Legedu Naanee Has A Mugshot

by John Gennaro on Feb 16, 2011 8:33 AM PST in San Diego Chargers Media Coverage

After a night out on the town with his agent, Legedu Naanee was arrested in Indianapolis for being rude to police officers who were trying to get him out of a crime scene that he had walked into. Shenanigans ensued, and Legs wound up pepper-spray and cuffed (I really thought he had a shot to out-fight the cops for a moment there).

We've known all this for a few days. We've also known that Naanee is a free agent, and probably an unrestricted one, that the Chargers might've been considering letting go anyways. To say "this seals it" might be taking it too far, as Legedu has a great track record (and really, did nothing wrong besides being a little too drunk at the wrong time and place) and the Chargers have invested a lot of time, money and effort into turning him into a WR that can probably start in the NFL.

One thing is for sure, "L.A." is looking like he's still feeling that pepper-spray when his mugshot was taken.

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Oh internet, what a wicked web you weave.

by Mad_Villain on Feb 16, 2011 8:53 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

He looks totally

WASTED.

by Cake or Death on Feb 16, 2011 9:00 AM PST reply actions

Not to mention

pepper-sprayed.

by Cake or Death on Feb 16, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions

Moron

That’s all I have to say about him after hearing what he did. Frankly he’s lucky they didn’t taze him.

by athletics68 on Feb 16, 2011 10:09 AM PST reply actions

Please wait until you have

the facts before you say things like that. Try being big and black and see how cops react to your simple presence. All we have now is a story told by people with a vested interest in seeming just. Frankly, your comment is more something you’d see on an nfl.com gamethread.

by d. on Feb 16, 2011 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 2 recs

OH please

The guy was hammered, walked into a murder scene tearing down the yellow tape, refused to leave, and started spouting the, “do you know who I am” crap… It had nothing to do with race, and everything to do with being a lousy drunk.

by athletics68 on Feb 16, 2011 11:43 AM PST up reply actions

Where did you read about tearing down yellow tape?

#feelinacertaintypeofway

by sd_Baby-B on Feb 16, 2011 4:55 PM PST up reply actions

Didn't read about it, heard abou it...

It was reported on XX1090.

by athletics68 on Feb 16, 2011 9:51 PM PST up reply actions

why'd you pull the race card for?

by worc on Feb 17, 2011 9:44 AM PST up reply actions

and really, did nothing wrong besides being a little too drunk at the wrong time and place

come on, man!

If he would have acted like did while sober you would be all over him. Being drunk and doing the same thing might explain why it happened, but it does not insulate him from the reprecussions. And these reprecussions include people rightly questioning his character. Getting yourself into trouble while you are drunk doesn’t lessen the reprecussions of the trouble.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Feb 16, 2011 10:38 AM PST reply actions 4 recs

Getting yourself into trouble while you are drunk doesn’t lessen the reprecussions of the trouble.

It lessens my anger, because it’s relatable to me. Could I see myself getting a DUI (Jamal Williams, Steve Foley, Vincent Jackson, etc)? No. Could I see myself throwing a champagne bottle (Cromartie) or fighting a bouncer (Phillips)? No. Could I see myself walking into a crime scene and then being a jerk to the cops, especially if I’m a black man with dreads hanging around in Indiana? Absolutely.

Of all the things Chargers players have been accused of, or charged with, this one seems like the closest thing to a relatable, victim-less crime. So while it doesn’t lessen the repercussions, it is a lesser crime than ones we’ve had to deal with from other players. At least I think so.

Bolts from the Blue - Destroying your opinions with facts.

by John Gennaro on Feb 16, 2011 11:13 AM PST up reply actions

lolwut?

Could I see myself walking into a crime scene and then being a jerk to the cops, especially if I’m a black man with dreads hanging around in Indiana? Absolutely.

note to self: never go out drinking with John

by Orz on Feb 16, 2011 12:16 PM PST up reply actions

You haven't lived

Bolts from the Blue - Destroying your opinions with facts.

by John Gennaro on Feb 16, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions

it gets me in to trouble.

