Sparty gonna Spart
how EVERY SINGLE CHARGE from Ingham County is Minimalized to the Lowest possible charge? There is some SERIOUS Corruption going on there
WHAT!!!! He got more than littering, what a TRAVIS-ty of justice!
/smh
Misdemeanor seduction of a woman for forcible rape.
He got misdemeanor assault. Seduction is a felony; those other three guys got that. In your defense, though, there are so many of these guys getting so many charges it's hard to keep track.
eh, if you've ever worked in a prosecutors office, you'd know that there's always a serious lack of resources. if they took every case to trial, they'd lose most of them due to being unprepared by reason of a massive workload. plea deals basically keep the whole train moving (albeit slowly) and prevent prosecutors from drowning in work.
and then they plead it down. That's how they easily get to J-walking or littering in the end.
I'm actually surprised that a walk-on got the white glove treatment at this point in time. Thought they might "set an example" to show how tough they really are.
case and actually took some to trial and nailed their asses, they wouldn't have so much sexual assult going on in their jurisdiction. Keep sending the message that in this culture, sexual assult is no big deal and you will keep getting more of it. East Lansing has become a sanctuary city for sexual assult offenders.
Unless you have a UM shirt or bumper sticker. Then they will throw the book at you...
....but seriously, WTF, assault becomes LITTERING!!! Why not jay-walking instead. That one in particular is just inexcusable.
....no, just for the ones involving those handling staee athletics.
we all know that. But as a Sparty athlete, the murder gets downgraded to jaywlaking. Spartans Will - get some prosecutorial love.
Any spartan fans that wanna crossover would be welcomed and nothing held against you.
Ok Sparty... keep it classy.
mutually exclusive so my vote is both.
kdog is not long for this blog!
On an unrelated sparty note, I nearly walked up to a guy wearing a sparty shirt in NYC today to see his reaction if I "ignorantly" congradulated him on his team's tournament run & consoled him that nobody really could have beat 'Nova. Bet the little brother would have come out big time.
Instead I decided to go get food. I was hungry.
Didn't realize we're past where having a laugh at the "little brother" mentality was possible & we now go straight to MSU condoning rape on everything. Good to know, bro. Thanks for the heads up.
I like how she brought up the fact that Harbaugh suspended Grant Perry, and then said that Washington suited up for every game. Point delivered, but I bet nobody at MSU gets it.
World Wide Leader with the middle finger to Sparty in this paragraph...
On Wednesday, Outside the Lines asked Guerrant whether Engler had any comment about whether he believes Washington is still owed an apology and whether he had anything to say regarding the alleged victim. Guerrant said Thursday that she had not had a chance to speak with Engler.
Neither side has looked particularly good during this.
Her original report - which shouldn't have run until charges were filed - said he was under investigation for sexual assault. Turns out it was only assault. Still bad, but notable difference.
MSU's treatment of this mess is a pathetic joke at this point, but MSU is too big to die. What a depressing story this is. Hard not to lose your faith in our society. It's that bad. Engler asked the world to apologize to this kid, on top of the other horrible shit he has said/done... Jesus Christ...
I've heard some MSU alumni complaining about Engler and the BOT. Many say they are very unhappy. They say the president and BOT don't represent true Spartans. Many of my Spartan friends have asked me to stop posting about this on Facebook because it is unfair and hurtful to them. They are innocent bystanders to this mess.
Funny though, why are the president and BOT still there? Are they untouchable? What about the votes of no confidence? At some point, don't the good Spartans have a duty to rise up and get these people out of power? Why isn't that happening?
I think Engler and the Board know their roles. They can be dispicable while protecting the Univeristy at all costs and the alumni can say "they don't stand for us!" When their tactics keep the beloved coaches and revenue streams in place the alumni can be happy and maintain their integrity because it was Engler, not them, that stooped as low as necessary. The good Spartans just happened to benefit from the low blows. Best of both worlds in a way. Never underestimate how effective muddying the waters with rhetoric can be.
Anybody remember the South Park episode about people hating politicians but still liking citizens?
I am a big fan but what episode in particular are you talking about?
Maybe i dreamt it? I'm going to go on a mission to find it. Maybe a different show??? I can't articulate it exactly, but the point they made was profound to me. It's a good system. You elect a government, the government can run roughshod, then when people complain or implicate you, you say "it's not us, it's them!"
I remember noticing this while traveling in Europe. Many europeans would say "I hate your government, but I love Americans."
It will be interesting to see what happens when the next election of the board of trustees comes around. At some point you have to take personal responsibility for the actions of the people you elect to represent you.
Don't start a fight with the media, no matter how small they are. The Orlando Sentinel still writes Urban Meyer hit pieces and it's been 8 years since he coached there.