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Hey I have to grow old (as long as I am still alive) but I never have to grow up

'New stupid.'
Yeah- I'm a fan.


New stupid is better than same stupid.
New stupid means that old stupid isn't stupid any more. In other words: progress.

Rashard Higgins, Jedrick Wills have drag racing charges reduced, plead guilty

Browns offensive players Rashard Higgins and Jedrick Wills each plead guilty to speeding charges in a suburban Cleveland court this week. It’s a reduction in charges from the initial incident in January.

Wills and Higgins were originally charged with drag racing after being pulled over on Crocker Road in Westlake. The route in question was also deemed a work zone, which increased penalties. However, the charges were lowered in an agreement between the prosecution and attorneys for the duo.

They each were ordered to pay $428 in fines and court costs.

The initial police report from the Westlake PD stated,

“The two vehicles took off together side by side at a fast rate heading North on Crocker and were racing each other. The two operators were cited for Drag Racing. The one operator had his vehicle searched from PC based on the smell of marijuana. A suspected marijuana joint was located on him. That item was destroyed and the subject was given a warning. They were released from the scene.”

Higgins, who is a pending free agent, was the owner of the marijuana but never faced any charges for the small amount.

https://brownswire.usatoday.com/2021/02/...harges-reduced/

It was very nice to have that sort of issue be non-existent this year. A good sign of leadership

Young athletes with nice rides get caught speeding.

Forums acting like they were beating up on women.

Sigh....

The important thing is the police and courts were levelheaded, as usual.
People will always overreact... and, me saying this doesn't detract from me also saying that they were still stupid for doing it.

That's part of growing up.
They didn't hurt anyone, and they can afford the fines. The team doesn't need the negative press, however.

Not that I disagree with what you're saying, but I think you're forgetting the weed aspect of that incident. Like it or not, pretty sure someone involved got handed a pee cup shortly after the tickets were handed out. I think that was a big part of the 'sky is falling' response.

It's stupid, they put themselves and other people at risk but young people, especially young people with a lot of money, do stupid things so it's not like this is earth shattering news.

Hopefully they learn from it. I know I learned a lot from the myriad of really stupid things I did in my early-mid 20s.