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Originally Posted by Mike Murrell
"ASSUME" doesn't hold up in court.
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OK, refusal to take a test is an offense with an equal penalty and insurance damage to DWI. The refusal is the offense, technically, not the DWI. (You sign a consent form stating this when you get your license.)
Far easier to handle something like that administratively than violently. But a lot of the USA seems to be only one step above a banana republic as far as official use of force.
Here's a case from Chicago. Nurse refused to participate in the torture of a DUI suspect, so the pig arrested her as well:
Nurse Sues After Arrest – Refused To Take Blood From DUI Arrestee | CHICAGO LAWYER BLOG | PERSONAL INJURY | DUI | SUSPENDED-REVOKED LICENCES | EXPUNGEMENTS