It's OK to drive drunk in Tennessee, depending on who you are
by Bryce Martin

It's been a spell since Titans defensive end Jevon Kearse was arrested and charged with DUI. He's fighting it of course. Not so much I suspect because he has that right but that he knows he can buy his way out of it. Past history regarding other Titans has shown that.

Soon we should be getting the verdict that the charge has been tossed out, or reduced to illegally disposing of a gum wrapper.

"Booze it and lose it."

What a laugh that is, Tennessee's new trooper motto to crack down on drunk driving. Crack down on you and me, that is, and not on those with the big bucks to give a lawyer to work out a sweetheart deal in one of those court side rooms where the robes are off.

Back in the latter part of June, Kearse was arrested and charged with driving under the influence following a traffic stop near the Vanderbilt University campus.

He was stopped on an early Sunday morning after campus police reported seeing the SUV that Kearse was driving weaving across the road.

Kearse submitted to a field sobriety test, but refused a breathalyzer. He was arrested and charged with DUI and violation of Tennessee's implied consent law for failing to take the breathalyzer test.

Kearse has since said he was "set up." He never said that he was actually sober, mind you, but that the police had laid in wait for him.

Heaven forbid that in the year 2008 someone would actually take responsibility for their actions.

Why would anyone want this guy's autograph?

Better still, how can anyone in Tennessee not laugh at the "Booze it and lose it" joke?

Right, I "lose" my license, but those such as Kearse "lose" a few thou, just pocket change to them.

It was even funnier when Titans coach Jeff Fisher was the designated DUI motto-bearer.

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