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Arnie's left nu said:http://mfile.akamai.com/12942/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2004/1120/3935750.200k.asx
You don't see it in this video, but right after Artest punches that guy in the Pistons jersey, Jermaine O'neal comes across with a running right and knocks that same guy out cold. You can kind of see it if you look at the top left of the screen.
Most of the players' comments about the incident make me sick. How you can defend the players is beyond me, talk about sticking together. Cuz we all know is ok, to run into a crowd and deck a person(who might not even be the right person) just b/c you had a couple ice cubes thrown at you.![]()
BoneCrusher said:he will get tossed for good.
For a million dollars I would let him throw all the beer they have.Spottieottie said:It's easy to say that if you weren't in the same situation
He was staying calm until that idiot threw that cup at him.
The fans on the court deserved what they got.
If you look closely JO did not hit the same guy artest did.
The guy that artest knocked out was being restrained by security.
JO knocked out the guy that tried to tackle artest.
I agree that artest has a bad attitude but the fans are to blame
for the most part. Announcers were saying that the fans were yelling
racial slurs so I don't think that it was just the ice cubes
Until your post I had not considered legal action. The fan that was wrongfully attacked can file assualt charges ... it is all on video. A slam dunk of a case even ... (sorry for the bad pun but I coudn't resist). There is a large amount of money here for the guy.Jeeper said:The best part about this is that the fan that did nothing but get hit will get a butload of cash from the players wallet. That is the only way that those imature babies will learn to control themselves. I really hope that the players get criminally prosecuted. Throwing a cup shouldnt get you decked. That is like saying I can shoot you because you threw a tissue at me. The fan should also be criminally prosecuted.
What a shame that the instigator in all of this Ben Wallace got only five games.CaptainDeadlift said:WDIV-TV is reporting that Ron Artest of the Pacers will be suspended for 30 games and teammates Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson will be suspended 20 games apiece for their roles in Friday's ugly brawl against the Detroit Pistons that saw players taking on fans both on and off the court.
According to WDIV, center Ben Wallace of the Pistons will be banned for five games.
Arnie's left nu said:http://mfile.akamai.com/12942/wmv/vod.ibsys.com/2004/1120/3935750.200k.asx
Most of the players' comments about the incident make me sick. How you can defend the players is beyond me, talk about sticking together. Cuz we all know is ok, to run into a crowd and deck a person(who might not even be the right person) just b/c you had a couple ice cubes thrown at you.![]()
If I had the chance to play a sport I love making millions of dollars they could pee on me for all I careDale Mabry said:So yur telling me that if you were at your job and some guy poured beer on you for no reason, that you wouldn't do a thing? You would let that go?
Dale Mabry said:So yur telling me that if you were at your job and some guy poured beer on you for no reason, that you wouldn't do a thing? You would let that go?
jack52 said:Dale, I live in a simple world. Maybe I'm a dumbshit but there are laws against assault and battery. There are laws aginst throwing beer on a person, too. I would have the guy who threw the beer ejected and charged with violating those laws. I realize that it pissed Artest off no end but there is still no excuse to assault that fan. Even if he would have hit the right fan. He isn't above the law. Maybe that would make him less of a 'man' in some eyes but that's the way civilized people behave. We all know that athletes are given enormous leeway in their behavior all through their careers from high school as far as they go in their sport.If you busted up somebody at work for shit like this you could expect to be out of work and not just for thirty work days.That's the way I see it, but then I'm just a dumbshit who adjusted my instincts to living among civilized people.
jack52 said:The law is the law. Artest'll be in jail before next year. Or he'll mess with someone who's packing and![]()
Dale Mabry said:So yur telling me that if you were at your job and some guy poured beer on you for no reason, that you wouldn't do a thing? You would let that go?
That would be the best. The fan should get a disorderly conduct charge and artest should get assault and battery charges.Dale Mabry said:You think he will be thrown in jail? Personally, both he and the fan should see some sort of punishment from the law.
Fighting through the years
by Jeff Merron
ESPN.com
...Miami DL Mark Caesar douses Florida State fans with ice water (Miami vs. FSU, 1991)
While the Hurricanes celebrated their 17-16 win on the field, Caesar was dragged off it by FSU police and charged with misdemeanor simple battery, becoming the first player to be arrested at FSU's Doak Campbell Stadium. His offense: hitting fans with ice water thrown over his shoulder during the first half. "The fans were being abusive so I retaliated and threw some ice back," the 6-foot-2-inch, 290-pound Caesar said. Miami coach Dennis Erickson told the Orlando Sentinel, "On the sidelines, the fans were pelting everybody with ice, oranges, all kinds of things were flying."