1. He spoke with police at all. His obligation was to produce his license and registration PERIOD. He should have then said I want a lawyer; if I am not under arrest please let me go.

2. He agreed to do the field tests: a collection of junk science coordination tests designed to fail the subject and produce probable cause for arrest.

3. He continued to talk with police even after being mirandized.

4. He thought his statement about oral sex from his passenger would help him. Mr. Barkley did not undertstand that law enforcement is engaged in a war against anyone who drinks any amount of alcohol and drives. Law enforcement believes if they destroy enough lives they will stop DUIs. If Barkley’s marriage is ruined by the disclosure that is seen as acceptable collateral damage in the war on Americans who drink. A celebrity like Charles Barkley is a great trophy for them. By releasing this information so quickly law enforcement proves that Charles Barkley is a “great catch”.

See the videos already available on January 1, 2009 for the December 31, 2008 stop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onBbBg_2VpY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aOB72x_PVM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyJm1dCQiLM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYLXxTVO99A

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Luray DWI DUI Lawyer Bob Keefer: Maybe we should treat the mentally ill instead of simply jailing them.

20. December 2008 by admin.

Nathon Kight, a 27 year old mentally ill man, plead guilty to felony DUI and felony hit and run in late December, 2008.

The Court gave him ten years in jail with a little under 3 years to serve in prison.

In October of 2007 Kight was found not guilty by reason of insanity on felony charges involving grand larceny and breaking and entering.

Kight is bipolar and schizophrenic.

These conditions are not voluntary choices for Kight; he was born with them; we know of no permanent cure.

Kight was committed toWestern State Hospital but was released in February, 2008.

The newspaper article did not detail how much follow up care Kight received or whether he stayed on his medications.

Kight was apparently able to function or at least stay out of jail until he was arrested in September, 2008 for the DUI and hit and run offenses.

Obviously, Kight was treating his serious mental illness with alcohol which probably brings him some temporary relief. Perhaps we should spend more time trying to help afflicted persons like Kight and less time jailing them.

“Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members — the last, the least, the littlest.” ~Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life

How well have we treated Nathon Kight?

Please read my book on how to pick a Virginia DUI Lawyer: http://www.keeferlawfirm.com/docs/How%20to%20choose%20a%20va%20dui%20lawyer.pdf

Videos from my friend Bubba Head, a great Georgia lawyer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_Vp51fLOQ

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Harrisonburg DWI Attorney Bob Keefer says we need to take better care of Veterans with PTSD who abuse alcohol

10. August 2008 by admin.

As a society we have done a very poor job of caring for our psychologically injured service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Many suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which can manifest itself in a variety of symptoms.

Indeed, the Veterans of America report that one in three Iraq veterans and one in nine Afghanistan veterans will face mental health issues including depression, anxiety or PTSD.

Normal humans were not made to experience the horror, death and devastation of war.

Many ailing veterans cope with these issues by drinking – drinking heavily.

Many have nightmares and night sweats.

Many veterans find that alcohol helps them cope with their bottomless pain better than the medications prescribed by the Veterans Administration.

Afghanistan Combat Veteran James Emerick Dean was killed by a Maryland State Police Sniper on December 26, 2006. J

amie Dean was 29 when police killed him.

Jamie had served 18 months in Afghanistan between 2003 and 2005.

He had returned to his childhood home in

Southern Maryland and was diagnosed with PTSD. Even though Jamie married and tried to live a normal life his order to report for duty inIraq threw him into a deep depression.

Jamie reported that he knew he would die in Iraq.

On Christmas 2006, Jamie began to drink heavily.

He eventually began to trash his house.

Unfortunately a member of Jamie’s family called the Maryland Police and asked that they do a welfare check.

When Jamie refused to leave the house the SWAT Team surrounded the house and fired 85 tear gas canisters into the house.

Jamie pointed a shotgun at an armored vehicle and was killed by a SWAT sniper.

Read Jamie’s story:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/bothwell2.html

Learn about Bob Keefer’s firm at: www.BobKeeferLaw.com.

Bob Keefer represents people charged with DUI/ DWI, traffic tickets, speeding tickets and reckless driving in Elkton, Virginia; Bridgewater, Virginia; Verona, Virginia; Harrisonburg, Virginia; Rockingham County, Virginia; Staunton, Virginia; Augusta County, Virginia; Woodstock, Virginia; Waynesboro, Virginia; and Shenandoah County, Virginia. PTSD videos: