When did Stephen A become ignorant?

I realize that for many this question is loaded, but I actually used to love to listen to the man on ESPN. My question – when did he become so ignorant is one that I am genuinely interested in exploring.

Most recent, on the topic of Plaxico Burress (the wide receiver from the Giants who shot himself in the leg in a club with his own gun) Stephen A said:

Plaxico Burress is a man that was tardy. He was a guy who took his gifts and his professional career  for granted. He was a guy who was late excessively, pretty much over 50 times last season or the season before that actually, according to sources that I spoke to within the New York Giants association. But, that was his biggest crime – he was just a tardy individual that was unprofessional when it came to showing up to work on time.

Really? That was his only crime? He didn’t carry an unlicensed firearm into a club in New York and shoot himself with it?

Now we all know that he should not have been carrying an unlicensed weapon – we get that. We know that the laws in NYC stipulate that theres a mandatory three and a half year minimum sentence in state prison – we know that. Unless of course you got big time laywers and are able to wrangle a plea bargin.

So, if you KNOW that the law is a three and a half year minimum mandatory sentence and Plaxico is only getting 20 months – why are you complaining again? And are you saying Plaxico didn’t have a big time lawyer? There wasn’t a plea bargin, because Burress plead guilty!

The reality is, the man made a mistake. He had a gun, purportedly licensed in the state of Florida. He’s working for the New York Giants. He goes to a club in New York City. Let’s not even get into the fact its something his agent should have taken care of, or his representative. Somebody should have known that the man had a gun.

Here, Stephen A seems to make it sound like carrying a gun licensed in Florida, into a club in NYC is okay. Obviously, the law in NYC would suggest otherwise. It also appears that he thinks it is the agent’s fault. Sadly, I am sure Plaxico didn’t call his agent to tell him he was going to be carrying a weapon into the bar that night. Doesn’t really matter, its Plaxico’s responsibility, not someone elses.

Stephen A – drop the ignorance, please. You can’t honestly defend this one. I know you like to look our for all african-american athletes, no matter what they’ve done. You similarly have made ridiculous statements about Barry Bonds and Michael Vick. You seriously can’t see how this was Plaxico’s fault? Mistake? How is it a mistake when he slipped a gun into his pants and went to a club? The mistake is that he shot himself. He wasn’t sentenced to prison for his mistake, he was sentenced for his own admission that he exercised bad judgement.

I actually have some sympathy for the guy, given that his wife is pregnant and he won’t be around to see his daughter’s birth. However, that’s what the man has to live with.

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