Bryce Thompson charge of misdemeanor assault dropped

#53
#53
utvolpj said:
Had it ever been any different? Guys who get arrested don't play until it's cleared up
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Actually, yes. It wasn't always this way. Social media, protests, boycotts, title ix, etc have created an environment of fear and intimidation in situations like this. An institution like UT will bend the knee out of fear and throw this most basic individual right out the window. People used to expect and demand that people were considered innocent until they had their day in court. They also used to believe in the right to a speedy trial by a group of ones peers, but as we've seen in other cases involving UT players, the justice system has even lost sight of that right. It grinds the rights of the accused and does so at a snails pace. All the while, the lives of people yet to be found guilty are basically shut down and put on hold. The world today is not enlightened. It's taken a perverse view and what used to be up is down. What was right is now wrong.

At least with Thompson, he only lost a couple of games and not several YEARS waiting for a day in court or a resolution. Still, it was not the just thing to do. He might be a bad apple. He likely has temper issues, but he still deserved the presumption of innocence. His life should not have been put on hold, period.
 
#54
#54
sweatpants said:
You guys are judging her
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That's rather ironic.

Theres nothing to judge. Shes been with him for 4 years and had 2 chances to get rid of an obvious abuser. She didnt.

Apparantly one of us thinks shes lying. I have no reason to believe she is, so ....
 
#55
#55
CAVPUT said:
Actually, yes. It wasn't always this way. Social media, protests, boycotts, title ix, etc have created an environment of fear and intimidation in situations like this. An institution like UT will bend the knee out of fear and throw this most basic individual right out the window. People used to expect and demand that people were considered innocent until they had their day in court. They also used to believe in the right to a speedy trial by a group of ones peers, but as we've seen in other cases involving UT players, the justice system has even lost sight of that right. It grinds the rights of the accused and does so at a snails pace. All the while, the lives of people yet to be found guilty are basically shut down and put on hold. The world today is not enlightened. It's taken a perverse view and what used to be up is down. What was right is now wrong.

At least with Thompson, he only lost a couple of games and not several YEARS waiting for a day in court or a resolution. Still, it was not the just thing to do. He might be a bad apple. He likely has temper issues, but he still deserved the presumption of innocence. His life should not have been put on hold, period.
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Players who were arrested didn't play before the social media era either.

AJ's case took that long because of the defense delaying.

Your crusade is misguided
 
#59
#59
Good maybe our local medial will stop bashing us for letting him play. We already ruined AJ Johnson’s life by keeping him out until he was cleared. Learn from mistakes.
 
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#62
sweatpants said:
She was probably in fear to tell what really happened. And threatening to shoot up the school shouldn’t be tolerated.
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Then maybe you should’ve filed charges on him. He obviously scared you much worse than her...... 🙄
 
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#67
sweatpants said:
She was probably in fear to tell what really happened. And threatening to shoot up the school shouldn’t be tolerated.
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Well none of that was proven and she actually said just the opposite under oath so.....you wrong
 
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