The Lions' Pride

WOW all I can do is shake my head....

Putting a statue up of a murderer. Can't say I'm surprised.

Tom Carcetti wouldn't stand for this!!

This.

Not that I agree with the statue (at all), but:

1) What have you done for me lately?
2) Didn't involve kids.

He is what he is.

i'm not going to argue about the facts. ray lewis pled to obstruction of justice. i dont think he's a saint and i understand the reaction of people that feel he doesn't deserve a statue. i just wonder if the people that are calling him a murderer are the same people that get so upset when other people just assume joe hid a pedophile.

In a related story, USC will begin construction on the OJ Simpson statue.

You said we're reacting based on what we believe. That is false. We're reacting to what he's admitted/pled to - aka 'the facts'.

If you actually read the public transcript of the case and the interviews from the investigator, you would know that he actually ended up testifying against the two guys who committed the murders. He got obstruction of justice because he refused to talk to the police and help in the investigation after they accused him of the crime, and he invoked his right to an attorney. Yeah, he took a plea bargain for obstruction of justice, but that plea was made by the DA because they knew they really had no case against him, and used it as a bargaining chip to not lose the whole case. In the end, even with Lewis testimony against the two guys who committed the murders, the other guys still got acquitted.

Does that make him a hero or blame free, hell no. But my point is that he was not the murderer that everyone has dubbed him to be. Even the two investigators came out and said that they should have never charged him in the matter, but the only reason they did him was because there was a lot of pressure from the media. Well Ray got his day in court, and even testified against the guys that committed the murders.

How long are we going to sit around, piss and moan, and compare every situation to the tragedy that happened at Penn State? But at the same time, we're going to b*%ch about the fact that ESPN and BTN bring it up during the broadcast of every game.

Let's let the damn court cases play out, win our lawsuits against the NCAA (seems like the Paternos are jumping in on it too), and move on and celebrate when we get our vindication, instead of looking to celebrate or taint every other person or incident thats related to sports. (Yes, that was a run-on sentence before someone decides to point it out to me.)

There was also the small matter of the suit that he was wearing that night miraculously disappearing. Can't remember a day of my life when I was unable to locate the previous night's clothing.

And If I'm being honest, I was in the anti-Ray Lewis crowd up until I became a police officer. Being a police officer in Northern Virginia, especially right outside of DC, there are a lot of high profile people in the area. As an assignment, early on in my career, I was given a case study in reference to the Lewis case, and how law enforcement can be swayed by the court of public opinion and the wrath of the media. The whole purpose was to be diligent, do a thorough investigation, and to not center your investigation around satisfying the media stranglehold. For that reason, I will never bring charges against someone just to satisfy the sensationalism of the media nor feed it with speculation. I care more about justice than fame, especially considering what PSU has gone through without due process.

EDIT---- Just a subtle reminder that not all the "facts" presented by the media are actually facts.