http://www.ocolly.com/update-justin...-aggravated-dui-arrest-1.2875750#.T8vJ0c0ctEj .24 is just a massive BAC reading, coupled with a previous DUI in 2010 and this cat needs to examine what he is doing exactly.
Thing is, he had one 2010, and this one with the .24 is really high. No one is saying he cannot ever have a drink again, or even get his drink on, what is clear is he cannot quite handle his choices. Cabs are cheap, he is a millionaire, if he thinks cabs suck, and they do, the DD it, or make other choices. Not quite on point with what you had to say however I've been down this road and it does not lead to a happy place.
Not a millionaire yet, but will be soon. Regular joe's take cabs and limos all the time. It's not money with these guys. It's their stupidty, or ego or combination thereof.
How hard is it to call a cab or just ask any random person on the street if they'd like to give an NFL player a ride home?
unfortunately, a lotttttt of players feel the power of the limelight and feel theyre sometimes above the law... and then again, maybe he just has an alcohol problem that needs to be addressed...
Very dumb on his part. He knows he's being potrayed as a role model even more so since the draft when he showed up with that young girl/cancer paitent.
Haha he plead not guilty. Just delaying the inevitable dummy. At least depending on where he's at the next time he does this it may turn to a felony due to priors.
Not a dumb plea. He's got a much better chance of getting a favorable deal once he gets a good lawyer with his NFL money. Doubtful he'll get jail time, but two convictions gets your license suspended for 6 months in Florida I believe. NFL players have access to free cab rides thru the NFL, anywhere they are (OT: I'm putting that in my next contract in lieu of a weekly bonus. lol). Perhaps he wasn't aware of that. Second DUI in two years. Doesn't make him a bad guy. Perhaps just immature, or possibly an alcohol problem. But at the least he's made a couple of poor choices of late.
Hmm, not sure I agree, not every auto accident that leads to death involves alcohol, so in that sense everyone who drives a vehicle is a potential killer. What does trouble me is that is a really, really, high .BAC, in NC he would have to use a blow and go for 3 yrs to get his license re-issued and his license would be suspended for 4 yrs off of the bat for 2 dui's in a 6 month period.
I can't make the blanket statement that anyone whose ever made a mistake is a bad person. But once should have been enough. Especially with the stigma this carries for a public figure. Now I may have given him some leeway if he'd have gotten his DUI in the drive-thru at McDonalds. Strictly for the comedy factor. (kidding of course)
I tend to agree with this. saw a girl get arrested last week who blew a .24, just like Blackmon. While the officer had her pulled over she was adamant that not only was she not drunk, but that she hadn't even been driving and the officer had "intercepted her on the way to her car from her house"-- her words--in reality she was indeed driving, and weaving across lanes. With most things in life, you can understand one mistake, two is absolutely unacceptable. And with drinking and driving, especially to this degree (a .24), you are certainly going beyond just "immature" or "irresponsible". By making that decision you are putting yourself and everyone else on the road in danger. And with DUI, there are SO MANY warnings and PSAs and lectures and examples of the absolute dangers of driving drunk these days, that I'm hesitant to even forgive the first mistake. There is no way you can talk to a first time DUI offender who can honestly claim that they didn't know the danger in what they did. I'm not saying this guy needs to be crucified or put in jail for years and years, but a slap on the wrist misdemeanor cite is laughable. Unfortunately, this is the law.
Well, here is the my issue with that pennp, the odds of being caught for a DWI are quite slim, something like 1 in 200. If that is true, and iirc that is from the late 90's, there should be dozens of fatal crashes for every 10k cars, as there are tens of millions of cars in the US instead there are around 32,000 per yr or 1 every 6,800 cars with 45% of those being "alcohol related" or 1 every 12,000 cars. To put that into perspective, there are 25k alcohol related traffic fatalities per yr, 18k death due to aids every yr. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_alcohol_related_deaths_occur_each_year With my point being alcohol "related" notice that can also mean below an illegal .BAC but the driver had consumed some measurable amount of alcohol, which does make them preventable however the actual, measurable damage caused is somewhat subject to hyperbole. There is no MAA (mothers against aids) campaigns yet it causes 80% of the deaths as alcohol related crashes and is also completely preventable. This is not to excuse Blackmon at all, however it is to bring facts to the table in this discussion.
I see your points, however the numbers you are throwing out there would be assuming that every time someone gets behind the wheel drunk they will cause an accident, no? That is obviously not the case, and plenty of people do drive drunk and not harm anyone. My point is that driving drunk still increases the odds of being in a fatal car accident than driving sober, and is completely avoidable. As to your AIDS comparison, no, there is no MAA, but there are plenty of organizations and campaigns to spread aids awareness and prevention. For instance http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/ is one of them. And merely having AIDS mostly only endagers oneself, until that person begins to knowingly or irresponsibly spread it through various means that can be prevented, and only then the comparisons to DUI start to appear. AIDS in and of itself doesn't really apply, but the knowing and haphazard spread of it to others without their consent would be a valid link. And i'm not sure on laws and precedent there but if Law and Order has taught me anything (lol) I believe people have been tried in court for knowingly spreading HIV to innocents.
Update: Blackmon plead guilty and received a 500 dollar fine and 50 hours of community service, which he probably has to do for the jaguars anyway.Slap on the wrist!!
