Should Hurley do time?

[Lance Uppercut]

Because Hurley stepped out on the fare and went for a burger.

pretty funny way to do a runner, don't you think? Most times you'd get the cabbie to drop you off a block or two from home, then leg it.

Staggering into HJs for a Whopper doesn't really make sense if you're "stepping out" on the fare

 

[Black Flag]

Because Hurley stepped out on the fare and went for a burger.

To eat in or take away? lol, expecting the cabbie to wait in the cab while Hurls scarps down a quarter pounder with large fries and a coke.

The guy must have been pissed or is a real moron.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

To eat in or take away? lol, expecting the cabbie to wait in the cab while Hurls scarps down a quarter pounder with large fries and a coke.

The guy must have been pissed or is a real moron.

umma just gonna say that your post is fairly dripping with irony

 

[Black Flag]

umma just gonna say that your post is fairly dripping with irony

Sorry, did I choose the wrong corporate death burger franchise?

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Sorry, did I choose the wrong corporate death burger franchise?

you did. "Angry Angus" Hurley went to HJs

In any case, it's hardly doing a runner, is it? Obviously there was a fair old misunderstanding on everyone's part; Hurley was blind, the cabbie probably over-reacted.

Then it all went to shit, and no matter what misunderstanding occured, there should never have been violence, and it can't be condoned, pretty much whatever the provocation. How it all unfolded though is a matter for conjecture.

Hurley will get a stern message from the legal fraternity without doubt, but I will be anyone as much money as they like he doesn't get jailed.

Personally, I think Hurley should also miss Premiership games as a club imposed penalty, along with a hefty fine

 

[thebigboy]

Should Hurley do jail time for assaulting a cab driver if the allegations against him are proven? Let's say 3 to 6 months.

If you don't think assault is worthy of jail time, what do you think is a more appropriate punishment?

Read the shit that you post on a regular basis

 

[Jesse Custer]

Should be shot.

hopefully black flag gets a new brain in the process.

 

[Kong]

If found guilty, absolutely.


Being an AFL player should NOT be a get out of jail free card.

I wouldn't think anybody would expect anything different.

No point commenting on it, because nobody knows whether he's guilty or not except for the driver and perhaps himself.

If found guilty, he won't not serve his time due to his status.

 

[Blueboys7]

We will soon find out with the matters first mention being listed on the 20.1, he will probably make a guilty plea and get off with a bond or maybe a diversion hearing where he will get community service, perhaps a fine and have to apologise.

That's the way I see it panning out. The fact that he has a stable living environment and is an AFL player (meaning the support network is fairly big) he will get off lightly.

 

[Blueboys7]

I wouldn't think anybody would expect anything different.

No point commenting on it, because nobody knows whether he's guilty or not except for the driver and perhaps himself.

If found guilty, he won't not serve his time due to his status.

There is no way in hell that he would serve jail time for this.

 

[Kong]

There is no way in hell that he would serve jail time for this.

Sorry I should've clarified that by 'serve time' I was including community service and good behaviour bond.

I wouldn't know what sentence he'll receive.

 

[hank31]

If you think that he should serve time, your a bunch of morons, trying to beat up a story because it involves a rival club.

The lot of you should take your rose coloured glasses off and ask yourselves this:

If you were involved in a misunderstanding which led to an altercation with a taxi driver when you were intoxicated, should you be sent to prison?

My opinion is no. Not because its Micheal Hurley and he plays for Essendon FC, but because it is a first offence.

None of us know the full story. But from the way its been reported, Hurley was stepping out of the cab to grab a burger, when he was obviously planning to return to the cab and continue his trip home. He then was confronted by an aggrovated cabbie, thinking something suspect was going on, which led to an altercation which Hurley obviously came out on top.

Im not condoning his actions at all, but as a young bloke i know how cabbies are these days when you are in the city on a busy night, and theyre no angels themselves.

I personally have had a cabbie misunderstand what i was doing and come to persue me in a violent fashion swearing at me an carrying on a bit, upon RE-explaining what i was doing, he was fine and returned to the car and waited for me. I emphasize Re-explaing myself because as with Hurleys cabbie, he was of an ethnic decent, where there was a minor language barrier.

You never know he mighn't have given Hurley a chance to explain or Hurley might have over reacted. Thing is we will find out when the courts deal with it. But to say he should be imprisoned for what has happened is an absoloute joke.

If it was just Hurley bashing a cabbie for no reason id say that the media would have had a feild day with it, along with the cabbie taking his story to the media. Problem is the cabbie didnt even want to press charges to begin with, so he is obviosly not 'innocent' like all of you are trying to say.

If we were to put people in jail for minor indiscretions such as this, imagine the waste of tax payer dollars.

 

[tigers_of_old_08]

Make him drive a taxi for a week, in India.

 

[Jade]

I see the Bomber supporters are again skirting the question. Would be nice to have their opinion on an apt punishment should Hurley be found guilty.

He didn't 'cave his face in' has someone so aptly put it.

If he pleads guilty or accepts a diversion of some sort, he should be sentenced to a fine, community service and some sort of behavioral bond.

He is likely to be able to get good character references, has no priors and the assault did not result in serious injury.

If he chooses to contest the charges (which I don't think he will) and THEN is found guilty then a suspended sentence and/or short incarceration would be the likely result.

Frankly, those of you who think this teenager who had too much to drink and stuffed up should be put behind bars are hating on Essendon or are afraid of him as a player. Neither of which are a good enough reason to put a kid in jail.

