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    Oklahoma: Tough On Racism, Weak On Assault, Burglary

    Oklahoma: Tough On Racism, Weak On Assault, Burglary

    10:04 PM 03/11/2015
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    University of Oklahoma president David Boren’s immediate expulsion of students involved with a recently-leaked racist video stands in sharp contrast to the lighter treatment the school has given to football players found responsible for violent crimes. (RELATED: Oklahoma Frat Shut Down After Racist Video Leaks)

    Just two days after a video leaked of Oklahoma students, mostly freshmen, singing a racist song on a bus, Boren took decisive action by summarily expelling two students he claims played a leading roll in the chant. The students, he said, had created a “hostile learning environment” for other students and had to be kicked out immediately, with no opportunity to reform. Boren has suggested that more expulsions could be on the way. (RELATED: OU Could Be Making A Huge Mistake With Its Expulsions)

    “There is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma,” Boren said.

    However, while Boren might have zero tolerance for racist songs sung in private, Boren and OU have taken a very different approach to the privileged members of the school’s elite college football team, emphasizing the importance of second chances and allowing the team to welcome back players with a history of violence and even sexual assault. (RELATED: Oklahoma Frat Song Was Racist, But Was Still Free Speech)

    One such player was Joe Mixon, a freshman and one of the top football prospects for the Sooners. Last July, Mixon was caught on video in an altercationwith another OU student, 20-year-old junior Amelia Rae Molitor. During the altercation, Mixon punched Molitor so hard he broke four bones in her face and knocked her unconscious.

    Last October, Mixon accepted a plea deal on a misdemeanor assault charge, and was punished with a year-long deferred sentence, 100 hours of community service and mandatory counseling. The video of his assault has never been released, but president Boren has seen it.

    Despite his conviction, Mixon faced a comparatively light punishment compared to the massive crackdown on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon students. He was suspended from the team for the season, but faced no other repercussions, remaining on campus and continuing to attend classes like any other student.

    In February, Mixon was allowed to rejoin the football team.

    Boren, at the time, said that while Mixon’s behavior was abhorrent, it was important to grant second chances.

    “The judicial outcome and the video speak for themselves,” Boren said. “The University is an educational institution, which always sets high standards that we hope will be upheld by our students. We hope that our students will all learn from those standards, but at the same time, we believe in second chances so that our students can learn and grow from life’s experiences.”

    Boren’s mercy towards Mixon raises the question of whether he believes violence against women merits a second chance, but not racist words.

    Mixon’s case is hardly the only one of the University promoting second chances for gifted athletes, even in the past year. Another recent case involving the Sooner football team is that of Dorial Green-Beckham, a wide receiver prospect who was hyped as a Randy Moss-caliber talent upon graduating from high school.

    Green-Beckham originally attended the University of Missouri, but was kicked off the team after multiple drug arrests as well as an incident where he allegedly forced his way into a woman’s home, violently threatened her and then shoved another woman down the stairs. Green-Beckham likely would have faced assault and burglary charges, but police closed the case after the women involved said they did not want to press charges and became uncooperative.

    Despite his extremely troubled history, Green-Beckham was accepted at OU, which subsequently pushed for Green-Beckham to be allowed to immediately play rather than missing a year as per NCAA rules regarding transfers.

    In yet another case, a school investigation found that linebacker Frank Shannon had violated the school’s sexual misconduct policy after he reportedly attempted to have sex with an unwilling woman at his apartment. Far from being immediately expelled, Shannon was instead suspended for one year, a stern punishment but far below the one given for racism.

    Unsurprisingly, there is no shortage of cases of Sooners receiving almost no punishment at all for endangering the lives of others by driving under the influence. For instance, in 2013 defensive end Chuka Ndulue was suspended for just a single game after pleading no contest to a DUI charge and receiving a deferred sentence.

    Update: An earlier version of this article misstated the position played by Frank Shannon. He is a linebacker, not a defensive end.

    http://dailycaller.com/2015/03/11/ok...ault-burglary/



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    Columbia police report shows more about what Dorial Green-Beckham did early Sunday

    Police say they won't recommend charges because victims don't want to testify.

    Gene Hartley, ghartley@schurz.com
    Jeff Phillips, jphillips1@schurz.com


    POSTED: 01:16 PM CDT Apr 10, 2014



    COLUMBIA, Mo. -
    The Columbia Police Department said Thursday that it will not recommend charges against University of Missouri football star Dorial Green-Beckham for a break-in at a home early Sunday. Police said the woman who lives in the burglarized home does not want charges filed against Green-Beckham, even though her home is damaged and Green-Beckham pushed her down a stairway.

