I just don’t understand drinking and driving

They had no power to force you to talk to them without a court order to do so and you still have the 5 amendment to fall back on.

the witness may then exercise their Fifth Amendment rights if they believe their answer may serve to incriminate themselves...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice

A number of cases came to mind where people was not convicted of any crime that the police was looking at but for the crime of lying to them instead.

Right, that's because lying to the police is interferring with a police investigation--when you lie, you deliberately mislead the police.

Rosa Parks had alternatives to sitting in the back of the bus too,

So, how many DUIs, have you had? Did you have to do all that biking because you lost your driver's license due to DUI?

I know you would love to live in a police state but we still have a few rights and one of them is not to talk to the police.

However, in most common law jurisdictions, the right to remain silent allows any person questioned by police merely to refuse to answer questions posed by an investigator without giving any reason for doing so. (In such a case, the investigators may subpoena the witness to give testimony under oath in court, though the witness may then exercise their Fifth Amendment rights if they believe their answer may serve to incriminate themselves).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice

Who know if some DA is looking to make a name for himself by finding a way to charge the bartenders or not.

Right, that's because lying to the police is interferring with a police investigation--when you lie, you deliberately mislead the police.

Innocent people are expected to cooperate with a police investigation and to be truthful.

It always amazes me the extent of the "morality" that is exhibited here. Perfection is demanded from the little guy all the while your top politicians lie their asses off, huge numbers of innocents die and there is stone cold silence.

And you chastize Bill, FF, though you hardly stand as the only one.

And the oddest thing of all, it seems not to even give you a moment's pause.

This made me laugh out loud. You're honestly trying to equate the civil rights movement with drunk driving, just to win a pissing contest you find yourself on the wrong side of

Maybe that's because there are separate threads for political corruption/malfeasance.

This false sense of morality is really revolting.

Idiot, the bartenders really can't be charged under laws that do not exist. If Florida was interested in going after bartenders, they'd have dram shop laws to that effect.

But, then I don't worry about having to heavily encrypt my computer so the police can't find evidence of child porn, nor do I have to worry about all the other things that trouble you about what the police might find out about you.

BillRM--you need to be preoccupied with concealing information because you have something to hide.

You think like a criminal. If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck...

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Maybe that's because there are separate threads for political corruption/malfeasance.

No, there aren't, Izzy. There's nothing even remotely resembling that. This false sense of morality is really revolting.

Drinking and driving are illegal. Period. Drinking screws around with you ability to operate a vehicle safely. Period. You could kill someone and it happens all the time . Period. Why argue over drinking and driving?

I think like the founding fathers who gave us those protection from state powers in the first place.

I agreed he was a nice person but nobody seemed to mention the poor guy on the bicycle.