Bama DB arrested

#53
#53
The tears are hard to watch, but he's only crying because he's caught. Maybe this is a life changing event for him, and I certainly hope it is. And the cash - they don't need McDonald's bags anymore, do they. Wow a lot of cash. Anyway, they way the cops handled this was classy. Hope for a happy ending. Young and Dumb sometimes go hand in hand, and like VAVol85 said, this video could be a "teachable moment" for others.
 
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TheDirector said:
The marijuana isn't a big deal but the gun, scale and cash make it different than simple marijuana possession. The Bama website wrote the headline to make it sound like he just got caught with some pot.
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The gun isn't his. But there was a lot of weed and 7k in cash. I watched his arrest video today. I feel sorry for the kid. He is a good kid and comes from a good family. It's not like he's from the ghetto. He lived in a nice area where he played football. I have no idea who's it was, but I actually felt sorry for the kid. He was worried to death about his career and his Dad. I'm betting he was hanging with the wrong people. Just shows you are the company you keep.
 
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ptcarter said:
The tears are hard to watch, but he's only crying because he's caught. Maybe this is a life changing event for him, and I certainly hope it is. And the cash - they don't need McDonald's bags anymore, do they. Wow a lot of cash. Anyway, they way the cops handled this was classy. Hope for a happy ending. Young and Dumb sometimes go hand in hand, and like VAVol85 said, this video could be a "teachable moment" for others.
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I really hope he gets another chance, especially if the weed and 6k of the 7k was the other guys. Hell it was just weed. The other guy caught the gun charge. You can see Ton's reaction, he had no clue dude had a gun. The cops handled it perfectly and did everything they could for him. I know he plays at Bammer, but I don't wanna see a kid get jammed up for hanging with the wrong crows. He's not a thug nor does he come from poverty or a bad area. He was scared to death to tell his dad. That tells me he was raised right. Give him one more chance. If trouble finds him again then cut him loose. You all know if he was a Vol committ, everyone of you would say the same thing. This isn't about hatred for opponents. Plus it was just weed. Not like it was narcotics or harder drugs.
 
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VAVol85 said:
Hard to watch - seeing a guy reduced to begging to get his career back. I wonder if other players would benefit from seeing this. It would be nice to think guys could learn from others mistakes.

I sure hope the Vols have an uneventful summer.
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Agree 100%..Hopefully he gets a fitting punishment. His career won't be over regardless. If Ala releases him I guarantee tons of schools would give a kid with his talent another shot. It wasn't hard drug's, the gun wasn't his, it wasn't robbery or anything domestic. Will be hard for him right now, but hopefully he learns from it and has a great career. Just not against the Vols!!
 
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I definitely feel bad for the kid. This so much bs for having weed. And the cops taking their money? These are grown damn men that had what 3 or 4K in the car? How the hell is that a crime? And having a gun isn’t a crime either. Neither one of these kids are felons. And the gun wasn’t stolen. When the whole anti-police uprising began, I was slow to get on board. But the reality is our police force is military like. They treat kids like this. They pull over as if they are enemy combatants in a war zone. The sad thing is these kids shouldn’t have even communicated and cooperated with the cops. The cops always pull that BS now is the time to come clean and I’ll work with you blah blah. They are on your side. Ever!
Separately, the kid’s career isn’t over. He didn’t assault anyone (which apparently his coach isn’t too strict on anyway). He’ll serve some community service but I doubt he’ll miss any time with bama over this.
 
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chattavol420 said:
I definitely feel bad for the kid. This so much bs for having weed. And the cops taking their money? These are grown damn men that had what 3 or 4K in the car? How the hell is that a crime? And having a gun isn’t a crime either. Neither one of these kids are felons. And the gun wasn’t stolen. When the whole anti-police uprising began, I was slow to get on board. But the reality is our police force is military like. They treat kids like this. They pull over as if they are enemy combatants in a war zone. The sad thing is these kids shouldn’t have even communicated and cooperated with the cops. The cops always pull that BS now is the time to come clean and I’ll work with you blah blah. They are on your side. Ever!
Separately, the kid’s career isn’t over. He didn’t assault anyone (which apparently his coach isn’t too strict on anyway). He’ll serve some community service but I doubt he’ll miss any time with bama over this.
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I agree, I felt sorry for him.The cops handled this perfectly and with class. Nobody could have handled it any better. They were crimes and deserved to be arrested. But it was 7k in cash and the gun was unregistered. That is a crime. I really think the guy with him is the bad seed and Tony just got caught up in it. The cops did a fantastic job. They easily could have gotten him for evading the cops, twice! But the cops were great and didn't make it worse by trying to intimidate them. They also had a large amount of weed. I get why they arrested them, a large amount of weed, almost a pound, an unregistered handgun and 7k in cash. That was obviously why they tried to evade the cops. Plus it wasn't like they kept the money, they had to book them and can't have anything with them. They will get that money back.
 
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chattavol420 said:
I definitely feel bad for the kid. This so much bs for having weed. And the cops taking their money? These are grown damn men that had what 3 or 4K in the car? How the hell is that a crime? And having a gun isn’t a crime either. Neither one of these kids are felons. And the gun wasn’t stolen. When the whole anti-police uprising began, I was slow to get on board. But the reality is our police force is military like. They treat kids like this. They pull over as if they are enemy combatants in a war zone. The sad thing is these kids shouldn’t have even communicated and cooperated with the cops. The cops always pull that BS now is the time to come clean and I’ll work with you blah blah. They are on your side. Ever!
Separately, the kid’s career isn’t over. He didn’t assault anyone (which apparently his coach isn’t too strict on anyway). He’ll serve some community service but I doubt he’ll miss any time with bama over this.
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Definitely believe the young man gets a 2nd chance and hopefully gets his life back on track, but you seem to be blaming the police when he was the one that ran (140mph) from them and had an illegal substance in the car. That wasn't the police officers fault. They treated him about as good as could be expected given the circumstances.
 
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#61
There was a moment there, when, after they had separate them, his so called friend threw him under the bus, saying it wasn't his weed or his gun. Just a sick feeling came over him when the cop told him his "friend" had said he never knew about the gun and weed.

Also, the friend was the one urging him to outrun the police. Lot's of dumb in that passenger seat. And honestly, some dumb in the drivers seat for taking his advice.

I'll admit to having some dumb alpha male friends at that age. Say your a freshman and you get a bunch of seniors in there, there is a pecking order of sorts. Call it cultural anthropology, or whatever - but when you are young and new to a place, there is a strong desire to fit in, even if your gut instinct says situation isn't good.
 
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Stupid decision and stupid law. Medically safer than beer sold at our stadium but we just have to learn lessons the hard way.
 
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This guy is only suspended. Plus Saban went to the portal for another QB. Blood in the water?
 
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TheDirector said:
The marijuana isn't a big deal but the gun, scale and cash make it different than simple marijuana possession. The Bama website wrote the headline to make it sound like he just got caught with some pot.
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I don’t believe you. The media would never mislead.
 
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