BUI field test video changes Florida law

by Peter Swanson, Loose Cannon
I don’t often tout YouTube videos, but this one was different because the material it covered has been consequential. Florida law was actually changed after state leaders saw how a misguided “mullet sheriff,” as some used to call Fish & Wildlife officers, could absolutely ruin some poor smuck’s life.

Except, in this case they picked the wrong schmuck.

Michael Christian Arrieta, 36, of Jupiter might have been a hapless boat handler, but nothing in the body camera footage seemed to suggest he was drunk. And, after he was handcuffed and hauled away in front his young family, he went on to blow 0.0 on the jail breathalizer. Ariega also happened to be a wealthy guy, part of Governor Ron DeSantis’ inner circle, a deacon of his church…yada, yada, yada. – Full report