According to KERO 23 in California, Cardinals’ linebacker Joey Porter won’t be charged with DUI.

Supervising Deputy District Attorney Mark Pafford, said, “Based upon the information that was provided to us by the CHP, we did not believe that there would be a reasonable likelihood that a jury would find Mr. Porter guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the allegations. With this belief, we thought it was not appropriate for us to proceed.”

According to the CHP, Porter refused to provide his license and began to roll up his window when the officer asked Porter to leave the vehicle. The CHP officer reached into the vehicle and lifted the unlock button and that’s when, according to the release, Porter slapped the officer’s hand to keep the lock button down.

I don’t know how someone can walk away after slapping a cop (even if it was only on the hand) but maybe the police officer’s story had a few holes in it. It sounds like both Porter and the cop puffed their chests out as far as they could go in this situation and it wound up being a stalemate. I’m sure both of them thought they were above it.

So, uh, I guess all’s well that ends well.

Photo from fOTOGLIF
]]> https://www.scoresreport.com/2010/03/30/officer-who-arrested-porter-under-investigation-for-police-brutality/ https://www.scoresreport.com/2010/03/30/officer-who-arrested-porter-under-investigation-for-police-brutality/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:30:56 +0000 https://www.scoresreport.com/?p=37033

According to TMZ.com, the California Highway Patrol officer who arrested Cardinals linebacker Joey Porter is reportedly under investigation for police brutality.

As we previously reported, the Arizona Cardinals linebacker was busted during a traffic stop at a Taco Bell in Bakersfield, CA over the weekend.

Porter was busted for allegedly slapping the deputy’s hand away as the deputy tried to unlock Joey’s car door. Joey claims the deputy manhandled him, striking him in the face.

Now we’ve learned CHP has launched an Internal Affairs investigation into the deputy’s conduct.

I don’t envy what police officers have to do in order to protect themselves on the job. But if this cop really drew his gun because Porter slapped his hand, then that’s a little absurd.

We’ll have to wait for more details to emerge.

Photo from fOTOGLIF
]]> https://www.scoresreport.com/2010/03/30/officer-who-arrested-porter-under-investigation-for-police-brutality/feed/ 2