McMurphy regarding Powell, Ohio Police report "changed"
McMurphy has been quite active on twitter (https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy) and I thought it was worth its own thread especially for his latest facebook post that just dropped about 12 minutes ago as of now regarding the 2015 arrest report incident.
Full post here in the link with part of it quoted below:
https://www.facebook.com/TheBrettMcMurphy/
"On July 24, the Powell, Ohio, Police Department released a “revised report” about the 2015 incident – nearly three years after the incident – and the Powell Police Department changed its original report and now had the arrest box unchecked in its “revised report.”
I asked Powell Police Chief Gary Vest and director of communications Megan Canavan why Powell Police changed the original report. They said because “the terminology was different.”
That didn’t make sense to me last month and it still doesn’t today: either you are arrested or you’re not. You’re pregnant or you’re not pregnant."
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:34 PM ^
Let’s just let it go. It’s clear that Urban could beat his own wife and they’d make an excuse to keep him
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
I see what you are saying but I am very disappointed. I feel like I should give up on watching football. That is what I did with politics. Stopped watching any news channel. Hope I will feel different tomorrow. Can't get over the fact that powerful people get away with things time and time again. I am blabbering now...
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:41 PM ^
If you only knew the stuff powerful people get away with. It goes way higher than politicians.
Honestly your quality of life goes way up when you tune out MSM, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Live an authentic life...
August 23rd, 2018 at 6:22 AM ^
Right behind ya there honestly
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:37 PM ^
I'm guessing more dirt will come out. They will regret putting a time limit on the investigation and shoving this thing through without getting to the bottom of everything
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:44 PM ^
I'm not really sure what else could come out. I don't think McMurphy has anything else left in the chamber. The amount of horrible things that did come out against Zach Smith were there and I don't think there's going to be anything groundbreaking to come out. OSU will suffer the near-term reputation hit but unless a future scandal occurs this will become old news after this season.
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:38 PM ^
Didn’t the Powell PD already address this weeks ago?
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:12 PM ^
They didn't really address it. They said it was human error, which considering the timing is fishy at best, and more likely something far more diabolical. So no, they didn't really address it, or at least didn't do a good job of it.
August 23rd, 2018 at 11:09 AM ^
Nothing was cleared up. How does the first copy sent to a reporter have the Arrested Box checked, and then the next day it isn't checked. Seems cut and dry the first was real and the second was adjusted after the police got with OSU to let them know a reporter got access to the police report. Boom magically changed.
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:39 PM ^
Because of all these things happening this year, Urban will have heart problems at the end of the season plus having lost to us because of it. Go Blue!
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
Ok, so if this true and the report was "revised" on July 24th, then this means that Meyer and Gene Smith knew that Zach Smith was arrested and their statements during the press conference about not having cause to fire him and "monitoring the situation" are lies
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:41 PM ^
OSU is fucked. Their entire defense is accepting Urban Meyer's testimony that Shelley never showed her husband the photos or texts from Courtney regarding the clear evidence of abuse. But Gene reported the contact he had from the police? That is just so f-ing lame. The press is going to fry their ass. No?
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:50 PM ^
You would think, but somehow OSU will come out unscathed. What other university has 3 major scandals going on right now? And yet, everyone will probably turn a blind eye to OSU. It is unbelievable.
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:32 AM ^
No.
Nothing challenging ever happens to OSU.
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:44 PM ^
Isn't this old news? Or am I missing something? Obviously it's absurd, but thought I already knew of this absurdity.
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:53 PM ^
Is it? I think it's news that Powell PD changed the report 3 years after the arrest. This also refutes the fact that Gene Smith and Meyer didn't know about the arrest since the report was changed in 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:46 PM ^
I'm still not over Gene Smith getting what amounts to a two week vacation for this.
