No one said that the cop is to blame. Just that, in general, ISU cops are...less than stellar. And the offense itself is...interesting.
Devondrick Nealy in a bit of trouble? Already?
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CycloneErik
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This is starting to resemble the early stages of the out-of-control years in Iowa City.
Really, it would be nice to go a month without a story like this. Even freshmen can find better ways to entertain themselves in Ames. It's not that hard.
Really, it would be nice to go a month without a story like this. Even freshmen can find better ways to entertain themselves in Ames. It's not that hard.
Blame the cops!! I love it, is this Cyclone Fanatic or Hawkeye Report? Also, FYI - ISU is up to second in the Fullmer cup standings.
If he was part of that group trying to mug people, he's lucky he wasn't shot with a real gun...
Well Lattimer participated in the spring game and spring practice and his incident was before spring practice, as for the other two, I am just throwing something out there.
You're joking right? You think Nealy is out 2 games because he was written a ticket for harassing an officer. He didn't even get arrested. He was cited.
To me it sounds like even the cops didn't think it was anything more than some freshman having fun and making a bad judgement call or they could have got him for resisting arrest and I'm sure there is something about carrying a bb gun on campus. However they gave him a very light charge.
I think the actions are worse than the crime. You don't think Rhoads will look at the whole situation?
CycloneErik
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All we know is he had a BB gun and got up to walk away after a cop told him to get on his knees or whatever.
What actions do you know happened that are 2 game suspension worthy? I think Rhoads does look at the whole situation and sees it for what it is, Nealy runs a few thousand yards for making a boneheaded decision (which didn't harm or put anyone at risk) and moves on.
At this point the only thing that he may have done that was an issue at all was IF he was one of the guys frisking people on central campus (who by the way they didn't hurt or take anything from). And even then it was clearly a BB gun they were using or they would have sent out an ISUalert because the gun looked like it might be real. They didn't.
Have you ever played paintball or lazer tag? They were doing that only they did it on ISU campus which was where they made the mistake. And as a freshman that hasn't been on campus long or gone through orientation or read all the rules for University property I can see why you would think carrying a BB gun with a couple buddies on central campus was harmless and wouldn't even realize it was against the rules.
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True. And during a slow sports news time in Iowa my guess is that this gets beaten like a dead horse on KXnO and local media outlets.
Its a sign of the times sir. A sign of the times.
I'm sure the exact reason is long and convoluted.
It's a lot like laser tag, except replace the lasers with BBs and replace willing players with unwilling bystanders. Sounds about right.
I've played a ton of lazer tag as a kid and have never been frisked once. Except that one time but he's registered now.
Fortunately no one listens. It's been a month --- probably two --- since anyone here has brought up anything said on any of the Des Moines sports stations.
Perrault's M.O. is now clear: you have to be an insufferable doosh bag to get anyone to notice you on a low power station near the wrong end of the AM dial. You could have more listeners with a decent walkie talkie.
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