there's no preferential treatment for affletes at all. nope. no, sir. none at all.
after being "punished" with 40 hours of community service for shoving and spitting in the face of women at a bar, Johnson continues to be an exemplary individual.
Larry Johnson "scolded" by judge. here's an excerpt:
Former Chiefs running back Larry Johnson avoided jail but didn't escape the wrath of a judge who admonished him Friday for dropping the ball on his community service.
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Johnson, 30, was supposed to work with children at the Kansas City Police Athletic League for his 40 hours of court-ordered service. But Johnson refused to play sports with the children and instead told police officials he wanted to start an art program. The program didn't draw enough students and quickly fizzled out. He got credit for nine hours of service.
Municipal Court Judge Joseph Locascio said his intention was for Johnson to play sports with the kids.
"Children who go to PAL don't go there for art class,"Â Locascio said at the probation revocation hearing Friday. "The idea that you would draw pictures with kids who want to participate in athletics is absurd.
"If I knew you didn't want to do sports with kids, I would have assigned you to pick up trash on the highway. That's what we typically have defendants do."Â
of course, the judge didn't send theghetto trashto jail. nor did he send the thug to pick up trash. this, despite the judge's own words:
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