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3 Griz Arrested

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Catsrback76 said:
Not being current on anything, I think this is a tempest in a teapot solved very simply.

Get the family some complimentary box tickets for a season, give the guys windsprints and a stern look...and get back to doing what everyone wants...football!

+1


Catsrback76 must be the Chair of the School of Logic at MSU.
 
SoldierGriz said:
Poor criminals in our country! Must be societies fault they can't follow very simple rules and laws...give it a rest already. You do realize the vast majority of people do manage to obey our laws.
http://columbialawreview.org/ham-sandwich-nation_reynolds/

"Ham Sandwich Nation, Due Process when Everything is a Crime."

So many things have been criminalized, the comment is likely false. You can't know that.

Be that as it may, as the first seven pages of this thread illustrate, this is an example of "criminalization," and lynch mobs at work. "Get them!" screamed the crowd.

They stood in an empty room on a construction site. Law Broken. Half the people on this thread, older and wiser, have broken that "particular" law, out of the innocuous impulse to look at construction, the motive NOT being to "break the law."

In rational world, the reasonable reaction is to point out the possible consequences of trespassing, that even without harm or intent, it is against the law, and "Don't do it again."
 
doc3kgt said:
PR you are calling out the posters for being too extreme and negative, but you are minimizing the situation, and it is painfully obvious.
Minimizing the situation?

The "situation" minimizes the situation. At the end of the day, nothing actually happened.

What is painful are the first seven pages of "hang 'em high" comments on this thread, before there was even a news article describing what happened, followed by subsequent comments that resemble an argument that if we don't stop criminals now, what will we do when they come for our land and our children?

This is how societies become self-serving mobs seeking self-gratification at the expense of others. Fifty years ago, the police would have arrived, gave the guys a stern lecture on the sidewalk, and said "this is against the law, no harm done, but don't do it again." Can you imagine Doug Chase arresting these guys and sticking them in jail with $50,000 bond, more than most crimes?

No. Because it's stupid. Four young guys doing something stupid doesn't justify a hundred other grown adults doing something even more stupid: seeking persecution.
 
Blgs Griz Fan said:
Catsrback76 said:
Not being current on anything, I think this is a tempest in a teapot solved very simply.

Get the family some complimentary box tickets for a season, give the guys windsprints and a stern look...and get back to doing what everyone wants...football!

+1


Catsrback76 must be the Chair of the School of Logic at MSU.

A voice of reason coming from the "Far East". :clap: :clap: :thumb:
 
I just recently received some messages from many ticked off people from various areas concerning the 3 Griz arrested. I will post some of the comments below.

Engstrom: "If I could have reached coach Stitt that night I'd have fired him"

Florio: "Must have been a young helpless girl involved, otherwise why would boys crawl up a ladder"?

Pat Williams: " Griz Football players are all thugs, I'd let the other two off"

Growler/Atlanta/Dill: "I'd fire the contractor for leaving the ladder up, pure and simple all his fault"

Coach Stitt: "I just want to know why my players were working on that house in the rain"?

Missoula Mayor: "We need to buy the Griz Football Team to save them from themselves"

Marcus Karma: "If it was my home I'd fire a full clip in the dark and find out what that noise was"

Missoula City Council: "What if they had a gun? Lets pass a new law to keep our streets clean"

Coach Krammer: Must have been 5 players not just 3"

Coach Ash: "You Griz folks think you have problems? What about us poor Bobcats?"
 
I've watched the Missoula mob of greenies, flower children, Griz haters and the like trespass daily all over Missoula with their dogs on private lots/undeveloped lots and open space (patted canyon, Maloney ranch). Always thought that conduct deserved a stern "don't do it again". But now I know to call for police and ask for arrest and $50k bond. Thanks, MSLA police and hypocrites for setting me straight.
 
those who think it is no big deal...just being kids...getting out of rain...exploring a construction site like little kids do blah blah


Here are a few quotes that you might want to consider"


Headline from Kaimin (thus it is apparently being talked about and casting more of a bad light on athletics, which are already struggling for support not a good thing to have bad PR): Unsportsmanlike Conduct: From NCAA regs to local laws, UM Athletics faces questions over violations

The home owner said he heard the four students talked about taking something (so maybe it was more than just getting out of the rain and messing around?


Glad that it wasn’t worse, his main concern was for his family’s safety.
“When that’s molested, it’s hard to put that back together,” he said.
so there was harm done

and finally: "It's a privilege to come out of that tunnel and wear the name of a state across your chest," Haslam said. "It's important that our athletes remember that. I think most of them do."


So they were given a privilege so can (and should be) held to a higher standard than the usual citizen, student when it comes to how the athletic department handles embarrassing things like this . If they don't want that added responsibility don't wear the jersey. If for no other reason than to protect the image of the athletes that do the right thing this PR mess hurts all the athletic department and how it is handled from here on is being watched with a very close eye. Police charges are out of Stitt's hands...but how they stand on the football team is not.
 
OK, I'll admit it. I have entered unsecured construction sites multiple times in my life as an adult. I even played on the heavy equipment that was being used to build the interstate through Missoula when I was a kid. I never got caught and clearly my early behavior led me down the path of being a repeat offender. Had I gotten caught and severely and publicly punished then the community would not have suffered the shame I have brought upon them. Instead I graduated college, had a family, and now run a company but my life is certainly a lie built on the honor I stole from my peers. (I have learned from this thread that Melodrama cleanses the soul and I am now whole again. Praise eGriz!)
 
My heart was broken when I first heard about this incident. Naturally, I then had to take a look here on egriz to find out if anyone had inside info. Not seeing any inside info but really wasn’t surprised that the lynch mob was taking shape. Kind of expected it as past behavior is the best indicator of whats about to come down.

I just wanted to understand what in the heck happened. Who the hell would commit a burglary with five people involved at the site of the crime? That never made sense.
 
UMGriz75 said:
doc3kgt said:
PR you are calling out the posters for being too extreme and negative, but you are minimizing the situation, and it is painfully obvious.
Minimizing the situation?

The "situation" minimizes the situation. At the end of the day, nothing actually happened.

Can you imagine Doug Chase arresting these guys and sticking them in jail with $50,000 bond, more than most crimes?

No. Because it's stupid. Four young guys doing something stupid doesn't justify a hundred other grown adults doing something even more stupid: seeking persecution.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Good ol' Doug. Man, you just brought back some Missoula childhood memories. And no, I most certainly can NOT see Doug arresting these guys. Or ANY guys doing what these five were doing....
 
Ursus1 said:
The home owner said he heard the four students talked about taking something (so maybe it was more than just getting out of the rain and messing around?

Is it remotely possible, in your version of events, that they were saying things like "man, I can't believe guys leave this stuff up here. It would be really easy for someone to steal this stuff. I mean, if we were criminals we could easily take these power tools!"...

Yes?

No?
 
Ursus I don't agree with you on any level. Reposting dirt before The County Attorney has reached its conclusion shows that you refuse to let the facts come out. If Haslam has this same attitude he should have said they are permanently suspended and removed from the team at that point. Maybe, just maybe, as the dust settled calmer heads prevailed. My suggestion to you is wait and see how things progress.
 
AZGrizFan said:
Ursus1 said:
The home owner said he heard the four students talked about taking something (so maybe it was more than just getting out of the rain and messing around?

Is it remotely possible, in your version of events, that they were saying things like "man, I can't believe guys leave this stuff up here. It would be really easy for someone to steal this stuff. I mean, if we were criminals we could easily take these power tools!"...

Yes?

No?

I have my doubts they really know what they "heard" through double-pane thermal-insulated windows. If they could hear something clearly, that suggests the participants were not concerned about being extremely loud because they were not up to no good. What we do know, at least at this point, is that nothing was stolen and nothing damaged.

I'd sure like to see what the detectives come up with, criminal or non-criminal, before passing the kind of judgment which seems to come so easy to so many here.
 
Catsrback76 said:
Not being current on anything, I think this is a tempest in a teapot solved very simply.

