Colts 6th Round Pick Tells Police "You Can't Arrest Me, I'm A Colts Player", Promptly Gets Arrested
(Source) A rookie Indianapolis Colts player was arrested early Monday on preliminary charges of disorderly conduct, public intoxication and resisting law enforcement after an altercation with police that began when he was not allowed into a Downtown bar. John Boyett, 23, who gave police an address in Napa Valley, Calif., was being held late Monday at the Marion County Jail, according to online jail records. He was released after appearing before a judge and posting $150 bond early Monday evening. A police report said Boyett — a safety listed as being on the reserve/non-football injury list — suffered slight new injuries to his arm and elbow when he fell while running from police officers after an incident shortly before 3 a.m.
“You can’t arrest me, I’m a Colts player,” Boyett repeatedly told the officers.
The incident began when an employee from Tiki Bob’s bar approached a uniformed police officer working in the 200 block of South Meridian Street about 2:45 a.m. The worker reported a man was refusing to leave after being denied entry because he was “too intoxicated.” The report said Boyett “cussed at patrons of the bar and people on the sidewalk.” By the time the officer returned to the bar with the employee, Boyett was gone. But a few minutes later, Boyett reportedly returned to the bar and was approached by the police officer. The report said it took four officers to finally subdue and handcuff Boyett (who is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 203 pounds, according to the Colts website).
“Mr. Boyett had an odor of an alcoholic beverage about his person, his speech was slurred, his eyes were red and glassy, and he had a very abusive behavior toward everyone,” the report said. Boyett, who was a sixth-round draft pick of the Colts, played college football at Oregon.
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You can’t arrest me, I’m a 6th round draft pick who didn’t even make the 53 man roster of a team no one gives a fuck about to begin with! You can’t arrest me.
Has anyone handled the tiniest bit of fame worse than John Boyett? The “do you know who I am” is probably the second douchiest thing a person can say right after “I make more money then you do”, but it can make some sense depending on the situation. If Lebron James or Peyton Manning or Michael Jordan said that you would understand, wouldn’t be less douchey, but you would understand. But a practice squad player that probably won’t play more than a handful of games in the NFL? I think we’ve overestimated our self worth by just a bit John.You’re a short white safety, not the King of England. Let’s pump the brakes on the name dropping until we at least make the active roster. Or don’t, and get cut by the Colts, which just happened, that way you can tell people that you were a former Colts practice squad player and therefore unarrestable. Probably even shook Andrew Luck’s hand once, pretty big deal.
h/t john