• CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    That’s not how field sobriety tests work, because they don’t actually work at all, they’re just a way to give cops a justification for their suspicions without conducting an actually functional test.

    • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      So if someone is clearly high and they blow a 0 on a breathalyzer should cops just let them go? Run a blood sample on the side of the road? Or should they just arrest them based on nothing more than “I believe they were impaired.” At least a field sobriety test tries to provide an objective standard.