Terrence Jones arrested in Portland for stomping on homeless man

If you think a misdemeanor charge in which the guy claims he's not guilty is going to have a significant impact on a player's future as a Rocket, you need perspective. Good grief. Professional athletes have been accused and convicted of significantly worse and had it not impact them. He's not running for pope.

 

Exactly, the definition of the word stomp means to bring down your leg quickly and with force.

He "stomped" someone, yet there are no visible injuries whatsoever? A bruise is an injury.

If you're a policeman that has a clear case of a crime being committed you don't need to exaggerate your description. The people that think police don't get pissed off at being "dissed" or having their egos stepped on are naive.

I really wish Mr. Jones would have fought this charge all the way including false arrest and defamation. If he didn't stomp the guy, then why make that statement? If he did, then why retract it now?

 

OK all you apologists and homers. Time will tell. And what is the over/under for Jones being on the team in 12 months? I do have money to burn.

 

T-Jones just apologized to everyone for his actions on Facebook. Hope this never happens again.

 

Damn legal system and that due process nonsense. APOLOGISTS! FRY HIS ASS!!!

 

I was going to go away peacefully, but it seems that you really are not satisfied with peace so.....

Regardless of what terminology the report says stomp/stepped/kicked the police officer saw him do something that warranted an arrest!
You obviously are privy to information that no one else has because you state that stomp was never in the original report, fine we'll leave it
as a fact. Regardless he did do something to the homeless man, according to the officer and according to the homeless man himself. I myself
find it hard to believe that the officer would arrest Jones for no apparent reason.

As far as due process, I think due process is being served, he's had his initial court appearance, he's lawyered up and he's out on bail.
What I'm writing and saying will have absolutely no bearing in his trial it's solely my opinion just as what your saying is your opinion.
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Unfortunate and it does shed some light on why he may have spent more time in the d-league, I.e. immaturity. It's a crappy thing he did and no excuse. Lets just hope it's a growing pain and he matures.

 

Not easy to be a young black male with money in the US. I think they have dedicated drones to follow people like that.

 

Future behavior is predicated by past behavior. Unlike mutual funds.

 

Privy to information that no one else has? THE LINK HAS BEEN POSTED MULTIPLE TIMES, INCLUDING BY ME. The lawyer specifically working the case says it isn't in the charges. What is secret about that?

You find it hard to believe an officer would exaggerate the truth? Happens all the time, especially involving athletes. Combination of seeing headlines (read: attention) along with little man syndrome. Did you read the story of Antonio Morrison, the Florida linebacker arrested a week ago for barking at the police dog? Charges entirely dismissed -- yes, after he was arrested.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/c...ed-player-barked-police-dog-article-1.1407655

What was more telling about the Florida case was the dashboard video. You can see the officer's attitude COMPLETELY change when a colleague informs him that it's a star athlete.

If you respect the concept of due process, it shouldn't apply just to the courtroom. Take a step back, breathe, and realize that there are tons of examples of cops being both right and wrong. Let the process play out before dragging his name through the mud. You certainly don't have to, but it would seem the decent thing to do.

 

Talk about kicking a man while he's down.

 

In other words, if something happens once, it automatically happens again in the same situation for the history of time.

Thankfully Dwight wasn't foolish enough to fall for it when the Lakers told him exactly that.

 

LOL. Nice.

 

You honestly think that article tells the whole story? That blurb is nothing if not vague. I don't care which way the hammer falls on this, but I will wait until I have the information to make an informed decision, rather than one out of ignorance. You seem to be of the conclusion that just because I'm not of the same opinion, that I'm on the other side of the fence. This simply is not the case.

I have friends that are cops, and they will tell you first hand that they have gotten one wrong before. It happens. Again, this may not be the case, but when they retract a word like "stomp", which paints a completely different picture than "step" would, it wouldn't be illogical to think that the confidence in the witness account wasn't exceptionally strong. Using the term "stomp" also takes this to a different level of defamation than if he merely stepped on him. Do you honestly think this would be making national headlines if it had been stated "Jones stepped on homeless man and yelled 'wake up'"?

 

That is exactly NOT what I said. Please refresh your understanding of the world. If a person commits an immoral act he is more likely, but not destined, to commit a like act in the future. Jeez.

 

Why burn it?

Why don't you give it to the homeless?

 

Are you guys ****ing kidding me?

Done as a Rocket because of this?

This incident is not even close to being as big of a deal as you guys are making it out to be.

 

Has he done the kind of stuff that he's accused of doing in the past? Did his past behavior prior to the incident predict his behavior that night?

 

I do. I, in the exact same situation as Jones, have slipped $20 and up into the pockets of sleeping drunks when I lived in inner cities. Not so much now that I have moved to the upper burbs.

 

The man he kicked has been homeless for 18 years and is on food stamps.

He is homeless because he wants to be homeless.