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Saints' Charles Grant Indicted For Manslaughter
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It's Not A Good Day To Be Charles Grant
by 100%InjuryRate
>7 days ago

If you thought the NFL's image couldn't possibly be in worse shape after Mike Vick, Pacman, the entire Bengals roster, Tank Johnson, the Marvin Harrison situation, etc, etc, then you thought wrong.

That's because on Tuesday Saints defensive end Charles Grant was indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for his part in an Atlanta nightclub fracas that left a pregnant woman dead.

Yikes. That may be a new low even by the NFL's standards.

A total of 7 men, including Grant, are being charged with  being responsible for the death of pregnant innocent bystander Korynda Reed, who was struck and killed by a stray bullet.

Of course, you may be wondering why you're just hearing about this now. Well, that's because when then all of this originally happened in February, Grant wasn't even a suspect. Grant did, however, get stabbed in the neck during the fight.

Grant's attorney had this interesting tidbit to say in his client's defense:

“I think all the evidence is that Grant did not participate in a fight, start a fight or shoot a gun.”

I'm not saying Grant is guilty, but I think when you get stabbed in the neck, you probably had some involvement in a fight. I find it hard to believe Grant randomly got stabbed in the neck and did nothing about it. Again, in Grant's case it could easily be self defense to get involved in the fight, but it seems insane to suggest he didn't take part in it at all.

Anyhow, this is yet another blow to the NFL's image and further perpetuates the stereotype that the league is filled with reckless thugs. Although that may no longer be a stereotype.

And that's not a claim I make with no basis. The San Diego Union Tribune has been keeping a massive database of NFL players charged with crimes since 2000, and it contains hundreds and hundreds of names and crimes - only a third of which are due to Chris Henry.

I'm not sure what steps can be taken by the NFL to rectify its current situation, seeing as every player should have the ability to clear his name in the court of law. But as popular as football is, there's eventually going to be a tipping point where people simply get fed up.

Arrests/Citations, NFL Players 2000-Present [San Diego Union Tribune]
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Damn, I didn't hear anything about this!
 
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What was a pregnant woman doing at a bar?

 
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(Edited 05/21/08 11:45AM by RenegadeLG)
derms33 wrote:

What was a pregnant woman doing at a bar?

Well, it's Atlanta first of all.  But if she wasn't pregnant enough to be showing she probably didn't see a reason to stay at home on a Friday night.

Ray Lewis is lucky the guy he slaughtered wasn't a pregnant woman.
 
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Every one of these stories has the phrase 'outside a/an (insert city name here) area nightclub. A good rule of thumb: If there's no windbag mailman chatting up an unemployed accountant or pompous psychiatrist at the end of the bar keep walking to the next place.

Maybe its time for pro athletes to consider throwing private invitation-only house parties.

 
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RenegadeLG wrote:
Well, it's Atlanta first of all.  But if she wasn't pregnant enough to be showing she probably didn't see a reason to stay at home on a Friday night.

Ray Lewis is lucky the guy he slaughtered wasn't a pregnant woman.
lol..not showing?  A bar is a terrible environment for a pregnant woman regardless of how along she is.  Even if she isn't drinking the amount of smoke in the bar is not good for the fetus.  Regardless nothing will come of this. Grant won't spend a day in jail.
 
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(Edited 05/21/08 1:30PM by RenegadeLG)
derms33 wrote:
lol..not showing?  A bar is a terrible environment for a pregnant woman regardless of how along she is.  Even if she isn't drinking the amount of smoke in the bar is not good for the fetus.  Regardless nothing will come of this. Grant won't spend a day in jail.
It doesn't exactly sound like he should either.  He wasn't involved.  Pacman had much more involvement in the incident that left somebody paralyzed and he's not going anywhere.

And not too many bars allow smoking anymore, especially 'club' type bars where an NFL player would be.  If she was just out to dance who cares.  Not that any of it matters.
 
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RenegadeLG wrote:
It doesn't exactly sound like he should either.  He wasn't involved.  Pacman had much more involvement in the incident that left somebody paralyzed and he's not going anywhere.

And not too many bars allow smoking anymore, especially 'club' type bars where an NFL player would be.  If she was just out to dance who cares.  Not that any of it matters.
I question why this never hit the public sooner. If they were trying to build a case or what.  I feel for the womans family but I think the trigger man is at fault and perhaps whomever started the fight.
 
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I only signup for this web site to state my comment on the article on Charles Grant. First of all the incident happen in Blakey, GA (small town)not Atlanta ( which is 2 hours away from Atlanta). Second it wasn't a club its a hole in the wall. And third the woman was not in the club she was walking on the street and was hit by a stray bullet. She had nothing do with the fight. Grant shouldn't have been at that club (hole in the wall) in the first place. He is supposed to be star football player why is he hang in a small town nightclub. And this wasn't his home town.  Far as him being stable in the neck that is bull also, look how big that dude neck is. He got strached on the neck - he was sent home 1 hour later.
 
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JCMurphy4 wrote:

Every one of these stories has the phrase 'outside a/an (insert city name here) area nightclub. A good rule of thumb: If there's no windbag mailman chatting up an unemployed accountant or pompous psychiatrist at the end of the bar keep walking to the next place.

Maybe its time for pro athletes to consider throwing private invitation-only house parties.

Matt Leinart begs to differ with the last line.
 
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Bmeister wrote:
Matt Leinart begs to differ with the last line.
A good point. Restrictions on recording equipment would have to be included with the invites.
 
 
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