Brandon Wood Arrested After Assault Accusation
Add another to the thug column.
http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2012/04/former_michigan_state_basketba.html
EDIT:
Wood, 23, was arrested about 3:30 a.m. in a neighborhood some six miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Wood is accused of slapping a 32-year-old woman after she asked him to leave her home, according to Chicago Police Department Spokesperson Mike Sullivan. Wood is charged with battery, assault and criminal trespassing of a residence. All three charges are misdemeanor offenses. |
April 30th, 2012 at 11:12 AM ^
Wood, 23, was arrested about 3:30 a.m. in a neighborhood some six miles northwest of downtown Chicago. Wood is accused of slapping a 32-year-old woman after she asked him to leave her home, according to Chicago Police Department Spokesperson Mike Sullivan.
Wood is charged with battery, assault and criminal trespassing of a residence. All three charges are misdemeanor offenses.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:14 AM ^
Thank you. I tried that and it came out all messed up.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:15 AM ^
What did the five fingers say to the face?
April 30th, 2012 at 11:13 AM ^
IZZO!
(Allegedly, all you have to say is IZZO and everything will be ok)
April 30th, 2012 at 11:15 AM ^
If this is true, he's an idiot. He jeopardized his livelihood. Even if it's NOT true, he put himself in a bad position and is jeopardizing his future. If I was about to enter a draft, I would bubble-wrap myself when not playing ball and be careful of every situation I'm in. Too much to ask to be at home by 2am? Or earlier?
April 30th, 2012 at 11:20 AM ^
"Nothing good happens after 2 AM"
--How I Met Your Mother
I thought Matt Wile made that up. Yes, I am serious.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:36 AM ^
NBA Draft? Hahaha
April 30th, 2012 at 11:16 AM ^
Wow, as much as I and most reasonable human beings with a conscience despise men who lack self control and think it's ok to harm women, this title has got to be changed. I foresee absolute chaos in this thread's future. There are much more articulate ways of phrasing this.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:19 AM ^
Like 'Brandon Wood (Allegedly) Beats Women'?
April 30th, 2012 at 11:22 AM ^
Changed.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:17 AM ^
While I'm not in the habit of defending thuggery, let's not forget that in this country, Mr. Wood is innocent until convicted.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:21 AM ^
He is only alleged of beating one woman, so it's sort of a misleading title, but your point that there seems to be a trend of MSU basketball players and their criminal records is taken. Let's see how this plays out.
Let's not forget that Josh Furman was just accused of something similar, and he was found not guilty on all three counts (assault, domestic violence, illegal entry).
April 30th, 2012 at 11:25 AM ^
Unfortunate for his future and the young lady involved.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:31 AM ^
The lady was 32. It might be kind of a stretch to call her "young".
April 30th, 2012 at 11:55 AM ^
I thought 32 was the new 19? Of course I say that because I'm 36.
Damn it. This means I'm old too.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:32 AM ^
Funny how people treat someone from MSU compared to how they treated the Josh Furman incident when the two are pretty similar.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:36 AM ^
Wasn't Josh Furman accused of trying to fight a guy? As opposed to hitting a woman? Seems a little different to me
April 30th, 2012 at 12:43 PM ^
Wood is being charged with battery, assault, and criminal trespass.
Furman was charged with domestic violence, assault, and illegal entry.
Those look pretty similar.
Furman was attempting to kick some dude's ass. Wood is accused of hitting a woman. Call me old-fashion, but the two incidences are not the same. Any guy who hits a woman is a punk ass POS.
I completely agree. My point was that, from a legal standpoint and looking at the charges they are/were both facing, the instances seem pretty similar.
not incidences, but who's counting? I'm just sayin'.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:38 AM ^
Similair as in they were both accused of something after a situation that involved women? Because the two cases diverge pretty quickly after that.
April 30th, 2012 at 12:26 PM ^
Common guys they are VERY similar. Let's look:
1. Both involved athletes
2. Both involved women
3. Both involved police
Let's be real - if they situations were any closer together it would be like this crazy deja-vu thing were history actually did repeat itself exactly. Groundhog day if you will.
but my degree from Michigan makes me uncommon. It's the Michigan difference.
April 30th, 2012 at 12:30 PM ^
Have you ever gotten in a verbal altercation with a guy (at a bar perhaps) and were restrained from fighting them? Under your airtight logic, that means you hit a woman.
Have you ever heard of the word sarcasm?
I thought I would be safe leaving off the "s" at the bottom of my post given the completely over-the-top and ridiculous conclusion I drew. Sadly....no.
Wasn't responding to you...
April 30th, 2012 at 11:43 AM ^
But what if the woman was being a real pain in the ass?
April 30th, 2012 at 12:07 PM ^
...there aren't any thugs in the NBA.
April 30th, 2012 at 12:23 PM ^
Is it really news anymore when one of Izzo's guys assaults another woman? The angry midget will have it swept under the rug by noon tomorrow. No worries.
Didn't Craig James play for Izzo?
Didn't Craig James also allegedly kill 5 hookers while not playing for Izzo?
April 30th, 2012 at 12:27 PM ^
Between Sparty's football and basketball teams, it's obvious to anyone who wants to look that neither coach teaches his players to have any respect for women. As long as both Mark Dantonio and Tom Izzo continue to reward players for such behavior, where is their motivation to become good citizens?
Traditions, both positive and negative, are passed from coach to player and from player to player in any program.
Why on earth would any parent want his son to go to such a cesspool?
April 30th, 2012 at 12:55 PM ^
Wow Tater this is an incredible reach for a trolling attempt...even for you.
I don't know how much of a stretch it is. Some women got roughed up in the Rather Hall assault that went largely unpunished. Depending on who you want to believe, Something pretty serious got swept under the rug at Wonders hall a year later. Violence against women is a major problem on every campus, but there have been red flags popping up with MSU athletes more than most.
Tom Izzo
Why would Izzo even respond. His job is over and done with.
please remove