Randy Hopper blames "politics" for his DUI

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Typical republican.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- Former state Sen. Randy Hopper said politics played a role in his drunken driving arrest in Fond du Lac County last fall.

Hopper took the stand Thursday on the first day of his two-day trial. He says his vote to eliminate collective bargaining for most state employees was the catalyst for threats against him.

Read more: http://www.wisn.com/news/30747223/detail.html#ixzz1pzkIvcdu

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1. And...he was found not guilty...

http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20120323/FON0101/120323149/UPDATE-2-Former-state-senator-Randy-Hopper-not-guilty-OWI-charge

The article is quite interesting, but I guess already knew that Randy Hopper was a jerk.

[EC]

3. Yet, it's interesting that the penalty for

refusing the sobriety test is heavier than they are for an OWI. So he'll still lose his license for a year. (for OWI it's only loss of license for 6 to 9 months.

[madaboutharry]

2. He is a dirtbag.

Not guilty, what a joke.

[lutefisk]

4. Wow- "special prosecutor Frank Endejan" sure is a team player...

Or he is grossly incompetent. The account of the trial sure makes it appear that the fix was in. Truly disgraceful. Take a look at the comments at the end of the article, too:

http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20120324/FON0101/303240080/Former-state-senator-Randy-Hopper-not-guilty-OWI-charge?odyssey=mod|mostview

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5. Because they signed the recall...

http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/144057786.html


"Last August, Hopper was recalled -- for his support of Governor Walker's collective bargaining bill. In October, he was arrested for drunk driving. A couple of citizens tailed Hopper's SUV and called in a drunk driving tip to the Fond du Lac sheriff.

Attorney Dennis Melowski argued those callers were driven by their politics.

"Not only did they sign recall petitions, they circulated recall petitions," said Melowski."


I guess whining does pay off...

[WIProgressive88]

6. Too bad the jurors let their irrational, anti-union political leanings cloud their judgement.

Scumbags.

[Scuba]

7. The "Party of Personal Responsibility" is once again unwilling to take any.

[AllyCat]

9. You said it.

If Hopper's claim that no one saw him actually driving the vehicle is correct, I guess I can see why they found him not guilty, but the arrogant claims of this nut that somehow this is all because of recall politics is just one more way of saying "It's not my fault!"

These people don't take responsibility for anything.

[dragonlady]

10. I thought witnesses who saw him weaving called the police

They were the ones who were attacked for having supported his recall. How did they know who the driver was when they called? Did the prosecution bring up that argument to counter claims of their bias? One of the comments to the article said the special prosecutor is a patent lawyer, and it seems he did make mistakes. That would be a fine way to stack the deck in favor of Hopper.

[Scuba]

11. Word here is the prosecutor took a dive.

[dembotoz]

8. said it before and say it again jeffy dahlmer could have gotten off if

he was a republican office holder and was on trial in certain counties in wisconsin


hell why do you think scott jensen worked so hard to get his trial tansfered to waukesha??????

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12. How did he get a jury trial for a first offense owi... I didn't think this was a criminal offense?