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Members-only Philly cop bar has been linked to two DUIs and a third crash

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by jacobgorm

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When I lived in the US I was surprised about how casually everyone treated DUI. In Northern Europe, where I am from, driving after drinking is socially unacceptable in Generation X and younger.

by jdboyd

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by FireBeyond

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This is absolutely endemic to many police departments.
Remember the case where the cop arrested the nurse for refusing to administer a blood draw without a warrant following a car accident?
He was so anxious to get the blood draw because his supervisor had told him to, because the other party in the MVA was an off-duty cop who was drunk and had blown through a red light. They were desperate to find anything to pin on the person in hospital (who later died) while stalling on a blood test for their fellow cop, so they could shift/diminish liability.

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by jayofdoom

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I used to go to a members-only bar in Apex, NC (in NC, at least at the time, if >50% of your sales was alcohol, you had to be a "club"). The last time I ever went there was when someone called the bartender and "reported" a DUI checkpoint down the road and they announced it in the bar.
Why do some folks think it's OK to put other people at risk to this level?

by giraffe_lady

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My local AA group is about half active & retired cops just due to neighborhood history & demographics. And hooooly shit the stuff I have heard in there over the years.
Pretty much any sort of common malfeasance or misconduct you've heard a cop accused of I have heard them confess as part of a drinking story. And these guys aren't forced into sobriety or anything. These are the ones who want to be there, these are the good ones!

by metalman

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the title could just be
"Members-only Philly cop bar"
everyone would instantly go "uh oh" and fall into two categories ,#1 I dont want to know, #2 I cant help myself