not driving, I'm traveling! 😁

(I used to hate SovCits, but honestly tho, now Americans need more "SovCits" more than ever, there's not enough resistance. I kinda sympathize with them now, they're just a little confused, but got the spirit. Where all the "anti-tyranny" people at? 🤔)

(Edit: And yes I see the article is from 2024)

I don't think sovcits care about the larger picture of legalism, per se, as much as finding loopholes in it that they can then close after themselves. The ones who want to share their, uh, "discoveries" about manipulating The Man seem to want to sell what they know at a premium.

Defendant: Nuh, uh. Everyone knows it’s called “DWI”—driving while intoxicated—which doesn’t really help me either, does it?

When I was like 4 I went nuts on my mom for drinking and driving. Nevermind that it was a diet coke...

I was that kid, too, but about smoking.

making fun of people's mugshots is conservative slop

imagine finding it fun to humiliate people you've captured with your unlimited monopoly on state violence, seems pretty fash cucked to me

I agree with the sentiment but there isn't a single post in this thread commenting on the appearance of the mugshot.
- Pointing out apropos of nothing, that it's an appearance to make fun of, is in itself a similar behavior to what is being criticized.
- zoom out a little bit there chief
  what do you think was the state's point in generating that mugshot? what do you think the memer's point was in using their photograph? that's probably a real human being and you know nothing about them, including whether or not they were even charged with the crime mentioned in this boot licker meme.
Im not seeing any other comments here talking about her looks?
And i think going after drunk drivers is one of the things im pretty okay with the state using its 'unlimited monopoly on violence' for.
- Me too! #believefloridawoman #timesupatthestopsign
- you literally know nothing about the person pictured including whether they were booked for the charge mentioned in this random meme
  stop licking boot

Lawyer: Dude, this defense is so rock solid.

Hey did you happen to get bit by a dog? 'Cause I'm kind of a mack at dog bites.

In Germany, you are allowed to drink while driving if you stay below the limit.

You will 100% get pulled over for a funny test, though.

Yeah, the magic word in the law isn't "driving." It's "while intoxicated." You don't suddenly stop being drunk when you put your beer away. Human physiology doesn't work that way.