Mgbako Arrested, Paying Small Fine for Misdemeanor

[Golfman25 6,285]

Just now, HoosierHoopster said:

100 percent agree. It’s a bad look. If I’m a recruit it’s something I wonder about. The window break is absurd, and created a real risk that this “incident” turned into something very bad.

Yep.  Would have been much better if after they figured out who he was they started a conversation about the upcoming season, Woodson, practice, classes, etc.  Deescalte the situation and send him on his way or even meet his dad when he shows up.  

I can go back to the days when my kid got in trouble.  High school party, busted by the cops.  1:00 am call to come get him.  The fact that the cop came to the car, talked about how we were all stupid kids once, and told me how they were going to proceed was expertly done.  Could have been very bad for my kid and several kids there.   

[HoosierHoopster 7,630]

3 hours ago, Chris007 said:

One of the reasons we’re not a blue blood anymore. This would have never happened in the Knight era. This isn’t happening in Lexington or Chapel Hill

Woodson and staff / the AD appear to need to be more involved with the local authorities— I don’t know that, but seems like it

[HoosierHoopster 7,630]

Just now, Golfman25 said:

Yep.  Would have been much better if after they figured out who he was they started a conversation about the upcoming season, Woodson, practice, classes, etc.  Deescalte the situation and send him on his way or even meet his dad when he shows up.  

I can go back to the days when my kid got in trouble.  High school party, busted by the cops.  1:00 am call to come get him.  The fact that the cop came to the car, talked about how we were all stupid kids once, and told me how they were going to proceed was expertly done.  Could have been very bad for my kid and several kids there.   

Absolutely. Diffuse the situation, as opposed to unnecessarily escalating what was obviously a minor “incident.” 

[Golfman25 6,285]

7 minutes ago, Josh said:

Well, it's supposed to be the facts.  It's definitely not supposed to be written with a slant.  I suppose that could happen and I'm sure it has before.  But not enough times for me to be jaded to the vast majority of good ones imo

Wow.  You really believe that?  It's the cop's version of the "facts."  Always written with their slant.  Otherwise there is no need for defense attorneys, judges and juries.  

[Josh 12,908]

2 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Wow.  You really believe that?  It's the cop's version of the "facts."  Always written with their slant.  Otherwise there is no need for defense attorneys, judges and juries.  

Yessir I do.  You believe most all of them are not factual?

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6 minutes ago, Josh said:

Yessir I do.  You believe most all of them are not factual?

Unconscious bias basically guarantees that police reports have an inherent "slant." It's written based off of one individual's perception of what occurred. That is why body cams are so important. It's the only way to have indisputable evidence/guarantee truth. 

[Josh 12,908]

1 minute ago, TeeterInNJ said:

Unconscious bias basically guarantees that police reports have an "inherent" slant. It's written based off of one individual's perception of what occurred. That is why body cams are so important. It's the only way to have indisputable evidence/guarantee truth. 

I can agree for the most part.  I just believe police are much more impartial than their public perception. I feel the police reports are closer to the truth than somebody who caused a disturbance that required police presence

[IndyResident16 567]

1 minute ago, Josh said:

I can agree for the most part.  I just believe police are much more impartial than their public perception. I feel the police reports are closer to the truth than somebody who caused a disturbance that required police presence

This doesn’t fit their narrative, shhh.

[Stuhoo 85,484]

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[MikeRoberts 7,617]

22 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Woodson and staff / the AD appear to need to be more involved with the local authorities— I don’t know that, but seems like it

https://amp.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article255858341.html

[Hoosierfan2017 23,253]

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

Not hard at all for me to believe. I see it everyday, young people making stupid choices when they're "heightened" is an incredibly common occurrence. And you're damn right, we don't know these dudes on a personal level because if we did...half the s*** that's said in a game thread or after a loss would never happen. 

My question to you, with knowing our role in the program (fans).. thats literally all we are..  fans.

Why should we care? Why's it all that big of a deal to us? He ain't my kid, he isn't one of my students, he isn't a relative. 

He isn't getting any substantial suspension.. not happening. 

I just flat out don't care about this.. don't let it happen again, go hit corner 3s and dunk on Purdue... about all the energy I have for someone I've never met, but plays basketball on my favorite team, and was arrested on a misdemeanor charge.  

To the extent that I care, which isn’t a lot, it’s because it’s embarrassing for IU when its high-profile athletes get arrested. Same way it was embarrassing during the Tom Crean era when his players were getting into trouble. 

Beyond that, it doesn’t matter to me. I don’t need our players to be role models. If they are, great. It’s an added bonus. Beyond that, I just need them to win games and not do anything too terrible off the court.

[IndyResident16 567]

4 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

https://amp.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article255858341.html

I was going to say…this isn’t IU specific.

Better yet, why don’t Woodson and staff hold a player workshop that teaches appropriate private establishment behavior? Conduct yourself in a professional manner in this type of crap ceases real quick.

[Redcamaro 276]

1 hour ago, IndyResident16 said:

Because blaming society rather than holding people accountable for their actions is the way of the world these days. 
 

Pretty evident in most of these posts.

Dude......let it go! You are starting to piss a lot of people off.

[Stuhoo 85,484]

1 minute ago, IndyResident16 said:

I was going to say…this isn’t IU specific.

Better yet, why don’t Woodson and staff hold a player workshop that teaches appropriate private establishment behavior? Conduct yourself in a professional manner in this type of crap ceases real quick.

I don’t know this for certain, @BGleas and @Chris007 may know, but I’m reasonably confident that IUBB holds workshops on exactly this kind of topic.

[coonhounds 10,085]

Hopefully no major suspension and this young man learns from this. If it turns out the cops are in the wrong I pray they are fired and forced to work at the said taco bell for 30 years. You guys will never agree on who's right or wrong so give up. I am sad my NIL question wasn't answered by more posters and what cases like this create for players and programs in general

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[MikeRoberts 7,617]

1 minute ago, Redcamaro said:

Dude......let it go! You are starting to piss a lot of people off.

It’s just really difficult for some to say, “man, the kid made some poor decisions” and leave it at that without coming up with crazy conspiracy theories and hypotheticals that aren’t rooted in either the MMs report nor the police. 
those people are pissing him off too:)

[IndyResident16 567]

4 minutes ago, Redcamaro said:

Dude......let it go! You are starting to piss a lot of people off.

I’m good

[IndyResident16 567]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I don’t know this for certain, @BGleas and @Chris007 may know, but I’m reasonably confident that IUBB holds workshops on exactly this kind of topic.

Need to make it mean something if that’s the case.

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2 minutes ago, coonhounds said:

Hopefully no major suspension and this young man learns from this. If it turns out the cops are in the wrong I pray they are fired and forced to work at the said taco bell for 30 years. You guys will never agree on who's right or wrong so give up. I am sad my NIL question wasn't answered by more posters and what cases like this create for players and programs in general

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Wish I could laugh/like/thanks this post at the same time lol. As for the NIL question, I'll post this again... the branding writes itself 

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Just now, IndyResident16 said:

Need to make it mean something if that’s the case.

Are you available to run the workshops?