A’s catcher Bruce Maxwell, who knelt during national anthem, arrested on gun charge - Sensationalist Headlines

[quote]Bruce Maxwell, the Oakland A’s catcher who was the only Major League Baseball player to take a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, was arrested Saturday night after a woman who was delivering food to his home accused him of pointing a gun at her. Scottsdale, Ariz., police told the Associated Press that Maxwell was booked on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct. He was in custody pending his initial court appearance. The alleged incident occurred at around 6 p.m. and Scottsdale police spokesman Sgt. Tyler Johnson told AZCentral.com that it was unclear what had led up to the incident. Maxwell, 26, took a knee during the national anthem last month, becoming the first MLB player to kneel during the anthem and following in the footsteps of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and many other NFL players in choosing that method or linking arms or raising a fist to raise awareness of police brutality and social injustice. Maxwell, an African American whose family has military roots, was protesting comments by President Trump, according to his agent, specifically Trump’s call on NFL owners to fire or suspend players for kneeling during the anthem. “My decision had been coming for a long time,” Maxwell said at the time, citing his own experiences with racism while growing up in Huntsville, Ala. “The only way we can come together is by informing. … To single out NFL players for doing this isn’t something we should be doing — I felt it should be a little more broad.” Last week, Maxwell said his action caused him to be refused service by a restaurant waiter who identified himself as a Trump supporter. The waiter, Matt Henry, later told Fox News that Maxwell made up the story and said that he couldn’t serve a friend in the party who had an invalid ID. Huntsville city councilman Devyn Keith also was with Maxwell and said that the waiter said, ” ‘You are that guy. You are the guy who took a knee,’ ” Keith said. “And then everything changed.” “He goes, ‘I voted for Trump,’ ” Maxwell told TMZ Sports, ” ‘And I stand for everything he stands for.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, really?’ And our councilman went and got their manager and had some words with him and took him off of our table and put us another person on our table. That’s where I’m from.”[/quote] [url]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/10/29/as-catcher-bruce-maxwell-who-knelt-during-national-anthem-arrested-on-gun-charge/[/url]

this reads like there are a lot of extenuating circumstances

Imagine being a waiter and telling your party who you voted for

Wouldn't recommend looking at the article comments :v: Unless you really need your daily dose of trash

[quote] ...Maxwell was booked on [B]suspicion[/B] of aggravated assault ... pending his initial court appearance. ...Scottsdale police spokesman Sgt. Tyler Johnson told AZCentral.com that it was unclear what had led up to the incident. [/quote] A highly controversial figure being arrested on suspicion, and he hasn't even had a single court appearance. I'll withhold judgement for now.

The As? That's the team name? I must be the crazy one if everyone else seems fine with that.

[QUOTE=ToumaniSquirrel;52836060]The As? That's the team name? I must be the crazy one if everyone else seems fine with that.[/QUOTE] Oakland Athletics = Oakland A's

[QUOTE=Snickerdoodle;52835964]Wouldn't recommend looking at the article comments :v: Unless you really need your daily dose of trash[/QUOTE] Already got it and I haven't even went into the comments. But in relation to the article, this is a nasty thing to do and he should get time for it if he did do it. He's only hurting himself and his cause, this will cause certain people to take it as a sign against the whole movement.

What does one thing have to do with the other? The article devotes one paragraph to explaining that he was arrested after a woman delivering food to his home made the claim that he pointed a gun at her, and then devotes the entirety of the rest of the article talking about the suspect's seemingly unrelated political beliefs, and an anecdote about a shitty waiter. What is the relevance there? Is the woman he allegedly threatened from the same restaurant? Did she identify herself as a Trump supporter? Is the suspect's taking a knee, or being refused service by a waiter somehow linked to him allegedly threatening a delivery person? Is the delivery person being accused of lying to smear him for his political preferences? Did I miss some explanation within the article for how those things are related?

The middle part of the article title is actually pointless and only there to cause anger. Good job, Wash Post!

