The son of Illinois state Senate President John Cullerton was arrested Sunday and charged with misdemeanor assault, after he interrupted an arrest and threatened a security guard with his father's title, WLS in Chicago reports:
(The security guard, Roberto Gonzalez) then walked Katzman down to some police officers on the block but the officers had another call and told Gonzalez to hold Katzman until they returned. Gonzalez said he was on the curb with Katzman when Garritt M. Cullerton came by and said, "Hey, that's my buddy, let him go."
Cullerton then started shoving Gonzalez in the shoulder, Gonzalez claims. He told Cullerton not to touch him, at which time Cullerton said, "I am going to punch you in the face. Punch you in the f---ing face and knock you out."
"We then started dancing in circles," Gonzalez said, with Cullerton attempting to punch him and Gonzalez holding a baton behind his back. Gonzalez did not use the baton on Cullerton, who kept saying, "My father's a senator. You f---ed up. I demand that you let him go."
Cullerton pleaded guilty last year to a DUI charge; when arrested, Garritt Cullerton was driving his father's SUV, which was registered to the state Senate, according to WLS.