Rafer Alston was found not guilty yesterday of a DWI charge he picked up back on August 7th. He was initially stopped for driving without his headlights on, but when police began questioning the Rockets' guard, he became increasingly irritated with the proceedings, and ended up asking the officer to take him in, because he was apparently done answering questions. The good news is that Alston beat the rap, because the video didn't show him acting like someone who had had too much to drink. But had he been a little more patient and a little less hostile to the officer during the line of questioning, it's likely that the incident wouldn't have escalated to an arrest in the first place.
Video after the jump.
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10-25-2008 @ 7:33PM
Alex said...
Hahahaha, golden. Rafer Alston is pretty badass to slide from this.
I HAD JAMBALAYA. SAUSAGE RICE BEANS. Now take me in!
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10-26-2008 @ 11:46AM
cricket said...
Driving with your headlights off ,3 o'clock in the morning, and the police pulls him over ? Yeah, sounds like racial profiling to me. How long before extortionists / agitators, sharpton and jackson, get in on this action ?????????
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10-27-2008 @ 9:35AM
matrix said...
Dude is driving an aston martin for Christ's sake. Are you kidding me? And after cuffing him, the cop had to look over to his partner for acknowledgement. Shu, i'd be pissed too if you asked me same questions repeatedly like you have some preconceived notion about my disposition. I am happy the video was available to exonerate him.
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10-27-2008 @ 1:54PM
Jay (Houston) said...
http://www.ridelust.com/protect-your-rights-how-to-deal-with-the-police-if-you-get-pulled-over/
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