Arrested late last month. Charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, disorderly conduct and use of air soft rifles. Apparently agreed to community service and will have the charges dropped upon completion. No word from Pitt on any punishment from the school.
Yacine Diop
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Ron Cook's PSU intern is warming up his Selectric as we speak for the semi-annual "shame on Pitt" column.
Sometimes you have to wonder what these athletes are thinking...
Here's the Trib article: Trib Diop Article
Go Pitt.
What's " unladylike and pathetic " ? The article did not print the whole story and the school released no additional information. so how can you say those things ? She is also a young lady and people make mistakes, especially during your youth. Maybe , just maybe we could give her a break before stoning her.
Charged with reckless endangerment and aggravated assault by use of an air rifle- facts speak for themselves. We booted a young QB off the FB team for comparable charges.
we kicked off Chapman because of an "assault with an air rifle?" I thought he beat up his girlfriend. Still haven't heard what this girl did. did she beat up someone with a pellet gun?
IF SHE WERE IN THE KITCHEN INSTEAD OF PLAYING BASKETBALL AND HORSING AROUND WITH A TOY MADE FOR BOYS WE WOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION! UNLADYLIKE INDEED!
I'm not justifying it, just don't see shooting someone with a pellet gun and punching your girlfriend as the same thing.
Instead of shooting a pellet gun, Yacine should be shooting 3-pointers... She is not exactly setting a good example for the 5 incoming freshmen.
Yacine will be seeing a lot of Coach Suzie's stern face...
Go Pitt.
Mountain out of a mole hill people. If it was that bad she would have gotten a worse sentence than community service. Also Chapman got three days in jail for his remember and released from the team, which I feel down the road will bite us in the butt. And pittbaseball don't you think that's al ittle sexist (or was it sarcastic towards others).
Im guessing Pitt baseball is comparing this to the "why women don't need watches...because there is a clock on the stove" joke...he is obviously pointing out the previous sexist remark by using an even more sexist remark...made me chuckle...nothing to see here, move along...haha
Does anyone think that if this had happened at another school. Some of us would be saying she got off too easy. (even without knowing all of the facts)
Pitt dodged a punch in letting Chapman go. He stinks. Thank goodness their coach left him in so long.
She was charged with aggravated assault which is worse than what Chapman ultimately pled to which was attempted assault. You and your buddies have the facts wrong. Chapman getting the boot was another weak kneed decision of the incompetent former chancellor and his even dumber and more puritanical AD.
NO, JA, that's not the point. The point is what he pled to which was attempted assualt-go look that up in the law dictionary and then maybe you will understand the point but I doubt it.
Wrong.
Assault is charged merely when an individual causes somebody to fear for their safety and the person who makes them feel threatened has the ability to inflict the harm they fear. It's the threat of bodily harm, not the actual infliction of bodily harm.
Attempted assault means the person who is making the other person feel threatened tries to carry out the threatening action.
Aggravated assault can be difficult, as it could either be charged when the attempted assault harms the person seriously, or when a weapon is involved.
Even then, to act like assault was what got anybody dismissed is a bit presumptuous. You're looking at an assault charge paired with unlawful restraint (meaning his girlfriend wanted to leave the situation and was not allowed to by him) vs. an assault charge paired with a bunch of charges that add up to "drunk and irresponsibly using an air rifle in the presence of at least one other individual".
You're wrong , as usual, moneybalz. Believe me that I know the difference between assault, aggravated assault, attempted assault and battery. The point, which is obviously over your head, is that aggravated assault is a more serious charge than attempted assault which is what Chapman ultimately pled to as part of the resolution of the charges against him. You don't know any more about the law than you BB. Where'd you get your law degree, Phoenix on line. I'm still chuckling at your amateurish effort to refute what I said.
No. Just no, Del.
Without getting into how wrong you are, you're also comparing what's somebody pled to vs what somebody was charged with.
Chapman pled to charges and was ultimately convicted. Diop's charges will be dropped.
I know you're dumb but this is a new low for you in terms of willful intellectual dishonesty.
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Yes, just yes. You're completely wrong, as usual. Don't confuse the factual allegations in the criminal complaint against Chapman with the actual outcome of the case which is all that counts and which should have served as the basis for Pitt's disciplinary action. Diop was charged with and as I understand it pled guilty to aggravated assault, a more serious charge than what Chapman pled guilty to and which was the basis for the sanctions / penalty assessed against him.
How does one read "upon completion of [community service] all charges will be dropped" and understand it to mean she pled guilty to anything?
Because when you figure out what you want the outcome to be before you start you have to try to twist the facts to suit your argument.
Until we find out what exactly Diop did there is no real way to compare what Diop did with what Chapman did. However one thing that appears certain at this point is that the legal process will have dealt with Chapman significantly more harshly than the way that it is dealing with Diop. If all we ever know about what Diop did is what has come out so far then it is obvious to anyone with a brain that the legal system holds Diop's crime to be the significantly lesser of the two.
Chapman plead to a lesser felony, right?
Let's relax until diop goes to court... I'll wager her plea won't result in a felony.
All indications at this point are the Diop is going to have her charges dropped if she completes her community service. Just a slightly different outcome than pleading guilty to a felony and spending a few days in jail, no?
good point, del you are comparing a plea here to pending charges. If you want to make this comparison, it's fair to see the end result for both. To be honest, I am not sure why we are even worried about the comparison, apples to oranges.. does anyone know what she did yet here? Im assuming she shot a pellet gun but who did she hit? A stranger, someone she knows. I'll be honest, my opinion of her will change if I know who she hit. If it was a kid walking home from school, well that is sick and I hope she gets run over by a car. If she hit some college kid she knew, well that is kind of funny and this should go away. An old person? Well that is an A-hole move too. Yes, such mundane facts influence my verdict on this..
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