Video released showing altercationl that led to arrest of FSU QB Johnson

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The State Attorney's Office released surveillance video today of Florida State University quarterback De'Andre Johnson punching a woman at a bar last month.

State Attorney Willie Meggs said he decided to charge Johnson, 19, with misdemeanor battery after viewing the footage from the West Tennessee Street bar Yiannis on June 24.


Original story:

Florida State University freshman quarterback De'Andre Johnson turned himself in at the Leon County Jail on June 30 after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Johnson, 19, is being charged with misdemeanor battery. He was released from the Leon County Jail on $500 bond Thursday.

The State Attorney's Office in Tallahassee issued an arrest warrant for Johnson Tuesday. Johnson, 19, is accused of punching a woman in the face at a West Tennessee bar during an argument on the night of June 24, according to court documents.

The incident occurred while the woman was waiting in line for a drink at Yianni's nightclub and felt Johnson push past her aggressively, court records say.

When she addressed him at the bar, she raised her arm to defend herself, and he grabbed her arm and began pushing her. She raised her knee into his midsection to push him away and attempted to punch him, court records say, before Johnson punched her on the left side of her face.

The woman suffered bruising near her left eye, swelling of the left cheek and upper lip, and a small cut near the bridge of her nose, according to court records.

Johnson left the bar after the incident and the woman remained.

State Attorney Willie Meggs, who will prosecute the case, said the woman still had the black eye when she met with prosecutors Tuesday.

He said he reached the decision to charge Johnson after reviewing surveillance video from the bar.

The woman is moving forward with battery charges.

"She's a good witness and she wants to testify," Meggs said. "She's a little nervous about it."

Tuesday, Johnson retained well-known criminal defense attorney Jose Baez, who said in a news release he "would investigate the accusations against Johnson thoroughly."

Baez represented and secured an acquittal in the murder trial of Casey Anthony in Orlando and also the release of U.S. businessman Gary Giordano who was detained in the 2011 disappearance of a woman in Aruba.

Johnson was identified after being named by witnesses at the scene and was confirmed through video evidence. He was suspended indefinitely from the football team last week for a violation of "athletic department policy," the school announced in a statement Thursday.

A full probable cause affidavit naming Johnson was released Tuesday. Last week in a heavily redacted report of the incident, Johnson's name did not appear, but the suspect's race, sex and estimated age of 22 or 23 years old were made available.

The victim's name and contact information, however, appeared in the report — leading to much dismay and criticism of the Tallahassee Police Department on Friday.

"We are treating this case like we treat all other cases," TPD spokesman David Northway said in a phone interview with the Tallahassee Democrat on Friday.

"We redacted it, per Florida statute. And we had to release the victim's name because she did not fall into an exemption, and we're not allowed to just take their names out. And we had to — we had — to redact the suspect's name in the case because it's an ongoing investigation."


http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2015/07/06/video-shows-punch-that-led-to-qbs-arrest/29775149/

 

I knew this would get here and I am not surprised by who brought it here.

The is absurd. She decked him in the face. If the police were well he pushed her to get a drink then fine. She needs to be charged with the same. Teach people to keep their hands to themselves. Hopefully it just a case of no one talking about her charges.

 

I just posted this in a different thread.

This is gonna be good.

It looked like she hit him first and he hit back.

 

yea but northside posted it so people will flock to see the circus in this thread.

 

http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/07/flori...called-me-the-n-word-qb-claims/#ixzz3fDE1WK2a

Florida State QB De'Andre Johnson claims the woman he struck in a Tallahassee bar fight called him the N-word before things got violent ... this according to Johnson's rep.

We're told ... Johnson is adamant the woman dropped the N-bomb when Johnson initially bumped into her at the bar ... saying, "Get off me you f**king n**ger."

Johnson's rep says there are witnesses at the bar who also claim they heard the racial slur ... and they're willing to testify in court.

As we previously reported, Johnson says he's "extremely embarrassed" about the situation and has apologized for punching the woman in the face ... while maintaining that SHE was the initial aggressor.

We reached out to the woman and her family members several times for comment -- but got nothing ... except one family member told us he would not comment and hung up.

 

Thats cold

 

Feel free to continue to post there then.

On a side note, that thread was created out of purely separatist intentions and you with several others fell for it.

Statement over, let's stay on subject gentlemen and ladies.

 

Did u read the whole post?

 

This I agree with, charge them both or let them both go freely.

The woman was the straight up aggressor and asshole here. Each was trying to get the bar at the same time to order some drinks at the same time. As natural in crowded bar, he bumps into her, they exchange words and he asks the black woman to move over to slide in. White woman decides to be a asshole and hogs the whole space with arm and hip to prevent him from getting the space. Heated words are exchanged and white woman raises fist in aggressive threatening manner, black dude grabs her arm in order to defend him while tempers continue to flare, she knees him and swings for his face making contact, black dude reacts naturally knocking the privilege out her ass.

This is the shit that pisses me off about domestic arrests. Far too many of them start and end exactly like this..... but without video... all the blame goes on the boyfriend or husband.

 

All threads get derailed so with or without this thread you should be formally introduced to the site:

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During recess we have a video game section to keep you entertained.

 

Lol..
Lol... love the post.

Whats funny no one was really derailing the thread . I just pointed out the fact we bumped heads and then i stated what was in the video.

Lol

Lol

 

You aren't controversial. That's a good thing.

 

:smt039

 

:smt039

 

That's the problem that with his case. Even if she raised her hand like she was going to hit him, he was in the wrong once he grabbed her arm. If she had swung at him then that would be a different story but he grabbed her first. Once he did that she had a right to defend herself, even if it mean swinging on him.

 

You are not a lawyer.

784.011?Assault.—
(1)?An “assault” is an intentional, unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0700-0799/0784/Sections/0784.011.html

A balled up fist pointed in your direction sends an unambiguous message.

 

Another reason for the fight was it has been said she said the n-word.

 

Alright counselor, you have fun selling that "well-founded fear" to a jury. Let us know how it goes!

Maybe it's just the maturity talking but I just would have walked away. Unless she actively swung at me or put her hands on me, it wouldn't have been that serious. Even.if she did call him that you can't just go swing on every racist asshole you meet.

 

Buddy has been watching too much matlock.

I agree with u. They scream nigger to bait u to hit them. I dont know why parents have not taught them that. We play checkers too much

 

Could of tuned her out :smt020 :rock: