Because Pence had her charge expunged, the body camera footage of her arrest is no longer available. But her public defender did watch the footage, and wrote in an email to prosecutors that Pence, “…appeared to do very well watching BWC (body worn camera) footage. I honestly wouldn’t perform as well as Ms. Pence did on my best sober day.”

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Sarah Pence’s eyes tear up, watching a man on television who she’s never met.

That man is Jeffrey Adams, a teacher in Brentwood, who was arrested, along with two other men in 2023, for DUI. However, our investigation found all three were arrested by Officer Noah Werner, and all three were sober at the time of their arrest.

  • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
    263·
    2 days ago

    I agree with the rest of the article though. It’s messed up how arrests are public information before any trial in so many US states.

    It is massively important that arrests are a matter of public record. Without that, it’s perfectly legal to disappear you, for any reason, at any time, and noone would ever know.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      But the US government has done that anyway. During the Seattle black lives matter protests federal law enforcement was just randomly picking up anyone that looked suspicious.

    • kungen@feddit.nuEnglish
      97·
      2 days ago

      So you think that your name and mugshot should be published everywhere whenever you’re arrested, because otherwise you’ll be disappeared…? Is this also some US-specific problem? Court records are public information here, but arrests aren’t.

      Especially when you know the police can be corrupt, why do you want your public image to be ruined before you’ve even been judged by a jury of your peers?