What an awful story. So awful, I almost have a hard time believing it’s true. I suppose it is merely the man’s wife’s account of the story. But geez.

Take this line, for example:

The prosecutor stated that even the use of prescription medications such as his blood pressure medicine, which can make him dizzy when he gets up too fast, constitutes intoxication.

The old man wasn’t driving. He was asleep on a beach, where he was arrested for public intoxication. If the prosecutor actually said this, the implication is that anyone on medication that’s potentially dizzying must stay at home the entire time they’re on the medication, or risk arrest for public intoxication.

Thanks to Clay Woolam for the link. Unless the story’s fake. Then I curse you, Clay Woolam.

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