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    The 20-year-old former Hillcrest High School football player from Springfield was interviewed as part of an investigation into the reported burglary at Brookside Townhomes off Old Plant Road, south of the MU campus. Police responded to a call about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Green-Beckham was not arrested at the time.

    The 19-page police report says officers learned Green-Beckham broke into the home, despite the efforts of a woman, Jordan Scott, 18, to push him out; damaged a wall by slamming the doorknob through the wall; and assaulted his girlfriend's friend, Taylor Drayton, 18, who lives there with Jordan Scott, by pushing her down four stairs.

    The report says Green-Beckham was looking for Samantha Bass, his girlfriend. Bass told police that she was in the bathroom when Green-Beckham entered, and she didn't see what happened. Police described her as "extremely uncooperative."

    The report says Scott opened the door because she was expecting guests. When she saw it was Green-Beckham, she told police, she tried to shut the door but he barged in.

    After he was inside, the report says Green-Beckham went down some stairs and pushed Drayton "with 2 hands causing her to fall down at least 4 stairs striking the floor. Green-Beckham then left with Bass," according to the police report.
    Drayton had "slight bruising and swelling of her right wrist and had limited movement of her fingers on her right hand. She did not want medical attention a the time."

    While officers wanted a judge to issue a warrant for Green-Beckham's arrest for suspected first-degree burglary, the victim cited a fear of retaliation as part of her reasoning for not wanting charges against him. Drayton and Scott talked went to the police station on Sunday evening, 17 hours after Green-Beckham was in their home.

    "Drayton stated she had been talking to Bass via text all day and she no longer wanted to press charges against Green-Beckham for the burglary. I asked Drayton why . . . and she stated she was afraid of the media and community backlash since Green-Beckham is a football player for the University of Missouri and is possibly going to be in the NFL draft soon," a police officer wrote.

    Green-Beckham won't be eligible for the National Football League draft until the spring of 2015.

    "Drayton stated she was afraid of being harassed and having her property damaged just because she was the victim. Drayton stated she did not want to deal with the mental stress of the whole ordeal it was already making her physically sick to think about it."

    Scott also told police that she didn't want to press charges because "she did not want to put her friend Drayton through the mental stress of it, as as being afraid of retaliation against her and her property."

    The investigating officer looked at text messages between the two women and Bass.

    "I know you're so upset and I am too," Bass wrote. "Dorial was wrong in every way and you have every right to be furious. I'm not sticking up for him but football really is all he has going for him and pressing charges would ruin it for him completely. I agree that something should be done -- whether that's paying for what he did with money or a different way. I really just want all of us to move past this and not have this happen again by completely being done with him. I can't do this anymore. Now he's hurting friends not just me. I really am so sorry you're in this position and I never meant for this to happen."
    The text continued from Green-Beckham's girlfriend.

    "No part of me wants to be with him and last night made me realize so much," Bass wrote. "I'm not sticking up for him, but it's the rest of his life. he deserves to pay somehow but without football he really does have nothing. He wouldn't have nothing. He wouldn't make it in a real job. He'd be n the streets and in prison like his brothers. I understand how upset you are. I am too -- he drug me out by my kneck and hurt me too. Him hurting my friends hurts me more than you know and like I said it made me realize so much. I really am done. Just please think about it before you do anything I'm begging you."
    Later, Bass asked about her friend's injured hand and the damage to the apartment wall.

    "I don't think Dorial should be let off at all bc he needs to be shown that he can't just do whatever he wants bc of who he is. Have you thought about making him do classes, or counseling, and pay your hospital bill?" Bass texted.

    Later, Bass seemed to refer to Green-Beckham's father, John Beckham.

    "John wants your moms number please. It's serious and I'm sorry I don't mean to upset you i jus want to be done with this and let him go. I don't to deal with this either."

    Later, Bass again urged Drayton not to press charges.

    "And if you didn't want to press charges just say we all had a alot to drink and what not everything is fine. It jus needs to be quickly. Dorial doesn't have a phone or he would be talkjg to you not me," Bass texted.

    Drayton replied "that would be lying, so basically everything on paper is made up is what I would be saying."

