Yesterday, before their game with the Oakland Raiders, five St. Louis Rams football players decided to walk onto the field
holding their hands up in a "don't shoot" gesture, apparently in protest of the grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. As Jammie of
Jammie Wearing Fools has discovered, one of them has some real-life experience in the art of placing his hands where police officers can see them. Wide receiver Kenny Britt, when he played for the Tennessee Titans, had some trouble with the law in his home town. From
Fox Sports, as
quoted by Jammie:
Tennessee Titans wide receiver Kenny Britt was arrested on three charges Tuesday afternoon after a car chase in his hometown of Bayonne, N.J., FOXSports.com has learned.
A Bayonne police spokesman told FOXSports.com that Britt was charged with eluding a police officer, lying to an officer/hindering apprehension and obstructing governmental function. Eluding an officer is a third-degree felony; the other two charges are misdemeanors.
Britt has had other encounters with law enforcement, including being arrested. Also from
Fox Sports via
JWF:
Britt has had run-ins with the law three times in the past 16 months, which could make him susceptible to NFL suspension once the lockout ends. He was arrested in January 2010 after failing to pay $865 for three outstanding traffic warrants. Britt was scheduled for a hearing Feb. 22 in Bayonne on a misdemeanor charge of theft by deception after being accused by two bail bond companies of not paying the bail money he had promised on behalf of a friend.
Britt also was questioned as part of an assault claim from a bar fight in October in Nashville. Before being exonerated by a grand jury, Britt was benched for one quarter of a game as punishment by then-head coach Jeff Fisher.
Note the further irony in the last paragraph. Like officer Wilson, Britt himself was cleared by a grand jury investigating an alleged offense. Read more at the links above.
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