Here's some more fun facts about Lehmberg's DWI.
Blood Alcohol level of 0.238 - that's 3 times the legal limit.
To put it another way - 0.238 BAC is midway between "Fraternity Hazing Drunk" and "Drinking to Forget It All Drunk"
A more serious issue is attempting to use her office and position (and powerful connections) to pressure police into releasing her, despite being out-of-control, kick-the-door and stamp-the-floor drunk. Watch the videos again. You'll see her do all of that, plus say the following:
"Did you call Greg [a local sheriff, and presumably a friend and ally]? Did you tell him you had the DA in jail?"
Later she insists she isn't drunk. The policewoman patiently explains that be this as it may (and it isn't -- she's plainly drunk), she still has been arrested.
In what can easily be perceived as a rank-pulling threat, Lehmberg answers, "That's y'all's problem, not mine."
So - she was drunk-driving, dangerously over the limit, swerving into oncoming traffic, driving in the bike lane. During her arrest, she continuously pulled rank on cops just doing their jobs as officers and kept demanding they call "Greg" the Sheriff and see what Greg the Sheriff would have to say about it.
Drunk driving is one thing. Bullying lawfully-acting cops into committing an unlawful act by pulling political rank is quite another thing.
So this woman should be in charge of prosecuting citizens, and also investigating public integrity questions, eh?
I don't think so - apparently neither did Rick Perry. People in her own party asked her to resign as well as Governor Perry. She refused. So Perry defunded her department and made sure that she didn't have the resources to continue misusing her position.
And he didn't step one jot out of his legal authority to do so.
That's why all those Democratic Pundits and Law Professors are trying to caution their more excitable fellows to re-consider this thing. They know it's going to backfire.
Blood Alcohol level of 0.238 - that's 3 times the legal limit.
To put it another way - 0.238 BAC is midway between "Fraternity Hazing Drunk" and "Drinking to Forget It All Drunk"
A more serious issue is attempting to use her office and position (and powerful connections) to pressure police into releasing her, despite being out-of-control, kick-the-door and stamp-the-floor drunk. Watch the videos again. You'll see her do all of that, plus say the following:
"Did you call Greg [a local sheriff, and presumably a friend and ally]? Did you tell him you had the DA in jail?"
Later she insists she isn't drunk. The policewoman patiently explains that be this as it may (and it isn't -- she's plainly drunk), she still has been arrested.
In what can easily be perceived as a rank-pulling threat, Lehmberg answers, "That's y'all's problem, not mine."
So - she was drunk-driving, dangerously over the limit, swerving into oncoming traffic, driving in the bike lane. During her arrest, she continuously pulled rank on cops just doing their jobs as officers and kept demanding they call "Greg" the Sheriff and see what Greg the Sheriff would have to say about it.
Drunk driving is one thing. Bullying lawfully-acting cops into committing an unlawful act by pulling political rank is quite another thing.
So this woman should be in charge of prosecuting citizens, and also investigating public integrity questions, eh?
I don't think so - apparently neither did Rick Perry. People in her own party asked her to resign as well as Governor Perry. She refused. So Perry defunded her department and made sure that she didn't have the resources to continue misusing her position.
And he didn't step one jot out of his legal authority to do so.
That's why all those Democratic Pundits and Law Professors are trying to caution their more excitable fellows to re-consider this thing. They know it's going to backfire.