FIRST-PERSON….I had to go to jail because in 1998 I got a DWI, and then last April I got pulled over after a couple of beers. When you have a prior these days, they’re much more harsh about drinking and driving. The penalty could have been one year in jail if I had gone to [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….I’m African-American. I come from a family that’s educated—we work hard and we never really blame society for anything. We do what we need to do and live quiet lives. But being a black male, I’m telling you, the police are just completely biased. It doesn’t matter if they’re black or white. I [...]
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FIRST-PERSON….The drinking started before we were even married. This was in the 80s. Tim had a couple of DWIs. One day they said, we want to put you in a program. He had to go in a residential program for three months. It was the only thing that worked. Tim got out in February of [...]
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