Back in the 70s Sheriff Tommy Robinson of Little Rock was told not to take anymore prisoners to the state prison because it was too crowded. So he took a few anyway and chained them to the water tower outside the gate. A court ruled he couldn’t take them to the prison or he’d be in contempt so he took a couple to a retarded children’s home and chained them to the door. A court ruled that he couldn’t take them to ANY state facility.
So he called a news conference and announced that his county jail was full and wouldn’t be accepting anymore prisoners. On the day the State Police were to escort prisoners from court to the county jail the sheriff had deputies on the roof with M16s. There was almost a shoot out with the state police. The state cops backed down and took them to an adjoining county.
Ended up the sheriff was arrested and no jail in Arkansas would accept him as a prisoner. They took him to Memphis for publicity and eventually it all blew over and he got elected to congress. After 2 terms he switched to the repubulican party. Not sure they really wanted him. He was number one on the congressional check bouncing scandal.
The thought of Arpaio fighting with the secret service (SS) made me think of this.
By the way, they called him “Hot Dog” Tommy Robinson.
Any idea where he is now? We could use him. Sounds like a badass dude.