Rashee Rice [legal issues megathread]

[DaFace]

The other thread is a dumpster fire. I'm sure this will become one as well, but might as well start with a clean slate. I'll at least try to keep the OP updated with any notable news. Feel free to PM me if I miss anything good.

Arrest warrant and potential charges:

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BREAKING: An arrest warrant has been issued for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice in connection to his involvement in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 75 in Dallas in late March, sources tell WFAA. https://t.co/XL3F7oCuW1

— WFAA (@wfaa) April 10, 2024

Rice, 23, now faces eight charges in the case -- six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault, according to the arrest warrant. All of the charges are felonies.

Collision involving injury carries a penalty of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine fine not to exceed $5,000 or both. Collision involving serious bodily injury -- a third-degree felony -- carries a punishment of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years. Aggravated assault -- a second-degree felony -- is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

Analysis from a defense attorney:

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Originally Posted by DaFace

This is a pretty good thread from a defense attorney on the matter.

TL;DR, his concern was at a 2, and now it's a 4 (out of 10). Still probably not a huge deal, but there are some concerning possibilities. Overall, though, he thinks it all gets pled down to misdemeanors, he misses a couple of games, and he writes some massive checks to those he injured.

Turned himself in and now out on bail:

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Originally Posted by In58men

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has turned himself in to police after a warrant was issued for his arrest on Wednesday evening. https://t.co/rSp9IRRlFn pic.twitter.com/GlK4sB1XJM

— FOX4 News Kansas City (@fox4kc) April 12, 2024

Originally Posted by In58men

New avatar!!!

BREAKING: DeSoto PD releases #RasheeRice's booking photo.

Again, the Kansas City Chiefs receiver is no longer in the DeSoto Jail after posting a $40k bond.

(@wfaa) pic.twitter.com/IegZg3GFtL

— Matt Howerton (@HowertonNews) April 12, 2024

Random minutiae:

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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

#Chiefs WR Rashee Rice and former SMU CB Theodore Knox are being sued for $1 million by two victims of the March 30 crash in Dallas, Texas, for severe injuries, including 'trauma to the brain, lacerations to the face requiring stitches, multiple contusions about the body,… pic.twitter.com/RlDvilVLi6

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) April 15, 2024

Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare

#Chiefs Patrick Mahomes said he's worked with Rashee Rice throughout the offseason and will continue to do so while the legal process plays out for Rice..

— PJ Green (@PJGreenTV) April 15, 2024

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by Mecca

Without a video people are less likely to be as mad and assume oh well who knows what happened etc etc.

Yep. You really just never know.. unless there’s a video lol

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

It’s deeper than that, but sure. It seems obvious to me that any story with a video is going to have longer legs than a headline. If it’s got a video that can be looped on nightly news and every social media platform from Reddit to Facebook, it’ll touch more people.

I can explain it to you but I can’t understand it for you.

I’ll offer you this, though: the Chiefs have had a bit of a tumultuous offseason thus far. We’ve had the Rice accident (video) , Rice alleged assault (no video), Butker commencement speech (video), Buggs dog killing charges (no video), and Wanya & Godrick’s marijuana charges (no video).

Why do you think it is that the two incidents that have sparked the most controversy were on video and the ones that did not contain video were literally not given two shits about?

Your argument that it’s all about our success just doesn’t hold water. If it did, people would have cared more about Rice’s alleged assault and the other guy’s petty bullshit.

Holy ****.

Nobody gives a **** about Buggs and Wanya/Godrick because Buggs is a PS level player and the other was a ****ing arrest for weed. If it were Chris Jones instead of Buggs it's an entirely different story, and you ****ing know that. The outrage over Butker is purely political.

You can't possibly be this ****ing stupid.

[FloridaMan88]

Originally Posted by Mecca

People are outraged over the car thing because all they see is Henry Ruggs part 2 with a luckier outcome.

Had the Ruggs thing never happened this would be a lesser issue.

Jordan Addison also had a “car thing” post-Ruggs and there wasn’t this same delusional outrage.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Yep. You really just never know.. unless there’s a video lol

Yea, they just thought maybe Sutton was innocent. It's not like he wasn't running from police or anything.

It has nothing to do with presumed innocence. We don't even have a culture of presumed innocence anymore.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by FloridaMan88

Jordan Addison also had a “car thing” post-Ruggs and there wasn’t this same delusional outrage.

He got a ticket without a video, Rice hit people with a video.

I understand why it's selective but video is always going to amplify it on top of there being a wreck.

[staylor26]

Alvin Kamara and his possee beat the ****ing shit out of a guy ALL ON VIDEO and there was little to no outrage, and Kamara got a measly 4 game suspension after playing an entire season after the video was released, no outrage for that either.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by staylor26

That's not the argument. The argument is that people are more outraged over a car wreck than brutal domestic violence because the car wreck was on tape.

You know those people just want the Chiefs as a team to suffer and don't really care about Rice or the morality of the situation. If they did, they'd be outraged over Sutton's suspension.

The NFL only cares about the video as much as it affects the public.

Originally Posted by staylor26

Holy ****.



Nobody gives a **** about Buggs and Wanya/Godrick because Buggs is a PS level player and the other was a ****ing arrest for weed. If it were Chris Jones instead of Buggs it's an entirely different story, and you ****ing know that. The outrage over Butker is purely political.



You can't possibly be this ****ing stupid.

So you admit that there are more factors at play than simply everyone hating the Chiefs?

Originally Posted by Mecca

Well



A no one cares about weed, thats a non issue for 97% of the country

B Isaih Buggs is a borderline player hence why he was cut

Yeah, I’ll take the L on that one. I was remembering it being large amounts of weed. Every article I can find now says it was a misdemeanor so I assume it wasn’t trafficking levels.

Either way, it’s still obvious that there are more factors at play than Chiefs fatigue.

If he could just admit that he’s wrong, that the existence of a video makes it worse we could all move along.

[O.city]

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[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by staylor26

Alvin Kamara and his possee beat the ****ing shit out of a guy ALL ON VIDEO and there was little to no outrage, and Kamara got a measly 4 game suspension after playing an entire season after the video was released, no outrage for that either.

Well the sad truth is that Alvin and his crew beat the shit out of a guy. People don’t care about grown men in these situations like they do women, elderly and children.

Add to that the fact that it was in Vegas at 6am.

Another layer is that the video is very dark and you can’t make a ton of the action out. That video is not very marketable.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by O.city

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Make it 2-0. This beat down has to count for more than one lol

[O.city]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Make it 2-0. This beat down has to count for more than one lol

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[Pasta Little Brioni]

Originally Posted by O.city

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Proof that Staylor won

[Pasta Little Brioni]

No one here could identify Rice by the video or photos. That ends this argument.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni

No one here could identify Rice by the video or photos. That ends this argument.

Yea he admitted he did it so that throws that out the window.

[staylor26]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Well the sad truth is that Alvin and his crew beat the shit out of a guy. People don’t care about grown men in these situations like they do women, elderly and children.

Add to that the fact that it was in Vegas at 6am.

Another layer is that the video is very dark and you can’t make a ton of the action out. That video is not very marketable.

You know how full of shit you are and that the Kamara situation clearly disproves this stupid ****ing argument you're trying to make about videos and their impact on outrage. The image of Kamara's victim alone should spark more outrage than the video of Rice's wreck.





The truth is that if Kamara were a Chief, this story would've gotten WAY more play and there would all of a sudden have been this outrage that Kamara was allowed to play a full season then get a slap on the wrist.

But he's a Saint, so outrage was minimal at best, even with the BIG BAD VIDEO.