It’s not like people who drive around at 3 A.M. on a Saturday morning are ever on their way back from a bar or a party.

I’m sure it was late night Bible study group. And Hines had offered to take Bibles to underprivileged kids because he’s a swell guy. He just had so many in his passenger’s seat that they were throwing off the car’s equilibrium and causing it to swerve, thereby causing suspicion among Dekalb County’s finest.

Jesus can explain everything away…see?

@mswravens …

Yes, I’ve seen news reports about the pleasant and vibrant community of Baltimore Meanwhile Pittsburgh just keeps making that list of most livable cities But I’m in Fla. where everyone seems to migrate.

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Another bandwagon Steeler fan…. shocking.

@citiciti – what world do you live in? If I am driving at 3am I am looking for trouble?

Police are supposed to protect and serve but I see motorists on the side of the road all the time as cops speed by. Where is the “to serve” in that? This is about $$ (which is why there are seatbelt and inspection sticker checkpoints). Some police take there jobs very seriously and I appreciate them, but others are just looking to get back at society for some reason, power trip.

Until we know the facts we don’t know what happened. But all of you in your glass houses should stop tossing stones, as if you drink I will bet you have at one point in your life driven illegally.

Yes, I’ve seen news reports about the pleasant and vibrant community of Baltimore Meanwhile Pittsburgh just keeps making that list of most livable cities But I’m in Fla. where everyone seems to migrate.

I wasn’t commenting on your original post but on your snarkiness about Hines owning up. You can’t own up if you’re declaring your innocence, but I appreciate his apology just the same.

You’re overreaching about me considering whether he’s the man I wish him to be. I’m much less invested in these players than PFTers think. Only a couple of players past and present have captured enough of my interest that it would bother me to discover they aren’t who they seem–and not all of them were/are Steelers. I like Hines but he’s not an uber favorite.

On issues like this, I can’t help being who I am–a person who waits until the facts are in before passing judgment, a person who understands the flaws in DUI laws, a person who knows Hines couldn’t have bonded out into his own custody in an hour if he’d been drunk. People want to carry on about me being the ultimate homer, but I’d be saying the same thing under the same circumstances if he were a Raven or Bengal–and I think you know that. I’ve vigorously defended players from rival teams in comparable circumstances.

@jw731 …

Read my paragraph above to mswravens. It’s a character thing–I’m not surprised you don’t get it. And as far as those “excuses” go, texting is as dangerous–maybe more–than driving under the influence. If Hines were doing that, I’d want him to receive a harsh penalty. And if he was too tired to drive, he shouldn’t have been on the road at 3 a.m. So I don’t see raising those possibilities as making excuses.

Maybe the Steelers should just stay the heck out of Georgia altogether. Seriously.

That is the first time I have seen Hines Ward when he wasn’t smiling. Looks weird.

You should have seen his lack of smirk after the Super Bowl.

The fact that he was arrested, booked, bonded and released all within a couple of hours to me appears to be a good sign in his favor when it comes time to settle and/or dismiss this.

Nice try.

We all commonly associate the term “lynching” with the hanging of a black person, from a tree, by the neck, until dead.

Seymour’s wife was charged in SC with 2nd degree “lynching” , which has an entirely different meaning, for her part in a brawl.

Have no idea why SC calls a brawl “2nd Degree Lynching”, but she hung no one – black or white – from a tree, b ytheir neck.

Will someone produce ONE example of a black person being lynched (hung by the neck from a tree) as bearsrulepackdrool says still happens in the South?

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Please document even one case of lynching a black in the South in the last decade.

Back that statement up with an example.
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Come on dude, aren’t you a Pats fan? Have you forgotten that Richard Seymour’s wife was arrested for lynching in SC I think? Granted that term as a legal term there doesn’t mean just what we think of when we say it but still….technically it fits your query.

I too have been pulled over when I worked a late shift. I was “weaving” to avoid potholes on their crap roads and the town I was where I got pulled over was known for having cops who were um….sticklers shall we say.

Apologizing for being caught while denying the conduct is NOT “owning it”….BUT WAIT – he may very well have every reason & right to complain. We shall see. BUT, if he is indeed guilty, then he hasn’t quite “owned it,” has he?

I totally agree with you – we have to wait & see. I just happen to litter my comments with anti-Steeler barbs. I can’t help it. I am part of the large majority who hates the Steelers. And, because Baltimore is a more pleasant and vibrant community than Pittsburgh, I have to live with all these transplanted Burghers who root for their Steelers (people don’t leave Baltimore for Pittsburgh, so you probably don’t have much if any Baltimore transplants in Pittsburgh to deal with).

Anyway, we shall see…at least I haven’t started ranting about Hiney’s recent repeated run ins with the law…I mean, I “know” the first time was just a big misunderstanding, right? And doesn’t every law abiding citizen get repeatedly stopped by the cops for no reason anyway??? we shall see…we shall see…

Tell that to Plaxico Burress.

Seals got Bin Laden

Raven’s gonna beat Ben Rapin!!!!

Everyone knows that Deb’s not a real lawyer ….. she plays one on PFT.
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Almost said that myself, Mr. Smarty Pants … but I do make clear I only write about legal issues and leave the practice of law to the family attorneys. Meanwhile, you’ve given a great blog performance as a stormtrooper

@bearsrulepackdrool …

I’d never deny the South’s racial history or ongoing race issues. But I bristle at the suggestion that in 2011 those problems are uniquely Southern. Since you’re a Bears fan, I was alluding to the fact that Chicago’s South Side has seen a tremendous amount of racism since the turn of the last century, and “Driving While Black” can get you pulled over anywhere, not just Georgia. It’s been too easy for the rest of the nation to pat itself on the back and ignore its own racial divides while directing an accusing finger southward.

steelbydesign says:
probably would’ve failed the breathalyzer if he took it

justamaz says:
How do you cooperate fully if you refuse a breathalyzer?
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I hate to defend this jacka$$, but I read that link and didn’t see anything about him refuring a breathalyzer.

palinforpresidentofnorthkorea says:
Super lawyer Deb will defend you in front of that mean ol’ judge.
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Everyone knows that Deb’s not a real lawyer ….. she plays one on PFT.

Rule#1 for ANY body – athlete or not: if you’re on the road at 3AM, the police are going to ASSUME you’ve been drinking….

…. so make sure you HAVEN’T been.

Driving while “sleepy” is every bit as dangerous as DUI, and just as inexcusable. If you’re a famous athlete with Ward’s kind of money at 3AM – drinking or sleepy – you CAN’T afford NOT to (say it with me, people):

TAKE A TAXI!!!!!!

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Please document even one case of lynching a black in the South in the last decade.

Back that statement up with an example.

Please suspend Hines for game 1. This way the Steelers will have an excuse when they lose.

If Casey Anthony can walk….so will Hines.

There is no justice anymore in America!

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And these two situations have soooo much in common. You are an idiot.