Will Campbell Thinks He's In Dukes Of Hazzard, Is Not
WHICH ONE OF THESE MEN IS WILL CAMPBELL? TRICK QUESTION
He is not correct. The result:
According to Ann Arbor police, Campbell was arrested after attempting to slide across the hood of a vehicle at 2 a.m. on April 7 in the 600 block of Church Street. An officer in the area could hear the sheet metal on the hood of the car buckle under Campbell’s weight — he’s listed at 322 pounds — and arrested the senior, police stated.
Campbell was intoxicated, according to police.
I'd hope so.
He's got a felony and a misdemeanor coming, which will obviously be pled down to some community service and a fine and Brady Hoke doghouse time. Will it affect his availability for Alabama? I'd say probably not, but we'll see.
Best arrest ever.
I hope this makes an EDSBS Fulmer Cupdate. This deserves points (or negative points?) for utter hilarity. Picture a drunk guy trying to slide across the hood of a car. Now picture a 330lb drunk guy doing it... and the hood breaking.
Seriously, I hope it's on video. Has anyone checked ricksline.com yet? do they have archives?
No man that large should ever try to slide across a hood of a car.
That's hilarious. Why is an arrest needed? He's of age, why can't they just ask him to pay to replace the hood before they arrest him. Seems like overkill.
his birthday is July 6, 1991. So he's not of age
he actually consumed said alcohol. If he consumed it in Canada, then he is legal.
Technically, he'll be of age in July...that said, it seems to me that he should just have to replace the hood.
Was this stupid? Undoubtedly. A crime? Come on.
If you have a $500 camera and I walk up to you and smash it on the ground is that a crime?
only if it's on purpose. If your intention was to do something hilarious, it is not a crime.
Guess I just go on a hilarious crime spree and when they catch me I'll use the ol' "hey guys...I was just being funny." Then we'll all have a good laugh and go on our ways.
Its blowing my mind that everyone seems to think the "I didn't mean for outcome X to happen" line of defense is viable.
It's blowing my mind that you can't tell I was joking
Its blowing my mind that everyone seems to think the "I didn't mean for outcome X to happen" line of defense is viable.
But intent is a big part of how crimes are charged, for example first degree murder vs manslaughter.
Sure. You did that on purpose, though. It sounds as though Will was trying to slide across the hood of the car. He was (predictably) not successful, but without willful intent, I don't see a crime.
He willfully intended to jump onto property that wasn't his and caused enough damage to be charged with a felony. Say I was trying to be funny by smashing the $500 camera. That doesn't make it a crime?
He didn't willfully intend to jump onto property. His intent was to slide across it without damaging it. A better analogy for you would be that you were trying to pop the memory card out of my camera and dropped it on accident. You were attempting to do something that, when executed correctly, wouldn't cause any harm, but in the act of doing so, you accidentally caused the damage.
Eh, I don't know about you, but I don't want anybody trying to slide across the hood of my car. No matter his intent, he shouldn't have attempted the feat in the first place. I doubt he would have tried the same thing if he had been sober.
Oh, I agree completely. That's why I think he should replace the hood.
It doesn't matter if that was his intent or not. I don't (and neither will a judge) care that he tried to "gracefully slide across the hood of a car." He left his feet and put his ass on property that wasn't his, and damaged it. And no one gives a shit if the occume was intened or not. This is such a stupid argument. No one means to kill someone when they drive drunk. "Sorry officer, I was just trying to get home. My intent was to get home safe with out hitting those people." Accidents (and lawsuits) happen all of the time because unexpected things happened when people were doing something stupid.
A better analogy for the camera thing that fits your insane logic would be if I was just trying to be funny to see if it would bounce. I didn't intend for it to break. I just thought I could make it bounce and it would be fine.
I agree that 'intent' is not the issue. The issue should be whether or not it was, in fact, objectively funny. It doesn't matter if he was trying to be funny. If it was not actually funny, then he should be charged for a crime.
