re: Barkevious Mingo arrested for Indecency with a child. Could face up to 20 years.

so kid probably thought maybe I'll try it once then he saw the size of it and pretended to be asleep because the monster scared him shitless and he freaked out. lol
It is sad that someone can say anything about anybody and if they are rich or make the news they are fricked. People keep talking about a child, WTF child he was 15. I knew what was going on at 15. If kid was mentally challenged then that is messed up. I know alot of rich that think they can do anything to others are trash but alot of gold digging going on these days. As the world turns

so I hope down votes were because it is too early for these kinda jokes, right ? Because if it is about a 15 yr old not knowing WTF they are doing then you must have been very immature at that age or very, very naive !

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I still believe that he deserves his civil rights: innocent until proven guilty and a fair trial. All of the virtue signalers who can't wait to condemn people should reread our founding documents and understand why it's important before they find themselves in the same crosshairs.

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"innocent until proven guilty" only applies in a courtroom, where the gov't must prove it's case and the jury can't just assume the defendant is guilty.

Out in the rest of the world, we can make determinations and opinions based on the facts that we know. We shouldn't be expected to wait the years it will take for legal proceedings to conclude. Employers can suspend or fire someone immediately - as the Atlanta Falcons did.

The US's founding documents don't have a thing to do with public opinion or private actors - they're about the government.

I would expect someone to come out and say something in his behalf yes. Mingo has met many people in his lifetime. I don’t know what kind of relationship he has with his family, but I would expect someone to say something positive on his behalf. That happens all the time. The only things I’ve seen are negative.

And I’ve yet to see proof of any cash grabs. Typically how those work is they will attempt to extort money before going to police. Once you go to police you lose all leverage. So yeah, this doesn’t have the looks of a cash grab as of yet.

I understand due process, and he will have his court date. But so for this does not have the appearance of extortion. Which points to legitimate claims. And one thing we know for a fact is that he hung out with a bunch of kids.

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"innocent until proven guilty" only applies in a courtroom, where the gov't must prove it's case and the jury can't just assume the defendant is guilty.

Out in the rest of the world, we can make determinations and opinions based on the facts that we know. We shouldn't be expected to wait the years it will take for legal proceedings to conclude. Employers can suspend or fire someone immediately - as the Atlanta Falcons did.

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You're making my point. Innocent until proven guilty is the legal standard, but it's there for a reason. That's because the damage is already done regardless of innocence. Unfortunately, the community doesn't follow the same standard even though they should. The idea that you personally could never be falsely accused of anything, particularly of a hot button issue like racism, pedophilia, or murder is a combination of naïve and narcissistic.

And I'm not even defending the guy. For all I know, he's completely guilty here. But the fact that I'm saying anything other than piling on my condemnations of BM puts me at risk for someone to come on here and accuse me of being a sicko myself. What have we become?

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I would expect someone to come out and say something in his behalf yes.

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If your child was accused of something like that you wouldn’t come out and speak on their behalf?

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Sure, I might, if I believed he was innocent. But if a parent comes out and defends their child, would it even matter? Would it not immediately get dismissed as completely biased? Would it get any airtime and again even if it did, would it move the needle at all or would it just make things worse, fanning the flames of the social networking assassins to come out of the woodwork and attack him even more?

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I expected this retort and the answer is, it matters if they don’t.

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First of all, it wasn't a retort. Second, you either didn't read and comprehend my entire response or are using a straw man argument.

The answer is I might. I'm not sure if I would and the more I think about it, I probably wouldn't. It would not do any good and would more likely just make things worse. For every one of you who seem to actually care what a parent might say, there are thousands waiting to pounce and blast them and their son on social media for having the gall to defend an already convicted in the media pedophile. Just lay low and let it run its course. Why give them more fuel for the fire?

Also, are you sure that they didn't come out to defend him and were ignored? Are they completely estranged? The fact that no one has come out defend him means close to nothing in this case.

And make no doubt, this is in no way meant in any way as a defense of BM. I'm saying this as an indictment of the current state of social discourse. Maybe we should move this thread to the OT or poli?

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For every one of you who seem to actually care what a parent might say, there are thousands waiting to pounce and blast them and their son on social media for having the gall to defend an already convicted in the media pedophile. Just lay low and let it run its course. Why give them more fuel for the fire?

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Im sorry but if someone was accusing my child of something like this, I’m defending them. I’m not afraid of any backlash because I know how the case would turn out. This is why you see this countless times. There’s a reason attorney’s call character witnesses. It matters that you have people willing to come forward and speak on your behalf. And I’m sorry, but this is not an age where you can lay low. If his attorney knows anyone willing to speak for him, nows the time. At least someone willing to say “I’ve known Mingo a long time and I’ve never seen any signs of anything like this.” You see that in murder cases all the time. Parents and siblings speaking for the accused. Immediately.

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Also, are you sure that they didn't come out to defend him and were ignored?

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Was his attorney ignored?

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Are they completely estranged?

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This I don’t know and have addressed. It’s certainly possible. But have heard nothing one way or the other. Would love for someone to give insight on this.

But that’s how you get nothing if you just want a cash grab. Going to the police is what you use as leverage. Or going to the media. This came out of nowhere. The accusers dealt exclusively with the police. No media. I don’t know if there was a cash grab attempt, but have yet to see evidence of one. If there was one, I think his attorney should release that pretty quick.