Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:49:00
Schadenfreude goes both ways - Rob Briley goes nuts
We all had a good laugh at Larry Craig. Now the Dems get to duck and cover for a few days, even though this guy is “only” a Tennessee state Democrat, not a national player. Rob Briley just lost his mind after getting stopped for DUI.
Nazi references, singing “Springtime For Hitler,” sobbing and begging to get shot? Holy crap. This is better than the guy “crying” about Britney. You wilkl have to jump around...go forward like three minutes, watch him throw a fit on the side of the road, then jump ahead to 8 minutes or so and listen to him verbally abuse and then beg the arresting officer.
Classic. Someone is gonna have to resign tomorrow morning. :) Here’s some details on what happened leading up to this, plus some stuff about who this guy is.
A heavily intoxicated Briley, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, fled the scene of an accident in DeKalb County on Saturday afternoon, then led police in Wilson County on a 100-mile-an-hour chase before finally stopping, according to police reports and court documents.
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Briley is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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According to warrants filed in Wilson County Sessions Court, Briley was clocked at 72 mph in a 45-mph zone of Sparta Pike.
Watertown Police Department Officer Ricky Lucy fell in behind the speeding Nissan SUV and turned on his blue lights and siren.
Briley glanced back, then sped up, reaching speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, according to the arrest report filed by Lucy.
When Briley finally stopped in the middle of the road, Lucy and another officer approached the vehicle with guns drawn.
Briley got out of the vehicle with his hands raised, but then went back to the SUV and drank from a blue plastic cup, Lucy’s report stated.
Briley “had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage … also had red watery eyes,” failed a field sobriety test and appeared to be in a “high level of intoxication,” according to the warrants signed by Lucy.
Briley complained to the arresting officers of injuries to his hand and elbow and said he had been taking anti-depressant medicine that occasionally made him dizzy.
Lucy said in his report that he began to give Briley field sobriety tests but that Briley was so unstable on his feet that “I felt any further (testing) would be dangerous.”
An empty bottle of Maker’s Mark and bottles of medication were found inside the vehicle, according to the report.
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Briley, grandson of the late Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley, is one of the Legislature’s most powerful members. Besides chairing the Judiciary Committee, which deals with all bills involving the criminal justice system, he is a member of the House Ethics Committee and played a central role in shaping ethics legislation that was enacted by the General Assembly last year.
The judiciary committee is scheduled to review a proposal to overhaul of the state’s drunken-driving laws next year.
Hat tip: Ace
Posted by JimK at 12:49 AM on September 13, 2007
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#2 Posted by Drumwaster 
on 09/13 at 10:54 AM -
Even money that he doesn’t resign, but instead “enters rehab”.
DUI plus clearly irrational behavior = rehab + forgiveness
Tapping one’s foot in a bathroom stall = arrest and prosecution + resign in disgrace
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Jim, are you sure this happened? I mean, I haven’t heard about this nonstop on every channel, including the Food network and Animal Planet. I haven’t heard Leno, Letterman, et. al. make millions of jokes about him, or come up with catchy phrases like he was just waving to the officer. I mean, isn’t that what happens to a pol who does bad things?
Or does he have the Letter of Protection (D)after his?