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    CBS' Mike Wallace cited for disorderly conduct

    NEW YORK (CNN) -- CBS News veteran Mike Wallace, 86, was arrested Tuesday evening outside a New York City restaurant and issued a summons for disorderly conduct.

    Alan Fromberg, deputy commissioner for public affairs at the Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC), told CNN that Wallace allegedly lunged at a TLC inspector about 8:30 p.m. ET.

    Two TLC inspectors saw that Wallace's vehicle, registered with the commission, was double-parked and approached the driver. According to Fromberg, while the two inspectors were questioning the driver and checking the vehicle, Wallace came out of Luke's Bar and Grill on Manhattan's Upper East side carrying a take-out order.

    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 "[lunged] at one of the inspectors," Fromberg said.

    The second inspector handcuffed Wallace and placed him in an unmarked TLC vehicle. Wallace was then escorted to the 19th precinct and "issued a summons for disorderly conduct," Fromberg said.

    He was released soon afterward.

    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 [Wallace] 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."

    Calls to CBS News for comment were not immediately returned.

    The Taxi and Limousine Commission receives applications and distributes limousine and taxi licenses in New York.

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  • #2
    Why would someone act up with people that can arrest you? I bet he did the "I'm famous, and I'll have your job" crap, and found out they were willing to risk their jobs!
    No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
    I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
    even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
    He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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    • #3
      Um, according to at least one eyewitness, it was the cop that acted improperly.

      Which would indicate a cop with a god complex, which is also quite common...unfortunately.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by M21Sniper
        Um, according to at least one eyewitness, it was the cop that acted improperly.

        Which would indicate a cop with a god complex, which is also quite common...unfortunately.
        I heard that as well, it is said the TLC inspector told Wallace not to "Give me any lip", and he said something like ""ok, ok I wont" and the inspector grabbed him by the shirt and cuffed him then turned to the crowd and said "any more?". Dident think TLC inspectors were authorized to arrest people and carry guns ....

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        • #5
          The Mayor of NYC Micheal Bloomberg is launching an investigation into this incident. We'll have all the facts soon enough.

          If it turns out the 'officers' were abusive they're pretty well screwed, lol.

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          • #6
            All I had to go by was the article, which said "Militello could not hear what was said" about the witness. The only times I know of normal people, i don't know many famous people, getting arrested were because they mouthed off. I still bet he said something. I doubt he had a scarry lunge though.
            No man is free until all men are free - John Hossack
            I agree completely with this Administration’s goal of a regime change in Iraq-John Kerry
            even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act-John Kerry
            He may even miscalculate and slide these weapons off to terrorist groups to invite them to be a surrogate to use them against the United States. It’s the miscalculation that poses the greatest threat-John Kerry

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