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The story below pretty much tells how former Colts star Marvin Harrison tried to murder a guy.

 

 

http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201002/marvin-harrison?currentPage=1

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Wow.

Sounds like some of Marvin's father's apples didn't fall to far from the tree.

Pretty interesting read. I would have loved to have heard the D.A.'s take on what she felt was so lacking that it would not have been worth at least presenting to the grand jury. When you're dealing with crimes such as this involving street thugs, it's not too often you're going to get a school teacher or priest to be an eyewitness - you're going to be dealing with scum that have a past record, alter parts of their story, and sometimes don't have a ton of jury appeal. Nonetheless, it still doesn't mean they can't be effective or credible eyewitnesses. Certainly seemed as though there was quite a bit of evidence implicating Harrison.

 

I'm surprised this writer got access to a statement given by Harrison to the police. No way that is public record. I'm guessing it was leaked to the writer by an investigator close to the case that didn't agree with the DA's decision not to prosecute.

 

Funny - all the times we heard "why can't T.O./Moss/Burress/etc.... be more like Harrison."

It's unbelievable that he hasn't been prosecuted yet. I did see this week that the FBI is now getting available.

Wow. Unbelievable. I guess some are just above the law. :idunno:

Absolutely ridiculous.

I did not know much about Marvin and his personal life until the gun incident over a year ago. Once I heard the whole back story, you could tell this guy was nothing but trouble. There is a reson he was all but forced in to retirement.

I did not know much about Marvin and his personal life until the gun incident over a year ago. Once I heard the whole back story, you could tell this guy was nothing but trouble. There is a reson he was all but forced in to retirement.

 

To his credit, he did keep a low profile throughout his career and was not a problem child. His background and true nature certainly wasn't evident to the typical fan.

 

I'm not so sure this incident is what ended his career though. Certainly didn't help make any team want to take one final chance with him, but ultimately he was an aging highly-paid WR who suffered a serious injury and saw his production greatly drop. No one was going to pay him what he no doubt thought he was worth.

I did not know much about Marvin and his personal life until the gun incident over a year ago. Once I heard the whole back story, you could tell this guy was nothing but trouble. There is a reson he was all but forced in to retirement.

 

Forced retirement is hardly punishment for at the very least attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder or murder at most. I know that's not what you are saying, but he should be locked up for a very long time and he hasn't ever even been charged.

Forced retirement is hardly punishment for at the very least attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder or murder at most. I know that's not what you are saying, but he should be locked up for a very long time and he hasn't ever even been charged.

 

You have to prove conspiracy and attempted murder. All they have is the word of a small time drug dealer. I agree that there was probable cause for an arrest, but the DA also, unfortunately, has to play the cards dealt. There was physcial evidence of a shooting and that Harrison's gun had done that. Unfortunately, there was only circumstantial evidence that Harrison had been the person firing the gun. Not saying that it is right, but it appears that once the victim wouldn't help out the investigation, and then was murdered, there was a sense that it had sorted itself out. If Harrison had been just another guy, I think that it may have been pursued a little harder.

 

On the flip side, I am oddly attracted to what Harrison was doing. He appears to be a small business owner that wouldn't be shoved around by a drug dealer. Then again, why would a multi-millionaire not find a better place to run a business? It's really a strange dichotomy.

You have to prove conspiracy and attempted murder. All they have is the word of a small time drug dealer. I agree that there was probable cause for an arrest, but the DA also, unfortunately, has to play the cards dealt.

 

I'll bet that Jack McCoy could have gotten an indictment.

It's a very interesting read. Whatever you think about Harrison, I hope it at least sheds some light for folks unfamiliar with how difficult it is for those unfortunate enough to be raised in such troubled circumstances. While it in no way, shape or form makes something so horrible as murder excusable, it certainly makes it easier to understand how someone can fall into bad choices on the streets, given a harsh reality of day-to-day living that most of us could never dream of having to deal with.

It's a crazy story. Not many would have guess that Harrison had a violent streak. I guess the quiet ones are the ones you have to watch out for.