WHile my knee jerk reaction is that this looks bad...
PLEASE lets all remember that police reports only have
enough information written to make the arrest... and
that is what was reported in the BDN... same paper
that got the Hamilton incident so screwed up that it
was laughable.
the BDN is not going to report anything but the police
report and the police report will not have anything in
it except enough allegations and admissions to make an
arrest.
so we have a kid with a broken bone who stated that
Payson did it.
we have no police witnesses so we need a serious
injury AND an admission by Payson. (the admission
was that he was there and the he contacted the kid;s
head... NOT THAT HE IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT)
the police got their admission and so they made the
arrest.
there might have been extenuating circumstances or
self defense.... neither of which even belong in a
police report, so we are not going to hear about
either one until there is a trial.... at the
arraignment, all we will hear is the injury plus the
admission.
judge if you want/must... but please understand that
you are judging based on a police report
--- Nonni Daly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I agree, Deron. But, no one has a corner on being
> stupid, which this certainly is, and violent as
> well. Testosterone and alcohol -- such a lovely
> mix. As is estrogen and alcohol, as you can find by
> setting up your own Facebook account and seeing the
> pride with which today's "young adults" post stupid
> photos of themselves. Shame isn't a part of the
> equation any more and it should be ... okay, will
> get off my "much older adult" soapbox by adding an
> old maxim of which my dear aunt reminded me and I
> never forgot it: "Fool's names and fool's faces are
> often seen in public places" ... :)
> Nonni
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Don't want to think I could go to another life where
> there are no horses!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Deron Treadwell
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Payson arrested for assault ...
>
>
> Well, I've done plenty of things wrong in my life,
> but I never did walk across a room at 2:30 in the
> morning (on a Monday morning actually) and punch a
> guy in his eye socket so hard that it broke his eye
> socket possibly requiring surgery.
>
>
>
> Let me ask this – How much different is this
> situation to Tanner House? At first blush it seems
> much worse because it is violent as well as stupid
> (as opposed to just stupid), but if anyone else will
> recall Tanner House never actually had charges
> pressed and the whole thing "went away". This also
> hindered Tanner's development. Right now Sweetland
> and House look like two of our more promising young
> players. How good would be be if he hadn't had this
> incident?
>
>
> In this case, Payson was arrested and admitted (to
> some extent and according to the media) that he did
> put his hands (my words) on this guy, who also has
> obvious, documented injuries.
>
>
>
> Certainly no good for Payson, the team or the
> university any way you slice it.
>
> It is too bad to have this happen just when the
> team was starting to play better.
>
>
>
> On 1/30/08, Nonni Daly <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>
http://bangornews.com/news/t/maineblackbears.aspx?articleid=159527&zoneid=225
>
> More fodder for those who "never did a wrong
> thing" in their lives ... have at it!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Don't want to think I could go to another life
> where there are no horses!
>
>
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