UPDATE: For some reason, the Daily Cal doesn't mention that the 'business on Durant' that President Primm ducked into was Kip's.

The details of President Primm's arrest are out. Worse then I could imagine! I had thought the rumors of him fighting with five or six police after running away from them were too sensational to be true...

when the officers attempted to issue an "open container" citation, Cuaresma-Primm allegedly took off running, discarded the beverage and ducked into a business on Durant Avenue.

Officers escorted Cuaresma-Primm from the business and after a brief struggle in which one arresting officer suffered minor injuries, Cuaresma-Primm was detained and transferred into a police car, Curtin said.

UNANSWERED QUESTIONS: Why did President Primm run? An open container citation is not a big deal. Was he too drunk? Or, as one commentator asked, was he doing something more incriminating?

Why did he fight with cops? Again, too drunk? Possible. Did the cops go after him first? Again possible, but more unlikely then some seem to think. Don't forget that President Primm is a former track star and is generally pretty big. And standard police procedure would not have additional cops on the scene just hanging around while two-three others were struggling to arrest him. Your goal is to arrest him, not to have a fair fight!

Political effects? Everything and nothing, I would say. Inside the ASUC, this will have little to no effect besides some eye-rolling. But outside of it? The Presidency is one of the few positions with an institutionalized access to the Administration. President Primm meets with the Chancellor AND is on the Committee to select a new one! How much influence will he have with the Administration and Faculty once this gets out?
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