 

[Black Flag]

If you were involved in a misunderstanding which led to an altercation with a taxi driver when you were intoxicated, should you be sent to prison?

Misunderstanding? lol... he misunderstood that he needed to pay for the cab?

Altercation? Don't you mean assault?

Does being drunk somehow lessen his responsibility? He chose to drink, he must accept the consequences of that.

 

[Jesse Custer]

Does being drunk somehow lessen his responsibility? He chose to drink, he must accept the consequences of that.

No problem at all with that.

But you're calling for jail time. Due to the circumstances of his offence id say you're majorly overreacting here.

 

[Black Flag]

No problem at all with that.

But you're calling for jail time. Due to the circumstances of his offence id say you're majorly overreacting here.

To which specific circumstances do you refer?

Really, the only thing in his favor that I can see is that it is a first offense (and I'm not even sure about that).

If a drunk flog came up and punched you in the face and kicked you, I'm sure you would be pushing for a jail sentence. Or would you say, 'nah mate, I understand the circumstances of why you just assaulted me. cool bro.'

 

[hank31]

Misunderstanding? lol... he misunderstood that he needed to pay for the cab?

Altercation? Don't you mean assault?

Does being drunk somehow lessen his responsibility? He chose to drink, he must accept the consequences of that.

Ok black flag you were there and you heard and saw everything that went on. The altercation was what led to an assult, but as i said in my post, if the taxi driver was completely innocent, would he not have persued charges and taken his story to the media?

I also said i dont condone his actions, assult is assult, whether alcahol is involved or not. Calling for jail time is rediculous though and you know it.

Ok just for you black flag and all the do-gooder morons that are jumping on this just because it comes from a rival club ill put it like this:

Lets say i was provoking you on the streets which led to me pushing you and you punching me out. Should you be put in jail for that?

I would be guessing your answer is no, so untill you know the whole story, keep the jail time crap to yourself and make sure your own clubs backyard is clean before jumping all over another club for their indiscretions!

 

[Black Flag]

Ok black flag you were there and you heard and saw everything that went on. The altercation was what led to an assult, but as i said in my post, if the taxi driver was completely innocent, would he not have persued charges and taken his story to the media?

I also said i dont condone his actions, assult is assult, whether alcahol is involved or not. Calling for jail time is rediculous though and you know it.

Ok just for you black flag and all the do-gooder morons that are jumping on this just because it comes from a rival club ill put it like this:

Lets say i was provoking you on the streets which led to me pushing you and you punching me out. Should you be put in jail for that?

I would be guessing your answer is no, so untill you know the whole story, keep the jail time crap to yourself and make sure your own clubs backyard is clean before jumping all over another club for their indiscretions!

Sorry, but it's not hard to put 2 and 2 together. Here you have a simple cabbie doing his job, and a muscular, AFL footballer out of his skull. Pretty sure the cabbie didn't go out of his way to provoke Hurley.

Further, if you yourself admit you don't know what happened, why are you dreaming up these hypothetical situations? Are you saying the cabbie was pushing Hurls and that provoked him into hitting him?

And for the record, if someone came up and pushed me... I'd just walk away.

 

[hank31]

Sorry, but it's not hard to put 2 and 2 together. Here you have a simple cabbie doing his job, and a muscular, AFL footballer out of his skull. Pretty sure the cabbie didn't go out of his way to provoke Hurley.

Further, if you yourself admit you don't know what happened, why are you dreaming up these hypothetical situations? Are you saying the cabbie was pushing Hurls and that provoked him into hitting him?

And for the record, if someone came up and pushed me... I'd just walk away.

All your whole poll is based on is the hypothetical scenario that Hurley just belted him. Have a look at what your whole poll is based on you hypocrite!

Sending somebody for jail whilst assuming that they are guilty before trial is something Fidel Castro or Hitler would have done. So im glad that your not in charge of the Australian Judical system Troll!

 

[Jesse Custer]

Sorry, but it's not hard to put 2 and 2 together. Here you have a simple cabbie doing his job, and a muscular, AFL footballer out of his skull. Pretty sure the cabbie didn't go out of his way to provoke Hurley.

Further, if you yourself admit you don't know what happened, why are you dreaming up these hypothetical situations? Are you saying the cabbie was pushing Hurls and that provoked him into hitting him?

And for the record, if someone came up and pushed me... I'd just walk away.

You don't know what happened, assuming its all Hurley's fault and you want him to do jail time...

The result is simple, you're an idiot.

You'd walk away huh? You're an idiot and a pussy.

 

[hank31]

You don't know what happened, assuming its all Hurley's fault and you want him to do jail time...

The result is simple, you're an idiot.

You'd walk away huh? You're an idiot and a pussy.

HAHAHAHAHAHA Love your work Centurion, He should change his name to white flag if he lives his life like that!

 

[Black Flag]

Sending somebody for jail whilst assuming that they are guilty before trial is something Fidel Castro or Hitler would have done. So im glad that your not in charge of the Australian Judical system Troll!

My OP asks the question if he should do time "if he is found guilty". Time you learned how to read, kid.

 

[Black Flag]

You don't know what happened, assuming its all Hurley's fault and you want him to do jail time...

The result is simple, you're an idiot.

You'd walk away huh? You're an idiot and a pussy.

I'd only hit back if I was hit first. Being pushed isn't really an excuse to smack someone in the head.

 

[Jesse Custer]

I'd only hit back if I was hit first. Being pushed isn't really an excuse to smack someone in the head.

Very noble of you. In the heat of the moment it might be a different story though. Its hard to explain what you'll do in hypothetical situations.