Browns' Gerard Lawson Arrested for DUI, Despite Curfew
by Chris Pokorny on Aug 8, 2010 10:07 PM EDT
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According to reports, Cleveland Browns defensive back Gerard Lawson was arrested on DUI charges Saturday night.
According to Cleveland police, 25-year-old defensive back, Gerard Lawson, was arrested sometime after 11 p.m. Saturday on DUI and hit-skip charges.
Sgt. Sammy Morris says, Lawson struck a parked car on West 6th Street and didn't stop. Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputies were in the area transporting a prisoner and witnessed the incident.
I know that 11:00 p.m. might not be late to some people, but to me, that would seem like the type of time that a curfew would be set. During the team's Brown vs. White scrimmage Saturday afternoon, Lawson was on the losing White team. That means that he should have been one of the players under curfew.
Let's see here...
- Disobeying curfew? Check.
- Driving under the influence? Check.
- Hitting a car and proceeding forward? Check.
- Fighting for a special teams roster spot at best? Check.
I think you can see where I'm going with this.
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I think you’re wrong. Plenty of good stuff happens after 11.
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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 9, 2010 1:09 AM EDT up reply actions
11 is not that late. It’s perfectly possible for pro athlete to be out after 11 and be safe.
They gone have to stop sleeping on me one day.. I gotta be one of the best
About 3 hours ago by Eric Wright Cleveland Browns – Cornerback
I understand, as a big daddy come and take my spot type of demeanor?
by mooncamping on May 14, 2010 7:24 AM EDT
I’m sick and tired of hearing about this kind of stupidity, lack of common sense, and lack of respect for authority. I say make a statement and cut him. You can’t count on him to abide by the rules.
Colt McCoy... the cure for Cleveland's Eric Berry man-crush.
The problem with making a blanket statement is that the first time a superstar does something stupid, we would be hypocritical to not cut that player.
"I spoil a lot of people with my play." -Lebron James
I would like, just once, to see a superstar of any form actually pay for their crimes like you and I would.
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths --- Steven Wright
a DUI wouldn’t necessarily cost you your job would it?
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Not unless you’re in the military
College basketball just became more interesting...
by allovertheplace on Aug 9, 2010 10:13 AM EDT up reply actions
You mean like Plaxico Burres being sent to jail for shooting himself with a handgun, a rather small offense (comparitively) which injured nobody but himself?
I get really, really tired of fans complaining that athletes always get away with offenses. That’s just not true.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 9, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
If I remember correctly, wasn’t the sentence mandatory? New York has some exceptionally tough gun laws.
Professional athletes can afford better legal representation. Money is the difference between the sentence you or I would get for being drunk and high and killing a pedestrian and the sentence Dante Stallworth got.
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Well, if money is a factor then anyone who has a lot of money — doctors and lawyers and businessmen — can get off easy, too. So it’s not about being a famous athlete. And I would argue that sometimes athletes and other famous people get harsher punishments because the judge or whoever wants to make an example of them and doesn’t want to be perceived as getting of easy. I think Burress was an example of this.
As far as the Stallowrth case, we’ve discussed this before so I don’t want to get in to that again, but the family of the victim wanted to get it over with and were okay with his sentence so that was a big reason for his light sentence. All situations are different, so you can’t just compare his case to someone else who killed a pedestrian while driving under the influence and assume that he got off easy just because he’s a pro athlete.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 9, 2010 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions
You don’t think that his ability to pay millions to the family had anything to do with their desire to ‘just get it over with’?
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like BB said, it would be a factor for anyone who has a lot of money like doctors or lawyers.
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Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
I also think how he handled all of it, his extremely low level of intoxication (the officers at the scene didn’t even suspect he was drunk), and the fact that they couldn’t even prove the accident was his fault all went a long way towards that light sentence.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
by notthatnoise on Aug 9, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes, these are all true.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 9, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I’m talking any form of star Brad. Movie, music, ect…not just sports.
They all have money, they all get off easy. Very few times do they actually go through what the average joe would. Just a sidenote as well, but a doctor makes six figures, probably low six figures for an average. A star makes millions a year. There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between those.
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths --- Steven Wright
They don’t ALL get off easy.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 9, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
I think the only reason this perception exists is because you don’t hear about the “normal” people who got off easy. there are people out there who have caused permanent injuries and have had multiple DUI’s who still have a license.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
Plex had a LOADED GUN hidden in his sweatpants, and it went off in a crowded nightclub. I don’t consider that a small offense at all.
by JulioBernazard on Aug 9, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Considering the constitution allows it, I don’t. Sure, you need permits and such but the second amendment allows us to bear arms.
Nothing wrong with that personally.
I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.
LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.
by SpecialBrownie on Aug 9, 2010 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Plex had a UNLICENSED LOADED GUN hidden in his sweatpants, and it went off in a crowded nightclub. I don’t consider that a small offense at all.
