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Delmon Young Apologizes After Hate Crime Arrest During Tigers Trip To New York

He faces a misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge that entails targeting someone for his or her religious beliefs. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail.

Bitter Calculus Instructor Posted: April 28, 2012 at 01:13 PM | 14 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. boteman Posted: April 28, 2012 at 03:40 PM (#4118569)

Good thing it wasn't a Love Crime.

2. JE (Jason Epstein)

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 04:13 PM (#4118586)

Good thing he's not friends with Joe Eszterhas.

3. zachtoma Posted: April 28, 2012 at 04:52 PM (#4118608)

Wow, he yells one slur and gives a guy what's decribed as a "scratch"... and he could be in jail for a year? Did Delmon Young drunkenly stumble into the Seinfeld finale?

4. Pat Rapper's Delight Posted: April 28, 2012 at 05:06 PM (#4118613)

Did Delmon Young drunkenly stumble into the Seinfeld finale?

Worse. He ran afoul of the thought police.

5. JE (Jason Epstein)

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 05:27 PM (#4118629)

Manager Jim Leyland snapped at a reporter who asked about Young after Detroit's fifth straight loss.

"Get lost, get lost, get lost," Leyland said. "Do yourself a favor and get lost."

Whew! Imagine what might have happened had the reporter been wearing a yarmulke on his head and a Star of David around his neck.

6. Morty Causa Posted: April 28, 2012 at 05:42 PM (#4118636)

A panhandler wearing a yarmulke and a Star of David around his neck? Is this some religious clown thing?

7. Swedish Chef Posted: April 28, 2012 at 06:08 PM (#4118653)

Wow, he yells one slur and gives a guy what's decribed as a "scratch"... and he could be in jail for a year?

Aggravated harassment probably covers a broader spectrum of assholery than just yelling a slur and causing a scratch. Some of which may well deserve a year.

8. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) Posted: April 28, 2012 at 06:48 PM (#4118679)

Wow, he yells one slur and gives a guy what's decribed as a "scratch"... and he could be in jail for a year?

Aggravated harassment probably covers a broader spectrum of assholery than just yelling a slur and causing a scratch. Some of which may well deserve a year.

Look, there's no place for sensible comments and reasonable opinions here. You can either argue that Young is a galloping anti-Semite who should be banned from the game, hung, drawn and quarter (and have his children taken away) or you can believe that this is just another example of the "thought police."

9. Srul Itza Posted: April 28, 2012 at 07:28 PM (#4118705)

If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail.

He could also be hit by a meteor.

The single most likely outcome is some form of Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal.

10. Brian C Posted: April 28, 2012 at 07:51 PM (#4118711)

What I want to know is what Pat Buchanan thinks. Does he side with the black guy or the Jewish guy?

11. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: April 28, 2012 at 08:56 PM (#4118747)

Whichever of them had an ancestor touch a toe to the lower 48 first.

12. bookbook Posted: April 29, 2012 at 03:13 AM (#4118882)

The courts can arrange to have him hit by a meteor? You'd think folks would be more law-abiding out of sheer terror.

I'd love to hear who Ron Paul--er, his "ghost-writer" rather-is rooting for.

13. Dale H. Posted: April 29, 2012 at 11:57 AM (#4118968)

The single most likely outcome is some form of Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal.

Yeah, people need to get out of their basements and go watch an arraignment sometimes.

14. Best Regards, L.M. Posted: April 29, 2012 at 12:00 PM (#4118971)

Whichever of them had an ancestor touch a toe to the lower 48 first.

F**k Alaska and Hawaii!

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