"I suggest more bike" ~KSK

by justdave on Feb 17, 2011 11:14 PM PST up reply actions

allow me to make a wildly unsupportable logical leap and say that the person who gets drunk and then barges through police tape (I’ve seen NCIS, I know they put the tape up :-) ) and then gets belligerant with the police, is a similar type of person who gets drunk and fights bouncers, drives, runs down Cuban jay walkers, and/or dates Tila Tequila. All while wondering why they are being persecuted.

It’s not so much what he did, it’s more that what he did an indicator of the trouble that his type of personality might get into. Which I don’t really care about, but it will dramatically affect his ability to get paid in the NFL. And will almost certainly mean he won’t get any kind of long term contract with the Chargers.

by Stephen (shaynes41) on Feb 16, 2011 12:35 PM PST up reply actions

I don't see the logic in that.

Also, it’s entirely possible that there was no tape. Wouldn’t that make a big difference? So drunk he didn’t realize he walked past a cop until the cop grabbed him?

Bolts from the Blue - Destroying your opinions with facts.

by John Gennaro on Feb 16, 2011 12:51 PM PST up reply actions

No there was tape

Witness reports specifically mentioned the tape as did the police and that he tore it down… it’s not some conspiracy against Naanee There’s really no defending what he did, he was stupid, they called him on it, he persisted in being stupid, and then he got red eyes, a mugshot, and whatever the final legal penalty ends up being.

As for the logic in what Stephen said, it makes perfect sense. While he got arrested for doing something relatively tame compared to someone like VJ, he still had the underlying “I’m and NFL” player attitude when he did it, and it’s not a good sign both for him personally or for his future with the Chargers based on their recent treatment of delinquent players.

by athletics68 on Feb 16, 2011 1:01 PM PST up reply actions

I just don’t see how something stupid and something deadly are the same things.

Bolts from the Blue - Destroying your opinions with facts.

by John Gennaro on Feb 16, 2011 1:34 PM PST up reply actions

It's the same thing for two reasons

1. Driving drunk and the other things players have gotten in trouble for in recent years are deadly, but they’re also stupid, just like this was
2. All the incidents while stupid the players also had the underlying attitude of, “I’m an NFL player, the rules don’t apply to me.” And THAT to me is the bigger problem. Though to be fair it’s not exclusively an NFL player thing or even a sports star thing…

by athletics68 on Feb 17, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions

I don't thinks it is what you mean

but it sounds like your saying that black men with dreads are jerks with cops. I’m guessing your saying that he is more apt to be a jerk because of the way that the cops may have treated him.

On the three situations that you suggest I am your exact opposite: I have driven under the influence (thankfully never gotten a DUI), I have had a run in with a bouncer, but I have never walked into a crime scene and then been a jerk to cops. My guess is that more people have been involved in your first two situations than have been involved in your last. But I could be wrong.

by JeromeB on Feb 16, 2011 2:11 PM PST up reply actions

You'd be surprised

I’ve actually never driven drunk or had a run in with a bouncer but I did wander into a murder scene and was within 5 feet of the dead body before I realized it was a dead guy (I suppose the blood running down the gutter was my first clue). Difference between me and Naanee was that when the cops saw me and told me to take a hike, I did.

by athletics68 on Feb 16, 2011 4:10 PM PST up reply actions

While I am sure there are many stories

of people walking into a crime scene by mistake, by comparison it is very rare. On a daily basis in every city in america numerous people get behind the wheel and drive while they are over the legal limit, stumbling into a crime scene and talking crap with the cops-not quite so often.
I am not saying that driving while over the legal limit is o.k. I am just saying it is far more common.

by JeromeB on Feb 17, 2011 1:37 PM PST up reply actions