NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — “Are you being arrested?”“I’m being arrested. I don’t know why. He says he smells alcohol. I’ve done all the tests. I don’t understand.”Those lines, captured on police body-camera video, frame a question: What happens when sobriety itself is not enough to prevent a DUI arrest?
What sounds anomalous is now documented.
According to data released by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 419 people across Tennessee were arrested for driving under the influence in 2024 despite later blood tests showing no alcohol detected in their system: not trace amounts, not borderline results, none…