Bad Day In Court For Bammers Pressing Things Against Other People's Heads

[AUChizad]

Bammer/Raider (same thing) Rolondo MClain:

http://blogs.tennesseevalleynow.com/bamablog/2012/05/17/breaking-rolando-mcclain-found-guilty-on-all-charges/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Breaking: Rolando McClain found guilty on all charges
Posted on May 17, 2012 by Michael Casagrande | Leave a comment

Former Alabama linebacker Rolando McClain was found guilty today on four charges stemming from a November fight in Decatur.

He was sentenced to 180 days in jail.

Charges included third-degree assault, menacing, discharging a handgun in city limits, reckless endangerment.

In related news:
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Alabama-fan-accused-of-abusing-LSU-fan-indicted-151899205.html

Alabama fan accused of abusing LSU fan indicted

Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:55 AM

NEW ORLEANS - The Alabama fan who is known for simulating a sex act on an unconscious LSU fan in a Krystal restaurant on Bourbon Street after the BCS game was indicted, according to the New Orleans District Attorney's Office.

A grand jury returned a true bill indicting Brian H. Downing, 32, with one count of sexual battery of a male victim and one count of obscenity for the January 9 incident.

The court set a bond in the amount of $50,000.

Downing, who is a native of Smiths Station, Ala., was indicted after an amateur video surfaced, allegedly showing Downing committing a sexual act on an LSU fan, who appeared to be passed out at Bourbon Street restuarant after the BCS Championship Game.

[AU_Tiger_2000]

Alabama fan accused of abusing LSU fan indicted

Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:55 AM

NEW ORLEANS - The Alabama fan who is known for allegedly simulating a sex act on an allegedly unconscious LSU fan in a Krystal restaurant on Bourbon Street after the alleged BCS game was allegedly indicted, according to the New Orleans District Attorney's Office.

A grand jury allegedly returned a true bill indicting Brian H. Downing, 32, with one count of sexual battery of a male victim and one count of obscenity for the January 9 incident.

The court allegedly set a bond in the amount of $50,000.

Downing, who is allegedly a native of Smiths Station, Ala., was allegedly indicted after an amateur video surfaced, allegedly showing Downing committing a sexual act on an LSU fan, who appeared to be passed out at Bourbon Street restuarant after the alleged BCS Championship Game.

There.  It's no more accurate, but at least it's consistent.

[AUChizad]

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/05/roger_goodell_has_the_power_to.html

Roger Goodell has the power to sentence Rolando McClain, too
Published: Friday, May 18, 2012, 6:00 AM
By Kevin Scarbinsky, Birmingham News

Thursday May 17, 2012, after being found guilty of four charges and sentenced to 180 days in jail. (The Huntsville Times/Bob Gathany)

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - This time, Rolando McClain wasn't smiling or grimacing or snarling or whatever he was doing in that infamous photo last Dec. 1 as he was led in handcuffs to­ward a police car in his hometown of Decatur.

He was far more subdued Thurs­day as he walked out of a courtroom there.

A guilty verdict will wipe the smile off your face in a hurry.

To a long list of accomplishments that includes the Butkus Award, first-team All-American honors, a national title and first-round NFL draft status, the former Alabama star added some less distinguished entries on his resume.

Third-degree assault.

Menacing.

Reckless endangerment.

Discharging a firearm in the city limits.

He was found guilty on each of those four charges stemming from a Nov. 30 altercation in which the vic­tim alleged that McClain, in the middle of a dispute, pulled out a gun and fired it beside the victim's head.

Fortunately, McClain didn't end anyone's life when he pulled that trigger. In reality, though, he put his own future in jeopardy.

The judge sentenced McClain to 180 days in jail. Six months may not sound like much, but it can be an eternity to a professional football player whose playing season lasts about four months, if his team doesn't make the playoffs.

And he does play for the woeful Oakland Raiders. In his two years in the NFL, he hasn't done much to change that franchise, or himself, for the better. Shut this thug-saturated Bama-haven down, amirite?

If McClain's sentence begins June 1, as the judge mandated, he'll be in jail until Nov. 27. He could kiss the entire 2012 NFL season good-bye.

McClain's attorney filed an immediate appeal, but even if it results in a reduced sentence or an overturned verdict, he probably won't be able to escape an encounter with another system of justice.

Judge Roger Goodell presiding.

At some point, the NFL commissioner is all but certain to call the linebacker into his office in New York, to ask him questions about the incident, to look him in the eyes, see his face, hear his voice.

Goodell has the power to take more football away from McClain. You have to wonder if someone shouldn't have taken that drastic step years ago. ZING!

Discipline, of course, is always easier in hindsight, but McClain has been a magnet for trouble for years. Or is it the other way around? He hasn't been able to leave a troubled childhood behind. Then again, how hard has he really tried?

Not wanting to forget where you came from is an admirable sentiment, unless you come from a place where disputes are settled by pulling out guns.

McClain's three-year career at Alabama, as decorated as it was for his work on the field, wasn't without incident off it.

Last month, he settled a lawsuit with a former Alabama student who had accused McClain of committing physical assault and of hitting the student with a vehicle in November 2008, during McClain's sophomore season.

McClain denied those claims. The terms of the settlement were not made public.

How many times did he find trouble or did trouble find him that weren't discovered by the authorities or reported in the newspapers?

If you care about McClain, you have to wonder if he's heading down a path toward a bad end, where the shoe's on the other foot and the gun is in someone else's hand and he's the one begging for mercy.

Goodell has a chance to teach McClain a lesson that no one else has succeeded in driving home -- that actions have consequences no matter how many tackles you make.

What would send that message at this stage in his life? What would scare McClain straight? Six months in jail? A season without football? The Raiders cutting him loose and no other team rushing in to scoop him up?

Maybe the worst thing for his career would be the best thing for his life.

After the verdict Thursday, McClain's attorney said he wanted to go through with the trial before the judge "so we could show how ridiculous this entire situation is."

Harvey Steinberg said McClain "certainly didn't do anything criminal" and "certainly didn't do anything wrong."

How many times has McClain heard that before?

How many times has it actually been true?

OUCH!

Love that, at least, there's one guy in the AL.com family not afraid to rest his nuts on Saban's chin from time to time.

[JR4AU]

McClain is a piece of shit. 

Downing?  I laugh at this fucker.  Seriously, his plight is just pure entertainment. Wearing bammer garb, dancing around in public with your junk hanging out, rubbing it on some passed out dude's head?  Doing it on camera, knowingly, while you got a job, wife and kid back at home.  And the bammers, each time something like this happens with their "this isn't about Alabama, it's an isolated incident".

                                                                                         

[GH2001]

In defense of Goodell though Chizad, he hasn't been in charge that long. He was brought in for this very reason. Things had gotten out of control and I think he is just trying to right the ship, as drastic as his punishment may be. I don't think it would have gotten to this under him the last 20 years like it did with Tagliaboooh.

[Shug Dye]

Great article.

Scarbinsky must not have gotten a death threat in a while.