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14 years ago
Will Vikings be able to draft enough players to replace the ones behind bars??? And I'm not talking bartenders here...

First story I found almost humorous--cought with an invalid license during a traffic stop, told the cops he didn't want to go back to jail (BACK to jail??? Guess I shouldn't be surprised--it's the Vikings, after all) and made a run for it, tasered after grabbing a police officer's crotch. This was his second arrest in three days--public drunkeness 3 days prior...

Second story, this neighbor sees Cook talking to the cops, then thinks Cook ratted out his brother (just what was his brother doing that Cook turned him in for??? Cook might need to find another neighborhood to hang out in during the offseason).

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/lapd-arrests-former-usc-football-standout-everson-griffen-after-an-alleged-assault-on-an-officer.html 

Everson Griffen -- former USC football standout, now Minnesota Viking -- arrested after alleged assault on LAPD officer

Los Angeles police used a Taser to subdue former USC football standout Everson Griffen after he allegedly assaulted an officer during a traffic stop near campus, department officials said Monday night.

Griffen, now a member of the Minnesota Vikings, was booked on suspicion of felony battery after the incident, which was reported about 4 p.m. Monday at 30th and Hoover streets, said LAPD spokeswoman Karen Rayner.

The incident took place during a routine traffic stop, Rayner said. Officers asked Griffen for his license, which turned out not to be valid, according to sources familiar with the investigation. Griffen then told them "he did not want to go back to jail" and sprinted away from the officers, who caught up with him after a short distance.

When one of the officers tried to subdue Griffen, he allegedly grabbed the officer in the groin area, the source said. Moments later, officers used a Taser to subdue him, the source said.

Griffen was arrested in 2009 in Massachusetts on suspicion of breach of the peace.

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http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/117911999.html 

Defensive back Cook denies he pulled gun

Chris Cook disputed details about an incident with a neighbor that led to his arrest in Virginia.

Chris Cook admits he got into a verbal altercation with a neighbor on Saturday, but the Vikings cornerback disputes a claim that he pulled a gun during the argument.

WSET-TV in Lynchburg, Va., reported on Sunday that Cook was arrested for brandishing a handgun during a fight with the man. Cook confirmed the arrest, but he said the confrontation didn't turn physical and that he did not brandish a gun. Cook said he does not know whether he will be charged in the case.

"I wasn't in any fight or nothing," he said. "It was just an argument."

According to his version of events, Cook said he was riding his bike near his home when a man who lives two houses down started screaming at him.

"You're not going to scream at me like I'm your child so I screamed back at him," Cook said. "He thought that I called the police on his brother for some reason. Why would I do that?"

Cook said he just received his license to carry a concealed weapon, but he denied pulling a gun on the man during their confrontation.

"He went downtown and told [the police] I pointed the gun at him," Cook said.

Cook said he accompanied police to the station to fill out paperwork but that he did not spend time in jail. A worker at the Lynchburg jail said he was not authorized to disclose whether Cook was booked this weekend.

"It's just crazy," Cook said. "I just have to deal with it the best way I can. I wish it didn't happen. I wish I would have never got in an argument, but that's what happened."

A Vikings spokesman declined to comment. The team is not allowed to have contact with Cook because of the NFL lockout.

Cook's arrest came one day after the league locked out its players. There were questions about whether Cook's legal troubles would be subject to review by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell under the personal conduct policy because it happened during the lockout. The league and teams are prohibited from having contact with players during the work stoppage.

Cook can't be punished during the lockout, but his case would be reviewed once the lockout is over, according to a league spokesman.

Cook was the Vikings' first pick in the 2010 draft, a second-round selection who impressed the team with his play in training camp. However, his season was ruined by two separate knee injuries. Cook started five games and played in six. He finished the season on injured reserve after the team shut him down because of pain in his knees.

Cook is the second Vikings player arrested this offseason. Everson Griffen was arrested twice in a span of three days in Los Angeles last month.

