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Smith, Jennings will not miss game time

Rick Pitino stated today that starters Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings will be punished but will not miss game time after being arrested and charged with resisting law enforcement in Jeffersonville, Ind. last weekend.

Rival fans will likely scoff at this decision, but I think ultimately it's the right call.

"Anytime you defy a police officer, it's serious," Pitino told ESPN.com. "They will be punished and are being punished right now. But no, they will not miss game time."

Pitino also came to the defense of Smith, a senior co-captain who reportedly would not obey the requests of officers to stand back while they attemptd to subdue Jennings.

"I think Jerry saw a teammate on the ground and didn't want to abandon him," Pitino said. "I think he saw a teammate taking some pretty good blows and tried to help."

It was announced earlier this week that the two were going to face additional charges of battery and disorderly conduct, but after reviewing the police report, Clark County attorney Steve Stewart settled on the single count of resisting law enforcement.

It's now time to keep the night-life enjoyment to a minimum, gentlemen.

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Keep ya head up fam..We riding with ya!

Now has anybody ever taken into consideration that when you are fighting you are not aware of who approaches you because your mind is in a defensive state.Now also take into consideration that when you are in a club..when is the last time you have seen an off duty cop in uniform doing security…Yaw see that they are Cards and wanna pin something on em without looking at all angles.TJ, J.Smith..hold ya head up famI’m riding with ya! I know Bullshit when I smell it…These muthaphuckaz done brought the Bull.

by C.White on Oct 15, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Word

TELL IT!

ThreadKiller

by mclade01 on Oct 15, 2009 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They shouldn't miss a game.

This is all bullshit. Neither charged with anything else? Than why were they approached in the first place? What did they resist?

Go Cards!

by Red Rage on Oct 15, 2009 1:51 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I thought there was a chance they would miss an exhibition game

I don’t really like the ‘they get arrested and get off scot free’ thing though. Never have, never will.

by cardscott5 on Oct 15, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

From a PR standpoint

They should have been suspended at least one game. I realize Jennings was probably goaded into something, but as a college athlete there are many times when you just have to bite your tongue.

by centrecard on Oct 15, 2009 4:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Always jumping the gun..where my real Card fans at???

It seems that nobody read what I wrote the first time. Can anyone in here writing or reading this blog say that if someone approached you out on the street and started a confrontation with you without letting you know that they where the law that you would not defend yourself because you play college ball..lol..fuck outta here.We don’t know what exactly happend but since the media told the story like they where just automatically in the wrong. They make mistakes just like judges,officers,and any other human walking the earth.Just because they ball for the greatest college team in the nation don’t make them perfect,but at the same time if Coach P knows everything that went on and feels that them serving out a punishment as opposed to be suspended because thats your punishment then so be it.Cheer for someone else.We don’t even know if they will be found guilty for what happend…yaw kill me jumping the gun so damn quick…

by C.White on Oct 15, 2009 4:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

you missed something big

It was reported in the CJ and on at least one TV station that the cops were wearing vests saying “Police” on them. That removes Jennings not knowing they were cops from the equation.

by cbcard on Oct 18, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not to big of a deal

I don’t really think it’s all that big of a deal. Honestly, even if they were suspended for a few games it wouldn’t hurt to bad, we have a soft out of conference schedule, Arkansas will be sort handed, and the guys will have plenty of cup cakes to get into the mold. But, i do agree with the face they shouldn’t be suspended, i know i would defend myself if people I didn’t know were officers jumped me.

by jonesn5 on Oct 15, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

TWO THOUGHTS

1. From a PR standpoint some visable punishment would be a good move.
2. Are we saying our kids can’t read a six letter word like “Police” which according to media reports (insert your own joke here) was on the vests the cops were wearing?

by cbcard on Oct 15, 2009 6:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Gotta love the "hometown discount"

Although usually it isn’t for a lower charge. Clark County Prosecutor is a UofL law grad.

When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome again. True story.
-Barney Stinson

by Red Reign on Oct 15, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

half discount

Bet if was a UK player in Lexington we wouldn’t have even heard a thing about it

by jonesn5 on Oct 16, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lets put this in perspective

I’m a white guy, professional, educated. Several years ago i was at 4th street live, had been at a bday party doing shots. Safe to say i was way over TJ’s .022 BAC. Well i tried to walk out the front door of one of the clubs upstairs, the door was open and everything. The “bouncer” (off duty cop) tried to tell me i couldn’t go that way, even though the f-ing door was wide open. He grabbed me, i threw him off, he proceeds to get about 5 other cops outside and the beat the shit out of me and i put up a fight the whole time. I had several charges but the officer dropped them all after my lawyer talked to him and said i was sorry. Come to find out he prob dropped them because the LMPD apparently gets sued all the time for use of excessive force for cops getting their rocks off in front of the ladies at these type of things. The moral of the story? I hope TJ and Jerry get off scott free bc i’ve been there done that. cops are dickheads and i say that having friends who are cops. It doesn’t change my opinion. You guys saying they should be punished should keep your mouth shut because you have no idea what really happened. Just let the situaition die and hope everyone forgets it.

by Jason G on Oct 16, 2009 6:13 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

One better

I’m a white guy, professional, educated. In college I was on Bardstown Road late one night hitting some dives. I have no idea what started it, but the bar I was in got rowdy, fast. I mean, all hell broke loose, everyone was punching everyone. I got outside as quickly as possible and started talking to two black guys who had gotten out of there too. Some off-duty cops working at other bars run over and start wrestling people to the ground. One walks up to me, asks if I’ve been drinking, I say yes and he tells me to take a cab home. He asks the two black guys if they’ve been drinking, they say yes and he arrests them for PI. They get upset, ask about why I’m getting off and he threatens them with resisting arrest. I have no idea what happened to them, usually they just throw people in the tank for the night, but I was close to slugging the cop then.

by Dais on Oct 16, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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