Re: DA ops not to press charges on Cam and Hootie...
Maybe, but from what we have heard Cam legally purchased the gun and it sounds like there was only a small amount of pot. Thinking it was just not enough to press charges or make it worth pressing charges. Glad this did not happen in Alabama since the REC rhetoric would be much louder than what I'm sure is already being discussed on many SEC message boards.
To me it sounds like once the DA got this he handled himself responsible. Hootie and Cam might not have, and the arresting officers might not have, but the DA seems to have looked at everything and dealt with it in a responsible manner.
Well, the other thread had a back in forth involving people with experience on all sides of the issue. The consensus seemed to be that smell of weed was a pretense for a search and that the odds of a gun being in plain sight was also rather unlikely. So, it is within reason that these guys were given overzealous treatment and I'm not sure things like that work as well with increased scrutiny.
I can't lie. I'm wondering what's up with this. If what happened is true, charges should be pressed.
What happened? The "crime" was that of "possession" if you think about it. They had stuff, they didn't hurt anyone, there's 0 evidence that Cam went to Baldwin County and stole a gun, and by all appearances it seems like the police tried to stick it to these guys but there wasn't much to make stick.
Yes they should be punished, they have and they will be. But they didn't harm anyone as far as I can tell. Their crime was largely that of stupidity.
I doubt Cam gets suspended. CNS and the Alabama administration has all of the internal punishment (which is extensive) documented. I don't see how Cam gets a suspension considering the DA won't be moving forward with the charges..
An important part is that this is the off season, so they have plenty of time to punish these guys without the necessity of sitting them for games. I would also add that if they harmed people if we were talking about assault, robbery, that sort of thing I'd be yelling for them to be suspended even if it was the off-season. But, they didn't jump on a woman and violently assault her, they didn't beat up their girlfriend who posted the pictures on social media, they didn't harm anyone.