Carolina Panthers wide receiver arrested on gun and drug charges

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Panthers wide receiver Shi Smith was arrested on gun and drug charges Friday in Union County, S.C., according to jail and court records. South Carolina court and police records show Smith was charged Friday by Union County Sheriff’s Office deputies with unlawful carrying of a pistol, possession of drugs and speeding.

Smith was given a $5,000 bond on the drug charge and a $1,000 bond on the gun charge after he appeared before a Union County magistrate judge, according to online Union County court records. A spokesperson for the Panthers said they were aware of the matter, but declined to comment further citing “a pending legal matter.”

Both the gun and drug charge are what is called General Sessions charges because the potential penalty for a conviction carries a year in prison under South Carolina law.

Kevin Brackett, the top prosecutor for York and Union counties in South Carolina, said Friday afternoon he was made aware of charges against a Panthers player by Union County sheriff deputies. “Our office treats all defendants the same,” Brackett said. “This defendant will be treated no differently than anyone else.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/carolina-panthers-former-gamecocks-wide-215617323.html

[Beakybird]

1. "This defendant will be treated no differently than anyone else...who's black." Lol

[stopdiggin]

2. I'm in favor of gun charges

filed against anyone (in states that are still sensible enough to have any kind of gun laws)

Drugs? Kind of depends on what kind of drug, and what the pretext for the stop is. Driving 20 over the speed limit is generally consider a fairly good pretext.

[Beakybird]

3. I'm in favor of everyone being treated the same by law enforcement.

But I doubt it.

[stopdiggin]

4. I'm all in on people of all shades of color

getting slapped down (hard) for gun violations. Just me.

[Beakybird]

5. Me too! I don't think the law enforcement community shares your egalitarian views.

I think only law enforcement should be able to possess handguns.