Will the NFL and the media give as much concern to this woman as they did Vick's dogs?

[RB TexLa]

Poll question: Will the NFL and the media give as much concern to this woman as they did Vick's dogs?

WALNUT CREEK -- Oakland Raiders kicker Sebastian Janikowski, who has lived a quiet off-field life the past seven years after a half-decade of routinely showing up on police blotters, has been charged with misdemeanor battery and false imprisonment against a woman in an incident suspected of occurring last year, according to Contra Costa Superior Court documents.

Circumstances are unclear. The alleged victim, Syrena Nicholson, did not return messages left on her phone. The Raiders released a statement from chief executive Amy Trask that said, "This incident occurred over a year ago. Sebastian was not arrested, we were aware of this matter and this is not news."

What is known comes from court documents in which Nicholson, 36, says Janikowski "did unlawfully violate (her) personal liberty" and "did willfully and unlawfully use force and violence upon (her) person" in Walnut Creek on Sept. 24, 2010 -- one day before Janikowski and the Raiders flew to Arizona for a game against the Cardinals. No arrest was made at the time; Nicholson, a Berkeley woman, filed her complaint after the fact.


http://www.mercurynews.com/raiders/ci_18913564



I'm sure the fact that the accused is a white will have nothing to do with it.

edited to add better link

[Joe the Revelator]

1. What is "a white"?

[Bluebear]

2. "a white"

Jeez Louise. So Vick's problem had nothing to do with animal abuse?

[BOHICA12]

3. And he has he pled quilty to what? F*** the presumtion of innocence.

...let's get to a conviction before we ban and banish. But hey, that's just me.

BTW - the Polish Cannon has been a total A-hole since his FSU days.

[SwampG8r]

4. yup

isnt he the wide right guy?

[BOHICA12]

5. One of several in FSU's history ...

... now you and Oklahoma have aggravated my PTSD! :P

[SwampG8r]

7. he kicked it not me

did you guys drop the oklahoma game? i just got home and havent caught up.i dont even know if we won either.dont tell me im gonna go look as soon as i post this
did you know we have 12 college teams playing in florida? we need our own conference.

[fishwax]

8. it was a good game tonight

You've got a good team and they played a great game. And the crowd was clearly into it. I'm glad my Sooners pulled it out, but there were some tense moments in that fourth quarter.

[a la izquierda]

24. Sorry dude.

As an OU fan who grew up in an FSU household, let me just say that game last night gave me tics.

[taterguy]

23. Oh FFS

Janikowski was recruited because of the Wide Right game, and other kicking mishaps at FSU:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Right_I

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. I thought Jaworski was the Polish Cannon...

:shrug:

[KG]

18. Polish Rifle.

[emilyg]

6. Unrec. What is "a white"?

[backwoodsbob]

9. a white?

wow

[petronius]

10. In both cases (and all like them) they did/will do just as much as it takes

to keep the fans in the stands and the money rolling in. So yes, in the only metric that matters the responses will be equivalent...

[raouldukelives]

11. Uh..He's a kicker so ah, no. nt

[flvegan]

12. Never falling short of entertaining, you.

[Bluebear]

14. !

[Raine]

17. ...

[Electric Monk]

15. But what color were Vick's dogs? That's what I want to know.

You may now return to the regularly scheduled RB Texla show :bounce:

[Bluebear]

29. !

[Raine]

16. So this would get all the attention if only the dogs hadn't

:sarcasm:

[cali]

19. Is she dead? Was she tortured?

[DrDan]

20. unrec for taking an unnecessary racist twist

[lpbk2713]

21. White?

:eyes:

[a la izquierda]

25. That picture is funny.

[Bluebear]

28. !

[trumad]

22. Wow

He wasn't arrested.... it was over a year ago.... the Woman did not seem to be injured.... and on and on...

and you're equating this to Vick?

Dumb Op.

[Motown_Johnny]

26. I don't suppose waiting until all the facts are out makes any sense in this thread

I know it is fun to jump to conclusions when hearing second hand stories from just one side but it isn't fair.

Neither is the "lived a quiet off-field life the past seven years after a half-decade of routinely showing up on police blotters" phrasing.

That is clearly a biased report and I will withhold drawing any conclusions until more information comes to light.


You go ahead and have your fun though, don't let me ruin it for you. :sarcasm:

[AngryOldDem]

27. Of course the NFL won't.

There...happy now?

[NaturalHigh]

30. Fail...

Why the racist swipe in your post?