Former NFL running back Lawrence Phillips found dead in prison

Yahoo ^ | 01/13/16 | Frank Schwab

[DFG]

Lawrence Phillips' sad tale came to a tragic end on Wednesday. The troubled former NFL running back was found dead in prison, according to a press release from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Phillips was 40. The death is being investigated as a suspected suicide. According to the press release, Phillips was found unresponsive at 12:05 a.m. on Wednesday when the staff at Kern Valley State Prison was conducting security checks. He was transported to an outside hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:27 a.m.

[henkster]

His death was not “tragic.” Phillips was a criminal.

[NormsRevenge]

He was 4th down and long.

His only way out was on a gurney or a pardon.

RIP

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[LRoggy]

A criminal who was paying his time. The tragic part is how much Tom Osborne tried to get him on the right path and how much talent he wasted.

[freepersup]

Is this the goombah that drug his girlfriend by the hair down a flight of stairs while at a DIV I college... thinking Nebraska? Shame on the administration, shame on the coach, shame on him. Tough love MIA.

[henkster]

A criminal facing homicide charges for killing his cellie.

[yarddog]

Yes that is him.

I lost all respect I had for Tom Osborn after he basically didn’t even slap him on the wrist.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Also...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3383246/posts

[Cyman]

Poor soul, you were just too high strung

[Georgia Girl 2]

In 2005 twice choked the girlfriend then attacked her again in another incident. In a separate incident he ran 3 teens down in his car and then capped it off by choking his cellmate to death. All in all I doubt Lawrence will be missed.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Oddly enough, he murdered his prison roommate because he was such a degenerate.

[freedumb2003]

The guy was a complete parallel to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Life handed him — HANDED HIM — everything someone could want: talent, fame, wealth.

All he had to do was make smart decisions.

Instead, he threw it all away and in a completely thuggish manner.

Yep, the Bungles.

[PAR35]

Sounds like he was fully qualified to play in the NFL. Or work as a cop in New Orleans.

[nwrep]

... that drug his girlfriend by the ...

The correct word is "dragged".

[needmorePaine]

The guy was a complete parallel to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Life handed him - HANDED HIM - everything someone could want: talent, fame, wealth.

All he had to do was make smart decisions.

Instead, he threw it all away and in a completely thuggish manner.

Yep, the Bungles.

Now, now, that's just your privilege talking. After all, "smart decisions" is a racially charged phrase, just like "hard work." /sarc

[freepersup]

Thank you grammar po po. I learnt or is it learned a lot here at FR, thanks to coppers like yourself? Lol!

[tina07]

Thank you. I can’t stand when “drug” is used...not any part of the word drag!

[robowombat]

Far too aggressive to be a member of the NOPD. He really would have put the fear of something into the first street thug who called him a MFing white punk.