OK, so Patrick Kennedy (son of Ted Kennedy) was involved in an accident on Thursday night.
At 2:45 AM the disoriented Rhode Island democrat was speeding through a construction zone, clipped something which caused him to swerve. So a police officer tailed him and popped the lights on… to which the lawmaker promptly didn’t pull over and continued driving until he ran head on into a barrier.
It gets better. The reporting officer describes this scene as he approached the representative’s 1997 green Ford Mustang: "Observed that D-1’s [the driver] eyes were red and watery, speech was slightly slurred, and upon exiting his vehicle, his balance was unsure. D-1 also report to R.O. [reporting officer] that he was "headed to the capital to make a vote." [Yes, at 2:45 AM!] Read the rest at the Smoking Gun
Of course, he being a Kennedy in Washington… nothing will happen to him. Instead of giving a field sobriety test the officer just took the representative home. But, as his website declares "Congressman Kennedy is a dedicated supporter of our law enforcement and firefighter communities." Apparently "equal justice under the law" doesn’t apply here. Anyone else in the country with those circumstances would have been field tested and probably spent the night in jail.
I think they should remove this guy immediately until a proper investigation can be done. How can a lawmaker look like a law dodging lawbreaker? Oh well… at least his son didn’t get anyone killed.
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