    "It's in your hands tho," Bass texted back. You can do and say whatever you want about this. We just need to move quickly on this before he's arrested and before his warrant is made public. He will be kicked out of Mizzou and the not quality for the draft next year. The coaches talked to me and explained to e how serious this is and there's no time to waste at this point."
    Later, Bass brought up John Beckham again.

    http://www.kspr.com/news/local/columbia-police-no-charges-against-dgb/21051620_25416920



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    OU football: Joe Mixon reaches plea agreement with District Attorney's office



    by Jason Kersey Modified: October 30, 2014 at 10:42 am • Published: October 30, 2014


    NORMAN — After suspended Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon accepted a plea deal Thursday in his misdemeanor case, it’s unclear when — if ever — video of the incident will be made available to the public.




    University of Oklahoma freshman Joe Mixon and his attorneys walk into Judge Steve Stice's courtroom in Cleveland County in Norman, Monday August 18, 2014. Photo By Steve Gooch, The OklahomanThe deal comes a day before a hearing was to determine if there was a way to withhold the tape within the bounds of state law before a trial.

    Mixon, an 18-year-old OU freshman, was charged with acts resulting in gross injury two-and-a-half months ago for his role in an early morning altercation at Pickleman’s Gourmet Cafe near campus. The July 25 incident left 20-year-old Amelia Ray Molitor with four broken bones in her face.

    Thursday, Mixon entered an Alford Plea, which allows him to maintain his innocence while acknowledging that enough evidence exists for a jury to find him guilty.

    Mixon was given a one-year deferred sentence, 100 hours of community service and cognitive behavior counseling.

    A deferred sentence means Mixon will not have a criminal conviction for the misdemeanor offense if he completes probation successfully. Also, eventually, the charge itself could be expunged from public court records.

    “Today, Joe has made the decision that entering an Alford Plea to the misdemeanor and accepting the short period of probation was the best course of action at this point in his life,” Kevin Finlay, Mixon’s attorney, said in a statement.

    “Joe does not want to be a further distraction to his family, friends, teammates, and the University of Oklahoma. Joe would like to apologize to everyone affected by this unfortunate chain of events.”

    University of Oklahoma President David Boren, athletic director Joe Castiglione and head football coach Bob Stoops viewed the tape shortly after Mixon was charged, and decided to suspend him from team activities for this season.

    Boren released a statement Thursday saying that suspension would remain intact.

    “The judicial outcome and the video speak for themselves,” Boren said. “The University is an educational institution, which always sets high standards that we hope will be upheld by our students. We hope that our students will all learn from those standards, but at the same time, we believe in second chances so that our students can learn and grow from life’s experiences.
    “As we have previously indicated, Joe Mixon will not play for our football team during the 2014 season, including postseason competitions. He will have an opportunity to earn his way back on the team during the spring semester.”

    A Pickleman’s security camera captured the incident and was handed over to Norman Police as evidence.The video was shown to several members of the media in early September, but reporters that were present were not allowed to record anything. A change in the state’s open records law — that would explicitly make copies available to the public — was set to take effect this weekend, but Mixon’s plea agreement Thursday has complicated that.
    Norman Assistant City Attorney Rick Knighton said that after the agreement was reached, Norman Police returned its copy of the video to Pickleman’s.
    “It’s their video; they can do whatever they want with it,” Knight said.
    A Pickleman’s employee who answered the phone Thursday afternoon said the restaurant’s copy of the video had been destroyed.
    The Cleveland County district attorney’s office also had a copy of the video, but that was given to Molitor’s attorney, who couldn’t be reached for comment Thursday.
    Knighton also said that earlier Thursday, a local Oklahoma City TV station contacted the city attorney’s office to say there might be litigation over the video’s availability.
    Because of that, the city attorney’s office retained a copy, which Knighton said is not subject to open records laws because it is in a litigation file.
    However, Oklahoma’s Open Records Act states that, “Records which … would otherwise be available for public inspection and copying, shall not be denied because a public body or public official is using or has taken possession of such records for investigatory purposes or has placed the records in a litigation or investigation file.”
    Mixon, who starred at Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif., was the crown jewel of Oklahoma’s 2014 signing class. A five-star prospect, he drew lots of comparisons to former Sooner superstar Adrian Peterson.
    “Joe looks forward to continuing towards his goal of becoming a successful student and athlete at the University of Oklahoma,” Finlay said.
    http://newsok.com/ou-football-joe-mi...361807/?page=2








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    Wow, so singing a racist song is worse than breaking through people doors and smashing young women in the face.

    These comparisons say a lot about what is wrong with America.

    Black on white violence is hushed up, excused, explained, tolerated, and even encouraged.

    Any white person that refuses to be a socialist is labeled a racist and compared to the KKK and Hitler, thrown out of school, and thrown out of jobs and faces the risk of violence from extreme defamation.

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