Full quote from Andy Reid on Willie Gay: "I decided he’d play. I’m not going to get into the conversations. I’m not going to do that. I decided that after just hearing some of the information that I heard." https://t.co/muFit5wkAn
Originally Posted by scho63:
They can always add more charges if their investigation warrants it.
It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to process a DV situation. Domestic Vacuum, I mean. The evidence that they had was right there. Now they have a stonewall of a lawyer to go through if they want any more. They had all the evidence they were gonna get with the broken vacuum cleaner. I'm thinking it was a young dumb cop trying to prove his mettle, realized he was dealing with a celebrity, and jumped the gun. The DA is gonna drop this charge, I'm calling it right now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Vladimir_Kyrilytch:
It doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to process a DV situation. Domestic Vacuum, I mean. The evidence that they had was right there. Now they have a stonewall of a lawyer to go through if they want any more. They had all the evidence they were gonna get with the broken vacuum cleaner. I'm thinking it was a young dumb cop trying to prove his mettle, realized he was dealing with a celebrity, and jumped the gun. The DA is gonna drop this charge, I'm calling it right now.
As was explained before by people that are actually in the LE community, Kansas and the city of OPKS have statutes on the books, as well as federal grants, that REQUIRE them to arrest someone if there's any suspicion of DV.
Most likely, the arresting officer was just following departmental procedure.
The end result could still be the same with the charges being dropped but let's not shame and blame a guy for doing his job. [Reply]
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
As was explained before by people that are actually in the LE community, Kansas and the city of OPKS have statutes on the books, as well as federal grants, that REQUIRE them to arrest someone if there's any suspicion of DV.
Most likely, the arresting officer was just following departmental procedure.
The end result could still be the same with the charges being dropped but let's not shame and blame a guy for doing his job.
I don't even have an issue with the approach. It can't be uncommon for cops to show up to a DV call, find that it's just a shouting match, walk away, and then get a call an hour later that the situation escalated to a much more serious altercation. While I hope that Willie would have been able to contain himself, it's not completely far-fetched that the cops could have saved his career by getting him out of there. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I don't even have an issue with the approach. It can't be uncommon for cops to show up to a DV call, find that it's just a shouting match, walk away, and then get a call an hour later that the situation escalated to a much more serious altercation. While I hope that Willie would have been able to contain himself, it's not completely far-fetched that the cops could have saved his career by getting him out of there.
According to the police reports, he left on his own before they got there. They're still going to arrest him though since they don't want him to go back later. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaFace:
I don't even have an issue with the approach. It can't be uncommon for cops to show up to a DV call, find that it's just a shouting match, walk away, and then get a call an hour later that the situation escalated to a much more serious altercation. While I hope that Willie would have been able to contain himself, it's not completely far-fetched that the cops could have saved his career by getting him out of there.
It’s not unreasonable at all to assume a man might intimidate a woman into telling the cops everything is fine then seek revenge once the cops leave.
I just hope that the League doesn’t panic and treat this like something it’s not. It sounds like an argument that got a bit out of hand. It does not seem like a situation that would or should warrant a suspension or exempt list.
Granted, that could always change if more info comes out. [Reply]
Andy Reid said Rashad Fenton (back) was the lone player that didn't practice.
Willie Gay, who was released from the Johnson County detention center yesterday, did participate with his teammates today. Reid said Gay will play Sunday against the Bills.
