Mike Wallace was arrested in Mahattan tonight for disorderly conduct..ABC

[ElsewheresDaughter]

News, ..because he was in a black limo double parked outside a resturant picking up takeout food...i guess he told the storm troopers to "chill out" and they didn't like it....Homeland Security at work on american citizens...bb but i thought it was for terrorisssssssst

[BlueEyedSon]

1. Link? Source?

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Just on teevee news...

caught the last of it, with no details of what happened, but he got a desk appearance ticket-- just a simple violation, less than a misdemeanor.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. they said he was "hauled away in hand cuffs"

[TreasonousBastard]

10. No big deal...

it's normal procedure to cuff anyone "taken downtown" even if the charge is minor. I was cuffed over a simple traffic ticket when they had to impound the car. Twice, actually, and the second time it was when they drove me home. Nice for the neighbors to see the cop taking the cuffs off when he dropped me off in front of the house.

It would be kinda interesting to know just what pissed the cops, though. It must have been just a little more than double parking.

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. A double-parked limo in NYC gets you arrested???

If that is the standard now, half the damned city must be behind bars. LOL.

[Drifter]

27. The Stock Thread cartoon ...

also has the same theme.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x742427

Cheers
Drifter

[screembloodymurder]

40. He was targeted?

They were profiling liberal jounalist.

[Ernesto]

3. Easy now

We're not freepers I hope.

[Rose Siding]

6. I don't see how that applies n/t

[Jane Eyre]

5. tick..tick...tick...tick...and now on 60 Minutes....!

C'mon, pity the poor cop who arrests Mike Wallace!

Think Mike Wallace won't consider doing a 60 Minutes piece on this?

:-)

[ParanoidPat]

13. And when he does I hope he interviews Al Gore about......

.....all the times he was pulled out of line for 'random security checks' on various flights. :evilgrin:

[hlthe2b]

8. someone took their last "limos packed /w explosives" warning a little

too seriously..... Sorry, Mike, but this may ultimately be a good thing, if it causes you to start shining the light on all of this moronic reaction in the name of preventing terrorism.

[girl gone mad]

9. Yep.

Haven't we basically conceded defeat to the terrorists with all of this police-state over reaction?

Pretty much all al-Qaeda has to do to shut down a city these days is send out a dark-skinned guy with a camera and some surveillance equipment. They don't have to hijack airplanes or pack cars with explosives, all it takes to disrupt our way of life is vague rumor and innuendo.

[lottie244]

11. Good! They should start locking up a lot journalists...maybe they might

start reporting the real news and stop whoring for Bush using Murdoch and Scaife as pimps.

[GainesT1958]

12. Well, locking up Mike Wallace..

Is surely NO place to start!

He's seen enough history to know this administration's basically gone mad!x(

B-)

[Kool Kitty]

16. That's for sure.

Better they should round up Bob Novak.

[demoman123]

19. I remember Mike Wallace when he was still on local TV years ago in LA

He used to conduct sadistic interviews with flying saucer nuts and other tinfoil types. Painful to watch, but a step up the ladder of fame and fortune for ole Mike. :)

[dumpster_baby]

24. I agree; we need more powerful journalists locked up

basically it is the powerful journalists like Wallace who are to blame for why we do not have universal healthcare and other social safety net stuff like all the rest of the other western countries. They are the ones who have let the politicians screw us over like this. I hope Wallace gets what is coming to him.....

[Rose Siding]

14. here's a link

snip>
...Wallace then approached the two inspectors, Fromberg said, in an "overtly assertive and disrespectful manner." Wallace was asked to step away three times by the inspectors. Wallace did not comply.

After the third request to step aside, Wallace " at one of the inspectors," Fromberg said.
...
Luigi Militello, owner of Luke's Bar and Grill, told CNN that Wallace is a regular customer at his restaurant and "anyone that knows him can tell you he doesn't behave wildly."

Militello said he observed the incident from inside the restaurant. Although Militello could not hear what was said, he said the inspector acted unprofessionally.

"One of the officers was totally out of line," Militello said. "He manhandled him as if he was a common criminal."

Wallace called Militello after he was released from the precinct to let him know he was home "eating his meatloaf."

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/10/wallace.arrest/index.html

Isn't Wallace almost 90 years old?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

15. yes mike wallace is about 85ish and thanks for the link

[wtmusic]

17. dude is solid muscle--that inspector got off easy

it's his meatloaf diet

[DeepModem Mom]

18. Witnesses say Wallace did nothing, call incident "appalling" --

"Ernesto Cavalli, Witness: 'He is 86 years old. The poor guy can not... the inspector can say what he wants. It is a lie. It is a lie. Plain and simple. I saw the whole thing. If I have to, I will be a witness.'

Diane Dawson, Witness: 'They threw him in cuffs. There were policemen and, i mean, it was unbelievable. It was appalling. He didn't do anything.'"

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_081004_wallace.html

[DulceDecorum]

20. Wallace is really lucky

that the peace officers with the Taxi and Limousine Commission
have not yet learned sodomy.

[FormerOstrich]

21. What is the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC)?

I don't understand. The article is quoting a person from TLC. Wallace's vehicle was registered with TLC. They were TLC inspectors. Wallace was taken to an unmarked TLC vehicle. Then, he was "escorted" to the 19th precinct.

