It's no secret that there's plenty of blame to go around in thecase of Michael McKinney's death. State policy, university policy,Officer Rob Duplain, McKinney himself and even blind luck played arole in the events leading to the Nov. 8 shooting.
The toxicology report issued Wednesday points to another partywith partial responsibilty: the culture of college bars.
McKinney's blood alcohol content was .343, more than four timesIndiana's legal limit of .08.
Clearly, someone was still serving McKinney drinks long after heshould've been cut off. Of course, the blame for that can't be laidat the feet of the bartender only -- servers, bouncers andMcKinney's friends should also have taken some responsibility forseeing that he stopped drinking before he reached such a level ofintoxication.
It's a hard job. Bartenders can't be expected to know how manydrinks a person had at a previous bar, and they can't be expectedto know how many drinks others have bought FOR the person inquestion.
Nevertheless, someone in the last bar McKinney visited should'venoticed that he was intoxicated. At .343 BAC, it would've been veryhard to hide it.
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