The sheriff’s deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunken driving said in an interview that he feels bad for damage to the star’s reputation but hopes Gibson thinks twice before drinking and driving. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy James Mee, who is Jewish, said that he considered it a routine arrest and did not take any comments made by Gibson seriously. "I don’t take pride in hurting Mr. Gibson," said Mee, a 17-year deputy. "What I had hoped out of this is that he would think twice before he gets behind the wheel of a car and was drinking. That would be my hope that this would accomplish that. I don’t want to ruin his career. I don’t want to defame him in any way or hurt him." The Sheriff’s Department sent prosecutors its case Monday, including an official police report that includes claims that Gibson made anti-Semitic remarks and threatened a deputy, a law enforcement official said. Gibson reportedly unleashed an anti-Semitic tirade and made other offensive comments when he was pulled over, initially for speeding, early Friday in Malibu, California, and was then arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. An arrest report signed by Mee and posted on the celebrity news Web site TMZ quoted Gibson as saying, "The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world," and asked the arresting officer, "Are you a Jew?" Deputy Mee would not comment specifically on Gibson’s remarks. "That stuff is booze talking," the deputy said in an interview outside his home. "There’s two things that booze does. It amplifies your basic personality. If you are a laid-back kind of person, just an easy going kind of person, booze is going to amplify that and you’ll be just sitting around going how it’s a wonderful day. "But, if you are high-strung person, it’s going to amplify that and all the bad things are going to come out."
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To be honest I don’t think he looks Jewish. But I do think this will make Mel Gibson look worse than he already does in more people’s eyes.
