Fan tackles Seau during 4th quarter [merged]

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Midway through the fourth quarter, a fan jumped out of the stands and yelled, 'I love you, man,' to Patriots linebacker Junior Seau before tackling him to the ground.

To which Seau replied, "You not getting my Bud Light, Buddy."

Fan who tackled Seau charged

ESPN - Fan who tackled Junior Seau on Patriots' sideline charged



What a dope.

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Assault and battery? That's a little excessive.

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KontradictioN said:

Assault and battery? That's a little excessive.

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Well, excessive it might be, but he tried to hit him (assault), and did make physical contact (battery).

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KontradictioN said:

Assault and battery? That's a little excessive.

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Lame. But Goodell's NFL is running the show and they need to make an example out of this guy.

OTOH, I think Seau would have had to fill out a statement for this guy to be charged with battery.

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JMarr said:

Lame. But Goodell's NFL is running the show and they need to make an example out of this guy.

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No, that would be the District Atty.

OTOH, I think Seau would have had to fill out a statement for this guy to be charged with battery.

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Once again wrong, there is more than enough evidence to charge him without Seau filing a complaint.

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TheGodInAGreyHoodie said:

No, that would be the District Atty.



Once again wrong, there is more than enough evidence to charge him without Seau filing a complaint.

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Where I come from, normally no complaintant, no case (unless the victim is dead). There's a ton of other charges the DA could have filed against this guy that don't involve Seau feeling personally threatened.

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JMarr said:

Where I come from, normally no complaintant, no case (unless the victim is dead). There's a ton of other charges the DA could have filed against this guy that don't involve Seau feeling personally threatened.

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Very rarely will a DA take a case to trial if the victim is not going to cooperate as a witness.

It is sometimes done in spouse abuse cases and frequently done in child abuse case. I know of several statutory rape cases where the victim testified on behalf of the defendant.

In this case he was arrested. The police that arrested him saw the incident, their report was more than enough to get him charged. Most of the time when someone is assaulted it is not in front of the police so you need the victim to complain.

Back in the 70's a fan ran onto the field during a Baltimore Colts game. The cops couldn't catch him, but #32 Mike Curtis, linebacker for the Colts and a real SOB, clothes lined him. The drunk didn't know what hit him. And to ad insult to injury, he was arrested and charged after he got out of the hospital.......

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ctpatsfan77 said:

Well, excessive it might be, but he tried to hit him (assault), and did make physical contact (battery).

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And, come to think of it, let me play Devil's advocate here--what if he had, say, tackled Kurt Warner and in the process torn Warner's ACL?

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TheGodInAGreyHoodie said:

Very rarely will a DA take a case to trial if the victim is not going to cooperate as a witness.

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Very rarely is the entire crime captured on videotape in high definition, and there are literally thousands of witnesses.

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TheGodInAGreyHoodie said:

Very rarely will a DA take a case to trial if the victim is not going to cooperate as a witness.

It is sometimes done in spouse abuse cases and frequently done in child abuse case. I know of several statutory rape cases where the victim testified on behalf of the defendant.

In this case he was arrested. The police that arrested him saw the incident, their report was more than enough to get him charged. Most of the time when someone is assaulted it is not in front of the police so you need the victim to complain.

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We should take this to the legal forum but normally simple battery is defined something like "intentional touching in a rude, insolent, or angry manner." This dude was tanked, in the X-mas spirit, and saying "I love you man." Not much to hang your hat on unless Junior says he felt threatened or that, in his opinion, this guy was out to hurt him.

Again there's just a multitude of more appropriate charges to be made here.

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JMarr said:

We should take this to the legal forum but normally simple battery is defined something like "intentional touching in a rude, insolent, or angry manner." This dude was tanked, in the X-mas spirit, and saying "I love you man." Not much to hang your hat on unless Junior says he felt threatened or that, in his opinion, this guy was out to hurt him.

Again there's just a multitude of more appropriate charges to be made here.

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This ain't going to trial.

Standard procedure: You charge him with the most serious charge you can claim with a straight face to a judge. Then you plea it down with the defense atty. Unless this guys got a history, he will probably plea out to trespass, pay a small fine and be told to never go to the stadium or near a player again.

Voluntary intoxication does not negate intent.

Haven't seen these yet

FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - PHOTOS: Fan flagged for tackling Seau - Number 1

These poor players can't catch a break it seems.

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JMarr said:

Where I come from, normally no complaintant, no case (unless the victim is dead). There's a ton of other charges the DA could have filed against this guy that don't involve Seau feeling personally threatened.

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Where i come from, it's only disorderly conduct, unless the guy loses over 3 teeth. Then it gets escalated to attempted assault.

NEGIRLPATSFAN said:

Haven't seen these yet

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That's taking the whole man-crush a bit too far. I'm guessing copious quantities of adult beverages were involved?