If it's not true McCoy should sue. If true, he's done.
The bolded above must be read in the voice of the late Johnnie Cochran...
This is soooo skeezy. Victim blaming 101.
It's possible for both parties in many criminal and legal matters to be rather crappy individuals.
Eyewitness evidence. Two people with injuries, telling the same story. Like it or not, that is hard to ignore.
>>When people want to frame someone, the smarter conspirators usually agree on the story in advance.
No forced entry. If McCoy’s ex says she locked the doors, how can that be refuted? What credible evidence is there against that? Who gave the means for the perp to enter the home?
>>How can it be proven she locked the doors? When I awake in the morning I often find I forgot to lock a door which I thought I did the prior night...
The perp asking demanding jewelry that McCoy, according to the victim, had asked be returned. Again, the victim is going to beat herself up, or hire someone to do so, and make this up over that when she could just claim the house was burglarized and not go through the pain of getting her ass handed to her.
>>If this is truly only about jewelry, and a false burglary claim is made, and she instead keeps the jewelry, and the jewelry's insurer investigates, and tails her off and on for the next several months, she'll be wearing the jewelry at some point, unless she tries to fence it... That's a bad rat hole to run down.
Like I said, there isn’t enough evidence to arrest McCoy but make no mistake that there is enough to make him a suspect in this incident.
There's probably enough to make McCoy a suspect, but the list has to be a lot longer than the above.
The evidence the perpetrator left at the scene. Its 2018. There will be lots.
McCoy needs to take a leave from Buffalo until the matter is sorted.
Personally, I disagree.
OTOH, any truth to the rumor now that recently-retired Richie Incognito is restoring a vintage white Ford Bronco?
Its easy and common sense I think. McCoy needs to step away until the police clear him. Its not a big deal if he is innocent and shouldn't take more than a few weeks to do it.
I believe in innocent until proven guilty but its just the right thing to do.
Police don't have a primary responsibility to clear people. They are agents of the judicial branch and part of their duties are to aid the district attorney.
This is jail-worthy stuff if the accusations are true, but after reading the tweet, it’s hard not to think there’s some sketchiness to it.
They kept quiet about his child abuse and animal abuse, but this is going too far? When an adult gets hurt?
And this all the day before she’s supposed to go to court about the eviction matter that he would have likely won... Idk, something’s off here.
Again, it's very easy for me to believe many people on both sides aren't model citizens. Whomever inflicted the injuries should be punished, assuming it was not a conspiracy / scam.
Yes they do, they always do. Every single person they think could have something to do with it they investigate them until they are cleared or guilty. Do they, or do they sometimes, if not often, stop when they get something they think will stick / get a conviction?
They even say it. They say we would like your DNA so we can clear you. That doesn't mean it's the primary motive.
Sometimes they even announce when they have cleared someone in the news. Magicians show you the ball under the cup part way through the cup shuffle too, just to make you think it's on the up and up.
If you would like I can provide you many links showing you.
When someone is murdered and there is DNA they go to the family and say look we don't think you did it but please provide your DNA so we can clear you. That is exactly how it goes. Regardless of how it's couched in word or action, they are trying to identify potentially guilty people, not confirm the exclusion of the innocent. Why not swab the checkout clerk at the store on the other side of town? Hint: because that person is not a suspect.
Based on my professional experience, this is a very overly optimistic view of law enforcement. Maybe being a press case they step up their game, but my impression is that most cases involve very little "investigation" at all. Law enforcement is good at running down a theory and finding evidence to support it once they have one. But genuinely investigating to figure out what happened? Meh. We win cases all the time because NYPD is too lazy (or intentionally negligent?) to collect what would be dispositive video.
In terms of "can we get your DNA to clear you?" If a client of mine was told that I certainly wouldn't advise cooperating. Sounds like something they say to a suspect. In fact, as a matter of practice, any time the People seek to compel my client to give DNA, we oppose the motion, no matter how innocent we think our client is.
I'm not too high on us ever knowing what really happened here. If they ever track down and arrest the actual intruders, maybe he implicates or exonerates McCoy. Otherwise, I see this going quite unresolved.
Always remember the US Appellate Courts have upheld the practice of rejecting for hire law enforcement applicants who score too high on an intelligence exam on the grounds those hires, potentially bored in their future jobs, will quit the force, thereby wasting the expenses of training them.
Of course Richie knows the whole story...he's an NSA agent.
He's perfect, because he's incognito.
There's a good chance the intruders or their vehicle were caught on video. That neighborhood is going to have a lot of security cams.
Yep. Lots of McMansions and "estates" in that area.
If he was your client, you wouldn't know only what we know publicly. You'd have his side of the story. That's part of the point.
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Yeah, maybe he should just say it's fake news and that the Georgia police are corrupt and out to get him. Seems to work.
In a high profile case such as this with land mines and prior history on both sides, you shut up and let the talking be through the (competent) attorneys.
There's only 1 time you should ever talk to police: When you're reporting a crime or providing additional information for a crime you reported.
Or saying "no" to their incessant (unsolicited) fundraising phone calls.
Perspective matters. There was a crime that took place in his home. Normally, you'd want to be the one finding and prosecuting the perpetrator. Honestly, he should be on the offensive.
it's amazing that lawyers even need to get a degree with how simple these matters are
Used to be many states didn't require a JD to sit for the bar exam...
He's required to cooperate in the investigation conducted by the league per the terms of the CBA. Lack of cooperation was one of the reasons cited for suspending Brady. He's going to have to answer questions if he wants to play in the NFL.
He should be highly motivated to cooperate with the NFL.
Police can arrest you if they suspect you of a crime? I was always under the belief the police had to have probable cause to arrest someone. My understanding is they just can't hold you in custody beyond a certain duration without formally charging you. And, even if they legally can't do it, that doesn't mean it doesn't still happen in certain instances because not all citizens know the law and permit it to happen.
And, I was unaware police could lie to produce an untruthful confession. Again, doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I did, however, know the police could lie and be deceitful as long as it didn’t produce an untruthful confession.
And, I was ESPECIALLY unaware that the police did not have to give all information, regarding a case, to the District Attorney’s Office. And there are similar requirements for full disclosure to the defense. But that doesn't mean it happens. In fact, some jurisdictions have had decades-long inculturated (sp?) withholding of evidence by the DA to the defense. Google "Connick v. Thompson"and the opinions by the SCOTUS. The travesty in the ruling (I think - I am not a legal expert) was the legal standing for the appeal was a single case as opposed to (somehow) aggregating a series of disclosure abuses to show a systemic, pervasive abuse by the Orleans parish DA's office.
See replies comments in bold above.
Will Thurman Thomas remain the only current/former Bills Running back with >10,000 career NFL rushing yards and no criminal convictions? (OJ... Marshawn... you're up next Shady)
I want to be clear I am not anti-law-enforcement because some of my comments above may read that way. I have extended family & spouses who are both active and retired law enforcement.