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Originally Posted by willravel
I'm still not sure how someone could be arrested for being drunk on private property. ...
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Yep. The Reuters quotes from Beck leave too much room for interpretation. In my experience these press releases are usually done in combination with highly visible enforcement events. They're meant to score political points, and possibly deter some perceived nuisance. Still, if they're really arresting people it'll only take one annoyed victim with funds for this to hit the fan.
I'm sure the undercover agents just love pulling this duty. 
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