June
16, 1987, plainclothes police actually "infiltrated" high school
graduation party in a private home in Vienna.
The hosts' son was a member of Students Against Drunk Driving. The parents who gave the party for their son
notified those attending the party with "Please, No Alcohol" signs
and brought in at least 25 adults to help monitor the party.
The
mistake they made was in notifying the cops in advance and getting a booklet of
party tips from them. The cops then
infiltrated the party and arrested children and adults for drinking. They also arrested and handcuffed the
hostess, whom they handcuffed and charged with being drunk in public and forced
to spend the night in jail. The hosts,
who did everything right, pleaded no contest to charges of aiding and abetting
the consumption of alcohol by minors.
This
actually happened. The cops really did
this.
Cops
swarmed on to the property while other cops set up a roadblock. One partygoer said "My mother walked up
to the roadblock with my aunt to see if any guests were having problems. “ A cop told her, 'I'm not on your property
anymore, you're on my property. Now back
off.' My aunt tapped her on the shoulder
and said, 'Let's get out of here,' but the cop said, 'She's not going anywhere.’ Then he started giving her sobriety tests,
making her touch her nose, making her lean backward until she was almost flat
on her back. But she passed. Then he pulls out this Breathalyzer and
shoves it at her and says, 'Blow,' while he is pressing all of these
buttons. Without showing the results to
anybody, he says, 'You're under arrest.’
Then he handcuffed her and took her to jail."
This
actually happened. The cops really did
this.
The
raid on the house was apparently pre-planned even though the police said it
wasn’t. One of the cops on the scene
dropped a sheet of paper that indicated that the party -- along with four other
gatherings being held in the area that night -- had been targeted for possible
infiltration even before it began. Some
cop assigned some students to write 500-word essays, while other officers chose
to make arrests.
This
actually happened. The cops really did
this.
In exchange for the plea, other charges
against the hostess were dropped.