Chad Kelly, a top-rated football player from New York, just signed a letter of intent to play football at O’l Miss team ‘the Rebels’ last week.
But after a drunken brawl in Buffalo was caught on video, the Rebels will probably be dropping the new addition to the team. According to Total Pro Sports, the incident took place last Saturday night. A witness stated that Chad Kelly had already taken a punch to the face and was bloodied—and the fight in the video below broke out moments later. Witnesses say that Kelly spit blood in the bouncer’s face:
Buffalo News reports that Kelly threatened the bouncers at Encore, telling them “I’m going to go to my car and get my AK-47 and spray this place.” The bouncers called police, and Buffalo Police pulled him over in his 2005 Ford F-150 pickup truck at 458 Pearl Street. They were met with kicking and screaming:
Kelly was forcibly removed from the vehicle, officers said. Police said Kelly kicked and tried to swing at officers as they removed him from the vehicle. They said he resisted getting into a patrol vehicle and struggled with staff at central booking.
The bar’s security staff, Scott May and Clay Hubert, suffered minor injuries in the melee, including pain and swelling, according to the report.
Kelly faces multiple charges including third-degree assault, second-degree harassment, second-degree menacing, resisting arrest, fourth-degree criminal mischief and second-degree obstructing governmental administration. Kelly was arraigned later in Buffalo City Court and released without bail to await further court proceedings.
Kelly and Hickey also were both charged with third-degree criminal trespass. All charges are misdemeanors or violations.
It’s not clear if Kelly or his family actually owns any guns.
Chad Kelly is a nephew of Buffalo Bills great Jim Kelly. He had just signed a scholarship offer with the University of Mississippi on Wednesday. He had previously signed with Clemson after a record-setting career at St. Joe’s.
Despite resisting arrest, Kelly survived the ordeal without being choked to death or shot by the police.
Imagine that.
I wonder what other disparities in justice we’ll see when this case goes to trial. His attorney says he didn’t start the fight and was just defending himself.
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‘Tis the season for drunken brawls in the public so you can humiliate yourself, your family and your fan-base all in one go. I wonder who is going to be in the new next? But really I hate to see this, it just makes people look more and more like the idiots we know them to be.
He just kissed his collegiate career and scholarships goodbye. What an embarrassment he must be to the family name.
I think the last part of the article about him not being choked to dead was completely unnecessary and served no purpose but to stir up trouble. Really stupid.
“Despite resisting arrest, Kelly survived the ordeal without being choked to death or shot by the police.” Let the race baiting begin. If he had an AK and brandished it, he would be dead.
I was thinking the same thing. He just drastically changed his whole life over one stupid mistake. I can’t imagine what his family and fans must be thinking of him now. I hope this decision will serve as a reminder to him in the future.
I agree with you on both accounts here. Stupid move by Kelly – very immature. Stupid ending to this blog entry. It’s things like this that will keep people at odds with each other.
Disparities in justice? Really? Something like 400 people a year get killed by cops, usually because they resist arrest or do something stupid. Comments like this keep the trouble going and make it worse.
Amen to that! I don’t agree with some of the bad moves that have been publicized lately (choke hold for illegal cigarettes). I think that comments like this are only adding fuel to the fire. I say, enough already.
He didn’t just sign at Clemson he was kicked of the team for ‘detrimental conduct’.
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/14/5614250/chad-kelly-clemson-quarterback-dismissed
resisting arrest and not a shot fired? maybe the chokehold tech was still at the donut shop. didn’t the cops realize they could have been bull rushed by a (real) football player?
I really don’t like hearing about young people that throw their life away. It’s a shame too because this guy seemed to have a lot of talent. I didn’t like the comment about him not being choked when police approached him. This doesn’t happen everywhere like everyone thinks.