NBA Player Arrested By Secret Service Agents After Firing Shots Near The White House.
August 18th 2006 11:55
This writer would like to start with a clarification. I love the NBA. I love the players involved in the league and I have an automatic defence mechanism when it comes to advocating the beauty of the sport and the NBA. I am acutely aware of the racial dynamics operating within the league and wider American society and the effects it has on the players.
Readers of NBALOUD would be very aware that some of the darker aspects of the NBA life have been covered ad nauseum on these pages, but let’s be honest – sex, crime and violence pique readers interests. So, as a consequence we have another tale of debauched behaviour from an NBA
player.
Lonny Baxter an NBA player for the Charlotte Bobcats was arrested during the week for firing shots near the White House, with the arresting officers being Secret Service Agents.
Baxter was arrested at 2.30 in the morning after a witness flagged down a Secret Service Agent and reported shots being fired from a white SUV.
Secret Service Agents stopped Baxter and found spent shell casings in the car and arrested fellow passenger Irvin Martin as well. Both men were charged with possession of an unlicensed handgun and other firearms charges that could lead up to seven years in the clink.
Authorities are unsure at this point as to why Baxter and Martin were firing shots but both are in serious trouble and have become part of a long and illustrious list of NBA players behaving badly. Welcome to the club Lonny.
Let’s begin with some wild speculation as to why Mr. Baxter decided to discharge his gat in fury: Anger at American foreign policy? Peeved that he wasn’t getting as much love from groupies as the other players on his team? Or, perhaps he was just displaying his appreciation of American gun culture?
Lonny was a former Maryland standout who helped the team win the collegiate championship in 2002. His attorney has stated that "Nobody feels worse about this whole scenario than Mr. Baxter himself," Baxter's lawyer, Harold Martin, said after Wednesday's brief court appearance. "Hopefully this doesn't become a life-altering event" (Yahoo Sports, 2006).
Let’s face it, professional sportspeople behaving badly is of public interest no matter how insignificant the player involved. This writer loves hearing of NBA misdeeds and actually embraces it, because who wants a whole bunch of clean cut, wholesome athletes all the time? We need a lot of grime from prominent people so we can feel better about ourselves and tut-tut in disapproval. What’s better than feeling superior to athletes who we supposedly admire?
Readers of NBALOUD would be very aware that some of the darker aspects of the NBA life have been covered ad nauseum on these pages, but let’s be honest – sex, crime and violence pique readers interests. So, as a consequence we have another tale of debauched behaviour from an NBA
Lonny Baxter loves the second amendment of the US constitution - the right to bear arms. (Image from NBA.com)
Lonny Baxter an NBA player for the Charlotte Bobcats was arrested during the week for firing shots near the White House, with the arresting officers being Secret Service Agents.
Baxter was arrested at 2.30 in the morning after a witness flagged down a Secret Service Agent and reported shots being fired from a white SUV.
Secret Service Agents stopped Baxter and found spent shell casings in the car and arrested fellow passenger Irvin Martin as well. Both men were charged with possession of an unlicensed handgun and other firearms charges that could lead up to seven years in the clink.
Authorities are unsure at this point as to why Baxter and Martin were firing shots but both are in serious trouble and have become part of a long and illustrious list of NBA players behaving badly. Welcome to the club Lonny.
Let’s begin with some wild speculation as to why Mr. Baxter decided to discharge his gat in fury: Anger at American foreign policy? Peeved that he wasn’t getting as much love from groupies as the other players on his team? Or, perhaps he was just displaying his appreciation of American gun culture?
Lonny was a former Maryland standout who helped the team win the collegiate championship in 2002. His attorney has stated that "Nobody feels worse about this whole scenario than Mr. Baxter himself," Baxter's lawyer, Harold Martin, said after Wednesday's brief court appearance. "Hopefully this doesn't become a life-altering event" (Yahoo Sports, 2006).
Let’s face it, professional sportspeople behaving badly is of public interest no matter how insignificant the player involved. This writer loves hearing of NBA misdeeds and actually embraces it, because who wants a whole bunch of clean cut, wholesome athletes all the time? We need a lot of grime from prominent people so we can feel better about ourselves and tut-tut in disapproval. What’s better than feeling superior to athletes who we supposedly admire?
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