Oops! Another cop busted for... DUI.

Meet James Allen Post. This unfortunate driver was arrested for DUI in Myrtle Beach SC on Friday. Getting busted for DUI can really ruin your weekend. But when it gets you immediately fired as well, it's a real double whammy. Officer Post had the misfortune to be stopped by a South Carolina State Trooper. One can only wonder whether he would have been arrested if a fellow Myrtle Beach Police Department officer had stopped him.

Officer Post was a rookie with less than two years on the job. How many people did officer Post arrest for drunk driving? And did he needle them at the traffic stop like we always see on "Cops". You know the episodes I'm talking about. Where they act in a very patronizing manner and lecture the defendant about drinking and driving. Spare me.

Police officers are agents of the state. They like to act as if they are brave warriors, helping to fight the war on drugs and keep us all safe from drunk drivers. That is absured. As agents of the state, they help support a (legal) conspiracy to distribute narcotics (booze). Can you imagine what would happen if a bunch of teetotallers decided to try and revive prohibition by blocking access to state owned liquor stores? The cops would immediately drag them away and jail them despite the fact that they were trying to keep people from using drugs (beer, wine and liquor).

I feel sorry for Officer Post. That mug shot says "I'm sorry". Maybe he's innocent. I hope he gets a very good attorney, and if he somehow gets acquitted and returns to duty, I hope he has compassion for the people he stops under suspicion of drunk driving.