Flying Debris

OGO asked a few great questions in the comments.

Who is gonna teach them to draw blood? Forcibly. It seems that this
will be extra dangerous for the suspected drunk driver. How about the
cops? Messing with blood is dangerous business. Who will police the
police?

I’m borrowing the answers from the original entry at the Agitator.

"Ponder that in many states,
you’ve no right to ask that a physician or trained medical professional
draw the blood, either. The cops get to jab you.

It gets worse. Late last month,
the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that not only can police require
that you give up your blood, if you refuse they may use "extreme force"
to extract it. In this case, the officers inflicted permanent physical
damage on the suspect. There’s also a case pending in Arizona where a forced blood draw done by a cop resulted in a persistent infection in the suspect’s arm."

This today from the Agitator:

 

Earlier this year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that police may forcibly take roadside blood samples from suspected drunk drivers.

and

Late last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that not only can police require that you give up your blood, if you refuse they may use "extreme force" to extract it.

 

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