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The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sucks. Apparently they have taken their duties to a new level. They swept 30 bars and arrested 36 people last weekend for public intoxication.

Mind you, these people were not making a lot of noise. The bars in question didn’t feel they were out of hand. The people were not driving. Some of them were pulled out of hotel bars where they had rented rooms for the evening.

They were arrested just because the police wanted to arrest people.

The law is on the cop’s side though. The law says they can arrest people “anywhere” for public intoxication. Basically, if you’re not inside your own house, and your BAC is over .08, you’re subject to being arrested.

The police said that the sweep was in order to preempt drunken driving incidents.

Still, it’s obnoxious. If a person is drinking and not causing a problem, he should be allowed to continue as he is. Once he becomes a ‘problem’ drunk, feel free to come on down and drop him in the drunk tank. Once he gets behind the wheel, feel free to pull him over.

But pulling him out of the bar just so you can make a bust? That’s BS. Legal, but bullshit.