Grant Perry Pleads, Likely Gets Charges Diverted
[Patrick Barron]
Grant Perry didn't make it to his court date, pleading to assault and resisting arrest:
"We tried to cut in line and we got into an argument," Perry told Judge Joyce Draganchuk during Wednesday morning's hearing. "I proceeded to push her out of my way."
Perry, a junior wide receiver from Royal Oak, also said he "tried to wriggle away" from East Lansing police when they arrived on the scene.
The resisting arrest charge is technically a felony—which the LSJ rather misleadingly leads with—but the outcome of the case is going to be standard for a first time offense of this nature:
As part of the plea agreement, Assistant Ingham County Prosecutor Christina Johnson said she is not opposed to a sentencing under the Holmes Youthful Training Act.
If that happens, Perry's conviction could be set aside until as late as his 24th birthday. His record would then be wiped clean if he fulfills requirements imposed by Draganchuk.
He will get some probation that includes a no-alcohol clause and community service. Sexual assault charges and an alcohol charge were dropped.
Jim Harbaugh technically reinstated Perry before this happened; given the timing of the plea it seems clear this was in the works and merely needed some Ts crossed and Is dotted before being announced. Perry has already served a three game suspension because of this incident and given the outcome that's clearly enough. A similar resisting arrest/drunken dumb stuff event for Oklahoma QB Baker Mayfield is going to garner him The Dantonio: zero games.
Or the presence of mind not to roll their eyes too hard while pointing out that Sparties have had quite a few problems of their own this offseason. Most of which are a whole lot worse than this.
There's always Rutgers. 1-11 at worst
So Perry says he pushed her, you're assuming it's incidental contact. Sorry if I'm confusing this with some other incident, but I thought the story was that he stuck his hand down her pants, which is quite a different thing - where did that come from?
My assumption was that his pushing her resulted in the sexual contact. I might be wrong, of course, but that was my understanding. Hence why the charge was dropped.
That charge is frequently coupled with walking while black and occasionally when the body part of the defendant struck by the cop was hard enough to injure the cop's fist.
Or, like, when people try to resist arrest, as Grant admitted to in his statement.
Ya give him twenty years for wriggling. This stuff is misdemeanor bullshit at best. I worked in crowded nightclubs for years and if everytime I bumped , brushed or tried to squeeze through a female Ingham county considers that sexual misconduct, shit I should be doing consecutive life sentences. Wriggling away and some bitch hurts himself he gets a felony, I am sorry but that is a fuckin joke. This case is a fuckin joke. Just do there probation shit and flip em off when done Grant. I am all for the victim when there is one. He should have either been put to the back of the line or told to push on and go somewhere else. A felony for assualt I am lost. I have assaulted several people over my life time but can't ever remember using the wriiggling technique. How fuckin sensitive has this country become. Oh ya let me hold up my stress card. Hoorah.
You have to admit fault to plead guilty. Not saying either of you is right or wrong; just saying the system is set up to make guilty pleas the overwhelmingly favorable option yet guilty pleas require admitting to something. If someone isn't guilty but they're offered a plea to essentially eliminate the charges, they lie and say they did it.
Great job getting upvotes, but that is not what happened in this case.
I have no idea what happened "in this case" apart from what Grant Perry said in order to get a plea deal that will allow him to have his record cleaned following a period of good behavior so that he will be able to do things you probably take for granted, like being able to vote. If you were not there, you also have no idea what happened "in this case." I would suggest you follow the Black Lives Matter movement or, perhaps, become involved in law enforcement from one side or another yourself. Every single day, hundreds of young black men plead guilty to something they did not really do in order to get a plea deal that eliminates a huge downside risk. That is something I saw as a federal law clerk, as the associate director of a special investigations division and as a practicing attorney who actually does research and tries to find out what actually happens in his cases.
You may be shocked to learn this, but contrary to what many people think, most people who get arrested are not framed by the police.
Here is a lot more of a violent exchange that is by law, resistanting arrest and it happened to a white man.
By all accounts (Media, Perry's statement, and ultimately his plea), the incounter involving Perry was along the same lines without the head smashing into the landscaping bricks, and it took the Police a little longer to catch up.
The man is a college athlete in the middle of a night club scene with his own friends around. But a conspiracy about the cops roughing him up so he can plea down from underage drinking (all and all a lesser crime) and sexual assault charges? Which, why would be far more important to go after than resisting arrest. Plus there are witnesses. It happened in a line outside of a night club fergodsakes.
If that's what he pled guilty to, how is that misleading? He pled guilty to a felony. Now, if he doesn't want to end up at the mercy of copy editors, stay out of trouble.
leading with PLED TO A FELONY implies jail time and a serious offense, when the offense is "ran away from cop" and the outcome of the case is going to be probation and diversion. All you have to see are the various idiots on twitter going "FELONY?!?! he gone" to see it.
Rosenberg and Synder have no idea what you're talking about.
Those idiots are why news outlets choose catchy headlines when possible. It's not about responsible journalism these days; it's about page hits. You could have a daily diary about misleading headlines in the news each day.
And I guarantee that even without that headline, those same idiots would be droning on about the felony charge or something else. Idiots are gonna idiot.
Fact is, he pled to a felony and that's the only story anyone outside the M-fanbase is concerned about. I haven't even heard any faux outrage for whoever the girl in the story is.
Very in my opinion. He already sat some last year which was also fair.
you think he will get more games?
I seriously doubt he makes the trip to Jerry World and likely sits out 2-3 total.
even as a proponent of harsh punishment, an additional 2-3 games strikes me as harsh for this offense. time served seems sufficient.
That seems harsh for a kid who has already been suspended for MSU, Illinois, Maryland, and FSU.
And although the sexual assault charges were dropped there is still a lot of scrutiny around the issue and Title IX across the country.
...does our depth chart make it easier to sit him through the non-conference season? I would like to think this same treatment would be given if it's a more highly regarded player.
My guess is Perry's done his time in the doghouse, but he's now "on notice", for lack of a better term. Harbaugh hinted that Graham Glasgow was punished beyond mere suspension for violating his post-DUI probation. Based on what we know, because this happened to GG, this means we can expect Grant Perry to be required to dress for and attend practice, and then stand on the sideline and watch his teammates rep for four hours straight.
Will he also have to move in with his Grand Mother?
If Grant Perry's learned his lesson, not just lip service but "we don't need a short leash on this guy because he's all growed up" learned, he's ready to go. If this is just a way of dodging the consequence and he's still a jackass, sit him the whole damn season or kick him off the team.
The benchmark for punishing players should be their own maturation, not what some jackass does to coddle Baker effin' Mayfield.
Chill out dude.
I don't think I'd suspend him 3 more games, but if that's what ends up happening I certainly like the message that Harbaugh is sending. Don't fuck around and we won't have any problems.
He has already served a 3 game suspension for what happened. To punish him again would kind of be double jeopardy. As long as he lives up to his court punishment and keeps his nose clean I think he will be a big part of the team this season and no further punishment is warranted.
His three games is more than enough. I hope he is ready to go by the first game.
Are we seriously not going to comment on the judge's name? I, for one, would like to submit Judge Joyce Draganchuk to the NOTY.
Oh, crap I certainly shouln't have said I go to Michigan
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