The time a sitting US President was arrested

[Bernardo de La Paz]

Ulysses S. Grant, the sitting president of the United States, was arrested in 1872

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_of_Ulysses_S._Grant

Ulysses S. Grant, the sitting president of the United States, was arrested in 1872 for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage in Washington, D.C. Arresting officer William H. West later said that he had warned Grant, an avid horseman, the day before for speeding on the same street. Grant was brought to the police station, where, by West's account, he put up $20 (equivalent to $452 in 2021), which was forfeited the next day when Grant did not appear in court; other accounts differ but generally involve a fine of similar value, the impounding of the carriage, or both. West characterized Grant as polite, somewhat amused, and deferential to West's authority.

While the basic details of the event have been confirmed by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, West's account, as published in The Sunday Star in 1908, is the sole detailed narrative, and the exact extent of its accuracy will likely never be known.[1]

[usonian]

1. One of my favorite stories: "If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox" by James Thurber.

http://02dddd4.netsolhost.com/poetry/Grant.shtml
Artwork by Thurber himself

[Celerity]

2. Keith Olbermann: Tonight's #Thurbercast No. 42 features "If Grant Had Been Drinking At

Appomattox” and his entirely justifiable diatribe against English teachers who ignore content “Here Lies Miss Groby”

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1OyJAYDkMVyJb

Link to tweet

[Initech]

3. Don't tell the cult that!

Facts don't matter, only unfiltered outrage does!