Ruby Arrested……

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FrozenLVFan said:
Do college students commonly carry their passports with them these days? As opposed to a student ID card?
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UT Student ID cards are digital now, so they’re not valid for identification in the real world, only on campus.

A lot of people carry their Passport in today’s climate of aggressive immigration enforcement.
 
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RespectAPA said:
"Whitehorn has been a three-year starter for the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team"

chat, is this true?

Shows how slow the US Sports news is during the summer for them to be reporting on off-season collegiate WBB in the UK.
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Well, you have to admit, the other trending women’s sport story is rather distasteful.
 
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KrazyVolFan said:
I'm just going to wait and see what happened for my own benefit. . . Prayers for All involved.
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GUNTERSVOL said:
If I am reading correctly, how could the police not arrest the other party if she in fact took Ruby’s property and went into her residence? It SEEMS that is an agreed upon fact set.

Another world class better wait for a more complete fact set before putting one’s own rational thought processes and integrity on the line situation. Some have seriously put their’s on that line. Can’t put those bullets back in the gun either.
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Majors said:
Handle it the right way, and it doesn’t make the news and put Tennessee in the spotlight. Simple rule as a player, don’t embarrass the University.
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Fans too! Player’s record at UT is better. As exhibited by another public account featured in this thread.
 
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Rickster said:
The admin and police will do their due diligence to prove or disprove the allegations. Before the self-righteous get all up in arms about what should be done, keep in mind the young don't always make the decisions we think they should. Unless someone witnessed the event......
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Arrested does not equal wrong or guilty. Let the facts play out before any of us rush to judgement.
 
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I used to work with a sales manager who mediated a barroom contretemps with the following sage words. “There are two sides to every argument, and then… there’s the truth.”

As I don't yet know the details of either side, much less the truth, I will limit my thoughts to kind wishes for both the young ladies involved.
 
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madtownvol said:
Nah. If this is a one-off event, it will be forgotten pretty quickly. College football is ramping up and this story will fall out of the news cycle very fast.

I would bet this case gets settled without going to court, where Ruby pleads to a lesser charge, does community service and takes an anger management course and probably gets suspended for a few early season games. Not ideal by any stretch but let's not make more of this situation than it really is.
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You disagreed and then basically described what a black eye is. Normally a one off event and heals fairly quick.
 
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Fletcher3g said:
You disagreed and then basically described what a black eye is. Normally a one off event and heals fairly quick.
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As a figure of speech, saying that an institution gets a black eye from some controversial event, does not mean a passing, trivial event.

From the Collin's dictionary-- "Additionally, "black eye" can be used figuratively to represent a mark of shame, dishonor, or a damaging setback."

I stand by my assertion that this event will not be a mark of shame, dishonor, or a damaging setback to the Lady Vol program. If you don't understand the conventional meaning of the phrases you post, well, that is not my problem.
 
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RespectAPA said:
Shows how slow the US Sports news is during the summer for them to be reporting on off-season collegiate WBB in the UK.
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If you know the Daily Mail, you would know why they would feature a story about a black lesbian being arrested for a violent crime. Certain ideological agendas are not limited by geography or their audiences' interest in the scandalized athlete's sport per se.
 
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Unimane said:
Eh, black eyes heal. It'll be forgotten by next week.
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If you are talking about the physical injury, you are correct. If, however, the black eye is a figurative use of the term, the effects are lasting. Reputation, especially ill-repute, is long lasting.


black eye(n.)​

"discoloration around the eye from injury" c. 1600, from black (adj.) + eye (n.). The figurative sense of "injury to pride, rebuff" is by 1744; that of "bad reputation" is from 1880s.
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1reVOLver said:
If you are talking about the physical injury, you are correct. If, however, the black eye is a figurative use of the term, the effects are lasting. Reputation, especially ill-repute, is long lasting.


black eye(n.)​

"discoloration around the eye from injury" c. 1600, from black (adj.) + eye (n.). The figurative sense of "injury to pride, rebuff" is by 1744; that of "bad reputation" is from 1880s.
etymonline.com
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Yeah, I'm well aware. The allegory was intentional and still stands.
 
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DeerPark12 said:
UT Student ID cards are digital now, so they’re not valid for identification in the real world, only on campus.

A lot of people carry their Passport in today’s climate of aggressive immigration enforcement.
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A lot of people? People with nothing to fear regarding legal immigration status (or citizenship)?
 
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creekdipper said:
A lot of people? People with nothing to fear regarding legal immigration status (or citizenship)?
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If you do a little research, you will find that the number of legal residents (including US citizens) mistakenly detained, arrested, and even deported by ICE is fairly significant and rising as deportation quotas have been ramped up. Any "brown" skinned person has good reason to have their "papers" ready to show.

Who knows if that concern is relevant in Ruby's case. Maybe she had just come from applying for Real ID driver license, where you also need to show a passport.
 
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creekdipper said:
A lot of people? People with nothing to fear regarding legal immigration status (or citizenship)?
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Even military veterans are being detained by ICE these days. You may want to have ID at all times, of which, a passport is the gold standard.

Also, if someone has your passport, phone, and they know a little bit about you, they can clean you out financially.
 
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chuckiepoo said:
Agreed. I keep mine at home in a safe place. Only if her phone had a special case. May be a status thingie to have one among today’s yoots.
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Could be a passport card….my son takes his in his phone wallet because no one believes his drivers license picture is real so he takes it with him for Bar purposes….
 
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Dadof2Vols said:
Could be a passport card….my son takes his in his phone wallet because no one believes his drivers license picture is real so he takes it with him for Bar purposes….
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When I turned 21 and well into my 20s, I looked like a teenager and back then, TN, to save $, did not seal the tops of the driver license (has that changed?). So, when out of state, everyone assumed I was carrying a fake ID.
 
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creekdipper said:
A lot of people? People with nothing to fear regarding legal immigration status (or citizenship)?
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Yes. That’s why they carry them. Not to get political, but there have been plenty of American citizens that have been arrested in raids and had to prove their citizenship to get out of custody. One thing that has gotten into the general knowledge of people in large cities, like here in Atlanta, is that ICE agents can scan a passport and let you go immediately. Because there have been so many sweeps here, many people I know of all ethnic backgrounds have started carrying them all the time.

My neighbor works for Turner/TNT Sports and they’ve suggested to their employees of all backgrounds to carry their passports and to get one if they don’t have one. I’ve heard that other companies have done the same. It wouldn’t surprise me if UT has said that to their student athletes, Chris Brazzel produced a passport during his traffic stop on the same day.
 
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