Is Marvin Harrison a thug?

He definitely seems like a different cat, so I can believe that, Supa.

My biggest problem with this article is that it's very "message board-ish." It's told from a singular angle like stories related on a message board or blog. Poor journalism, I think.

Every article ever written about him in Indy mirrors what supa said.

It almost appears he doesn't have ANY friends. In one article, he said he spends most of his time with his mom. Weird.

its all relative. him shooting at that guy, well that guy was an ex con. so did he really do something wrong. the ball boy thing was fricked up though, same with the fans in hawaii. him growing up in that neighborhood fricked him up.

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But this article kinda makes a lot of implications and borders on a hatchet job, IMO. If he shot that guy, which he very well may have, let the evidence speak...but this writer fills in a lot of empty space in the scenario with some negative images of Harrison.

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how does this seem like a hatchet job to you? Seems more like a biography. I don't see any blanks being filled in by anyone who wasn't shot or choked by Harrison.

keep guessin dumbfrick

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how does this seem like a hatchet job to you? Seems more like a biography. I don't see any blanks being filled in by anyone who wasn't shot or choked by Harrison.

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listen, i'm not knighting the guy...again i could care less.

but it seems like the writer was intent on painting harrison in the most negative way possible, short of actually saying "he did it." he very well may have. but the writer went out of his way to cite examples of how harrison may possess the chararacter traits of a thug and killer without much evidence to the contrary.

what's missing from the story is any balance in terms of the good that harrison may do. if there is none, show it. say "i tried to find some redeeming qualities about the guy or somebody reputable who could vouch for him, but i found nothing." that would sit better with me than the "look at what a prick weirdo this guy is...of course he did it" attitude the story intentionally tells.

this is the kind of story you write AFTER a guy is arrested for or convicted of a crime, not before. it just reeks of sensationalism and not true journalism. it's one of those "look at what an edgy and controversial writer i am" pieces. it set out to prove a singular point and did not seem to take into account any other possibilities.
just my 2 cents.

of course he does seem like a prick weirdo psycho loner so he probably did shoot that ex con.

he got in a fight with a guy fact

guy immediately gets shot fact

guy was shot with harrison's gun fact

Witnesses saw Harrison holding the gun during the fight.

I dont really see how there is any doubt on anything here. Talking about other instances in which Harrison acted thugishly, during an article about him shooting someone, I dont really think is out of line.

Does every article about a suspected attempted murderer need to list all of his charitable donations (supposing he has made any since he won't even donate to his community youth centers)?

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Marvin just believes that revenge is a dish best served cold. He is quiet, effective, ruthless and elusive as a hitman just as he is on the field. It's the boastful, loud, chest-thumping types who are all talk. Harrison doesn't talk. He acts.