Live in Texas? Don't get drunk in the bars!

I don't really see the huge problem with this. It's not like they're arresting people for drinking, they're arresting people for getting drunk enough they'd be arrested if they were out in public doing the antics they could be up to in the bar.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

How is being sloppily drunk a thought crime?

Edit: Question, do police need a warrant to go into a bar to arrest someone? That would seem to hint at an answer for the legality of arresting people for public drunkenness.

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Originally Posted by Fresh Frank

They're arresting people before a crime has been committed, and there is no conspiracy in crimes like these. None that could be taken seriously, anyway.

I guess the difference is if you consider a bar a public or private place.

Do you think it's fair for people to be arrested for public drunkenness in large sporting arenas?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Do we even know what the letter of the law is? I might have missed the post, but did anyone link to the text of the actual law people are being arrested under?

Personally, I don't mind people that get way too drunk in bars being arrested. When I was at a bar with a few friends the other day there were a few guys that had to prop themselves up against walls and stuff so they wouldn't fall down. The three of them were louder than anyone else in the place and I certainly wouldn't have minded if they weren't there.

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