Get the family some complimentary box tickets for a season, give the guys windsprints and a stern look...and get back to doing what everyone wants...football!

This is pretty much the conclusion I've come to as well. I'd probably substitute a pretty serious apology to team and homeowner, but hey, I'm a liberal so we take these things more seriously.
 
PlayerRep said:
Sam A. Blitz said:
Millions of people trespass onto private property and many of those are churchgoers and school children? Am I reading that correctly? Wow, I guess trespassing isn't as wrong as I was led to believe? Next time I'm caught in the rain at 3 AM, I'll just climb into someone's personal construction project even if it is on the same parcel as their house. Hopefully, there will be a prayer group in there already...

At least they didn't jaywalk or take a pen from work and really violated someone's personal property...

Kidding aside, I think it looks stupid to make light of this. These are probably good kids who made a very stupid and selfish mistake, but they made it and need to be held strictly accountable. I'd be disappointed if we made excuses for them and compromised on discipline.

Yes, millions of people have trespassed onto construction sites. It's just fact. Many egriz posters have said they've done it. I've done it.

Can you really not see that trying to put actions and mistakes into perspective--particular when many people are blowing the mistake out of proportion and jumping to conclusion--is something different than making excuses for someone?

What's "selfish" about this mistake? AZ, I assume I'm going to need your help on this.

What's selfish is that the players have put their coach and AD in a very bad place and they won't be helping their team win Saturday.
 
Once upon a time a bankrobber was arrested (they surrounded the bank with police after a 911 call).....good thing nothing was taken. He now is known as a banktresspasser
 
Meh. After that whoop ass PSU laid down the only place those players should have been at 2:30 am was in the weight room. If I'm Stitt I'm suspending their asses just for being out that late. There's plenty of time after the season for carousing.
 
Umista said:
I just recently received some messages from many ticked off people from various areas concerning the 3 Griz arrested. I will post some of the comments below.

Engstrom: "If I could have reached coach Stitt that night I'd have fired him"

Florio: "Must have been a young helpless girl involved, otherwise why would boys crawl up a ladder"?

Pat Williams: " Griz Football players are all thugs, I'd let the other two off"

Growler/Atlanta/Dill: "I'd fire the contractor for leaving the ladder up, pure and simple all his fault"

Coach Stitt: "I just want to know why my players were working on that house in the rain"?

Missoula Mayor: "We need to buy the Griz Football Team to save them from themselves"

Marcus Karma: "If it was my home I'd fire a full clip in the dark and find out what that noise was"

Missoula City Council: "What if they had a gun? Lets pass a new law to keep our streets clean"

Coach Krammer: Must have been 5 players not just 3"

Coach Ash: "You Griz folks think you have problems? What about us poor Bobcats?"

I know this thread is all serious business or something but I wanted to make sure this post is remembered for post of the year. Had me laughing. A definite Brinty POY nominee!
 
BWahlberg said:
Umista said:
I just recently received some messages from many ticked off people from various areas concerning the 3 Griz arrested. I will post some of the comments below.

Engstrom: "If I could have reached coach Stitt that night I'd have fired him"

Florio: "Must have been a young helpless girl involved, otherwise why would boys crawl up a ladder"?

Pat Williams: " Griz Football players are all thugs, I'd let the other two off"

Growler/Atlanta/Dill: "I'd fire the contractor for leaving the ladder up, pure and simple all his fault"

Coach Stitt: "I just want to know why my players were working on that house in the rain"?

Missoula Mayor: "We need to buy the Griz Football Team to save them from themselves"

Marcus Karma: "If it was my home I'd fire a full clip in the dark and find out what that noise was"

Missoula City Council: "What if they had a gun? Lets pass a new law to keep our streets clean"

Coach Krammer: Must have been 5 players not just 3"

Coach Ash: "You Griz folks think you have problems? What about us poor Bobcats?"

I know this thread is all serious business or something but I wanted to make sure this post is remembered for post of the year. Had me laughing. A definite Brinty POY nominee!

I agree. Very witty post.
 
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