Better?
by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 9, 2010 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Most people don’t get jail time for having an unlicensed gun.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 10, 2010 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions
How about for having it go off in a crowded nightclub?
by JulioBernazard on Aug 10, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Look at the actual time served on these…average joe would not/will not ever get these breaks.
http://www.popcrunch.com/15-celebrity-criminals/
A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths --- Steven Wright
yes they would. you would just never hear about it.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
by notthatnoise on Aug 10, 2010 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions
actually, most of those people didn’t even get off easy.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
by notthatnoise on Aug 10, 2010 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
exactly. McCanaghuey’s (sp), besdies the low fine, is actually what normal people get. he did get fined less, but posession of Marijuana is in most states, a minor misdemeanor that only carries with it a fine and no jail sentence (as long as its a relatively small amount).
I took a diversion program and talked to the guy about this subject. He teaches a DUI class and he has definitely seen normal people get off easy too. Multiple time DUI offenders not getting their license suspended and just getting a diversion program…just because your lawyer went to law school with the judge or something like that.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
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Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
Are you kidding me? That proves absolutely nothing. I’m sure that if you took the time to look at every sentence in every county in the country, you’d find hundreds of cases of regular people who got off easy for crimes. The only reason those are listed on a website is because they’re celebrities and people care about them. If it happened to you or I then nobody would ever notice.
You’re just making blatant generalizations which are completely false.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 10, 2010 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions
there are TONS of people who get off easy. I did a report for my social issues english class in HS about this exact subject. It also focused on race disparities but thats a different issue…
however, there a TON of people, just in cleveland, who get off easy on crimes.
I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
I appreciate Male Beauty
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
Actually, for Lohan’s most recent sentence, they were all over the LA news saying how most people would only serve about 15% of their sentence too, and that Lohan was actually getting what a normal person would.
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
In New York they do. There’s a mandatory minimum sentence of 42 months for possession of an unlicensed firearm. New York doesn’t honor carry permits from other states (including New Jersey where Burress lived) and they certainly don’t honor expired carry permits from Florida (the only permit Burress had).
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by golanbatrac on Aug 10, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Eh, I suppose. But still, I don’t see it as that big of an offense. NY is almost like Cali, where everything causes cancer.
I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.
LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.
by SpecialBrownie on Aug 11, 2010 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Michael Vick. Only SOB I ever knew that did hard time for dog fighting.
Note to Bill Byrne "Because you aren´t Texas and you´ll never be Texas"
It was also conspiracy charges and I believe also something going across state lines.
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Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
didn’t they threaten him with gambling charges too?
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
How many SOBs who set up dog fighting rings do you know?
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
I wouldn’t consider dog fighting common, but it definitely happens a lot, and is entirely underground. If you were in the south you’d probably know someone who either did it or knew of a ring.
by The Licensed Pessimist on Aug 9, 2010 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Right, and what % of those guys that get caught are doing hard time because of the dog fighting and/or associated charges?
If celebrities or people with money get punished harder than normal people—and I am not saying they don’t—then other people who have been caught doing the same thing would have gotten off easier.
To say the only person you know of who got hard time for dog fighting was Vick is like saying the only person you know of who led police on a low-speed getaway in a white Bronco and was acquitted was OJ Simpson.
The logic just doesn’t add up to “Because Vick = only person I know who did hard time for dogfighting, therefore celebrities = get punished more than normal people”
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
If you were in the south you’d probably know someone who either did it or knew of a ring.
Lived in the South for 15 years and never once knew of anyone dog fighting.
by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 9, 2010 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I love it when he gets proven wrong. Like all the time, haha.
I can't believe Cribbs was considered the second best athlete in Cleveland.
LBJ. Lying. Backstabbing. Jackass.
by SpecialBrownie on Aug 9, 2010 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, one person’s statement doesn’t really “prove” anything.
. . . says the man from Columbus.
by Buckeye Brad on Aug 10, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice seeing you ride the pine, Gerard. Good luck elsewhere.
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by Andrew Tolliver on Aug 9, 2010 10:14 AM EDT reply actions
I understand this guy is fighting for a spot and he’s not filthy rich, but I’m sure he makes enough money to get a cab. And I’m sure he has at least one friend or associate that would’ve drove his dumb butt home. Just plain idiocy.
And I wonder if the coaching staff ever talk about this. As a military member, our supervisors constantly tell us that they would rather get a call from someone at 2 a:m asking for a ride vice one letting them know we’re in jail, or worse. I’m sure the NFL coaching staffs and players association are no different.
College basketball just became more interesting...
by allovertheplace on Aug 9, 2010 10:19 AM EDT reply actions
there is actually an anonymous service for NFL players to get a ride home. And yes, I’m pretty sure this is discussed with each team prior to the season.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
by notthatnoise on Aug 9, 2010 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but when you are drunk you don´t think like that. What they need is a button that can be pushed by a friend or bartender than sends you their GPS location and sends a car. Might start a business based on this concept.
Note to Bill Byrne "Because you aren´t Texas and you´ll never be Texas"
What they need is some common sense.
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now you’re asking too much.
I have been complimented many times and they always embarrass me; I always feel that they have not said enough.
by notthatnoise on Aug 9, 2010 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
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