Ravens to Build Statue of Ray Lewis
According to owner Steve Bisciotti, The Ravens will construct a statue of Ray Lewis outside M&T Bank Stadium. This seems....wrong.
"I think he set himself apart in Baltimre sports history...and I will not be surprised if there is one there in the next year or two."
February 7th, 2013 at 3:40 PM ^
Ultimately, the prosecutors gave Ray a deal he couldn't refuse.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:00 PM ^
Don't you think that if they had solid evidence against the guy that he would have received more than 8 months? I mean, the man is black and we all know how the justice treats black men. The idea that a black man can get off--saving for gross incompetence--is clearly ludicrous if one considers the experience of black men in the US judicial system.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 4:08 PM ^
OJ got off because the prosecuting attorneys and the LAPD was incompetent. They basically assisted the defense with their many errors.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:04 PM ^
High profile black man can't get off or a light sentence? O.J Simpson comes to mind.....
February 7th, 2013 at 4:21 PM ^
This happens a lot.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:19 PM ^
So now being at a scene is equivalent to being guilty? The only thing he was ever charged with was obstruction of justice. Not to mention you say he wasn't convicted, well he wasn't even charged with the murder. Can I say unequivocally that Lewis had no part in the murders? Of course not. But you can't say he certainly did it and just got lucky nobody came forward as a witness, he was a high profile athlete, of course he would be recognized. Our justice system is designed to try to avoid putting innocent people in prison. There was not enough evidence to try or convict ray lewis on murder and so he was not. I just do not understand why exactly everyone has decided they know better than people who were actually a part of the case?
February 7th, 2013 at 4:25 PM ^
February 8th, 2013 at 2:11 AM ^
I'm trying to play devils advocate in this, my post says I don't know what happened, I just think its absurd that people have so little doubt in their mind despite knowing a tiny percentage of the facts. That is all. Have any of the people in this thread seen Lewis's deposition? Read over the police report? Done any legitimate research on the issue? Because if they haven't I think its absurd they are trying to degrade this man with so few facts.
February 7th, 2013 at 6:03 PM ^
This post had promise, but they you used "no" to mean "know" and I missed the rest.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:15 PM ^
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February 7th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^
You win the thread.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:23 PM ^
Pos bang to anyone who makes a murder joke in this thread.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Even if we have to take multiple stabs at it???
February 7th, 2013 at 3:36 PM ^
Your humor is slitting my sides.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Even if we have to take multiple stabs at it???
February 7th, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Even if we have to take multiple stabs at it???
February 7th, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Even if we have to take multiple stabs at it???
February 7th, 2013 at 3:31 PM ^
Even if we have to take multiple stabs at it???
February 7th, 2013 at 3:35 PM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 3:24 PM ^
I mean everyone kills people, murders people, steals from you, steals from me, whatever.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:34 PM ^
...about "everyone" killing people but plenty of celebrated leaders have killed and many of them do have statures built in their honor.
Personally I think stature are overrated. I've seen far too many of them with heads covered in birdshit to ever want one for myself.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:46 PM ^
I think that went right over your head.
February 7th, 2013 at 5:57 PM ^
I'm familiar with Tyrelle Pryor quote and all the snickers it generated amongst th hoi polloi. But it's actually one of the more perceptive things he's ever said considering that he views himself as being above the average person and that like most elites believes that he can (and probably could) get away with murder just because of who he is.
February 7th, 2013 at 10:41 PM ^
This actually might be more ridiculous than Pryor's statement.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:46 PM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
The whole article also has this tidbit - "He has not expressed an interest to coach," Harbaugh said. "I have asked him, but he's not interested."
I suppose when you're getting a statue, a possible multi-year deal as a commentator from ESPN, and your son has sent his LOI to Miami to be most likely an RB, then there simply aren't enough hours in the day to coach as well.
Could anything else be done to undeservedly feed this man's ego? I suppose the crowd for the dedication could be told to gather on the opposite side of the stadium from the actual statue, and the explanation could be, "Sorry, we gave a misleading statement".
February 7th, 2013 at 3:52 PM ^
That statue should be in Cleveland.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:21 PM ^
And Peyton Manning should have been playing for the baltimore colts.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:57 PM ^
I really do. And, the best summary of the death of the two young men I heard came from Rick Reilly (slightly shocking, I know)
He said something along the lines of how the police never went after another person in the death of those two people. Therefore, as far as the legal system is concerned, they both died of spontaneous stab wounds.
Can we get a statue where he is in the pose of "See No Evil" with his hands over his eyes? That's my suggestion.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:05 PM ^
Somehow both men ended up dead, but there are no culprits in either case. Apparently the concept of Omerta has spread to the urban black community.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:09 PM ^
Often times the police may know 100% someone is guilty but not have the evidence to go to trial.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:17 PM ^
needs to hold someone responsible even though there is only circumstantial evidence. The justice system is dirty both ways.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:30 PM ^
I am not going to sit here and say the cj system is perfect it is not. But our cj system in this country is much better than the majority of countries you could be living in.
February 7th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
...is a stunningly naive statement. You must be an American.
February 7th, 2013 at 6:00 PM ^
...is a stunningly naive statement. You must be an American.
February 7th, 2013 at 7:03 PM ^
Do you have any empirical evidence for that? I'm aware of some evidence suggesting that outside of the Middle East, our court system is falling behind most other countries. With 1/3 of AA males behind bars at some point, and the correlation between private ownership of prisons (and subsequent increase in lobbying by those private companies) and the rise in inmate population, along with the growing evidence of incarceration of innocent defendants, one could argue that our system of justice is a complete failure. There are many other countries where I'd rather be a defendant or the victim of a crime. In my own building (in a solidly middle-class and trendy neighborhood), the police will not bother to come to arrest a known drug-dealer because they are too busy chasing down murderers, and there were still over 500 shooting deaths just last year here.
Show your work, or I'm not buying your conclusion.
February 7th, 2013 at 10:39 PM ^
Go to jail in Ann Arbor then go to jail in Mexico tell me wich one you prefer.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:48 PM ^
To my knowledge he gained immunity from prosecution after entering the plea deal. Smart move. Hypothetically speaking, if one is guilty, this is a good way to go:
1 Commit crime with accomplices
2 Enter plea deal to throw accomplices under the bus and gain immunity
3 Testimony against accomplices yields insufficient evidence to convict them (because they didn't do it!)
4 ???
5 Profit
Hypothetically, of course.
February 7th, 2013 at 3:58 PM ^
I suggest they make this out of paper mache so when the next Ray Lewis scandal inevitably breaks, it's easier to tear down.
Seriously: murder(ish), obstruction of justice, steroids... what else can the guy do?
February 7th, 2013 at 4:40 PM ^
Well, uh, nevermind.
February 7th, 2013 at 4:10 PM ^
February 7th, 2013 at 4:11 PM ^
for statues. Maybe they can start with naming a Baltimore street after him, or the "Ray Lewis County Jail"....Then work up to a statue based on how his retirement goes. Baby steps, people!
February 7th, 2013 at 5:34 PM ^
We should build a statue of the UNA bomber...
February 7th, 2013 at 6:02 PM ^
...someday indeed...
February 7th, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^