Judging by the fact that Big Will was arrested, I would say he was not funny enough in his attempt to slide across the hood of a car. Which in and of itself is a crime: wasting the endless comic possibilities of a drunk 300lb manchild playing Dukes of Hazard.
So, as you can see, we are in complete and total agreement.
I'm sorry, but that makes absolutely no sense. The whole reason behind the felony charge is INTENT. To then go and say it had nothing to do with intent is completely contradictory. If it wasn't his intent, he is not guilty of a crime of intent. Period.
As far as the misdemeanor goes, I'll tell you what - if you break my camera, whether it's accidental or on purpose, justice will be served when you buy me a new one. No reason to file a report. Just buy me a new camera. No reason to bring the fuzz in. At worst, it's a matter for civil court.
Also, vehicular homicide is different from property damage. The comparison is invalid.
No doubt it's a lesser crime. I think the questioning, here, is more whether this seemingly reckless and accidental destruction of property rises to the level of a FELONY. Misdemeanor, sure, that makes sense... examples of misdemeanors: public intoxication, disorderly conduct, vandalism. Might these fit the bill? Should the kid really serve a 5 year prison sentence for what he did?
Doubtful that he would serve the maximum sentence, or perhaps even get convicted of the felony. But one would have to conclude that the AAPD, by virtue of their charging him with that level of crime, believe that such a sentence would be appropriate. And that, I vouch, is the reason for the head-scratching and questioning. That said, when all the facts come to light, maybe we'll have a different view.
The amount of damage makes it a felony. More than $1,000 makes it a felony. Less than $1,000 makes it a misdemeanor.
Your analogy makes no sense. By tryiing to be funny by smashing the camera, you're still intentionally destroying the camera. By trying to be funny by sliding over a car hood, you're not intentionally smashing the hood. If he had climbed on top of the car and stomped on the hood over and over, you'd have a much better argument.
is going to shoot first?
What if I didn't intend to smash the camera, but just wanted to be funny and see if it would bounce. No intent to break it, so its all good right? How was I supposed to know it was going to break? By everyone's logic here, as long as I don't intend for something bad to happen I can't get in trouble.
Intent or not, his actions caused a felony level of damage to a car. And now he's in trouble for it. That's pretty clear.
I believe them lawyer types refer to it as a "reasonable person" standard.
Sometimes the action is the outcome, such as the "taking of a life."
"Campbell fully intended to jump and slide over that car. There's your criminal intent right there."
Whut?
I think a better analogy would be: Man thinks it would be funny to take camera and take a pic of his back fat. In the process, he drops and breaks the $1000+ camera. Intention was not to cause any damage or commit any crime. I'm not a lawyer obviously, nor do I know how this sort of thing works. This just seems like a case where intention should come into play somewhat.
Just don't ever try to make it as a criminal defense attorney, OK?
The "dude, I didn't mean to" line of defense is about as shitty as it gets.
I think technically that's called a plea of "No Contest."
The police apparently disagree with you, considering they arrested him.
...because the police are always correct? They never go overboard, just ask Rodney King.
Something about intent maybe worth considering and how it fits in criminal law.
Stupid act by a college kid which our fine Ann Arbor police, using notroiously bad judgement, then become overly zealous and charge a kid with a felony. Good God.
Over zealous? nope, the norm. This country is jail-happy, and its very easy to be charged with multiple crimes for even the simplest of supposed offenses. And I'm not talking about pot, either.
I have no idea what the details are right now, but when they come out I think it'll be pretty likely that BWC wasn't exactly hanging around the scene offering to fix the damage, necessitating the police involvment. Woo baseless speculation.
At least he didn't try to jump a gulley.
seatbelt unbuckled, wheeew.
I will pay a king's ransom for this youtube clip.
I doubt he could fit through the window.
Now all he has to do is worry about lifting his legs high enough while wearing the skin tight jeans.
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