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Not enough evidence to charge Phelps, sheriff says

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/...hael.phelps/index.html

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps will not face criminal charges in connection with a November party at which he was photographed using a bong, a South Carolina sheriff said Monday

"We do not believe we have enough evidence to prosecute anyone" who was at the party in Columbia, South Carolina, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told reporters, adding that authorities are ending their investigation into Phelps.

"We had a photo, and we had him saying he was sorry for his inappropriate behavior," Lott said. "That behavior could have been going to a party. ... He never said, 'I smoked marijuana.' He never confessed to that. We didn't have physical evidence. We didn't have enough where we could go arrest him."

Lott said the photo that surfaced of Phelps put him and his department in a "no-win situation." If he had ignored it, he said, he would have faced criticism, but he also was criticized for investigating.





how much you want to bet he was getting BS from higher ups about a waste of a investigation. or about trying to charge him so he gets his name in the paper?

such a waste of time and manpower.
 
Originally posted by: spidey07
If the bowl don't fit, you MUST acquit!
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:thumbsup:😀 Oh, I see what you did there...nice historical tie-in.

The authorities decided that they've got enough celebrity legal oh0my0godness these days.

With Chris Brown beating the nose blood out of his little gangsta ho and basically setting himself up (the blood in his car +his out for blood now ex-gf's testimony...he's fucked) the media doesn't need to crucify MEDIA DARLING Phelps (deservedly so...he IS a multi-gold medal Olympian@!) anymore to get some media goodness.

Chris Brown is THE Scapegoat of 2009>!
 
Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: spidey07
If the bowl don't fit, you MUST acquit!
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:thumbsup:😀 Oh, I see what you did there...nice historical tie-in.

The authorities decided that they've got enough celebrity legal oh0my0godness these days.

With Chris Brown beating the nose blood out of his little gangsta ho and basically setting himself up (the blood in his car +his out for blood now ex-gf's testimony...he's fucked) the media doesn't need to crucify MEDIA DARLING Phelps (deservedly so...he IS a multi-gold medal Olympian@!) anymore to get some media goodness.

Chris Brown is THE Scapegoat of 2009>!
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WTF?

yeah they would rather crucify the black man then the white guy :roll:
 
Eh, I think the department played it all pretty well. I highly doubt they ever wanted to go arrest Phelps. Still they had to play the stupid politically correct game and investigate just like Phelps had to apologize.
 
Having a picture of someone "using" a bong does not prove anything.

- the person could have been posing for the pictures
- there's no way to prove it is used with marijuana
 
The man has a point. Whether he investigated it or not, people would have complained. A lot of the same people would have complained either way. Some people just like to complain.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Having a picture of someone "using" a bong does not prove anything.

- the person could have been posing for the pictures
- there's no way to prove it is used with marijuana
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I couldn't believe there was an investigation into this photograph because of these reasons. Also, there is no proof that the photograph was even taken in his jurisdiction...
 
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Eh, I think the department played it all pretty well. I highly doubt they ever wanted to go arrest Phelps. Still they had to play the stupid politically correct game and investigate just like Phelps had to apologize.
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Christ. You don't have the first clue what the term "Politically Correct" actually refers to, do you?

Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seeking to minimize offense to gender, racial, cultural, disabled, aged or other identity groups.
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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: RaiderJ
Eh, I think the department played it all pretty well. I highly doubt they ever wanted to go arrest Phelps. Still they had to play the stupid politically correct game and investigate just like Phelps had to apologize.
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Christ. You don't have the first clue what the term "Politically Correct" actually refers to, do you?

Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seeking to minimize offense to gender, racial, cultural, disabled, aged or other identity groups.
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Uh, it was politically correct to appeal to an anti-marijuana culture by investigating something as mundane as someone smoking out of a bong. Do you really think a picture like that would have been investigated by authorities in any other country?

You fail.
 
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