Can you imagine getting tossed into a jail cell and the guy already in there is a 250-lb. offensive guard? I think I'd probably defecate.
Sounds like he got profiled! http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2662099 HOUSTON -- Houston Texans offensive lineman Fred Weary was shot with a Taser before being arrested Tuesday after a traffic stop. Weary was pulled over at 1 p.m. about six miles from Reliant Stadium and transported to jail. Houston Police officer Gabriel Ortiz said he "possibly faces charges of resisting arrest." The 29-year-old was being held at Houston's Central Jail on Tuesday evening, but had not yet been charged with a crime and no bond had been set, a jail official said. The jail official did not know whether Weary had an attorney. Weary pushed an officer away and was shot with a Taser after he stepped toward officers when they ordered him to put his hands on the vehicle, police said. "We're aware of the situation regarding Fred Weary," said Tony Wyllie, Texans' vice president of communications. "At this time, we're gathering all the information and getting all the facts." Wyllie said the Texans were informed of the arrest by an anonymous tip and that their director of security and other team officials were working to find out what happened. According to the police report, the incident began when officers noticed a Chevy Impala SS driving in an area near Reliant Stadium where police are on alert due to criminal activity. They noticed the driver "looking very suspicious" as he looked back and forth at the police several times. Weary was pulled over after police followed the car and noticed that it did not have a front license plate. When officers asked for Weary's license he angrily asked why he had been pulled over, police said. Police said they asked him for his license three times before he produced it, during which time he became increasingly agitated. Weary was asked to step out of the vehicle when he began to reach for something. After exiting the car he continued to be verbally combative toward the two officers and refused their commands, police said. It was then that he pushed the officer away and was shot with a Taser after stepping toward the officers when he was ordered to put his hands on the vehicle. He was arrested without further incident after he was shot with the Taser. Weary has appeared in eight games and started five this season. Coach Gary Kubiak credited him with helping to make a key block on a fourth-and-inches play that sealed Houston's 13-10 victory over the Jaguars on Sunday. The 6-foot-4, 308-pound right guard has spent his entire five-year career with the Texans after they drafted him in the third round in 2002. He has played in 44 games.
It happened right near my school. I saw the cop car right infornt but at the time I didnt think anyhting of it, cops are outside my school all the time. I guess it was Fred Weary today
I wonder how you would describe injuries from taser on the injury report? It would definitely be novel.
I don't think tasers injure you that badly... correct me if I'm wrong, but it only physically disables you for fives seconds and leaves some cuts from the spikes, right?
Sounds like blatant DWB to me. No front plates and failure to signal??? Lame. They were looking for drugs and jumped the gun when an angry, large, black millionaire got a little testy. They'd better have that push on video tape.
I was outscooped by my own little brother. It happened outside his school, or nearby, or something. From that report, seems like a total case of DWB
Matt Jackson was saying on the radio today that he can't envision any possible scenario in which this is Fred Weary's fault, because of what a good guy he is. That doesn't mean a whole lot to me, but there is definitely something fishy about this whole thing. Some reports say he was tasered when he reached for whatever it was he reached for in his car console, some say he got out of the car and pushed the cop. The report that says he pushed the cop says nothing about whatever it was he did with his center console, which seems curious to me.
I heard this morning on the radio that it was a female officer involved. We got another Anna Lucia on our hands here...
DWA Driving with attitude is probably more like it. I have been pulled over many times for stupid crap. Just be super cool to the cop and he will probably let you go. Don't ever have an attitude even if what you got pulled over for is complete crap. It will get you nowhere. I know this by being thrown in jail a few times too in my youth. A privileged, rich sports star might have a problem doing this however. It's called "a meeting of the egos".
He probably tried busting out with "do you know who I am??". The only problem is that doesn't work with offensive linemen...
2 Questions 1. Looking at a Cop is now suspicious behavior??? 2. How do you see the Front Plate from the back? or do you follow people from the front these days Rocket River
