ATHENS — Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young plans to enter a not guilty plea on misdemeanor charges of battery and assault of an unborn child and waive his formal arraignment. That’s according to Young’s lawyer Kim Stephens, who spoke to Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Hearld.
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You know, I used to not agree with these kind of statements over the years, but now I think you have a point.
I've been strongly affiliated with college town communities (e.g., Blacksburg, Durham, Chapel Hill, Miami, Bloomington, etc.) all over the country and NEVER have I seen a local law enforcement function (I actually mean the prosecutorial side, not the police themselves) in a college town so blatantly biased against a local university that essentially feeds much of the town's coffers (in Athens, probably the majority of is somehow UGA-related).
To be clear, I am one of those folks who believes you should throw the book at perpetrators of the kinds of charges leveled here, but this seems over the top for something that appears to be unlikely a crime (serious or otherwise). Who is going to hold this DA's office accountable?
I'd be careful about rendering judgment on the alleged crime based on website articles and Internet hearsay.
Chip Towers put well in breaking the story about the girlfriend recanting: "State and county authorities often are reluctant to withdraw domestic abuse charges because of the complex nature of relational cases and the potential for intimidation and/or reoffending."
You Clark County residents take note!
This is what happens when you elect a woke leftist politician, DA or otherwise! This is also what happens when you do not turn out to vote!
I’d include University / Athens Clarke-County police as over the top aggressive vs. not only UGA athletes but students as well. Otherwise, I think they do a good job.
Somebody (not me of course) should organize a protest / march against the DA in Athens. And Colbie should sue.
“Free Colby"
All the rioters in the summer of love who burned cities down, in the Summer of Love got off, but Colby can't. Something aint right.
