I once spent four hours in jail for being "drunk and disorderly". I'd gotten myself thrown out of a bar for laying across some guy's lap and letting him ram his tongue down my throat, but for some reason (unknown to me) I refused to leave the premises. I chose instead to break beer bottles in the parking lot.
The cops who responded did NOT want to arrest me, but the barkeeper insisted I be removed from the property. They were very nice and didn't handcuff me, just put me in the back of the cruiser and drove me to the jail. I didn't recognize until years later that I was in a manic episode at the time (had no idea whatsoever that I was BP) and I was drinking to mask it.
Anyway, I went to court a week later and the charges against me were dropped, so I technically don't have a record.
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