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Bengals Chris Henry Has Died
WKRC ^ | 12-17-2009 9:56 am | WKRC

Posted on 12/17/2009 7:02:16 AM PST by TSgt

Edited on 12/17/2009 7:12:27 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry died Thursday morning after he was seriously hurt during what police are calling a "domestic situation" in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday.

The team's receiver fell out of the back of a pickup truck Wednesday during what police described as a domestic dispute with his fiancee. Henry was found in the road about eight miles north of downtown Charlotte "apparently suffering life-threatening injuries," according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Police spokesman Robert Fey said officers were stationed near the 26-year-old Henry's hospital room.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: chrishenry; deadthug; intheghetto; keepinitreal; nfl; werd
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To: MikeWUSAF

RIP Chris Henry.

Charlotte seems to have a history of Athletes involved in
tragedy.

Charlotte Hornet Bobby Phils died about 10 years ago in Charlotte in a car crash while drag racing.

Panther Fred Lane was gunned down by his wife about ten years ago.

Rae Carruth had his wife shot because he did not want to pay child support.


21 posted on 12/17/2009 7:17:47 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: AppyPappy

I doubt she even gets charged. Unless there are witnesses showing she drove in a manner to intentionally throw him from the bed of the pickup, she could argue she didn’t even know he was back there.

Even if she did swerve back and forth or stop short, she could argue that she felt threatened by him and it was in self defense. It is not a big stretch to claim you perceived a boyfriend, with a checkered pass, who following a domestic dipute, chased down your pickup and jumped into the bed, while it was moving, to be a threat.


22 posted on 12/17/2009 7:17:51 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade ("I don't have a whole lot of mercy for the bad guys, I'm on the good guys' side." -Sarah Palin)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

LeBron James is the father of two children.

The culture is being driven into the ditch by people who idolize those with a lack of character.

Dan Quayle was right.


23 posted on 12/17/2009 7:18:16 AM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Marriage, or something, yeah possible.


24 posted on 12/17/2009 7:18:34 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (He's changing his name from Tiger to Cheetah)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

When my son was born, my roommate was 19 and the grandmother was 36!


25 posted on 12/17/2009 7:18:53 AM PST by bboop (We don't need no stinkin' VAT)
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To: MikeWUSAF

How sad. Prayers for the family, especially the kids. They are the ones who are going to suffer the most from this tragedy.


26 posted on 12/17/2009 7:19:17 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (Socialism is hip until somebody loses a paycheck)
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To: scott says; Perdogg; mainepatsfan

Sad ping :(


27 posted on 12/17/2009 7:19:24 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Richard Kimball
No charges = "She did something dumb, and he did something equally if not more dumb". He paid the price for it.

Stupidity isn't against the law, I'd imagine.

28 posted on 12/17/2009 7:19:39 AM PST by wbill
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To: Richard Kimball

“On another note, when a chick’s mad at you, and she’s driving, jumping into the back of the pickup is a bad idea. Run the other way.”

It just seems to me that African American women are particularly violent.


29 posted on 12/17/2009 7:19:58 AM PST by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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To: morans14

And while we’re at it....let’s pray that Tiger keeps his cell phone to himself.

There is redemption for everyone. This is a sad tale of tragic loss. Hopefully, a wake up call for others.


30 posted on 12/17/2009 7:20:17 AM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: AppyPappy
His wife will serve time for this. Rumor is that she shook him out of the truck.

"Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client, a mother of young children, was in fear for her life and when she attempted to flee a brutal and unprovoked assault from the man she thought loved her and his children, her assailant, a powerful athelete bolted into the bed of the only conveyance available to her, a pick up truck. She had no recourse but to continue to flee and when the assailant attempted to enter the cab of the moving truck he lost his grip and fell on to road, being fatally injured in the fall. My client, the mother of small children, could not be sure if he had fallen from the truck or was crouching in the bed, ready to bounce if given the opportunity. My client did not, therefore, stop to investigate but continued to seek assissant to help her cope with her assailant."

31 posted on 12/17/2009 7:20:32 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The CRU needs adult supervision.)
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To: don-o

I interpreted the wise crack to be about Tiger, not Henry.


32 posted on 12/17/2009 7:20:36 AM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Carley

I know - it is almost impossible to find an NFL player who isn’t a baby daddy - and race isn’t the issue, ask Tom Brady.


33 posted on 12/17/2009 7:21:02 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (He's changing his name from Tiger to Cheetah)
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To: Williams
Self defense by the driver against someone in the BACK of the pickup?

Dude didn't jump in the back for a ride to the 7-11. It seems likely he was pissed and trying to get into the cab. He could probably kick the back window out pretty easily. If so, under those circumstances I could easily understand self-defense.

34 posted on 12/17/2009 7:21:07 AM PST by poindexter
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To: MikeWUSAF

RIP Chris Henry. a troubled young man who is gone way too soon.

One has to wonder though, will we now be treated with a full expose of Chris’ life with unending articles about possible mistresses or links to docs that might have links to someone that mught have links to PED’s????


35 posted on 12/17/2009 7:21:10 AM PST by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: MikeWUSAF

May God rest his soul.


36 posted on 12/17/2009 7:21:29 AM PST by BigCinBigD (")
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To: murron
Not necessarily. If it can be shown that he was threatening her in some way, and she feared he was going to harm her, and that was why she was trying to shake him out of the truck, then she may get off for self-defense. (I’m not a lawyer, and I didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express, but I do watch a lot of Law & Order).

I agree with you. She was clearly attempting to "retreat," or get away from him. He showed aggressive intent to possibly do harm when he jumped into the bed of the pickup.

37 posted on 12/17/2009 7:21:59 AM PST by Texas Jack
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Three children and this women as his fiance? Nothing but normal in America.
38 posted on 12/17/2009 7:22:06 AM PST by angcat ("MERRY CHRISTMAS")
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To: bboop

Way back, when my grandparents married that wasn’t so uncommon - but today it seems so strange. I have a good friend who is a NICU nurse in Houston who says she gets 12 year olds having babies quite often.


39 posted on 12/17/2009 7:22:25 AM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (He's changing his name from Tiger to Cheetah)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

“I realize he’s 26 and in some neighborhoods he could be getting close to being a grandfather, but that seems young to me to have three children.”

In the ‘hood, even if you’re a monogomous couple, (yeah, right), you start at 15, technically, they could have 10 kids by now.


40 posted on 12/17/2009 7:22:40 AM PST by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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