Posted on 08/11/2004 4:14:52 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
CBS Newsman Mike Wallace Issued Summons
NEW YORK - Veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent Mike Wallace was handcuffed and driven to a police station Tuesday night after arguing with city inspectors over where his driver had parked.
The dispute began at about 8:30 p.m., as Wallace was leaving a Manhattan restaurant, WCBS-TV reported. Wallace, 86, saw two inspectors interviewing his driver, who they said was double-parked.
The Taxi and Limousine Commission said Wallace became "overly assertive and disrespectful" and interfered with the inspectors, according to WCBS.
At one point, Wallace lunged at one of the inspectors, according to the commission. The other inspector then handcuffed Wallace and drove him to a police station, where he was issued a summons for disorderly conduct. He was later released.
Luigi Militello, the restaurant manager, told WCBS that the inspectors "manhandled" Wallace during the dispute.
CBS said in a statement Tuesday that Wallace was at home and that more information would be released if it became available.
Richard Leibner, a spokesman for Wallace, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Rule of law, what a concept!
"Two inspectors interviewing his driver who had double parked."
Some "law."
Mike Wallace finally got his 60 seconds of fame.
Send that pic to Imus. He's looking for mug shots. He talked to Wallace a few minutes ago and he told the I-Man that he was trying to protect his meatloaf.
"You're WHO again exactly?"
Isn't this old fool ever going to retire? Why is he still allowed in a studio? For that matter, why are there so many senile old farts in the CBS newsroom?
As if the two are mutually exclusive.
I can hear it now:
"DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHO THE %$#$*& I AM? I'M MIKE F$##&&@ING WALLACE! I'M MIKE $$##&&@ WALLACE! I'M MIKE F$##&&@ING WALLACE! AND YOU, YOU AREN'T S***. I'M MIKE F$##&&@ING WALLACE!"
"Yes, Mr Wallace, just come with me"
"I'M EATING IN THE BEST F#$%@ING RESTAURANT AND WEARING THE BEST F@#$ING SUIT AND DRINKING THE BEST F@#$ING WINE IN MAN-F@#$ING-HATTEN AND YOU EAT AT THE F@#$ING BURGER F@#$ING KING. I'M MIKE F$##&&@ING WALLACE!"
The poor gent is 86. I think dementia explains this, and also his professional antics. There are some new drugs on the market that can help, if he'll admit he's got a problem.
DYKWIA! Hubris strikes again. I'm beginning to enjoy this.
This made my morning L0L
Wow. The police must have mistakenly thought he was a commoner.
L0L! Yup! I hope he popped a vessel!
hehehe, Hmm..Didn't Walter Winchil(sp?) also suffer from such delustions?..in 1968, during the DNC CONN_vention :))
Freepers might want to hold off gloating about this one: from Drudge's coverage, it looks like a couple of abusive cops making the mistake of harassing somebody with connections.
"correspondent Mike Wallace was handcuffed and driven to a police station ."
Should not this read Mike Wallace arrested?"
Where I live if the police "handcuff you" and (LOL) "drive" you to the police station, you have been arrested.
Technically, no, he was not arrested. It was Taxi and Limosine Commission Inspectors in the initial confrontation, they don't have the power to arrest. They detained and brought him to the police. The police did not arrest him, they just issued him a summons and let him go. Kinda like a parking ticket, or a summons for drinking in public or something.
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