NYC mayor to probe arrest of Mike Wallace

NJ.com ^ | 8/11/04 | AP

[kattracks]

NEW YORK (AP) — Eighty-six-year-old CBS newsman Mike Wallace — arrested and cuffed after a confrontation with taxi and limousine inspectors — wonders why anyone thought he was such a threat. So does Mayor Mike Bloomberg.

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On Wednesday, Wallace told Entertainment Tonight: "I sat there for an hour or so and they (the police) said, 'OK, we know who you are, we know what you do, we have no problems with you.'

"I would call this a comedy of errors, but there was no comedy," he said. "So I went home, put the meatloaf in the microwave and it was superb."

The inspectors saw it another way, saying Wallace approached them and became "overly assertive and disrespectful," interfering with their ability to perform their duties.

The inspectors said they asked Wallace to step away from the car, but he refused, and lunged at one of them, TLC spokesman Allan Fromberg told The New York Post.

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[Hildy]

Oh, please.

[dead]

You'd think Mayor Bloomberg would have something important to do, like arresting smokers and people who sit on milk crates.

[cmsgop]

So Mike Wallace is going to be probed ??????

[Lexington Green]

Cops must learn their place. Do not annoy the special people.

[KellyAdmirer]

Heaven forbid the police display impartial justice when celebrity tv people are involved.

[beyond the sea]

NYC mayor to probe arrest of Mike Wallace

They should arrest everyone involved with '60 (Too Many)Minutes' and send them off to France.

[sharktrager]

And Bloomberg is probing Wallace?

Pervert!

[bonfire]

Anyone who puts a meatloaf in the microwave SHOULD be arrested.

[sharktrager]

The inspectors saw it another way, saying Wallace approached them and became "overly assertive and disrespectful," interfering with their ability to perform their duties.

I don't recall there being a law against being assertive and respectful.

I can't stand Wallace, but the reports from witnesses AND the police do not seem to justify what happened. Reports out of NYC have consistently shown police out of control since Bloomberg took office. His decision to have minor infractions enforced solely for the purpose of generating revenue seems to be causing some officers to go overboard.

[chainsaw]

Is Bloomberg concerned about all the other people that may be roughed up a little by the NY gestapo? I doubt it. There is absolutely no reason to even cuff an eighty-six year old hoodlum...in my opinion

[chainsaw]

Is Bloomberg concerned about all the other people that may be roughed up a little by the NY gestapo? I doubt it. There is absolutely no reason to even cuff an eighty-six year old hoodlum...in my opinion

[Texas Eagle]

Oh, brother. Reset the Terror Rainbow back to pink or whatever the lowest setting is.

[Reactionary]

I guess, so far as Manhattan elitist swine are concerned, the law is for the little people.

Mikey will soon double-park on the skulls of rich Republicans.

[demlosers]

What?

[Joe Hadenuf]

There is a such thing as law enforcement discretion. Who ever was involved in this incident clearly did not use any. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Wallace, I think it's safe to say, they (taxi cops, whoever) did not handle this right.

[theDentist]

Yeah... probably by Andy Rooney.

[Spok]

"NYC mayor to probe arrest of Mike Wallace"

I'm sure that the fact that Wallace is a big time tv journalist with a big time news network has nothing to do with the mayor's interest. Does it? He'd do this for just any schmuck off the street. Wouldn't he?

[mystery-ak]

I imagine Wallace made a lot of phone calls when he got home.....

[demlosers]

Wallace is nothing more than 86 yr old crying baby.