Illinois: attorney Matt Haiduk asks ‘why do cops let drunk drivers get behind the wheel without stopping them?’

You know how drunk drivers are a danger? They cause accidents? You know how they kill people? You know how we can’t tolerate having impaired drivers on the road? You know how we are so gung-ho on punishing DUI that we won’t even tolerate a drunk driver pulling off the road to “sleep it off”?

Maybe none of that is true. Maybe it’s ok to let a drunk drive for a little bit. Or maybe keeping drunks off the road isn’t really as important as letting drunks on the road so we can then take them off the road and look like we’re doing some sort of good work. I don’t know.

Illinois: Joshua Egbert Spudich in jail after DUI murder of Susan Gorecki; repeat DUI driver held on million dollar bail

Joshua Spudich, 23, of the 400 block of South Second Street, was charged Friday with four counts of aggravated driving under the influence, one count of possession of a controlled substance, one count of driving under the influence of drugs, one count of driving with a revoked driver’s license and one count of improper lane usage

California: The Devil made him do it! Ramon Cordova DUI in parking lot version of pedestrian bingo

This investigation revealed that Ramon Cordova, 26 of La Quinta, was parking his vehicle when he collided with a pedestrian in the parking lot. Cordova was found to have been driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and with a suspended license at the time of this collision.

North Dakota: Joel Kennard Little killed while on booze cruise with DUI driver Jason Michael Tolbert

Both Tolbert and passenger Joel Kennard Little, 34, also of Minot, were injured in the crash.

Little was hospitalized in Oakes, Jamestown and then Sanford Medical Center in Fargo before he died Thursday, Dvorak said

Nebraska: Police report alcohol played part in fatal rollover; Manuel Rios-Esparza killed when ejected

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash that occurred at approximately 5:30 P.M. on Friday, November 28th, 2014. Thirty-five-year-old Manuel Rios-Esparza of Omaha was driving a 2003 Chevy Tahoe southbound on S.W. 56th Street between West Denton Road and West Yankee Hill Road. Evidence indicates Esparza lost control of the vehicle on a gravel road as it crested a hill. The vehicle then entered the west ditch, struck a fence, entered the field and rolled multiple times. A single occupant was driving a 2003 Chevy Tahoe southbound on S.W. 56th Street between West Denton Road and West Yankee Hill Road. Evidence indicates the vehicle lost control on the gravel road as it crested a hill. The vehicle then entered the west ditch, struck a fence, entered a field and rolled multiple times.