Ok, so if you know me, you know I am a huge Cleveland Browns fan..I have been a huge Browns' fan my entire life. I also went to the same high school as Brady Quinn (Dublin Coffman), graduated two years after him, and the same year as one of his sisters. So maybe I will not be completely objective in my analysis of this new story that has come up on Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer).
Apparently, Brady, along with some of his friends, were driving in downtown Columbus on January 1st (with Quinn apparently under the influence of alcohol), and were around a gay bar, where they were shouting some pretty awful things apparently to those who were just outside of it. Now, the person who made the allegation, Seth Harris, called 9-1-1 and said that Brady and his friends were looking for a fight. If that's true, then of course it was perfectly fine to have some outside help (as in cops) to stop the situation. My problem is that Harris may be looking for his 15 minutes of fame, if Quinn and Co. were not aggressive.Why call the cops if they were only yelling stuff at him? As a runner, I hear some pretty awful things said at me, but I will not call the cops. And Harris apparently could recognize Brady Quinn in his car, which leads one to wonder if this is a case of trying to get attention on a star athlete, thereby forcing him to settle a dispute (as in a cash settlement) so it doesn't hurt Quinn's career.
I believe innocent until proven guilty, so I want to give Quinn the benefit of the doubt, but it is still very possible that Harris is telling the truth..only time will tell.
Quinn released a statement, saying that the allegations were not true.
Here's a question I have for the Plain Dealer: Why wait over a month after the incident happened to finally report it? The question is..should the paper have come forward earlier, if they knew about this? To me, the timing seems a little weird. And the fact that the Columbus Dispatch never reported this story leads me to wonder if there is more behind the Journalist's pen that meets the eye...
The Denial:
http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/02/browns_quinn_denies_altercatio.html
The Story that first broke earlier today:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/02/brady_quinn_part_of_rowdy_grou.html
There is audio in the second link, if you want to listen to the 9-1-1 call...
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Clay: Here is a brief synopsis of the Quinn incident from the offense report filed with arrest of one of the participants. I believe the man was arguing with Quinn. A police spokeswoman told the press that the arrestee had been arguing with Quinn.
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Columbus, OH Division of Police
Unofficial Web Report
Case # 080000868 Title Disorderly Conduct
Report # 080000868.1 Subject 712 - Disorderly Conduct
Location 790 N High St
City Columbus Zone 4
Precinct 1 District 10
Occurred 1/1/2008 2:41:00 AM Between N/A
Report Date 1/1/2008 2:57:33 AM
Reported By Officer SLOMOVITZ Badge N/A
Report Narrative OFF. SLOMOVITZ ARRIVED ON SCENE TO A FIGHT AT THE LISTED LOCATION. OFF. SLOMOVITZ CLEARED THE SCENE AND THE PROBLEM LEFT. WHILE GETTING BACK INTO THE VEHICLE OFF. SLOMOVITZ WAS INFORMED THAT ANOTHER FIGHT BROKE OUT RIGHT OUTSIDE THE LISTED LOCATION. OFF. SLOMOVITZ APPROACHED THE GROUP TO BREAK IT UP. EVERYONE WENT THERE SEPERATE WAYS BUT THE ARRESTEE. THE ARRESTEE WAS TOLD BY OFF. SLOMOVITZ TO BACK OFF AND TO START WALKING AWAY. THE ARRESTEE REFUSED TO COMPLIED AND CONTINUED IN AN AGRESSIVE MANNER TOWARD OFF. SLOMOVITZ. THE ARRESTEE THEN BECAME EXTREMELY COMBATIVE AND TRIED TO WALK THROUGH OFF. SLOMOVITZ. OFF. SLOMOVITZ MOVED THE ARRESTEE BACKWARD AWAY FROM THE CROWD. THE ARRESTEE TRIED TO HOLD HIS GROUND BY APPLING PRESSURE AGAINST OFF. SLOMOVITZ. THE ARRESTEE WAS THEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS AND ARREST FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT.
Offenses Offense #1
Offense Description Completed
Disorderly Conduct _ intoxicated annoy or alarm
Clay -- Here is a link to the Associated Press story about Quinn's denial. The story also quotes a Columbus police spokesman as saying Quinn was arguing with a man who was later arrested.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jR_NI2u5lQkRnUK_cjonyDhS5NbAD8UPN7OO0
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