Quote:DALLAS — Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West and his wife, Angela, in new statements Sunday both strongly denied she had been drinking before her arrest Friday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated.


Angela West reiterated that she only had water and lemonade at a dinner before her arrest and that she had not been drinking alcohol or taking drugs, according to a statement on her Facebook page. Allen West posted pictures on Twitter of receipts from the P.F. Chang's restaurant at Northpark Center, where he said his wife had dinner before the arrest.


The receipts, which listed Angela West's name, showed an order for three food items and a lemonade. It is still not clear what others dining with West may have ordered.


Allen West in a video update Sunday demanded an in-person apology by Tuesday from Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot. He also called on the officer who arrested his wife to be fired.


WFAA on Sunday reached out to the Dallas Police Department, the Dallas County District Attorney's Office and the Dallas mayor's office for comment and did not immediately hear back.


Police said West was pulled over in the 2300 block of West Northwest Highway in Dallas at 8:44 p.m. after an officer "had reasons to believe the driver may be intoxicated." In her statement, Angela West said she was pulled over for not using a turn signal.


Police said the officer put West through a field sobriety test, "which subsequently led to her arrest for DWI." She was taken to the Dallas County jail, where a blood specimen was taken to determine her blood alcohol level. The results of the blood draw are pending.


West said she told the officer she would be "a little off balance in some of the exercises" because she previously had suffered an aneurysm.  


West said she was taken to jail for a blood test after twice completing a breathalyzer test. West said the officer told her "I was doing [the breathalyzer test] wrong" and that she "tried again and again," but that the officer ultimately told her she would need to take a blood test.


Dallas police on Saturday could not confirm any information about a breathalyzer test.


West said the officer put her in the squad car and left her young grandson with another officer. The child was later released to his father, police said.


Allen West on Sunday said he was still "livid" over how police handled the incident. He criticized police for leaving his grandson with two officers before the boy's parents picked him up.

Allen West first informed people about his wife's arrest in an Instagram video Saturday morning, calling the situation "crap."


"Now I support the thin blue line, but this is insidious," West said. "They put my grandson at risk, at jeopardy, left him with a couple of police officers, and carted his grandmother into jail when she had water and lemonade."
It could take weeks before results from the blood specimen are known. 


Angela West was arraigned in Dallas County jail on Saturday morning and released by Saturday afternoon. It was unclear if she posted bond. She is faces a charge of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15, police said.


Earlier this year, Angela West ran for Garland City Council District 3 but did not advance to the runoff election.


Allen West, the former Texas Republican Party chairman, announced this summer that he will run against Gov. Greg Abbott. 


West, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2011-2013. 

(08-22-2021, 07:27 PM)GMDino Wrote: It's always fun to see people complain about how the police treat people...after it happens to them.

#backtheblue amiright?

(08-23-2021, 02:16 AM)CarolinaBengalFanGuy Wrote: Idk can we just ***** wait until the blood test comes back? Won't that prove everything without a shadow of a doubt?

Assuming there's no political maneuvering or bribes to change or block the status of that test.

(08-23-2021, 10:43 AM)Au165 Wrote: This is actually a really interesting line...

"They put my grandson at risk, at jeopardy, left him with a couple of police officers"

(08-23-2021, 10:43 AM)Au165 Wrote: This is actually a really interesting line...

"They put my grandson at risk, at jeopardy, left him with a couple of police officers"

(08-23-2021, 03:26 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: soooooooo much to unpack with that particular line. 

(08-23-2021, 04:55 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Right?  You'd think GM would be full square in his corner after that statement.

(08-23-2021, 09:23 PM)Au165 Wrote: Must be on vacation.

(08-23-2021, 03:24 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote:

(08-06-2021, 11:21 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Contrary to what you might think, I give you as much consideration as the last bowl movement I took.  

(10-10-2021, 10:37 PM)BigPapaKain Wrote: At least he's willing to defend everyone's right to bodily autonomy. I guess that means he'll overturn every restriction to abortion?

I ***** doubt it.

Quote:U.S. officer fined for harsh interrogation tactics

Saturday, December 13, 2003 Posted: 6:16 AM EST (1116 GMT)



West, right, was fined $5,000 and will be reassigned while he awaits retirement.

TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN) -- The commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division on Friday accepted a U.S. military investigator's recommendation and ordered administrative action against Lt. Col. Allen West, who was accused of using improper methods to force information out of an Iraqi detainee.


Following a military hearing, West was fined $5,000 over two months, according to West's civillian attorney, Neal Puckett.


The punishment does not affect West's eligibility for retirement and pension, Puckett said in a statement.


West, 42, will be assigned to the rear detachment of the 4th Infantry Division awaiting the processing of his retirement request, the statement said.


Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the 4th Infantry's top general in Tikrit, could have rejected the recommendation and ordered a court martial. If he were to be found guilty at a court martial of the two articles against him, West could have faced 11 years in prison, a military prosecutor told CNN.


The case stems from an incident August 20 at a military base in Taji, just north of Baghdad, when West was interrogating an Iraqi policeman, who was believed to have information about a plot to assassinate West with an ambush on a U.S. convoy.


In testimony at an Article 32 hearing -- the military's version of a grand jury or preliminary hearing -- West said the policeman, Yahya Jhrodi Hamoody, was not cooperating with interrogators, so he watched four of his soldiers from the 220th Field Artillery Battalion beat the detainee on the head and body.


West said he also threatened to kill Hamoody. Military prosecutors say West followed up on that threat by taking the suspect outside, put him on the ground near a weapons clearing barrel and fired his 9 mm pistol into the barrel.


Apparently not knowing where West's gun was aimed, Hamoody cracked and gave information about the planned ambush on West's convoy, thwarting the attack.


West said there were no further ambushes on U.S. forces in Taji until he was relieved of his leadership post on October 4.


"I know the method I used was not right, but I wanted to take care of my soldiers," West testified to a military courtroom of observers and some teary-eyed troops formerly under his command.


Asked if he would have act differently if under similar circumstances again, West testified, "If it's about the lives of my soldiers at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can."


Puckett argued that because West is always accompanied by U.S. troops that he acted to save American lives.


But while West's supporters call him a hero, military prosecutors said his actions amounted to torture and violated articles 128 and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.


Prosecutor Capt. Magdalena Pezytulska said West should be tried for assault and for communicating a threat. "This is a case about a man who lost his temper," she argued. "There are consequences for [West's] actions."


When West testified that he had "no malice toward Hamoody" and that he "just wanted information," Pezytulska presented a document of West's typed statement following the August incident. She asked him to read his own written words to the court: "In my anger, I couldn't remember how many shots were fired."


After nearly 20 years of military service, West plans to move his family from Texas to Florida, where he said he hopes to start a new life.

(10-12-2021, 08:53 PM)GMDino Wrote: Man,  I did not know West was a "hero" for allowing the beating and torture of an informant and participating in it himself.

What a guy.

https://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/12/sprj.nirq.west.ruling/




I can guess why a guy who believes he is above the rules/law and should be able to do anything he wants would be anti-vaccine...and republican.  lol.

(10-12-2021, 08:53 PM)GMDino Wrote: Man,  I did not know West was a "hero" for allowing the beating and torture of an informant and participating in it himself.

What a guy.

https://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/12/sprj.nirq.west.ruling/

I can guess why a guy who believes he is above the rules/law and should be able to do anything he wants would be anti-vaccine...and republican.  lol.