President Arrested and Pays Fine!!

 

#147  December 18:  Those of you who know me, know that I am a “political animal” and try to keep current and have very definite political leanings!  I’ve tried to keep politics out of this exercise (with maybe the exception of the climate change posts, but that’s science!! Lol)  However, with Presidents being indicted and impeached, I just couldn’t resist this fact that I learned from a historical email blog I subscribe to:  President Ulysses S. Grant was arrested while in office TWICE!!  Both incidents were for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage!  The first time, he got a warning, but the very next day the same officer caught him in Washington DC again and felt he had to arrest him.  He had to put up a $20 bond (almost $500 today) and forfeited it when he skipped court the next day.  He owned up to his mistake and the whole thing blew over fairly quickly.  The officer, one of just two Black police officers in DC after the war was commended for his actions in trying to make the city streets safer.  12/18