Police investigating Elysee Mbem-Bosse for death threat against Harbaugh
The mainstream media is starting to pick this story up now and apparently police are investigating the account.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/20…
Very, very sad. I hope the kid gets help before he ruins his life, and I hope Coach Harbaugh, his family, and the entire staff are safe.
Hey, all you younger folks on MGoBlog: Shit gets better later in life. Things work out sometimes. Don't throw it all away because of hard times at 18, 19, or 20...
If I could time-travel back and have a sit-down with my 17-year old self, I'd just offer this simple advice: "Dude. Chill. Everything's gonna be fine."
April 17th, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
April 17th, 2018 at 11:26 PM ^
Last I knew we had a pretty reknowned Sports Psych. Dept. but I don't know if they proactively counsel students who are injured, suspended, cut, etc.
Pretty rough stuff. Good thing it is being investigated and hopefully he gets the help he needs. What a bummer.
By telling him "Michigan is an open carry campus" he is basically threatening to shoot Harbaugh on campus.
With all the other school shooting stuff and everyone claiming "i wish we had done something to stop this before it happened" im going to say police need to arrest him and UM obviously needs to get his ass off campus asap
This is a "fog of war" issue here. We don't know exactly what he meant; some people speculated that the reason he was in trouble was that he was in possession of a firearm, and he is in such a statement proclaiming that he was unjustly treated.
But we have no idea. We do know that other tweets could be read as threatening.
I agree, it is hard to get a clear picture of what he meant. This is a copy pasta from reddit and a different read to what he could have meant from his tweets.
its pretty obvious what the kid is trying to say. Hes saying that someone went to his/families house. He went to the house and called the cops on them. He got suspended from the team. He says that even though he has the right to open carry he called the cops on the intruder instead. The it seems out of anger he said that next time this happens(because he will end up getting in trouble regardless) he will just shoot the intruder instead of calling the police.
Ahhh ok that makes sense then. So he pointed out that Michigan is open carry as in he will protect himself if someone comes after him. Yeah I just read some choppy tweets from reddit. I thought all tweets were focused at harbaugh
Still.........he sounds nuts. Hopefully he doesnt actually have access to a gun
Guns are prohibited on campus. While he could legally carry a gun off campus, it would not be surprising if it was against team rules.
April 17th, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
This explanation seems possible, though I'm not sure how the "It's on tomorrow" line fits into it.
+1 for "copy pasta" - I like that.
Hyperbole much?
"Melissa Overton, the university police deputy chief and spokesperson, said she couldn't go into details about her department's involvement because it is an ongoing investigation, but added that if there was a concern for public safety they would have sent out a crime alert to let those near campus know. She said that has not happened as of Tuesday afternoon."
While he made his account private, he apparently is tweeting behind the privacy if you search his mentions.
April 17th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
My uneducated guess based on limited personal experience- because he's in a manic episode. You mentioned suspecting a psychological issue as well. The question of "why wouldn't he clarify" suggests a misunderstanding of mental illness.
My OP was also overconfident that he was not threatening coaches. But I did specify from the start it looked like an underlying health crisis and later elaborated this was just an opinion after taking in more of his Twitter feed.
April 18th, 2018 at 12:11 AM ^
But either way, I appreciate your thought process and honesty in posting. It shows that people can respectifully disagree on the internet :)
April 18th, 2018 at 12:48 AM ^
Haha cheers, BiP
I'm surprised you are the first one I've seen point out his cryptocurrency/coin he had been pushing in the days leading up to this. He also makes references to supposedly dealing drugs but those could be rap lyrics for all I know. Hope he gets some help.
Looks like an extra 2019 scholarship just opened up!
He's been off the team for awhile now.
April 18th, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
or schools he's considering. That's unusual for a player who left the team during the season.
Things are not adding up...
Unless... he has lost his mind. He needs help regardless.
I hope he gets help. I also hope that we will hear just a little bit more about resolution, and understand as much as we need to about what happened.