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Cheesey
14 years ago
Wow.....getting to look more and more like the Los Ange....i mean....OAKLAND Raiders!
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DakotaT
14 years ago
Until they get someone that outdoes Chmura, I stay out of these pissing matches.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Until they get someone that outdoes Chmura, I stay out of these pissing matches.

"DakotaT" wrote:



Out does someone that went to a party with teenagers? Didn't they just have someone on their team a year or so ago that shot someone?
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DakotaT
14 years ago

Until they get someone that outdoes Chmura, I stay out of these pissing matches.

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Out does someone that went to a party with teenagers? Didn't they just have someone on their team a year or so ago that shot someone?

"DakotaT" wrote:



Still ain't as bad as nailing the child that babysat your own children. Chmura = douchebag.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Until they get someone that outdoes Chmura, I stay out of these pissing matches.

"DakotaT" wrote:



Out does someone that went to a party with teenagers? Didn't they just have someone on their team a year or so ago that shot someone?

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



Still ain't as bad as nailing the child that babysat your own children. Chmura = douchebag.

"DakotaT" wrote:



Facts proved nothing sexual happened, so how did he nail her? Or are you one of those people who refuses to acknowledge facts and just go by what you think?

Adults should never be at parties that teenagers are occupying. We should let teenagers do as they please and let them make their own mistakes and if they get knocked up, lesson learned, right?
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DakotaT
14 years ago
Chmura put himself in a horrible situation. He's a douchebag because he was too morally superior to go visit Slick Willy in the White House.

OJ was squeezed through possiblity of reasonable doubt, but I'm pretty sure he just about decapitaed his ex-wife.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Chmura put himself in a horrible situation. He's a douchebag because he was too morally superior to go visit Slick Willy in the White House.

OJ was squeezed through possiblity of reasonable doubt, but I'm pretty sure he just about decapitaed his ex-wife.

"DakotaT" wrote:



So you're one of those people who if someone was accused of something, they are guilty.

You ever consider that maybe the babysitter put the moves on him, he rejected her and that's what started this? No, that couldn't have happened because that's not what he was accused of, right? He didn't go to the White House so that's an impossible scenario.

How is it morally justifiable to say someone did something they were proven not guilty of? Stating its your opinion he did, sure, but to say it as its fact, that's immorally wrong, if one has said morals.

If memory serves correctly Mark Chmura didn't like what Bill Clinton had done and didn't want to meet him because of that. It wasn't because he felt superior to him.
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DakotaT
14 years ago
Stick to the facts lawyer Zero. He was drunk at a teenagers hot tub party. That in itself is extremely creepy. I'll think what I damn well want to about Chmura - and noone from the Vikings has outdone that - not even Mckinnie eating out strippers.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

Stick to the facts lawyer Zero. He was drunk at a teenagers hot tub party. That in itself is extremely creepy. I'll think what I damn well want to about Chmura - and noone from the Vikings has outdone that - not even Mckinnie eating out strippers.

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Being drunk at a teenagers party, yes, horribly stupid.

I never said you are not permitted to think what you want to think, pay attention. I said, its immoral to say someone is guilty of something they were found guilty of.

I'm not a lawyer, I've been put in the situation several times where I was falsely accused of heinous shit and some assholes fail to have the mental fortitude to learn the facts before stating their idiotic opinions as facts about myself and what I was accused of.

Do I feel something immoral happened? Wouldn't surprise me. Am I going to go around parading my opinion or what I think as fact about it? No sir, I have respect for others and what may have or not have happened. It's called being open minded and putting yourself in others shoes. Many in this world would benefit greatly if they tried that at least once a day.

One thing I've learned in life is I don't know everything and won't pretend to know what happened on that night. I do have opinions, sure, we all do. I just strongly believe stating someone did something they were proven not guilty of is immorally wrong. I've also learned to not believe everything I see on TV or read. Certain experiences will do that for you.

To your comment about Mark Chmura being a douche bag, I do agree with it. not because of the white house, not because of what you claim he did, but because of the things I've heard him say on his radio show. I get the impression he's a guy who got a lot at a young age and instead of continuing to improve an learn, he simply feels he knows it all and has it all.
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