How can you play the race card when you're stopped at a DWI checkpoint? I hope he's not doing that, I'd lost ALL respect for him.

I'm not human like the others,,,,,i never do anything wrong.

richard@unity...yes, he did lose his job and probably his profession- I don't believe another law enforcement agency will hire him which is good, because my friend went to visit him yesterday and HE IS PLAYING THE RACE CARD (supposedly white officers were the ones doing the sobriety test). Playing the race card is totally unacceptable. He broke the law, now he has to suffer the consequences.

Did he lose his job?

He is a friend of mine, has been for a long time. He's human like the rest of us and entitled to make a mistake. Yes he was an officer at the time of the offense, no he isn't above the law, no he doesn't look good in "orange", yes he is a fairly big guy. By the comments the majority of you have made, I’m sure you’ve been 100% angelic and model citizens all of your lives and have never done anything wrong or anything that requires forgiveness or redemption. Don’t be so rash to cast a negative judgment on someone who is human like the rest of us. Tomorrow you’ll go on commenting about the next story, while he’ll have to deal with this on an ongoing basis. Not condoning the behavior, but still supporting my friend.