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Ponietz

(4,719 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 02:51 PM Monday

The police arrested me by mistake the other day

I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. So, I kept my mouth shut, made bail, followed my conditions of release, and hired a lawyer. It’s all I could do.

Then, I found out that the charge was dismissed. Good!
But I later learned that the Governor had called the prosecutor and asked them to dismiss the charge. That sucked. Wish she hadn’t done that since I knew I was innocent.

Question: Do I plead guilty anyway to maintain my integrity?

Some of you are screaming “yes” when you impugn and implicate Folarin Balogun.

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The police arrested me by mistake the other day (Original Post) Ponietz Monday OP
Question: Was the wrong place on someone's ankle? FSogol Monday #1
Say, whatever happened to that players ankle? RussBLib Monday #3
Well, ya wrote all that Prairie Gates Monday #2
If you like the taste of boots.. johnp3907 Monday #4
Was the call actually bad... lame54 Monday #5
Yes and VAR was highly unusual in its intervention Ponietz Monday #6

RussBLib

(10,872 posts)
3. Say, whatever happened to that players ankle?
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:20 PM
Monday

It looked bad when it happened, but I haven’t heard a word about it.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

johnp3907

(4,391 posts)
4. If you like the taste of boots..
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 04:30 PM
Monday

…you like the taste of boots.
Did the governor threaten your birthright citizenship? If so does it make the boots taste better?

Ponietz

(4,719 posts)
6. Yes and VAR was highly unusual in its intervention
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 05:39 PM
Monday

Meanwhile, Messi didn’t even get a yellow card for similar contact.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/soccer/balogun-red-card-draws-comparisons-to-unpunished-messi-play/ar-AA274ofh

Writing in The Athletic, former English Premier League referee Graham Scott said he believes Balogun's actions were “all part of the normal rough and tumble” of soccer, and the contact with Muharemovic was “accidental.” But he argues the Monaco striker is “a victim” of the modern VAR trend, because the slow-motion replay makes for “grim viewing.”

“I would prefer tackles like this to produce cautions at worst,” he argues. “Messi was let off completely, and there is nothing reckless about Balogun’s actions either.“


Fat orange MF bastard taints everything he touches.
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