If you're not a huge football fan
then you may not know that over the summer of the NFL’s elite tight end was
charged with 1st degree murder along with two other charges of
unlawful possession of a fire arm and unlawful possession of a large firearm.
So I bet you are wondering ok another football player has gotten in trouble
whats the big deal right?
Well if you do a little research
on the case you see the unusual things that is going on in this case. First and
most importantly the state not allowing him to make bail, now ask yourself how does
someone with no prior criminal record gets his bail denied. If you watched the
video it explains everything you need to know, the judge states how she
considered Hernandez a flight risk simply because he is being accused of
cold-blooded murder and because he has the means to flee. I thought in America
you were innocent until proven guilty, I kind of felt that the judge was
already convicting Hernandez of murder in the first degree.
Now lets discuss another athlete
being mistreated in the legal system, Floyd Mayweather a famous boxer known for
his undefeated record in the sport of boxing and the amount of money he’s made
in the sport. Mayweather was sentenced back in 2012 to 90 days in jail after he
pleaded guilty to battery in a domestic violence dispute. After the judge
sentenced him she stated to Floyd “no matter who you are, you have consequences
to your actions when they escalate to this level of violence.” Now Mayweather
like Hernandez is a guy who has no prior criminal record and was given jail
time for a misdemeanor on his first conviction. Are you noticing any
similarities in these two cases? But that’s not even the worse part Floyd was
placed in solitary confinement the entire time he spent in jail because the he
was considered a “special inmate” according to the Nevada Clark County detention
center. Basically because Floyd is a famous boxer he wasn’t allowed fair
treatment while incarcerated but instead he was placed where murderers, serial
killers etc spend their jail time. The discrimination towards athletes must
stop, they are normal citizens like everyone else.
I agree that that the patriots te hernandez got special treatment. From the video viewers can see that because he is/was a football play that he received special treatment. discussing floyd may-weather i thought was extremely biased with race and his back ground as a boxer. the special treatment/ discrimination needs to stop.
ReplyDeleteHernandez most definitely did it. Although it may not seem to be legally right to jump to conclusions there were things in Hernandez's past like his upbringing and who he was before the NFL that would probably influence a judge to make that decision. In the case of mayweather It was probably a good thing they gave him solitary confinement. If he was place with the murders and serial killers there would of been a high possibility of him getting jumped and maybe killed.
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