August 22nd, 2018 at 10:52 PM ^
The Powell PD covering up for the local football coach. Like all good cover-ups, the latest revelation will get other journalists investigating. And, more will come up. I don't believe this was address two weeks ago; but, the fact that it shows an active changing of arrest status shows that society simply doesn't address domestic violence well. Let's be honest, Zach Smith should have been in jail a long time ago. And, the system (police and attorneys) have protected him and Urban Meyer and Ohio State. If this happened at our beloved school, I would want justice to be served. 3 game suspension is not justice. If it weren't for McMurphy, Zach Smith would still be employed and coaching on the sidelines today . . . think about that.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:00 PM ^
Hopefully some journalism student runs with the story of the Powell police department. The excuse that "terminology changed" is pretty drastic to say something like, employment and background checks? One minute you've been arrested, but all of a sudden 3 years later you're now vindicated due to terminology? Wow. Glad to know someone's record can flip to the good as long as your well connected in Columbus with the OSU inner circle.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
Still hope someone does more digging into the Powell police department, given what seems to be unusual circumstances with the way too coincidental timing of the police report change 3 years later. Are the decision makers on this somehow related to the Bruce family? Is anyone tied to Zach Smith? Everything just stinks too bad. If terminology change really is the reason, then there should be a full scale investigation of their "arrest" records from the last several years just to make sure some average joe isn't entitled to basically have his record cleared due to terminology changes.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:02 PM ^
Investigation report reveals in May 2014 on recruiting trip to Florida, Zach Smith ran up $600 bill at a strip club along with another OSU football coach. Urban Meyer warned Smith if it happened again, he would be fired
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 23, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:03 PM ^
After Zach’s 2014 strip club trip, Urban changed Coaches Manual “morality clause;” staff was to “avoid strip clubs/venues that would embarrass” OSU & prohibited “pornography on any school issued phone” Meyer did not report to compliance. In 2015, Zach took his White House photo
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 23, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:20 PM ^
Investigation report: "We learned Coach Meyer has sometimes had significant memory issues in other situations where he had prior extensive knowledge of events. He has also periodically taken medicine that can negatively impair his memory, concentration & focus"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 23, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:27 PM ^
So, when you are 73-8, you don't lie, you "have significant memory issues." And it's Big Pharma's fault!
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:13 AM ^
How can one be good at coaching with significant memory loss?
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:31 PM ^
Investigation report: It was "concerning (Meyer’s) first reaction to a negative media piece exposing his knowledge of the 2015-2016 law enforcement investigation was to worry about the media getting access to information & discussing how to delete messages older than a year"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 23, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:46 PM ^
Shit, they're basically saying Meyer has selective memory? This is actually very good news for me, with living in Ohio and having a wife that's an OSU fan, I've got the eternal get out of jail free card during arguments as I can now say I suffer from the same dire diagnosis as Urban Meyer.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
In June 2016, based on medical advice & direction from Urban Meyer, Zach Smith was admitted to a drug treatment facility for addiction. Source told me this was Sibcy House in Mason, Ohio, & Zach Smith left after 4-days & didn’t complete his 10-day treatment
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 23, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:44 PM ^
On July 26, OSU’s general counsel asked Amy Nicol & Brian Voltolini to check Urban Meyer’s phone for texts & they said they had no documents on their end – but no one actually checked Meyer’s phone or even approached him about it
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) August 23, 2018
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:06 PM ^
Fuck all the Smiths - Zach, Gene and Shannon. What a joke - from what happened starting at Florida to the press conference tonight.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:34 PM ^
Based on Zach's deliveries to OSU, he really is trying to F all the Smith's, in multiple, unusual ways.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
McMurphy is dropping bombs left and right now. ??? Strip clubs, failure to act after Gene Smith suggested letting ZS go. You know he's not happy and going to rain haymakers all season.......especially after the OSU twitter mob harassment.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:14 PM ^
Some interesting stuff he's sharing, all right.
Wonder why Meyer wants his old texts deleted?
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:19 PM ^
Matt McMurphy is a guy with a Twitter account, and who has become friendly with Courtney Smith, who is dumping her divorce file in McMuphy's lap now that she no longer is going to get support payments based on a $340k OSU coach's salary.
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:39 AM ^
Matt McMurphy is a guy with a Twitter account, and who has become friendly with Courtney Smith, who is dumping her divorce file in McMuphy's lap now that she no longer is going to get support payments based on a $340k OSU coach's salary.
HUH???
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:42 PM ^
Unbelievable. Like I really mean it. This is unbelievable. The guy has memory problems! No one checked his phone after they were told to. Police reports changed. Victim blaming. He’s a Wolf in sheeps clothing and he has a hoard of believers willing to do anything to protect him.
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:38 AM ^
Dropping Bombs??
These quotes are literally from the report that was released by the 'independent' committee based on their investigation.
August 22nd, 2018 at 11:50 PM ^
There are no actual (real) checks and balances on police departments. Nothing you can do there. Exactly a major reason why all of the players in the NFL won't stand for the national anthem.
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
As the son of a police officer, I can tell you that your statement is bullshit.
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:33 AM ^
Disgusting, but not surprising. Behavior by this Police Department is no different from than the Talahassee PD sweeping FSU’s misdeeds under the rug.
August 23rd, 2018 at 12:46 AM ^
So the revised police report came out on the same day the Urbs spoke (lied) on Big Ten Media Day? Wow, is that ironic!
August 23rd, 2018 at 8:58 AM ^
Sounds a lot like MSU.
A criminal program with many enablers and accomplices.