Another drunken Kennedy
This would be funny, if it wasn't just so sad. Old money just seems to be poison.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Police officers were told not to give U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy a sobriety test after his traffic accident, police labor union officials say.
Superiors told the officers instead to drive the Rhode Island Democrat home after the accident early Thursday, according to Greg Baird, acting chairman of the U.S. Capitol Police union, who called for an inquiry.
The Capitol Police said Friday that it's investigating the accident, the procedures followed and whether the evidence would support traffic charges.
Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said in a letter Thursday night he was apparently disoriented by prescription medication when he crashed his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill.
The lawmaker, 39, said police drove him home afterward but that he did not "ask for any special consideration."