UCLA Frosh LiAngelo Ball Remains In China On Shoplifting Charges As Team Departs

deadline.com ^ | November 12, 2017 | by Bruce Haring

[11th_VA]

The UCLA basketball team is heading home to Los Angeles from China without star freshman LiAngelo Ball, who is accused of shoplifting and is being detained. And it may be a while before Ball rejoins them, as new evidence in his case has surfaced.

ESPN is reporting that there is surveillance footage of Ball and fellow UCLA freshmen players Jalen Hill and Cody Riley shoplifting from three stores inside a retail center near the team hotel in Hangzhou, China. The players have spoken with police and are currently confined to their hotel while the investigation continues.

China’s justice system moves slowly, but its conviction rates are high (as in 99 percent for shoplifting offenses) and the penalties are often stiff. In this case, the players could face up to 10 years in prison.

However, ESPN claims that the situation will likely take “a week or two” to be resolved. Ball is part of the fabled basketball family that includes father LaVar (whose Ball in the Family reality show airs on Facebook and who is regularly parodied by Kenan Thompson on Saturday Night Live); Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball; and high school basketball sensation LaMelo Ball, who is already committed to UCLA.

[bkopto]

If they get off on this shoplifting incident and get to come back home, I would be getting down on my knees when I landed in the States, to thank God that I was lucky enough to live in America.

You are correct. However, there is too much to be gained in having "victim" status, even though one might be talented and privileged enough to play for UCLA basketball.

I predict that when they return, they will accuse the Chinese of being racist, and everything will be back to "normal" - that they are being victimized by the whole world.

[ConservativeMind]

Do they have a solid torture penalty in China? Like, maybe, hand amputation?

[Dagnabitt]

Hope they each get a couple years in prison.

Tired of that garbage culture.

[KittyKares]

Did you know CA decriminalized shoplifting last year.
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I had to look that up since I did not know this. I discovered that shoplifting has gone up, too. Makes sense. How difficult it must be to be a store owner.

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2016/05/14/shoplifting-california-prop-47-reduced-penalties/

[KittyKares]

The Ball is in China’s Court...
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Good one!

[Red Badger]

He committed a foul, now they get a Free Throw!..............

[Fedora]

Their other brother is named LaKlepto.

[Fightin Whitey]

[morphing libertarian]

xlnt

[hinckley buzzard]

Narcissistic punk who thinks because he “comes from a fabled basketball family” he can walk into a store in a police state and take what he wants without paying. And this is what UCLA calls a “student.”

[ridesthemiles]

Who is paying for the hotel???

[ridesthemiles]

Best post of the morning !!!

[BlueDragon]

"The stupidity here is weapons grade. "
Indeed.

They nuked themselves from space just to make sure.