Vote 2009: Campaign scoreboard – 14 candidates, 1 arrest

We’re not sure whether to file this under Vote 2009 or Crime Watch …

Jimmy Snow, candidate for mayor, was arrested for disorderly conduct Saturday night. Snow says he was campaigning at a Lakeview bar, denies any wrongdoing and claims the police used unnecessary force when arresting him.

Also, he also admits to drinking but says he wasn’t drunk. Snow added that someone was trying to sabotage his campaign.

OK, new rule if you’re running for mayor of Birmingham: If you’re going to get arrested, try to wait until after you’ve been in office awhile.

Snow’s background hasn’t been clear, that is, until the Birmingham News seemed to stumble upon his profession: a cook at Franklin’s Homewood Gourmet who makes the restaurant’s Pound Cake with Key Lime Cream from his mom’s recipe. He’s also owner of Green Door Health Foods in Mountain Brook.

Update: From the police arrest report:

The incident happened at 11:45 p.m. Saturday at Joe’s on Seventh. Snow entered without paying cover charge.

A police officer working off-duty at the club told Snow he would have to show identification and pay the cover. Snow then grabbed hold of the bar and began screaming, “I don’t have to pay. I’m running for mayor, and I don’t have to go anywhere.”

Officers had to wrestle Snow to the ground where he was handcuffed. Police took Snow first to UAB Hospital “because he stated he was crazy,” but he was evaluated and released. He was then taken to Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, where he refused treatment for minor scrapes on his arm.

Update Nov. 25: Two days before his arrest, the police were called to intercede in another incident involving Snow …

On Thursday night, at the Hot and Hot Fish Club on Southside, a restaurant em­ployee claimed an intoxicated Snow struck him. The victim, an acquaintance, said Snow twice tried to talk to him while he was on the phone, and said that when he didn’t respond, Snow used an open hand to hit the phone, causing “severe pain to the ear.”

(Favorite comment from the AL.com site: “If only there were an herb of some sort that could calm him down …”)

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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 10:06 am, in B'ham.
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