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Appeals Court Says Cops Can’t Stop Litterbugs To Charge Them With Driving Drunk
Attention, drivers in Wisconsin…littering is not a crime.
Police don’t encourage the practice, but it’s not a crime to toss a cigarette butt from a moving car. And a state appeals court says cops can’t stop you on the road for tossing that butt. The court agreed with a La Crosse judge’s decision to throw out an O-W-I charge against an out-of-town driver who was spotted driving erratically on Rose Street. In its ruling, the appeals court says it appeared that the state trooper who made the traffic stop used the cigarette as an excuse to pull over a possible drunk driver.