That phrase alone shows you that I'd lose?? Because I concatenate words when I speak, and I type like I talk?!? Wanna, gonna, shoulda, coulda are just as much part of the English language as ain't is, kind sir... and ain't is definitely in the dictionary. Welcome to the South.
I'm confused about the bond thing. How else am I supposed to get bonded out when I'm inside a jail?? I didn't have any cash on me, and I didn't know the number for a bondsman. Going to jail was a new experience for me, and I wasn't aware you could bond yourself out.
What funds would I need to sue the city of Gulfport?? It costs money to sue somebody (or some corporation) if you're representing yourself?!?
And to get the facts straight, I had just over two beers. I had tried a bit of Newcastle but thought it tasted like salt water. I had already been to a friend's house, and I went to go eat at IHOP. I ran off the road because of these new 15" rims & tires I got that didn't even compare to the 17s I had before. All four of the crappy tires that were on my car at the time blew out within 2 to 4 weeks. The alcohol had nothing to do with me running off the road, it was my careless driving [and cheap Westlake brand tires], which I admitted to the cop and the prosecutor & judge in court.
If the cops weren't lying, how did I beat a public drunk charge without the assistance of a lawyer?? How could a cop stand in front of a judge, under oath, and say he followed me, watched me spin off into a ditch, throw a box of beer out of the window, watch me get out and barely hold myself up, slur my words, kept asking the same questions over and over, etc.... when the guy never picked me to begin with. He read what the other cop had written up in the discovery, which was also bull.
The truth is that the cop that really picked me up found me walking in my neighborhood, about a mile to two miles away from the accident. Once I was honest in telling him what happened, he told me he'd help me get the car out.. so I hopped in the car with him. The only reason the cop that really picked me up had known I had been drinking is because he asked me. I answered, "Yes", under the assumption that I would need to be tested in some kinda honest fashion, and I obviously knew I was going to pass if I answered yes to that question. Then he asked me how much, and I said, "Two beers." What ticks me off is that he cherry picked what he wanted from my responses; he assumed I was being honest about drinking because I admitted to it, but that I was lying because I gave him the common two beers answer. After he took me to the car, where another cop was staring at my car, asking me why I didn't have a hood on my car... the cop that picked me up placed me in handcuffs and told me I was under arrest. I asked him about the public drunk law, if I could please take some kinda sobriety test, if I could take a DUI if I didn't pass the sobriety test, etc. But all of those were the "same question over and over" to him. I asked him how he woulda known I was drunk if I had not told him I had been drinking quite a few hours earlier... and he proceeded to say I was stumbling (how could I walk more than a mile with an omelet in my hand if I was stumbling so much?) and slurring my words (If I woulda requested that officer's video feed been saved, I would have a much better chance in court proving that I wasn't stumbling or slurring, but I didn't realize you could do such a thing at the time).
Anyway... I still think I've got a good shot at winning since I had a witness to the accident and the courtroom incident where one cop committed perjury. I think the facts of what really happened, compared to the incredibly twisted story the cops made up should gimme a decent chance of winning. I just want the money back that I talked about in a previous post... money that never shoulda came outta my pocket!!
I guess the biggest factor in me going thru with this is how much money will it really cost to sue the city? I thought you could sue anybody for free unless you wanted to pay for a lawyer.
