Jackson Jambalaya

So he was hauling ass and refused to obey the cops and got angry because he used to be a first responder and now he’s using a family members medical condition to excuse his putting the motoring public and police in harms way? Why not just say I made a mistake and acted improperly and plead guilty to the charges?

Defense tactic sounds reasonable unless weaving and jerking all over the road, which could have been caused by distraction of phone. In that case, should be ticketed for distracted driving or whatever texting drivers get ticketed for.

Distracted driving should be treated the same as DUI. At least the drunks are looking at the road.

Doesn't look very distraught in that mug shot.

Zero tolerance is dumb. Are these facts are provable?

If true, should be easy to prove. Sounds like a first responder who can’t maintain composure in a high stress situation. I wouldn’t want him working on my family. Was he a volunteer fireman with homemade flashing lights on his z-71 and now thinks he’s always been a first responder? Or, is he really a first responder? The more you know…

Question: My understanding is that field sobriety tests are not mandatory in Mississippi, only in-custody breathalizer testing. Is this correct? If yes, he could only be charged with failure to submit a test if he was in custody. Thanks.

I'm inclined to give him a little slack simply because he didn't use that "you don't know who I am?" routine.

he should know if you put your "Hazard lights " on, you can go as fast as you want .... amature .

Five anonymous-dumbasses have posted, plus Cruise-Spader, making it six. None of whom have any facts and simply wants set someone's britches ablaze. Safe bet 80% of the legislature has, at one or another, shown up for legislative session drunk as a hoot own. Thank God for the Gaveling-Out procedure.

Rules for thee but not for me.

Is the child ok?

I notice that the charge is DUI 1st offense, not DUI refusal or DUI no test, so that implies that he took the test and failed. This is a booking sheet and not the actual affidavit, so that may not be correct. But there could have been a family emergency at a time when he was in no shape to drive, which would erode his decision making skills even farther.

Tate will pardon him on the way out of the door.

11:!6, I think your first mistake is assuming this guy was telling the truth when he:

"stated that he was arrested for refusing to submit to further testing and his distraught demeanor during the encounter"

In fact, he was probably arrested for suspicion of DUI.

Typical legislator behavior which almost always involves attempted avoidance of responsibility.

Yup. Garden-variety douche bag. "Let me tie this up in court for a while, and I'll make it all go away. Everyone else? Throw the book at them".

And, the guilty dog barks the loudest. Can't follow the basic rules everyone else is expected to? Then step down Jeff.

He is a white man and a politician in Mississippi. He can go to rehab, say he is sorry and get up and do it again. It is the standard here. He is part of the club. It will be okay. Just another day in this state. Maybe if he gets off, yall can do a show on how great he is. Don’t yall usually rally around them when they accidentally mess up. Who cares if they could have killed someone - would that life of even mattered? His picture looks like all the other backward thinkers. Stereotypical. U can spot them from a mile away or wait til they open their mouth. They are so easy to identify these days.

I am loving the absolute vitriol in the comments. Assumptions. Hatred. Disgust. Condemnation. A bunch of pedestal-dwelling angels judging from up on high with very little factual basis from which to form a valid position. Oh wait, it's the internet. Judgement and holier-than-thou ignorance is par for the course.

Hmm. If I were cold-sober and trying to reach my granddaughter in an emergency, and a cop stopped me thinking I was DUI, I would have blown the sides out of the breathalyzer and then asked him for a ride, or at least to help make a hole for my wife and I to reach her. I cannot envision that getting into a roadside scrap with a cop would occur to me as being the best/fastest way to get to her. I also cannot envision a smallish town cop pulling over a cold-sober state senator, who tells them he and his wife are racing to the hospital, etc. and that cop deciding it would be an amusing little diversion to their evening (and career) to railroad him on completely false DUI, resisting, etc. charges. IOW, someone is lying like a worn-out rug. This ought to be career-ending for one of the "sides" in this thing. It almost certainly won't be, but ought to be.

Surprised he was able to find anything to drink given the state of Tate's ABC warehouse.

@8:25 Not that I agree with your whining about people being mean to a politician (politicians are incompetent dorks who need bullying), what did you expect from this website?

Exactly. Doesn't pass the smell test....lots of boo boo in his story.

You obviously don't know how full of shit most Mississippians actually are.....this "senator" guy is one of them.

I know someone who spent 4 illegal days in jail for "fleeing".......he also was trying to help his friend get to his "dying" grandpa. Is the child ok ?

Mississippi stock really is so peasant.

I guess he must come from humble beginnings despite being a representative, but that is one peasant looking person. That shirt is horrendous too. Try shaving.

Looking at his face just makes me feel uncomfortable it is so ugly.

DUI refusal is not a state crime. A refusal of a properly offered in-custody breath/blood/urine test is an administrative suspension of a Mississippi license for 90 days.

DUI is DUI, but refusal of the breath test is not a state crime.

Under the 5th Amendment, no person is required to participate in field sobriety testing conducted by the properly trained officer.

The refusal to comply charge better come with some other fact scenario.

Never, ever take a test from a cop when the results are subjective.