What in teh hell is the TLC? Are they an extension to local police?

[psychopomp]

23. Looks like they are seperate from the NYPD

From the website:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/tlc/html/about/about.shtml

What is the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission?
The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), created in 1971, is the agency responsible for licensing and regulating New York City's medallion (yellow) taxicabs, for-hire vehicles (community-based liveries and black cars), commuter vans, paratransit vehicles (ambulettes) and certain luxury limousines. The Commission's Board consists of nine members, eight of whom are unsalaried Commissioners. The salaried Chair/Commissioner presides over regularly scheduled public Commission meetings, and is the head of the agency, which maintains a staff of approximately 400 TLC employees assigned to various divisions and bureaus. The Hon. Matthew W. Daus was named as Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's designee to the Chair of the TLC in June 2001 and was unanimously confirmed by the New York City Council on August 22, 2001. He was then reappointed by Mayor Bloomberg in July 2003 and was again unanimously confirmed by the New York City Council on July 23, 2003.

The TLC licenses and regulates over 50,000 vehicles and approximately 100,000 drivers, performs safety and emissions inspections of the 12,187 medallion taxicabs three times each year, and holds numerous hearings for violations of City and TLC rules and regulations, making it the most active taxi and limousine licensing regulatory agency in the United States.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

41. the TLC can not make arrests

[FormerOstrich]

44. Thanks to you and

psychopomp to assist with the TLC angle.

What is your take on this story if the TLC can not make arrests? What kind of authority do they have? It sounds to me as if they were acting as police officials.

Thanks for posting.. this is really disturbing me for some reason.

[JSJ]

22. bush regime emboldens fascist cops to fascist acts...

...and this downward trend among law enforcers will continue until police recruitment standards are raised.

[merh]

36. Recruitment standards are not enough!

You have to be willing to pay them well, just like any professional. (imho)

[dbt]

25. Ah, a trial run!

Jackboots are watching the game highlights video down at the cop shop right now. AshKKKroft stands at a chalkboard full of X's and O's, extolling the virtues of the shotgun formation.

:freak:
dbt

"When they came for the Journalists, it didn't take long because there were so few of them."

[opihimoimoi]

26. If they can do this to Wallace, they can do it to us

Where is Rush in all of this?

[impe]

28. He's on his own

meatloaf run...


Yes, these people should be locked up for impersonating journalists.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

32. surely you don't consider Wallace as an impersonating journalist?

[Chelsea Patriot]

29. "What an Awful Thing to do to a Big Star like you, Miss Lawson !!!"

Who the fuck is Mike Wallace that NYC laws don't apply to him?

The aristocratic disdain that Wallace exhibits in this story, telling an officer to "Chill Out." as he disregards the law, is truly disgusting.

Wallace needs to learn that "Yes! Even a Famous Celebrity has to obey the law."

[FlaGranny]

30. Yes, indeed,

he probably deserves a stay in Gitmo to pose in a sex pyramid - (that was sarcasm, in case you didn't notice).

[Chelsea Patriot]

42. Naughty Me!

I said something bad about a Famous Person on TV.

I forgot:
People who are chauffeured about in limos don't have to bother following the traffic laws that the drivers of more plebeian vehicles are required to obey.

Poor Martyred Mike Wallace, Victim of Police Misconduct!

Luima...Diallo...Desmond...and now Mike Wallace!

[napi21]

31. WOW! He's really an OLD guy too!

I'm glad this hit the news though. Maybe it will make people realize that this storm trooper mentality has gotten out of hand! Like you said, Mike is not like Sharpton or Moore who seem to always like to stir the pot about something.

[mountainvue]

33. They guy is 86

years old. How much trouble could he have been causing?

[opihimoimoi]

34. If his limo was blocking oodles of traffic for blocks, then he really

deserves a stay in Gitmo

If he was not blocking traffic, meaning there was room for the guys in his back to go around,,,then the case seems far different...

compassion appears missing here. This here is supposed to be the Compassionate Nation under one W Bush??

[HereSince1628]

37. Hire a limo to block traffic and you go to jail...

THAT is the punishment for employing weapons of mass traffic disruption...and I could give a Cheney about his meatloaf!

I love this.

If the dopes sweep up celebrities like Wallace it will quickly become apparent how everyone is linked to either Iran, Al Qaeda, North Korea, or worse....

[kskiska]

46. The cops claim he "lunged" at them

Mike was on TV saying he can't even manage to "lunge" into bed.

[napi21]

35. YEAH!!! This is being reported on CNN! 2:45PM EST

Doing a commercial right now, but headlined this story for right after the break!!!

[ElsewheresDaughter]

38. it's about friggen time...thanks for the heads up

[0rion]

39. What kind of threat could Mike Wallace....

possibly have presented?

[goforit]

43. OMG!!!.......Do you think he has a good Story cooking on the thugs?

Hope he has a good lawyer!!!

[pinniped]

45. I read that he "allegedy" lunged at them.

Sure he did. All 85 year old guys are known to lunge at officers. It's a rite of passage.:eyes: