Back on Sept. 10th I predicted that Briley would come through this with only a tap on the wrist and shock of shocks I was correct! Imagine that you were driving drunk, had a rear end crash into another vehicle, fled the scene, led police on a 100 mph chase, were combative with police once stopped, kicked in the window of a police cruiser - do you think the “routine” charges would be charges with a misdemeanor DUI? That’s what Wilson County Judge John D. Wootten, Jr. contends.

Here’s the Sept. 10th posting:

The response from Democrat House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh regarding the following actions of Democrat State Representative Rob Briley was that Briley who suffers from alcoholism needed to go into treatment —- again.

Report: Briley finished drink at gunpoint after 100 mph chase

A heavily intoxicated State Rep. Rob Briley, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, fled the scene of an accident in DeKalb County on Saturday afternoon, then led police in Wilson County on a 100-mile-an-hour chase before finally stopping, according to police reports and court documents.

The Nashville Democrat was arrested at gunpoint after stopping his SUV in the middle of the road and is alleged to have kicked the window of a patrol car while in custody.

Once Briley finally stopped for law enforcement officers, he got out of his vehicle and finished drinking his beverage which was in a cup. Briley is the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and is an attorney. This is the committee which is supposed to overhaul the state’s drunk driving laws in the next legislative session. Yep, that’s who I’d want to be writing laws on drunk driving, a drunk driver.  Oh and Briley is also a member of the House Ethics Committee which passed a toothless number of ethics laws this past legislative session, all meant to allow the Democrat corruption to continue at Capitol Hill in Nashville.

But there’s more to Briley’s exploits for the day:

In connection with a traffic accident that occurred earlier in DeKalb County, Briley has been cited by the Tennessee Highway Patrol for leaving the scene of an accident, following too closely and failure to give notice of an accident, THP spokesman Mike Browning confirmed today.

In that accident, a 2005 Nissan SUV hit the rear end of a pickup truck on Highway 70 in Dowell Town.

Witnesses in the pickup truck told troopers that the SUV then made a U-turn and left the scene, Browning said.

There were no injuries. The final report of that accident was not immediately available.

Wouldn’t surprise me a bit if this guy skates with nothing more than a tap on the wrist. His family is politically connected in the state and he’s a member of the good old boy Democrat controlled House which has been entrenched in it’s control since Reconstruction.

Briley is just a victim of his alcohol disease and bears no responsibility for his actions.

Now we see what charges stuck for this Tn Democrat:

Briley says he was driving to rehab before DUI stop
Briley (D-Nashville) pleaded guilty this week to DUI, but cut a deal with state prosecutors to suspend the felony charge of evading arrest and other misdemeanor charges against him.

In the written agreement with the state, Briley submitted a “recitation of the facts,” which is required by law.

snip…..After he was arrested, Briley did enter rehab at Cumberland Heights, but left abruptly after it was alleged in published reports he had an extramarital affair with a Capitol Hill lobbyist, Mary Littleton.

Briley’s statement provides a glimpse into the deteriorating life of the 41-year-old Nashville attorney from the famous political family.

In a previous interview Briley had with The City Paper, he would not discuss the day of his arrest on advice from his attorneys.

He did acknowledge in that interview that he was an alcoholic and that he had relapsed after 14 years of sobriety in 2003.

Contributing to his relapse, Briley said, were memories of unnamed childhood abuse against him.

Briley’s loss of sobriety contributed to him also having a pending divorce from his wife, Pier, who has moved to Vermont with their two children.

It all came to a head on Sept. 8 for Briley.

That day, a police officer’s video camera taped the state lawmaker in an apparent agitated state, whaling in pain and asking to be killed.

In the agreement signed by Wilson County Judge John D. Wootten, Jr., Briley must abide by nine obligations for the next two years in order for his charges not to be reinstated.

For the DUI, Briley will serve 10 days in Wilson County jail over a period of five consecutive weekends starting in January.

Yep, nothing new here. Remember, he was just driving to a Rehab Center!   Bwahahahahaha…….Another Drunk Tennessee Democrat Legislator who walks away with a tap on the wrist, no felony charges and no resignation from the Legislature. Just politics as usual at the TN State Capitol.

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