Football players allegedly involved in snowball fight that got out of hand

[Natebishop3]

Re: For those saying the snowgate was not a big deal...

We get it, you have a law enforcement background and that is your focus on this. IMO this was excessive horseplay. Brown should be disciplined but no matter how many statutes you quote this was not a criminal act.

A lady got arrested for writing on someone's window with lipstick. Welcome to America

 

[Targus]

" this was not a criminal act."

So says you...and clearly you don't know what defines a criminal act...however, statutes and case law say otherwise. What remains to be seen is if EPD pursues the matter as a criminal act or lets it slide.

Thanks for being an author of authority in an area you know nothing about!

 

[Wheels]

This thread makes me feel like my avatar should have "Global Babysitter" next to it at times... good grief

 

[SlyPokerDog]

" this was not a criminal act."

So says you...and clearly you don't know what defines a criminal act...however, statutes and case law say otherwise. What remains to be seen is if EPD pursues the matter as a criminal act or lets it slide.

Thanks for being an author of authority in an area you know nothing about!

If the EPD doesn't pursue criminal charges it doesn't mean they're letting it slide, it means they don't think a crime was committed.

And as a voter, tax payer and a person who has served on juries I do have a right to express my opinion on what I feel is a crime or isn't a crime. I clearly said Brown deserves to be punished but again, IMO, I don't think this is something that the police or courts should handle.

 

[Natebishop3]

If the EPD doesn't pursue criminal charges it doesn't mean they're letting it slide, it means they don't think a crime was committed.

And as a voter, tax payer and a person who has served on juries I do have a right to express my opinion on what I feel is a crime or isn't a crime. I clearly said Brown deserves to be punished but again, IMO, I don't think this is something that the police or courts should handle.

I don't think he should be arrested either, but I also think people are downplaying what happened. Would people be pissed if he wasn't a football player and he was disciplined by the school? I'm not so sure.

I do know this, these knuckleheads reflected very poorly on the university. They need to serve some kind of punishment. Whether that's being suspended for a game or doing 100 laps around the field, that's up to the school and coaches.

 

[Paxil]

If the school disciplined him (and who knows, maybe they did) I really wouldn't care, but we wouldn't have heard about it if it happened. I know from personal experience that schools can't release any details on disciplinary actions for legal reasons. It is interesting to me how sports teams get around that.

 

[Natebishop3]

If the school disciplined him (and who knows, maybe they did) I really wouldn't care, but we wouldn't have heard about it if it happened. I know from personal experience that schools can't release any details on disciplinary actions for legal reasons. It is interesting to me how sports teams get around that.

The Ducks don't usually release that information, as seemed to be the case with Colt Lyerla, but I think they felt like they had to release the suspension of Brown because of the high profile nature of the incident.