Sober Man Gets DUI for 'Looking Drunk'

A sober man got a DUI this week because he “looked drunk.”

According to the Daily Mail, Jessie Thornton, 64, was pulled over this weekend in Surprise, Arizona for drunk driving. But Thornton wasn’t drunk. He took a breathalyzer test and registered a 0.000 blood alcohol level. Still, officers arrested the sober man for a DUI because they just knew that he was drunk.

Thornton said: “’An officer walked up and he said ‘I can tell you’re driving DUI by looking in your eyes.’ I take my glasses off and he says, ‘You’ve got bloodshot eyes.’ I do the breathalyzer and it comes back zero, zero, zero.”

The 64-year-old man was then taken to the police station where he was examined by a DRE, drug recognition expert.

Thornton told ABC News: “After he did all the tests, he says, ‘I would never have arrested you, you show no signs of impairment.’ ”

Thornton wasn’t drinking that night but he still suffered the consequences of a DUI. His car was impounded and the Arizona MVD suspended his license and ordered that he take a drinking and driving class.

Thornton is now filing a claim against the city of Surprise for $50,000. The 64-year-old man said that the real reason why he was pulled over is that he was “driving while black.”

Thornton said: “It was driving while black. I just don’t want any of this to happen to somebody else.”

Here’s a video about the sober man who got a DUI in Arizona.


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Wow. I would be asking for a lot more than $50,000.

He probably looks like a Mexican.

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Poor Hank Aaron

I agree. Arizona just can't change.

First, Bill Cosby dies and now Hammerin' Hank has taken to the bottle.

If he was crossing over traffic lines, the officer certainly had probable cause to pull him over. The breathalyzer tells you only that he wasn't under the influence of alcohol. He may have been sniffing glue, smoking pot, etc... As much as the officer had observed him driving in an erratic manner and was unable (for physical reasons perhaps) to complete the field sobriety tests, the officer concluded that he was driving under the influence. It doesn't just mean under the influence of alcohol only. What caused him to drive so erratically? It's the officers job to protect other drivers from a dangerous driver who otherwise might be driving on the same roads. If he's been pulled over 10 times before as he says, maybe he's just a really erratic/shitty driver that should not be licensed to drive.

If he was crossing over traffic lines, the officer certainly had probable cause to pull him over.

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1st, we don't know that to be true or not. 2nd, if that is the case then cite him for improper lane usage. If he is at 0.00 he cannot be arrested for DUI. 3rd, its a good thing you are no longer a police "officer"

1st, we don't know that to be true or not. 2nd, if that is the case then cite him for improper lane usage. If he is at 0.00 he cannot be arrested for DUI. 3rd, its a good thing you are no longer a police "officer"

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There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I understand if you blow like .03. But how can you get arrested/charged if its zero? That would be like getting a speeding ticket for doing 40mph in a 40mph zone.

If he was crossing over traffic lines, the officer certainly had probable cause to pull him over. The breathalyzer tells you only that he wasn't under the influence of alcohol. He may have been sniffing glue, smoking pot, etc... As much as the officer had observed him driving in an erratic manner and was unable (for physical reasons perhaps) to complete the field sobriety tests, the officer concluded that he was driving under the influence. It doesn't just mean under the influence of alcohol only. What caused him to drive so erratically? It's the officers job to protect other drivers from a dangerous driver who otherwise might be driving on the same roads. If he's been pulled over 10 times before as he says, maybe he's just a really erratic/shitty driver that should not be licensed to drive.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

I understand if you blow like .03. But how can you get arrested/charged if its zero? That would be like getting a speeding ticket for doing 40mph in a 40mph zone.