Posted on 04/03/2008 8:21:34 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars cornerback Brian Williams had not yet made headlines on the football field when he made news off the field, accused of making some offensive comments to an officer the night he was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
According to Jacksonville police, Williams went on a racist, profanity-laced rant on the September 2006 night he was charged with driving under the influence.
WJXT-TV has obtained court documents detailing what an officer says Williams said to him that night.
The officer involved wrote in his notes that Williams called him a, "Honky mother (expletive)."
The statement goes on to say that Williams said, "I (expletive) your momma ... I (expletive) your wife twice." It got worse when, according to the officer's notes, Williams said he would do something to the officer's daughter.
In 2006, Williams pleaded guilty to DUI and apologized for his actions; however, Williams recently changed his mind and withdrew his plea.
That decision allowed the notes of the arresting officer, who at the time said he did not know Williams had recently signed a multimillion dollar deal to play for the Jaguars, to be made public.
The officer said Williams told him, "You think I'm a drug dealing (expletive) looking for a gun?"
The report goes on to say when Williams realized his car was going to be towed and police asked if he wanted his date to drive it home, he yelled, "I'm not letting that (expletive) take my car." The officer stated Williams told him his car cost more than the officer will ever make.
WJXT tried to get comments from Williams, his attorney and the Jaguars regarding the comments allegedly made by Williams, but none would comment.
Groups, like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said if what the officer says is true, then Williams went too far.
The president of the local chapter of the NAACP, Isaiah Rumlin, said the incident shows what police face every day from all types of people.
"We can't tolerate this type of hatred and racial-type language in this community. It just divides -- that is all it does," Rumlin said.
Since Williams' arrest in 2006, eight other Jaguars players have had their own run-ins with the law.
As a typical honkey, I find that offensive.
You're 2 days late for an April Fool's joke.
I don't care enough about sports figures to even want to watch them play.
Typical.............. NFL player.
I have to be honest. The word “honkey” never offended me. Neither does “cracker”. Really, the epithets for white people are kind of hard for me to not laugh at.
Yeah, that was mighty big of them, wasn’t it.
I wonder when he’ll check into rehab.
I feel the same way. There was a time when this sort of off-field behavior was not tolerated at all in any sport. Now it seems more like the rule than the exception.
His career would be at an end.
BTW, I notice that the NFL has completely replaced the NBA as the sports league of felons.
You wouldn't catch LeBron James pulling this kind of garbage.
At worse, the NFL will give him a suspension, 2-3 games, probably preseason.
He should of be Rodney'd.
After the daughter comment, he’d be eating taser.
I've noticed that too somewhat, but the NBA still has a long way to go to shed itself of its image problems.
“Don’t taze me, dough boy.”
Then the NAACP would have the cop's job. No. He did the right thing by acting professionally. Meanwhile, Mr. Williams had better have his head on a swivel next season. You never know which Honkey 300-lb. offensive tackle may have taken offense...
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