OT-So about the MSU hockey brawl this summer
http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/Student-Charged-With-Assault--Stalki…
Seems this wasn't the story it was told to be,.
September 19th, 2012 at 5:31 PM ^
The report he hopes to transfer to the University of Michigan soon. Not sure why the Lansing news felt they needed to throw that in there. I am fairly certain this kid has close to zero chance of gaining admittance to Michigan with a prior record.
Whether or not it was the hockey team, MSU has had rash of student assaults recently:
http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2012/09/prosecutors_making_progress_on.html
September 19th, 2012 at 9:32 PM ^
Where did the article say he was going to transfer to UM? They may have changed the text after you posted.
September 19th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
Yeah they rewrote parts of it. Clarified some stuff (like the details of the charges), and took out other stuff (like how he was attending WCC and hoped to transfer to UM)
September 19th, 2012 at 5:31 PM ^
Oh sparty *shakes head*
September 19th, 2012 at 6:19 PM ^
Most of the other hockey bloggers and the Daily guys never even touched this. Once the story came out, it just looked so weird that most people took a wait and see approach before speculating. That descision looks very smart now.
September 19th, 2012 at 6:53 PM ^
I didn't know MSU had a trailer park on campus.
September 19th, 2012 at 8:18 PM ^
MSU is a trailer park.
September 19th, 2012 at 9:05 PM ^
"until some men in the house stepped in."...
... and beat the living crap out of the asshole.
September 19th, 2012 at 9:09 PM ^
He had a previous conviction for arson prior to entering MSU. I bet he put that on his application under "Extracurricular Activities" and that got him in. All Spartys need to know how to burn a couch.
September 20th, 2012 at 12:33 AM ^
So, it looks like the police just want to believe one side of the story here. The bottom line is that, even if he intrinsically deserved to have the crap beaten out of him, it is illegal to do so in pretty much every village, city, town, county, and state in the US.
If they were defending someone from being attacked, it's one thing, but I still have a hard time believing that they needed to go quite as far as it appears they did.
I say both sides are at fault here, and it should be treated like six people beating up one guy over a girl in a parking lot.
Also, if this non-athlete is charged with all of these crimes, couldn't the two basketball players have at least been charged with something like assault, stalking, or harrassment a couple of years ago?
This looks like typical EL selective enforcement to me.