Oso planning to go pro
You call them antics, I see someone in need of help, likely not the kind that he's going to get with a week in jail.
Semantics. The behavior was clearly outrageous, but we can agree that spending a week in jail is idiocy. He should have been discharged once he had a psyche evaluation, was sober, and a temporary restraining order was put in place.
Idk, what does the week in jail hurt? When someone exhibits this kind of behavior, if he were let out immediately upon sobering up and receiving a psych eval, that would seem like gross negligence if/when he went on to immmediately violate the restraining order.
Idk, what does the week in jail hurt?
If you think a week of observation is a bad thing for a guy charged with domestic violence and that tried to break into his in laws house, fight his father in law, and threatened suicide, sure keep Bob Rossing with those broad brushes. Maybe it sucks that we don't really have a place other than jail for that observation, but that's where we are. The threat he poses to himself and other is the reason bail is denied in these cases, and its the reason I don't think a week in jail is the worst thing here.
Jail is really a wholly inadequate place for that type of observation. But to answer your original question, there IS harm to locking someone up in jail for something that seems a mental health issue and not a criminal one.
Agreed that jail is inadequate for that type of observation, and I agree that mental health seems to be a factor, if not the predominant factor here. But I also think that the greatest harm in these cases would be just releasing someone with that fact pattern on his own recognizance when he sobers up with a restraining order, and assuming the victims will be fine or can just call the police if he violates the restraining order.
This is a guy with no criminal history whose offenses resulted in no harm to others. No prosecutor could credibly argue that he poses a significant threat to harm others if released.
Bingo. I’m not sure what “fact pattern” was referred to above. This is obviously an unpleasant story and something snapped after lots of alcohol. This isn’t some habitual offender or someone with a history of domestic issues. He had a bad incident while drunk, certainly not the first or last person.
Sources say Rodgers turned down two year extension that would have made him the highest paid player in Football. If true very puzzling. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31847990/sources-aaron-rodgers-declined-green-bay-packers-extension-offer-made-highest-paid-qb
This isn’t really newsworthy is it? Unless they changed the guarantees, it’s kind of an empty offer. Rodgers is upset that he’s basically on a year to year deal and wants more guaranteed money in the coming years so they can’t move on from him as easily. Just extending his deal 2 years doesn’t change the situation.
I said early in this thread that it was about respect - not money. The Bears called Andy frickin' Dalton both before and after Fields was drafted. Jerry Krause couldn't be bothered to call Aaron when they drafted Love.
He can get over it. They have put a championship quality team around him the last two seasons. Including last year playing at home.
Of course he can, I said earlier in the thread that I expect him to be on the field for the opening game.We'll find out if I was right or wrong in 8 weeks.