Coleman Thomas Arrested - charges dropped 4/15

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TechnoVol said:
Anyone else think CBJ, Coleman etc. are enjoying the CDT firing cover?
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Wait, so if you have a flat tire on the side of the highway and see someone gets rear ended when you are changing - how does that make your situation better ?
 
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Looking like there is likely a lot more to this story than initially let on. Appears very possible that CT was innocent and actually even set up. Tifwiw
 
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HazMat said:
Wait, so if you have a flat tire on the side of the highway and see someone gets rear ended when you are changing - how does that make your situation better ?
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You get paid to testify at the personal injury (whiplash) proceeding ! :rock:
 
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TechnoVol said:
Anyone else think CBJ, Coleman etc. are enjoying the CDT firing cover?
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I think Coleman will be completely vindicated and doesn't care about the cover since he knows he didn't do anything wrong............ It was a mistake, but it wasn't wrong.
 
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HazMat said:
Wait, so if you have a flat tire on the side of the highway and see someone gets rear ended when you are changing - how does that make your situation better ?
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I think he's pointing to the fact, and correctly so, that Coleman's situation is being overshadowed and even ignored in the media due to DTs firing, which I guarantee you is just fine with Butch.
 
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OrangeDog said:
I think Coleman will be completely vindicated and doesn't care about the cover since he knows he didn't do anything wrong............ It was a mistake, but it wasn't wrong.
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I agree with this but it certainly helps push the story to the side for now.
 
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After reading through this thread I'm relieved to see that this may have been overblown. I already said I didn't think it was in Coleman's character,
would like to see him exonerated next week.
 
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If what I have been seeing is any indication to what has actually taken place, Coleman will be cleared and hopefully can return before spring practice is over. The story about him taking the merchandise to sell for a "friend" (former teammate), who has already been dismissed from the team, must have some truth considering the number of reports. According to his attorney and UT student center that can access this info, he has never even swiped his student ID card to get into Reese (the dorm where the theft occurred). None the less, even if he followed someone in, what is the likelihood that he knew which dorm room to find the merchandise? I truly believe he is innocent although he did make a dumb mistake.
 
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JTC55 said:
If what I have been seeing is any indication to what has actually taken place, Coleman will be cleared and hopefully can return before spring practice is over. The story about him taking the merchandise to sell for a "friend" (former teammate), who has already been dismissed from the team, must have some truth considering the number of reports. According to his attorney and UT student center that can access this info, he has never even swiped his student ID card to get into Reese (the dorm where the theft occurred). None the less, even if he followed someone in, what is the likelihood that he knew which dorm room to find the merchandise? I truly believe he is innocent although he did make a dumb mistake.
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I've seen Michael Sawyers in Reese all of the time. Any Reese resident can swipe their card and open either wing (East or West). Front door is open at all times. I doubt CT ever went in Reese.

Seems like your family, hope all goes well and this gets cleared.
 
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RockyTop411 said:
I've seen Michael Sawyers in Reese all of the time. Any Reese resident can swipe their card and open either wing (East or West). Front door is open at all times. I doubt CT ever went in Reese.

Seems like your family, hope all goes well and this gets cleared.
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Foreshadowing
 
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HazMat said:
Wait, so if you have a flat tire on the side of the highway and see someone gets rear ended when you are changing - how does that make your situation better ?
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The press doesn't cover a flat tire changing as in depth, if someone else gets rear ended.
 
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UTwild82 said:
That's the entire Game Stop business plan. Always charge full retail, discount a game by $5 off full retail for being used, then give people no more $5 for any game.

Hate that place and have never understood why people shop there.
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UT Bookstore and many, many, others did this for years on textbooks. Made a fortune. I always thought professors were in on it too. Make a few minor changes and call it a new edition. It's an old business plan.
 
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The problem with a situation like this is that if it turns out to be a mistake and Thomas is fully exonerated, it'll follow him around. The media is quick to report charges filed, but they don't devote nearly as much effort to reporting charges dropped. And there still will be comments like, "Isn't that the guy that stole that stuff?"-- not to mention, giving new life to the UThief and Fulmer Cup crap. Unfortunate all around.
 
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LA Vol said:
The problem with a situation like this is that if it turns out to be a mistake and Thomas is fully exonerated, it'll follow him around. The media is quick to report charges filed, but they don't devote nearly as much effort to reporting charges dropped. And there still will be comments like, "Isn't that the guy that stole that stuff?"-- not to mention, giving new life to the UThief and Fulmer Cup crap. Unfortunate all around.
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Someone who is proven to be innocent is not news worthy in today's press. That is one reason why I am so critical of the writers for the KNS. They speculate a story based on limited data and often are proven to have inaccurate data. they weldon if ever retract this initial stories or apologize for the incorrect data. The most important task is to be first rather than accurate.
 
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Yes, the Knoxville media is atrocious. The reporting is not remotely unbiased or fact-based. I feel for anyone caught up in a story-- and if it can be spun negatively for UT, you can be sure it'll get play.
 
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VOLINVONORE said:
Someone who is proven to be innocent is not news worthy in today's press. That is one reason why I am so critical of the writers for the KNS. They speculate a story based on limited data and often are proven to have inaccurate data. they weldon if ever retract this initial stories or apologize for the incorrect data. The most important task is to be first rather than accurate.
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Unless you're OJ or Amanda Knox.
 
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Biopsyman said:
You have to a te terrible thief to get caught by campus police ... Usually they are former mall secruity
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Campus police are state-commissioned Tennessee LEO's. It's like that for all public state universities, IIRC.
 
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