Once upon a time, a President was arrested - for speeding horsing

[laserhaas]

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According to Washington Post

The police officer who arrested a president

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/history/2018/12/16/police-officer-who-arrested-president/?__twitter_impression=true

Amid President Trump’s mounting legal problems, TV talking heads and bar-stool philosophers from Boise to Britain have been pondering one of the great mysteries of the U.S. Constitution.

Can the president of the United States actually be indicted? Arrested, handcuffed, the whole deal. Possible?

The prevailing answer is this: Nobody is sure.

But that’s not entirely true.

President Ulysses S. Grant knows — err, knew.

Even way back then, POTUS eluded Justice...

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Abe Lincoln was grabbed and dragged away by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

Yes, Lincoln was President but Holmes was "only" a Union Army officer at the time. Lincoln was visiting the front at Fort Stevens, and his tall figure was attracting the attention of Rebel sharpshooters -- bullets were passing close, but Lincoln seemed oblivious. So Holmes tackled him, shouting "Get down, you fool!". Lincoln remarked “I’m glad to see you {still?} know how to talk to a civilian.”

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/washington/the-war-effort/war-effort-fort-stevens/

[Sneederbunk]

2. Grabbed? Dragged away? Tackled?

Holmes admonition has certainly been enhanced over time.

[brooklynite]

3. One can only imagine where the cop got reassigned...

[laserhaas]

4. Alaska

[Yavin4]

5. Technically, isn't the horse the one that's speeding? n/t

[laserhaas]

6. LOL

Lawyers thunk

Cars are the ones speeding.

Bullets kill because they go too fast.

He should have gotten outta the way of my fist during my Kata practice