According to police reports, he was reeking of alcohol and displaying other symptoms of inebriation. He was allowed to roam the accident scene, have a cop call his attorney and relay the lawyer's advice to him, and was filmed by one TV station with his arm around a fellow officer, who patted him reassuredly on the back in return. He was involved in a trespassing incident a few years ago in which the victim claims Arakawa was drunk and received preferential treatment from police. Officers monitor us in their mandate to keep the peace. It took the Ireland family nine excruciatingly long years before they got some semblance of justice for their Dana.
Nobody wants the Ambrose clan to go through that same wringer of trauma.
They've been through enough agony already. So have both Danas. So have we all. Diane Yukihiro Chang's column runs Monday and Friday.