Alabama football icon Ken “The Snake” Stabler was acquitted of drunk and reckless driving following three hours of testimony at a municipal trial this week in Robertsdale, AL. He had been arrested there earlier in the summer after narrowly missing a police officer who was writing up another vehicle (reckless driving) and then admitting to drinking but refusing to take a breathalyzer test. As you can see from the video, the police officer that arrested him displayed both professionalism and courtesy during the arrest while Stabler at best sounds and acts addled. If convicted he faced mandatory jail time because this would have been his third conviction of driving under the influence.
I am always hesitant to doubt the wheels of justice but his repeat offender status, obvious impaired state in the video, and the police officers testimony make me wonder if his football stardom of yore and almost idol status in Alabama became more important in this case than justice In what looks like a cut and dry case, an obviously star struck judge ruled that the prosecution did not prove their case. Bah!
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