The Local 12 CBS affiliate in Cincinnati is reporting that police have arrested University of Mississippi head basketball coach Andy Kennedy on assault charges. Kennedy and the Rebels are in Cincinnati for a game with Louisville Thursday (8 p.m., ESPN) in the SEC/Big East Challenge. As of Thursday morning, no decision had been made on whether Kennedy would coach Thursday's game. From Local 12:
Cincinnati Police say 40 year old Andy Kennedy punched 25 year old cab driver Jiddou Mohammed Ould in the face with a closed fist while shouting racial slurs. The assault happened in the 500 block of Walnut Street in Downtown Cincinnati at 1 a.m. The police report states that there was an unrelated witness who saw the incident.
Kennedy is charged with misdemeanor assault. He has a court appearance set for 12:30 today but he will not have to appear if an attorney makes an appearance and enters a written plea on his behalf.
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- 142395
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It's also on the Cincinnati Enquirer's site too.
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- golden eagle
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- 2008-12-18T12:04:47-06:00
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- 142396
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Bye Bye Andy too late, so sorry, gotta go!! Kennedy, if true used racial slurs then he not only embrassed the school but is a slap in the face of every minority student on the Basket ball team and everyone that attends the school. Andy Kennedy if this person offended you or threaten you then you had a proper recourse, call the police. Why is it that we still reduce ourselfs to use race when we get mad I don't know but soon or latter we will have to face the fact that God created us all and he did not color code us!!!!
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- Hot Sauce
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- 2008-12-18T12:10:38-06:00
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- 142401
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Don't rush to judgement. This doesn't sound like Andy Kennedy.
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- kudzuking
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- 2008-12-18T15:23:22-06:00
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- 142403
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It may not sound like Andy Kennedy, but there's a lot things people do and have done that we wouldn't think they would do. That's not to say that Kennedy is guilty, but it also goes to show that you don't know people are really like.
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- golden eagle
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- 2008-12-18T15:27:50-06:00
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- 142405
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That's a standard theme: sports guy+racism+violence. Just as American as Mom, the flag and apple pie.
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- HardTravelin
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- 2008-12-18T15:49:10-06:00
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- 142407
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Also, people tend to show their true colors when they say and do embarrassing things while drunk.
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- golden eagle
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- 2008-12-18T17:17:07-06:00
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- 142418
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The shaved head look is getting old too (though I admit I still love a buzz cut on a woman). At least he doesn't sport a gentlemans' earring. Everybody! Please!. If we really want social change, now that the Shoe-man is leaving the White House, we have to grow our hair long like in the '60's. Let your phreak flag fly!
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- HardTravelin
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- 2008-12-20T00:16:49-06:00
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- 142419
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Women with buzz cuts are uglier than warthogs. YUK
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- BubbaT
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- 2008-12-20T00:33:10-06:00
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