Posted on 04/12/2022 6:58:01 PM PDT by Morgana
LAUREL, Miss. (WLBT) - An umpire is recovering Monday after she was punched in the face following a softball game.
Moments after that confrontation, a Laurel mother was arrested and charged with simple assault.
Saturday night. Kristie Moore says she was filling in, calling a 12-year-old softball game after one of her umpires got sick. She’s been calling games for 10 years.
One of the moms was allegedly cursing so badly during the game that she was asked her to leave.
Eventually the coach made the mom leave, but instead of going home, Kiara Thomas allegedly waited for Moore after the game. That’s when, Moore says, Thomas confronted her, punched her, and then fled.
She was quickly arrested.
Moore says parents are out of control and are making it harder and harder for umpires to do their jobs.
“It’s ridiculous,” she said. “The verbal abuse. And even now, the physical abuse now, at this point, and enough is enough. I also staff every USFA tournament in the state of Mississippi with umpires and it gets harder and harder to staff these tournaments because no one wants to listen to the verbal abuse and run the risk of what happened to me happening to them.”
Keep in mind, these umpires get paid at most $40 a game. They do the job mostly because they love the game and the kids, not for the money.
Kiara Thomas is scheduled to be in court Wednesday. Her charge is a misdemeanor and she will be banned from all recreational facilities in Laurel.
This year, a bill was introduced in the legislature that would make assaulting a referee or umpire a felony. It would be aggravated assault. That bill died on the calendar.
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Indeed. Whites should not be allowed to live among blacks. It’s the only way to ensure peace for the blacks.
The memes make themselves.
If Obama had a big fat daughter...
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If Obama had a dirigible.
The “Mother of the Year” is a nice touch.
Of course, she appears broad enough that the phrase might actually be “Mother*****r of the year”
Another flawless headline written by a classically educated zillennial.
Loving libtard racist of the year 🤪
I though Cricket matches were way too long...
Wow!
Talk about dedication, Softball Players that have been playing for 12 years straight!
I live 95 miles from there but I knew too.
22 years ago my now 33 year old daughter had a chance to drive in a run that would tie the game with two out in the ninth inning against the professionally trained dominant pitcher in her softball league. She was called out by a truly atrocious call. Rather than assault the umpire ala the “mother of the year,” I used it as a teaching moment. Life is not fair. Sometimes you lose competitions fairly or not. That is why they are called competitions. To have the opportunity to do something great is wonderful whether or not you succeed.
She’s a real mother alright.
This happened to me.
I was a little league umpire, and a guy was so loud, rude and swearing during the game that I stopped play, called both coaches to the plate, and told the one coach that if the guy didn’t leave, I was going to forfeit the game to the other team.
The coach told the guy to leave, and he started swearing at me, screamed that he was going to “ Do me “, and waited by my car.
I didn’t sign the game books.
I told the coaches to escort me to my car. I rolled down my window, they handed me the game books, and then I signed them.
Parents make little league suck.
She was laying in wait. Thats much more than simple assault.
This is getting bad everywhere—another ferrel Ammish. The entitlement mindset has worn down their self control.
That savage should be locked in a cage.
The editing/grammar in that article is just terrible.
Do I REALLY have to LOOK??
Bet there is NOT a FATHER in that house!!
You added a LOT!
BINGO!! AMEN!!! Blacks MUST start speaking up to other blacks about their behavior.....it’s getting TOO OBVIOUS to everyone! Don’t need to look at any pics to know!
Irreconcilable differences - time for a divorce.
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