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<h3><span style="color: #808080;"><em><strong>&#8216;Officer , I am always on your side. Now let me go&#8217;</strong></em></span></h3>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8216;I&#8217;ve always stood up for you guys&#8217; said a tearful NM state lawmaker as she tries to charm officers into letting her off a DWI by telling them she doesn&#8217;t believe police are racist</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Anti-drink driving campaigner, New Mexico State Rep. Monica Youngblood was arrested for a DWI in Albuquerque at 1 am on Sunday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The 41-year-old GOP politician who is facing a tough re-election, was stopped at a DWI checkpoint where police said she had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and failed four sobriety tests</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Police have released 40 minutes of bodycam footage showing Youngblood being questioned and handcuffed</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Youngblood, who refused to take a breathlyzer test, told officer that she is a legislator who fights for police</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Law and order Republican lawmaker Youngblood, said she had sponsored legislation to reinstate the death penalty for cop killers</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Youngblood also supported a bill for harsher penalties for repeat drunk driver</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">s</span></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-293568" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Monica-Youngblood-13.png" alt="Monica Youngblood 13.png" width="671" height="429" />New Mexico State Rep. Monica Youngblood, was arrested 1 am Sunday morning after she was stopped by police at a DWI checkpoint in Albuquerque, then balking at taking a sobriety test</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A tearful politiciantried to charm police into waiving her drunk driving offense by telling the arresting officer that she had always stood up for them when people claimed they were racist.<br />
New Mexico state Rep. Monica Youngblood was arrested early Sunday morning after being stopped by police at a DWI checkpoint in Albuquerque.<br />
Police said the 41-year-old had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and flunked four different field sobriety tests.<br />
Youngblood, who refused to take a breathlyzer test at the scene, insisted that she hadn&#8217;t had a drink and was instead upset over a fight with her boyfriend.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-293571" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Monica-Youngblood-15.jpg" alt="Monica Youngblood 15.jpg" width="1386" height="1019" />Youngblood on the floor in the New Mexico leslature, has buil the reputaion of breing tough on crime and drunkenness</h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">Nearly 40 minutes of police bodycam footage shows Youngblood being questioned by officers at the checkpoint and later when she was handcuffed and taken for processing. She tearfully begged the officers not to arrest her before repeatedly telling them that she&#8217;s a legislator who fights for police.<br />
&#8216;I literally fight for you guys&#8230; I fight for you guys every time I get the chance,&#8217; Youngblood can be heard saying from the back of the squad car.<br />
The officer responds: &#8216;That doesn&#8217;t make it okay for you to drink and drive.&#8217;<br />
The Republican lawmaker also told the officer that she had sponsored legislation that would reinstate the death penalty for cop killers.<br />
&#8216;So many people tell me that you guys treat people of color like s**t, and I always stood up for you,&#8217; Youngblood can be heard saying.</p>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-293572" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Monica-Youngblood-16.jpg" alt="Monica Youngblood 16.jpg" width="720" height="406" />&#8216;Officer I am stone-cold sober&#8217;: &#8216;Police said the Youngblood had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and <em>that</em> she failed to perform well on four different field sobriety tests including walking in a straight line</h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-293579" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Monica-Youngblood-4-1.jpg" alt="Monica Youngblood 4.jpg" width="1000" height="543" /><strong>Bodycam evidence nailed the legislator</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Nearly 40 minutes of police bodycam footage shows Youngblood being questioned by officers at the checkpoint and later when she was handcuffed and taken for processing</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Youngblood, who refused to take a breath test, insisted that she hadn&#8217;t had a drink and was instead upset over a fight with her boyfriend when she was stopped at the DWI checkpoint</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Youngblood has also sponsored legislation that would give harsher penalties for repeat drunk drivers, as well as a bill that would not allow those arrested for a DWI to be released on their own recognizance.<br />
She was booked on one count of aggravated DWI for declining a breath test.<br />
Prior to her arrest, the bodycam footage shows the officer asking Youngblood to get out of her car so she could perform a series of sobriety tests.<br />
She was asked to count backwards, recite the alphabet, walk in a straight line and stand on one leg.<br />
Throughout the ordeal, Youngblood repeatedly complained that she was cold despite the officer commenting that the temperature was in the high 60s.</p>
<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-293569" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Monica-Youngblood-12.png" alt="Monica Youngblood 12.png" width="629" height="391" />&#8216;Comm&#8217;on governor, cut me some slack&#8217;</h6>
<p class="imageCaption">After completing the series of tests, Youngblood appeared shockedwhen the officer said he was placing her under arrest for drunk driving.<br />
The Republican lawmaker said she had sponsored legislation to reinstate the death penalty for cop killers. She also supported a bill for harsher penalties for repeat drunk drivers</p>
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<strong>New Mexico State </strong><strong>Rep. Monica Youngblood, R-Albuquerque, [photo] taken her road sobriety test, was taken into custody at a checkpoint shortly after 1 a.m. on Paseo Del Norte, NM early Sunday.</strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">The GOP poltician who told police she was heading home from a friend&#8217;s house, had bloodshot eyes and she smelled like alcohol, despite insistin she hadn&#8217;t had anything to drink.<br />
After completing the road sobriety tests, Youngblood appeared shocked when the officer said he was placing her under arrest.<br />
&#8216;I did everything that you asked me to do officer, please&#8230; Officer are you kidding me?&#8217; she said.<br />
At one point during her arrest, Youngblood appeared to suggest she was being mistreated because the officer wouldn&#8217;t remove the handcuffs so she could wipe her face of tears.<br />
Youngblood was released that same day after her arrest and is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment on June 13.<br />
She later said in a statement tshe regretted not taking a breath test.<br />
Youngblood, who has deleted her Twitter account, is now facing calls from other politicians to resign.</p>
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<p>She was released on her own recognizance around 5:15 a.m., with an arraignment scheduled for the morning of June 13.<br />
On Sunday afternoon she released the following statement: &#8220;As a legislator, I have always taken drinking and driving seriously. While I regret the situation altogether, I most definitely regret not taking the breathalyzer test. I look forward to bringing this matter to a swift and just conclusion.&#8221;<br />
Youngblood serves District 68, encompassing a portion of Bernalillo County, and has been a member of the House since 2013. In that span, she&#8217;s developed a reputation for sponsoring various pieces of legislation to fight crime, as well as drinking and driving.<br />
Youngblood is running for re-election. It&#8217;s unclear if these allegations will impact her campaign.</p>
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‘Heal thy self!’ Law and Order New Mexico State legislator tries to weasel out of a DWI arrest – Rep Monica Youngblood supported a bill for harsher penalties for repeat drunk drivers
