Who Says You Have To Be a Young NFL’r To Start Some Stuff?
According to The New York Times, former Vikings star and HOF DE, Carl Eller was arrested Wednesday, after being stopped on suspicion for drunken driving. When pulled over the real fun began. According to the report:
Police Inspector Mike Martin said officers in north Minneapolis saw a SUV speed through a stop sign and gave chase. The SUV reached speeds of up to 60 mph through city streets.
Martin said the SUV didn’t stop until it pulled into Eller’s garage about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
Martin said the officers asked Eller to get out of the vehicle. He refused at first, but got out and threatened and fought with officers, throwing one onto the hood of the SUV.
Police used a Taser, but Martin said it had no effect and called for backup. During the scuffle, officers put the 66-year-old Eller into a neck hold until help arrived, he said.
When more officers arrived, they subdued Eller and took him to the Hennepin County Jail, Martin said. Eller refused to take a breath or blood test, he said.
The sad part of this story is that Eller has had these problems before, and was arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence. But, while I don’t endorse scrapping with police, and I definitely, do not approve of drunk driving, I get a little bit hype when I read about a 66-year old who takes a taser shot and tosses a cop up onto an SUV. Drinking problems aside, that’s one crazy, old, SOB.
