{"id":4627,"date":"2011-06-13T15:42:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T20:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=4627"},"modified":"2011-06-14T07:34:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T12:34:35","slug":"were-going-down-the-rabbit-hole-here-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=4627","title":{"rendered":"We’re going down the rabbit hole here, people."},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Ward hosts a popular talk show in the afternoons on one of our AM radio stations. I was a pretty regular listener to Mr. Ward’s show for a while (until the AM radio in my car stopped working).<\/p>\n

Jeff Ward was also arrested Thursday night and charged with DWI.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Ward allegedly failed a field sobriety test. It’s not clear if he had blood drawn or was given a breath test, like the 37 people who were arrested on Friday or Saturday night during “no refusal” weekend.<\/a><\/p>\n

But here’s what makes the story blog worthy, in my opinion. Today, the Travis County DA announced he’s dropping the charges against Jeff Ward.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBased on their internal review, APD expressed concerns about significant weaknesses in the arrest, specifically whether probable cause existed to file a DWI charge,\u201d Escamilla said in a statement today. \u201cAfter our review of the evidence, including the officer\u2019s in-car video, we confirmed to APD that there was not sufficient evidence to support a DWI charge. Therefore, the Travis County attorneys office will take no further action.\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Either the APD falsely arrested an innocent citizen, they arrested a citizen who was guilty but botched the arrest so badly that the DA didn’t feel like the case was prosecutable, or they dropped a DWI charge against a prominent local citizen for political reasons. There’s no way to spin this so it looks good.<\/p>\n

Edited to add 6\/14: Second day coverage in the Statesman<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Interesting points:<\/p>\n