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;52836474]What does one thing have to do with the other? The article devotes one paragraph to explaining that he was arrested after a woman delivering food to his home made the claim that he pointed a gun at her, and then devotes the entirety of the rest of the article talking about the suspect's seemingly unrelated political beliefs, and an anecdote about a shitty waiter. What is the relevance there? Is the woman he allegedly threatened from the same restaurant? Did she identify herself as a Trump supporter? Is the suspect's taking a knee, or being refused service by a waiter somehow linked to him allegedly threatening a delivery person? Is the delivery person being accused of lying to smear him for his political preferences? Did I miss some explanation within the article for how those things are related?[/QUOTE] Guy protests police brutality but has no issue with pulling a gun on some delivery lady. Yea, that's the old "it's not an issue if I do it."

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;52836474]What does one thing have to do with the other? The article devotes one paragraph to explaining that he was arrested after a woman delivering food to his home made the claim that he pointed a gun at her, and then devotes the entirety of the rest of the article talking about the suspect's seemingly unrelated political beliefs, and an anecdote about a shitty waiter. What is the relevance there? Is the woman he allegedly threatened from the same restaurant? Did she identify herself as a Trump supporter? Is the suspect's taking a knee, or being refused service by a waiter somehow linked to him allegedly threatening a delivery person? Is the delivery person being accused of lying to smear him for his political preferences? Did I miss some explanation within the article for how those things are related?[/QUOTE] We'll, to be fair a lot of people kneeling are protesting police brutality, excessive force, and so on. Don't you think it is a bit excessive to pull a gun on someone unarmed? Don't you think that pulling a gun and threatening deadly force is brutality? I get what Tudd is trying to spin, but if you ignore tudds point of view and read it for what it is it you can see that. It's very hypocritical in my opinion to see someone protests that actions of another and do the same exact thing.

It's very helpful to know he knelt during the anthem, if I didn't know that I wouldn't be nearly so outraged about him being so clearly guilty of being accused of pulling a gun on someone.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;52837738]It's very helpful to know he knelt during the anthem, if I didn't know that I wouldn't be nearly so outraged about him being so clearly guilty of being accused of pulling a gun on someone.[/QUOTE] I mean look at who posted the article. Almost always you can guess that perpetrator of crime is either politically aligned left, immigrant, foreigner, holds negative views or trump or whatever even without reading the article.

[QUOTE=Hunterdnrc;52835958]Imagine being a waiter and telling your party who you voted for[/QUOTE] The best part is how the waiter says it like he actually thinks that he has values.

[QUOTE=Omali;52837635]Guy protests police brutality but has no issue with pulling a gun on some delivery lady. Yea, that's the old "it's not an issue if I do it."[/QUOTE] Sure, assuming we're going to believe some random lady accusing a controversial figure without having any clear evidence.

[QUOTE=MR-X;52837659]We'll, to be fair a lot of people kneeling are protesting police brutality, excessive force, and so on. Don't you think it is a bit excessive to pull a gun on someone unarmed? Don't you think that pulling a gun and threatening deadly force is brutality? I get what Tudd is trying to spin, but if you ignore tudds point of view and read it for what it is it you can see that. It's very hypocritical in my opinion to see someone protests that actions of another and do the same exact thing.[/QUOTE] Even assuming the accusation is true, which would be inappropriate to assume at this point, how would this man's actions in any way delegitimize what he was protesting? Police brutality and unfair treatment of minorities by law enforcement is a real problem irrespective of what some random athlete does or does not do.

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;52838120]Even assuming the accusation is true, which would be inappropriate to assume at this point, how would this man's actions in any way delegitimize what he was protesting? Police brutality and unfair treatment of minorities by law enforcement is a real problem irrespective of what some random athlete does or does not do.[/QUOTE] It doesn't do anything the protest or group, I'm just talking about him. It makes him a hypocrite, i never mentioned the whole protest or group of people being hypocritical. We're talking about Maxwell, and his actions, his character. While what he is protesting is important, it makes him hypocritical to do the same thing he is protesting against. Not a hard concept. Also why it is inappropriate to speculate or assume? Everyone seems to assume reports of police brutality are real reports unless proven otherwise. Why can't we assume the same is true with him?