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UCLA Frosh LiAngelo Ball Remains In China On Shoplifting Charges As Team Departs
deadline.com ^ | November 12, 2017 | by Bruce Haring

Posted on 11/13/2017 9:00:40 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: china; sports; thugculture; ucla
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1 posted on 11/13/2017 9:00:40 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Fabled basketball family??


2 posted on 11/13/2017 9:02:21 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: 11th_VA

His U.S. Race Card is not honored in China.


3 posted on 11/13/2017 9:03:44 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: 11th_VA

The black privilege race card doesn’t work in China...


4 posted on 11/13/2017 9:03:48 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: marktwain
His U.S. Race Card is not honored in China.

However, other major credit cards are accepted.

5 posted on 11/13/2017 9:05:46 AM PST by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: 11th_VA

I sure hope the Chinese don’t take the bride money and instead lock up these thugs for the maximum including hard labor.


6 posted on 11/13/2017 9:06:04 AM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: 11th_VA

LiAngelo Ball, LaVar Ball, Lonzo Ball, LaMelo Ball.

Hmmm. Not sure. Could be wrong. But I might be seeing a pattern here.

Let me check my handbook of Made-up Names.


7 posted on 11/13/2017 9:06:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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Why are these scumbags still on the team?


8 posted on 11/13/2017 9:07:04 AM PST by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: 11th_VA

Funny how even a godless nation can enforce its laws against non-nationals.


9 posted on 11/13/2017 9:08:23 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough
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Why are these scumbags still on the team?

Apparently you haven't been watching sports for some time.

10 posted on 11/13/2017 9:08:40 AM PST by henkster (The View: A psychiatric group therapy session where the shrink has stepped out of the room.)
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To: mojito

Did you know CA decriminalized shoplifting last year. That might give you a clue. :-(


11 posted on 11/13/2017 9:09:05 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: 11th_VA

Please keep him


12 posted on 11/13/2017 9:11:17 AM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: mojito

BTW, I’m sorry if my reply sounded snarky. I didn’t mean it to be. Only way I’ll be amazed is if UCLA cuts them loose.


13 posted on 11/13/2017 9:11:46 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: 11th_VA

The guys should be able to speak fluent Chinese by the time they get back.


14 posted on 11/13/2017 9:15:31 AM PST by Enterprise (Do away with all symbols of past slavery. Start with the Democrat Party.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

One of them is now LockedupBall.


15 posted on 11/13/2017 9:16:49 AM PST by Enterprise (Do away with all symbols of past slavery. Start with the Democrat Party.)
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To: 11th_VA
The perps:


16 posted on 11/13/2017 9:21:06 AM PST by bkopto
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To: 2banana
The Chinese seem to be acutely conscious of race, believing that the Han are superior to all, and the “African” is certainly beneath them.

However, being famous trumps all, so to speak.

Daddy Ball may need to get Kobe out to China to testify on these kids behalf if they want to see them before the next decade begins.

That, and a few shekels might help get them out.

This is still China after all.

17 posted on 11/13/2017 9:22:11 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

LOL! There was a great one I saw during a college football game.... Equanimeous.


18 posted on 11/13/2017 9:25:34 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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To: 11th_VA

Every team member should be required to read John Wooden’s “A game plan for life.” Assuming, of course, they can read.


19 posted on 11/13/2017 9:25:48 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: marktwain

Ah, but supposedly blacks are oppressed in the US. Send him to North Korea so he can see true oppression.


20 posted on 11/13/2017 9:26:09 AM PST by Pining_4_TX (For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
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