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Honolulu police arrested sober drivers to hit DUI quotas, lawsuit alleges
Ammon Fepuleai said he didn't have a single drink on the night of Nov. 7, 2023. But when he pulled up to a Honolulu police sobriety checkpoint, an officer claimed to smell alcohol anyway.
Body-camera footage later showed Fepuleai followed instructions during a field sobriety test, showed no signs of impairment and blew a 0.00 on a breathalyzer, court records state. Still, officers arrested him, shut down the checkpoint early and drove Fepuleai to a police station, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.
