Obviously the 2 officials got a first hand look at the officer's "Spread" Offense.

I have no idea how this case will turn out but this is an important lesson for all Refs and school officials. I am not trying to come across arrogant at all other than to let everyone know whether you are a Ref, a Principal, or even a Super, the police ultimately have the final say when they are at a high school sporting event.

Never bring a whistle to a gun fight.

 

:laugh: :thumb:

Well, the officials were already wearing stripes.

I have no idea how this case will turn out but this is an important lesson for all Refs and school officials. I am not trying to come across arrogant at all other than to let everyone know whether you are a Ref, a Principal, or even a Super, the police ultimately have the final say when they are at a high school sporting event.

 

As they should in a case like that.

I have one blaring question: The officials wanted the police officers to control the crowd, they ask the officers to do so, the officers apparently took some action, but not to the liking of the officials, so the officials asked for further action, ultimately attempting to throw the officers out of the game, what where the officials plans for further crowd control if the officials were thrown out of the game?

Well, the officials were already wearing stripes.

 

He has a tazer you have a flag...how in the world do you think you could win this one? Ego's are getting worse for the stripes lately!

Referees arrested during football game in Covington are released on bond | NOLA.com

Wow... I don't think the PR part of this could have come at a worse time for the Covington, Louisiana Police Department. In April 2013, two officers were arrested and the police chief fired... the charges and firing related to the use of, wait for it, excessive force.

 

Whoever was right or wrong in this incident, I'd guess the Covington Police Department probably wanted to stay out of the news and public spotlight for awhile.

 

 

EDIT: Also, in June, the county's coroner was indicted by the Feds for misuse of public funds. Part of the activities included a contract with the parish's (same as county for non-Louisianans) jail. That's in the second link below.

 

 

If I'm the head of the department, I think I'd want to stay out of the news cycle for awhile.

 

 

Covington police chief fired | wwltv.com New Orleans

 

 

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/10/st_tammany_coroner_peter_galva.html

I have one blaring question: The officials wanted the police officers to control the crowd, they ask the officers to do so, the officers apparently took some action, but not to the liking of the officials, so the officials asked for further action, ultimately attempting to throw the officers out of the game, what where the officials plans for further crowd control if the officials were thrown out of the game?

 

Assuming the law enforcement account of events is accurate your question is damning for the Refs.

Also, this tidbit is very random, but interesting nonetheless.

 

Covington, Louisiana was the home of two names that will be familiar to historians: "Pistol" Pete Maravich and Lee Harvey Oswald. Also, the Sean Penn movie "Dead Man Walking" was filmed there.

When I think of New Orleans and police officers I think of Lynn Davis:

 

In the mid-1990s, Lynn Davis was a cop who ran a cocaine ring out of the Lower Ninth Ward. When a resident filed a complaint with the police department, Davis called in a hit man -- and it was caught on an FBI wiretap:

 

"Brown skin with light brown eyes ... I've got the phone on and the radio ... after it's done go straight uptown and call me."

 

Local civil rights lawyer Mary Howell says corruption on the force was unbelievable -- you couldn't make this stuff up.

 

"We had police officers involved in kidnappings, rape, murders, drugs, bank robberies. There was a guy who used to do, like, bank robberies on his lunch hour. It was just astonishing -- at one point we had four police officers facing first-degree murder charges," she says.

 

Back then, a reform mayor and police chief came in and pledged to work with federal officials. Changes were implemented; nearly 100 cops were fired. The murder rate dropped, community relations improved -- but sadly the reforms didn't stick.

 

By 2001, a different mayor and police chief took over and federal oversight began to wane. By 2005, when Katrina struck, the department had returned to its old ways.

 

And residents today say the misconduct and murders just keep coming.

 

Mistrust Of Police Persists In New Orleans

When I think of New Orleans and police officers I think of Lynn Davis:

 

In the mid-1990s, Lynn Davis was a cop who ran a cocaine ring out of the Lower Ninth Ward. When a resident filed a complaint with the police department, Davis called in a hit man -- and it was caught on an FBI wiretap:

 

"Brown skin with light brown eyes ... I've got the phone on and the radio ... after it's done go straight uptown and call me."

 

Local civil rights lawyer Mary Howell says corruption on the force was unbelievable -- you couldn't make this stuff up.

 

"We had police officers involved in kidnappings, rape, murders, drugs, bank robberies. There was a guy who used to do, like, bank robberies on his lunch hour. It was just astonishing -- at one point we had four police officers facing first-degree murder charges," she says.

 

Back then, a reform mayor and police chief came in and pledged to work with federal officials. Changes were implemented; nearly 100 cops were fired. The murder rate dropped, community relations improved -- but sadly the reforms didn't stick.

 

By 2001, a different mayor and police chief took over and federal oversight began to wane. By 2005, when Katrina struck, the department had returned to its old ways.

 

And residents today say the misconduct and murders just keep coming.

 

Mistrust Of Police Persists In New Orleans

 

 

I'd imagine that as a good cop who does his job right, there's nothing that pisses you off more than stuff like this. It's the small percentage that give everyone a bad name.

I'd imagine that as a good cop who does his job right, there's nothing that pisses you off more than stuff like this. It's the small percentage that give everyone a bad name.

 

No question about it.

 

And I remember Lynn Davis because he was the subject of some training I received.