Blog Five

I was appauled to read this article in the newspaper this morning... when i read it my jaw dropped.
A driver was accused of dragging a trooper. A Robbinsdale man, who has been convicted six times of drunken driving and aressted very many times while intoxicated, stays in jail after he is accused of dragging a trooper about fifty feet while trying to get away. His name is Derek Alan Thompson and he's thirty six years old. He was charged with felony first-degree drunken driving and fleeing an officer. He was also charged with fourth-degree felony assault which was filed in Hennepin County District Court. Since his first conviction of driving drunk, he's had eleven other convictions, including fleeing a police officer, having no driver's license, careless driving and refusing to take a chemical test. Now here's the most recent story, apparently a state trooper stopped to help him because Derek seemed to be stranded. His jeep hood was up and Thompson claims he was trying to figure out why his car stalled but eventually got it to start. Dan Dixon, trooper, noticed Thompson was having trouble keeping his balance, his eyes were watery and his sppech was slurred. Thompson refused to take a field sobriety test but agreeed to take a breath test and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.237 percent, when the legal limit is 0.08, Yikes!!! That is very high. Then, when Dixon put his under arrest he punched the trooper and ran back to his Jeep. The officer tried to taser his, but failed so he reached into the car and was dragged 40-50 feet. Eventually he was caught by many squad cars after he crashed into a fence. How can you do this so many times and not understand that it is dangerous, dumb, and clearly insane. Thompson should've understood the first time he got a DWI conviction that it was not a good thing, and to not do it again. Lesson here is to think before you act and learn from YOUR mistakes.