Officer chooses not to give breathalyzer to Kent County prosecutor

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Grand Rapids police are reviewing an officer's decision not to give a breathalyzer test to a Kent County assistant prosecutor who struck a parked car going the wrong way on a one-way street.

Article here. 

The crash involving Assistant Prosecutor Josh Kuiper happened about 12:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 on Union Avenue at Avalon Terrace, south of Fulton Street. A person who was getting items out of the other vehicle had minor injuries and was taken to Mercy Health St. Mary's hospital for treatment.

He was later suspended from work, and asked to take a substance abuse evaluation. 

Did you know? Michigan was the first state to support the 21st Amendment to repeal Prohibition

Michigan, in 1933, was the first state which voted to ratify the 21st Amendment, which repealed Prohibition.

Prior to that, even possession of small amounts of alcohol in Michigan was a felony. 

Being drunk and annoying isn't a crime, says court.

Indiana’s public-intoxication law makes a criminal of someone who, while drunk in a public place, “harasses, annoys, or alarms another person.”

Or at least it did.

Rodregus Morgan, who was arrested in 2012 for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, challenged the law in court as too vague.

Article here. 

Mr. Morgan argued both in trial court and in the Indiana Court of Appeals that the state legislature couldn’t have possibly intended to allow police officers to make an arrest for any behavior they find annoying. (Imagine the possibilities.)

On Thursday, the Indiana Court of Appeals sided with Mr. Morgan.