Joe, Marcia Clark (yes, that Marcia Clark) was on TV tonight saying the arrest reports for DUIs nearly always include the level of details seen in the Gibson report, because that is evidence that corroborates the arresting officers assumption the suspect was under the influence at the time of the stop/arrest. The behavior of the suspect at the time of the stop & arrest is not only admissable evidence in the prosecution of the case, according to Clark, but also often helps to convict.

Don't take this personally, but she has prosecuted thousands of DUI cases in California, so I think I'll take her word for it. She also said that celebrities routinely get special treatment from law enforcement, including being allowed to continue driving even when they suspect them of DUI.

It was also announced today that Gibson was given such special treatment twice in the last few years by the very same dept in Malibu. Both involved speeding, with Gibson let off with a warning both times. However, in one of those instances, the officer who did the stop said he suspected Gibson might have been under the influence.

Also, from USA Today:

"LOS ANGELES — Getting drunk and mouthing off is nothing new in Hollywood, but Mel Gibson's weekend arrest has plunged him into a crisis that few could have imagined two years ago.
Back then he described himself as a filmmaker guided by the Holy Spirit on his surprise blockbuster The Passion of the Christ, saying he hoped the film had "the power to evangelize." But that image has been shattered by news of his drunken-driving arrest Friday and the anti-Semitic and sexually insulting remarks attributed to him. The Associated Press reports that an official police report substantiates claims that Gibson made the remarks and threatened a deputy.

Many say Gibson will have to explain his comments beyond his publicist-released statement, which implied that his rant was just the booze talking. And some in the entertainment industry are calling for a boycott.

One of the nation's most ardent and active promoters of church outreach for The Passion was First Family Baptist Church in Overland Park, Kan., where the Rev. Jerry Johnston brought 5,000 people to see it.

"Only the savior is perfect, and every messenger of the gospel is flawed, and Gibson certainly illustrated that to the worst degree," Johnston says now. "It was unwarranted, and a great shame has been attached to the maker of the movie." But the message of the movie remains untainted even if the "messenger obstructs the Messiah in the delivery system."

Johnston says Gibson owes an apology not only to Jewish people but to all pro-Israel evangelicals. "He could take some of the proceeds of that movie and donate them to a worthy Jewish cause in Israel," he suggests."