Archive for March 14, 2008

Like many bloggers, I take time to visit other blogs. Some are sites that I visit on a regular basis. Some I find through doing searches. And, every so often I come across a post that really jumps out at me and makes me sit up and take notice.

Yesterday while I was making my "rounds" of the blogs I visit regularly, I came across a news link that had been posted on the 13th juror, a blog written and maintained by Jacqueline Dowd, an attorney in Florida.

The article, from the March 12th issue of the Austin American-Statesman, dealt with an incident involving a man who had been detained at a homeless shelter by the local police. Moreover the article mentioned blood alcohol levels that were twice the legal limit – drunk in public.   (more…)