Comments Thread For: Adrien Broner Facing a Robbery Charge in Ohio

[thuggery]

Here's an excerpt from the UK newspaper "The Sun" (dated February 15, 2013):

Broner certainly has a colourful story. He first laced up at the age of seven and honed his craft in almost 300 amateur bouts.

However, his 2008 Olympic aspirations were scuppered when he spent a year on remand, accused of robbery and assault.

He was again arrested in 2010 for ‘purse snatching’ but those charges were dropped.

Here's the link if you want to read the full story:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...avin-Rees.html

Wow, this kid is a disgrace.

[UTEP]

A fair point. I read somewhere the charges were dropped.

Does that mean he didn't do it? Anybody with a little money and a lawyer can get a charge dropped. People get away with murder all the time.

[Zano-24]

Wasn't this case dismissed/dropped? I remember hearing about this awhile back.

[SoulByThePound]

lmao people believe any and everything smmfh


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[jab2theballs]

If he wasn't getting any money coming in,why not get a job like everyone else? I'm sure he would've killed as the drive thru boy.

[CubanGuyNYC]

A fair point. I read somewhere the charges were dropped.

Yeah the case was dismissed:

http://www.courtclerk.org/case_summa...umber=A1008434

It is a fair point, and the charges were dropped, but that doesn't mean Broner is free of blame. Charges are dropped for a variety of reasons, often because the prosecutor doesn't think they have a strong enough case to pursue a conviction. Broner may or may not be guilty of this particular offense, but he has been in trouble for robbery before. He doesn't exactly inspire the benefit of the doubt.

[-PBP-]

It is a fair point, and the charges were dropped, but that doesn't mean Broner is free of blame. Charges are dropped for a variety of reasons, often because the prosecutor doesn't think they have a strong enough case to pursue a conviction. Broner may or may not be guilty of this particular offense, but he has been in trouble for robbery before. He doesn't exactly inspire the benefit of the doubt.

Very true. No denying he has a criminal past.

[Weebler I]

Does that mean he didn't do it? Anybody with a little money and a lawyer can get a charge dropped. People get away with murder all the time.

Tell that to Floyd Mayweather.

It comes down to this really, one either believes in the presumption of innocence (until proven otherwise) or one doesn't.

[Thad Castle]

purse snatching.

Dont hate on the young man, he was trying to get it by any means necessary

[Scarcaztic]

Tell that to Floyd Mayweather.

It comes down to this really, one either believes in the presumption of innocence (until proven otherwise) or one doesn't.

That's more a case of "setting an example". There's like a thousand more cases of the opposite.