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Chambers' Pullover May Be a Bit Controversial

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According to the Sun Sentinel this morning, Chris Chambers passed a breathalyzer test.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-716chambers,0,63668.story

I'm going to say it right now that something is fishy about these charges. Why do I say that? Because not too long ago, D'Anthony Batiste of the Carolina Panthers was pulled over in North Carolina.

Why was he pulled over? According to Batiste, it was for "driving while black".

How can he make such an outrageous claim? Well, Batiste was ACTUALLY pulled over, and forced to allow the police to search his car, because his windows were too tinted, according to the police.

http://news14.com/content/headlines...rrested-for-driving-while-black-/Default.aspx

Batiste was a police officer in Louisiana. He still had a police-issued gun in his car, and after he was forced to submit for a search, they found the gun and charged him with carrying a concealed weapon. Batiste called his superiors back in Louisiana and they all agreed that there was something fishy about the whole thing, and they're the ones that actually suggested that he was actually pulled over for DWB...driving while black.

What does this have to do with Chambers? Well, apparently, Chambers was pulled over by the same police department, the Mecklenburg Police. Same one that pulled over D'Anthony Batiste.

So could it be that Chambers was simply speeding, something all of us are guilty of nearly every day, and because it was 2am or 3am, he was charged with Driving While (not) Intoxicated, reckless driving, etc.?

Or is it also possible that he was charged with all those things not because his Blood Alcohol Content was too high...but rather because his Skin Melanin Content was too high?

Flame me all you want. It's too damn suspicious to me. At the very least, expect the Driving While (not) Intoxicated charges to be dropped, probably the reckless driving ones too.
 
There's no racism in the South!


Seriously though, the race card gets so overplayed that it becomes the 'boy who cried wolf' syndrome. Whatever the case may be, I'm sure they'll be checking the cops out in that town for white hoods in their trrunks.
 
Man I'm hoping this is not another case of DWB. Just when you think the dark ages have passed, a dinosaur rears it's ugly head again.
 
The pity is that the race card gets played so often in so many ridiculous ways that in instances like this where there truly is cause for suspicion, a lot of people just dismiss the possibility out of hand because they're "tired of hearing it".
 
chillwill3000 said:
I had my post removed when I stated the same thing you are saying.
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I don't know what you posted but I would certainly be upset if my post was removed. It would be one thing if I just blindly played the racism card without backing it up but in this case I brought it up only because D'Anthony Batiste received similar treatment from the exact same police department in North Carolina, and Batiste actually had POLICE SUPERVISORS in Louisiana make the accusation of being arrested for DWB.
 
i thought he was pulled over for reckless driving and speeding
when he did pass the breathalyzer test they arrested for impaired since they did feel there was some reason for him driving in the manner he was.
 
Joker2thief said:
i thought he was pulled over for reckless driving and speeding
when he did pass the breathalyzer test they arrested for impaired since they did feel there was some reason for him driving in the manner he was.
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At a certain level of speeding, you can have a reckless driving charge added on, I believe if you're speeding by more than 10 mph over the limit.

In actuality, it looks to me like Chambers very well might have been going 85 mph on a 70 mph highway, pulled over, charged with speeding, reckless driving, and because it was 2am or 3am or whatever, and quite possibly because Chambers was black in a nice vehicle (at least, if you believe D'Anthony Batiste's story, you have to admit it is possible), he was also given a field sobriety test and charged with Driving While Intoxicated...even though he was not Intoxicated.

Remember, they gave him a DWI, not a DUI.
 
Great post and well thought out, appreciate the insight and the research. Thanks.
 
The weird thing is that the arresting officer says that "...there are no police reports for traffic violations."

In the Batiste case, it would be tough to prove a racially motivated pull-over when the windows are tinted. You can't tell what race the driver is when you can't see him or her.
 
My friend's father is a cop and he said the police screw with the breathalizers all the time. I'm not saying Chambers isn't guilty, but I'm also saying that most cops are dirty and corrupt. You give people a little bit of power - they abuse it.
 
ckparrothead said:
At a certain level of speeding, you can have a reckless driving charge added on, I believe if you're speeding by more than 10 mph over the limit.

In actuality, it looks to me like Chambers very well might have been going 85 mph on a 70 mph highway, pulled over, charged with speeding, reckless driving, and because it was 2am or 3am or whatever, and quite possibly because Chambers was black in a nice vehicle (at least, if you believe D'Anthony Batiste's story, you have to admit it is possible), he was also given a field sobriety test and charged with Driving While Intoxicated...even though he was not Intoxicated.

Remember, they gave him a DWI, not a DUI.
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Yes, but in NC, that means "Driving While Impaired", not driving while intoxicated. So, couldn't it also mean that he was tired, drowsy, etc.? And that's what made him "impaired". It was early in the morning.
 
DolfanCole said:
Yes, but in NC, that means "Driving While Impaired", not driving while intoxicated. So, couldn't it also mean that he was tired, drowsy, etc.? And that's what made him "impaired". It was early in the morning.
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If that's the case, then it would give me even more reason to believe that in Mecklenburg, black=impaired.
 
PhinstiGator said:
In the Batiste case, it would be tough to prove a racially motivated pull-over when the windows are tinted. You can't tell what race the driver is when you can't see him or her.
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Not tough to prove when the thing that has Louisiana police supervisors scratching their heads is pulling over a man for a tinted window violation, and then forcing him to submit to a car search instead of just issuing a citation for the window tint.
 
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