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5 (pro)lacrosse players charged after fracas at Bloomington T.G.I. Friday's
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^
| 2/15/12
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Posted on 02/15/2012 8:25:39 PM PST by MplsSteve
Five members of a professional lacrosse team from New York state were arrested following an outburst with other patrons at a Bloomington restaurant that involved food, bottles and silverware being thrown, authorities said Wednesday.
The melee erupted shortly before 1 a.m. Monday at the T.G.I. Friday's across from the Mall of America and involved 20 to 30 people inside and then "spilling to the outside," Deputy Police Chief Rick Hart said.
"It started with someone tossing a menu," Hart said. "One of the groups didn't like it."
Before long, glasses, bottles, food and silverware were flying through the air, Hart said. The restaurant reported about $1,600 in damage to police.
The members of the Rochester Knighthawks -- Cody Jamieson, Sid Smith, Travis Hill, Jordan Hall and Tyler Burton -- were charged with misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors and appeared Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court and returned home that night, team president Lewis Staats said.
Also arrested and charged with misdemeanors were two T.G.I. Friday's patrons from the Twin Cities: Tyrissa Hart, 19, of Minneapolis, and Travis Davidson, 27, of Maplewood.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: barbrawl; lacrosse; minnesota; thugball
Comments or opinions - anyone?
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:25:48 PM PST
by
MplsSteve
To: MplsSteve
I am shocked that there are people who get paid to play lacrosse!!
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:33:59 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:33:59 PM PST
by
MplsSteve
(Amy Klobuchar is no moderate. She's Al Franken with a nicer smile.)
To: MplsSteve
Leave it to those studly, hairy-backed, professional.........
lacrosse players............to empty out a restaurant. What, not enough imported lite beer on the menu for them?
"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:36:19 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Hey, Urkel. Frack THIS!)
To: MplsSteve
“professional lacrosse”
Whatever...
;-)
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:36:48 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FR: Now, More Than Ever.)
To: MplsSteve
Lacrosse? T.G.I. Fridays? Jalapeno Poppers?
Man! This story has everything!
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:39:06 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Viking2002
At least it wasn’t a Chuck E Cheese this time.
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:40:31 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: Viking2002
Think this ever happens at an Obama fundraiser?
Wagyu beef and Iranian wine flying all over with cavier being thrown at each other
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:42:21 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
major league lacrosse??
National Lacrosse League??
Seriously?? There are multiple leagues?
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:47:04 PM PST
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: GeronL
Probably more resembled the deleted pie-throwing scene from
Dr. Strangelove. Too bad it wasn't the Olympic curling team - at least they could have swept up after themselves.
"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."
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posted on
02/15/2012 8:50:18 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Hey, Urkel. Frack THIS!)
To: MplsSteve
Isn't Cody Jamieson the guy that made the goal in the final seconds a couple years back when Syracuse beat Cornell for the National Championship? That was an awesome game! I wouldn't want to be hit with a beer bottle that he flung.
To: MplsSteve
Leftists hate lacrosse players.
Your retort is “not everyone in Minnesota is a leftist.”
Well, you sure do a great imitation of being all leftists.
Think OBummer will win in Minnesota? Is the sky blue?
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posted on
02/15/2012 9:02:16 PM PST
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
To: MplsSteve
Was Crystal Mangum there to charge any of them with rape or rape rape?
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posted on
02/15/2012 9:06:59 PM PST
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: MacMattico
Thanks a lot.
Now I will have nightmares all night.
To: MplsSteve
Crap like this always happens when it’s time for the check. Just another misunderstanding.
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posted on
02/15/2012 10:40:42 PM PST
by
Gene Eric
(Newt/Sarah 2012)
To: Viking2002; GeronL
Indoor lacrosse - “Like Hockey - with balls”.
Grew up in Minnesota and loved hockey. I now really enjoy watching indoor lacrosse. They aren't pansies by any stretch of the imagination.
Well - pansies I guess for getting in a fight with some fans of the opposing team.
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posted on
02/15/2012 10:46:17 PM PST
by
21twelve
To: Viking2002; GeronL
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posted on
02/15/2012 10:54:10 PM PST
by
21twelve
To: MplsSteve
This is is box lacrosse, originally played in Canadian hockey arenas in the summer. In Canada box lacrosse is a working-class game most popular in Ontario and British Columbia; field lacrosse (the game of American colleges) is rare. Many of the Knighthawks are originally from Canada; some of them still live there and cross the border for practices and games. Relevantly for this story, most of the players named are Six Nations Indians, probably Iroquois, who grew up on reserves in Canada but have a form of dual Canadian-American citizenship guaranteed by the Jay Treaty of 1794. Some confirmation of this, including pictures of the named players, can be found on the
roster page of the Knighthawks website.
As for the Minnesotans they had some kind of confrontation with, well, one is named Tyrissa. You can take it from there.
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posted on
02/15/2012 10:58:28 PM PST
by
TheMole
To: MplsSteve
The melee erupted shortly before 1 a.m. Monday at the T.G.I. Friday's Nothing good happens between Midnight and 4:00 AM. -My Dad
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posted on
02/15/2012 10:59:05 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Would you sing if someone sucked YOU up the vacuum cleaner hose?)
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