OT: Alvin Kamara in hot water here in Vegas

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Bingo, I'm tired of being right about the NFL. Once again the NFL's long reaching grasp allows Kamara to have his day in the limelight before being arrested. Sounds like celebrity privilege by LVPD. Would any of us be afforded the same privilege by the authorities if we had committed the same act and the police knew where to find us?
It isn't an NFL issue, it is a rich issue. There has always been two levels of justice and treatment. Those with money, and those without. How many rich people get to decide when they are going to turn themselves in to the police after an arrest warrant is issued? Correct answer...almost all of them.
 

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It isn't an NFL issue, it is a rich issue. There has always been two levels of justice and treatment. Those with money, and those without. How many rich people get to decide when they are going to turn themselves in to the police after an arrest warrant is issued? Correct answer...almost all of them.
Agree with this, but according to the reports, Las Vegas PD informed the NFL that Kamara was a suspect in a felony battery case before he played in the Pro Bowl and he was still allowed to play. That's pretty ridiculous. Seriously, no one thought about the optics on this one? :shrug:
 

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Agree with this, but according to the reports, Las Vegas PD informed the NFL that Kamara was a suspect in a felony battery case before he played in the Pro Bowl and he was still allowed to play. That's pretty ridiculous. Seriously, no one thought about the optics on this one? :shrug:
Being a suspect is not grounds to prevent someone from going to work or in his case playing in a game which is part of his job or then you have the whole messy scenario of acting on assumption if our legal system carries any weight... you know, the whole innocent till proven guilty :)
 

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Being a suspect is not grounds to prevent someone from going to work or in his case playing in a game which is part of his job or then you have the whole messy scenario of acting on assumption if our legal system carries any weight... you know, the whole innocent till proven guilty :)
I bet if he was working a shift at a 7-11 they'd just let him work it first and then question him, right?

They had him on film committing an assault. This wasn't an eyewitness claiming somebody did something.

When they did contact him after the game he was immediately arrested and later posted bond.
 

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Agree with this, but according to the reports, Las Vegas PD informed the NFL that Kamara was a suspect in a felony battery case before he played in the Pro Bowl and he was still allowed to play. That's pretty ridiculous. Seriously, no one thought about the optics on this one? :shrug:
Surprised? This is the league that has allowed multiple players who have killed people, while driving drunk to resume their careers. This Kamara situation shouldn't surprise anyone.
 

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Being a suspect is not grounds to prevent someone from going to work or in his case playing in a game which is part of his job or then you have the whole messy scenario of acting on assumption if our legal system carries any weight... you know, the whole innocent till proven guilty :)
If there’s a warrant for his arrest yeah you don’t let him go to work. Maybe it took them during the game to get the warrant. That said, if the NFL knew he was a suspect you’d think they would have said “let’s sit this one out.”
 

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I bet if he was working a shift at a 7-11 they'd just let him work it first and then question him, right?

They had him on film committing an assault. This wasn't an eyewitness claiming somebody did something.

When they did contact him after the game he was immediately arrested and later posted bond.
I am not saying he's innocent by any means and not endorsing the guy's character according to my own disposition but it appears it did work out accordingly because he did not get away from being tried or committed another offense and that would be the whole purpose of arresting him in the first place in an attempt to bring the case to justice. I am sure there is some degree of process they might have had to follow through with before they could arrest him, but it did not take long to carry that out
Now here is something which really befuddles me here in my home state, my hometown played in a state championship game but get this Brian, the opposing team won but their QB, a minor, had a DUI when the season started, proceeded to have another DUI which resulted in him killing another, was still allowed to play, and then a day before the state game he got another DUI and then was still allowed to play again... now that is one which really seems to fall under where you are coming from
 

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I am not saying he's innocent by any means and not endorsing the guy's character according to my own disposition but it appears it did work out accordingly because he did not get away from being tried or committed another offense and that would be the whole purpose of arresting him in the first place in an attempt to bring the case to justice. I am sure there is some degree of process they might have had to follow through with before they could arrest him, but it did not take long to carry that out
Now here is something which really befuddles me here in my home state, my hometown played in a state championship game but get this Brian, the opposing team won but their QB, a minor, had a DUI when the season started, proceeded to have another DUI which resulted in him killing another, was still allowed to play, and then a day before the state game he got another DUI and then was still allowed to play again... now that is one which really seems to fall under where you are coming from
Forget about the game, how that kid wasn’t behind some type of bars is beyond me.
 

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Forget about the game, how that kid wasn’t behind some type of bars is beyond me.
Right. A person from my hometown sat behind the judge who was responsible for the case at the game and she too was frustrated and upset that somehow the due process seemed to escape her being able to try the guy during a whole season where he was still free with the results still leading up to a court date. Makes one think if small town politics can curb the legal system, what then might often happen in larger cities when backed by money
 

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Forget about the game, how that kid wasn’t behind some type of bars is beyond me.
You must not work criminal.

If you did, none of this would be beyond you.

@Shane cmon bro- its highly likely you and I wouldn’t care about the “pro bowl,” but you can’t say with a straight face “politics” wouldn’t factor into the decision to arrest once a suspect (in this case kamara) was “positively identified.”

You and I both know “sarge” is the boss. His boss is LT, then: commander, assistant chief, “the” chief, the city manager… Then their is another vortex of horse Ish that is the mayor, council, “chamber of commerce,” and whatever other group of “stakeholders.”

How would it look on the nfl if AK was arrested before the game??

How would it reflect on the league?

The city?

The concept of athletes in LV?

Metro PD?

Yes- politics are prevalent in any and every decision.
 
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