Man Stabbed at Celts Grizz game

[GreenWarrior]

love the couple that gets up and leaves....err moves 2 seats down...

[D.o.s.]

Thug is not code. Video of this incident proves it.

[sahara]

Thug is not code. Video of this incident proves it.

A white dude stabbed a white dude, that dumb stabbing idiot is a thug.

[D.o.s.]

I agree, insofar as 'thug' is a word with a definition. It is also, very often, coded language.

[Roy H.]

Arrest made.   (From CSNNE.com)

BOSTON - An arrest has been made in a stabbing during an NBA game between the Boston Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies in Massachusetts.

Authorities in Braintree say the man was arrested Thursday afternoon during a traffic stop.

The suspect has been identified as 20-year-old Brandon Jones, of Braintree. Braintree police say he's charged with assault and battery.

Authorities say the victim was stabbed Wednesday night at TD Garden during a fight between fans in a balcony just before the end of the Celtics' 95-92 victory. Police say the victim was taken to a hospital with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening.

Braintree police Lt. Michael Moschella says officers found the suspect after Boston police sent out a description of him.

It's unclear if Jones has a lawyer. His arraignment is scheduled for Friday.

Looks like the hoodlum has been arrested before:

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/braintree/2012/08/police_make_arrests_in_alleged.html

http://patch.com/massachusetts/braintree/police-log-attempted-murder-teen-resists-arrest

http://patch.com/massachusetts/braintree/braintree-teen-charged-with-assaulting-police-officer

That's at least four arrests / charges by the age of 20, two of them involving assaults with a deadly weapon.  Time to put him in prison.

[Donoghus]

The mean streets of Braintree.

[Roy H.]

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but come on...

https://www.facebook.com/brandon.s.jones.18/photos

(Full disclosure:  I have no idea if this is the same Brandon Jones.  Both are from Braintree, and both are punks.)

EDIT:  And he lists himself as a Lakers and Heat fan.

[sahara]

I agree, insofar as 'thug' is a word with a definition. It is also, very often, coded language.

Is that stabbing dude a thug or not?

[Donoghus]

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but come on...

https://www.facebook.com/brandon.s.jones.18/photos

(Full disclosure:  I have no idea if this is the same Brandon Jones.  Both are from Braintree, and both are punks.)

Your stalking research skills are impressive.   

[D.o.s.]

I agree, insofar as 'thug' is a word with a definition. It is also, very often, coded language.

Is that stabbing dude a thug or not?

Sure he is. There are also people who use thug to describe non-criminal black people in a pejorative fashion. What's so hard for you to understand about this.

It's like, if I called you a mongoloid, but you weren't ethnically east Asian. Then I'd bring up a picture of someone who was mongoloid and say "mongoloid isn't derogatory. This image proves it."

And then you'd respond thusly: 

[Roy H.]

I agree, insofar as 'thug' is a word with a definition. It is also, very often, coded language.

Is that stabbing dude a thug or not?

Sure he is. There are also people who use thug to describe non-criminal black people in a pejorative fashion. What's so hard for you to understand about this.

If somebody, without knowing anything about Brandon Jones and his friends, labeled this pic "thug life", would that be racist? 

[Quetzalcoatl]

They say don't judge a book by its cover, but come on...

https://www.facebook.com/brandon.s.jones.18/photos

(Full disclosure:  I have no idea if this is the same Brandon Jones.  Both are from Braintree, and both are punks.)

EDIT:  And he lists himself as a Lakers and Heat fan.

And a Rondo fan and a Jersey Shore fan

[D.o.s.]

I agree, insofar as 'thug' is a word with a definition. It is also, very often, coded language.

Is that stabbing dude a thug or not?

Sure he is. There are also people who use thug to describe non-criminal black people in a pejorative fashion. What's so hard for you to understand about this.

If somebody, without knowing anything about Brandon Jones and his friends, labeled this pic "thug life", would that be racist? 

I don't know. I'd wager that it almost certainly would be misapplied cultural appropriation from multiple parties, though.

[sahara]

Heipat teille

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjQ2jGUNSck&index=2&list=PLv9M7Q6cUXPZVdieYMO_7MrpnzWoZf5Gx

[Nerf DPOY]

I agree, insofar as 'thug' is a word with a definition. It is also, very often, coded language.

Is that stabbing dude a thug or not?

Sure he is. There are also people who use thug to describe non-criminal black people in a pejorative fashion. What's so hard for you to understand about this.

If somebody, without knowing anything about Brandon Jones and his friends, labeled this pic "thug life", would that be racist? 

Ha! I think I know that kid on the right. His name's Lincoln and I worked at 2 of the houses he grew up in. If it's not him, it's his doppelganger.  We're not friends as I'm almost 15 years older than him. I have no position on this 'thug' argument, I was just laughing at what a small world it is.

The other kid I would describe as more of a punk based off his pictures.