Marcus Jordan is not being “like Mike” after being arrested on early Sunday morning outside of a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska.
According to the Omaha World-Herald Michael Jordan’s son was reportedly arguing with two females outside of a hotel at 2:10 AM when an off-duty officer who was working security for the hotel called in reinforcements.
Marcus, a member of the University of Central Florida’s basketball team was said to be intoxicated and arguing. Once approached by local authorities Marcus Jordan became uncooperative and it eventually took the work of several police officers to handcuff the 6 foot 3 205 pound b-ball player and haul him away for booking.
Jordan was eventually booked in the Douglas County Department of Corrections and charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrested.
Marcus Jordan has since been released and will return to court at a yet to be disclosed time.
The Washington Post got its hands on the official police report which called Marcus Jordan “very animated, intoxicated and uncooperative.”
It is unclear at this time how officials at the University of Central Florida will react to the incident. Marcus Jordan was a rising star last season, averaging 13.7 points a game for UCF during his junior year.
Marcus’ dad has not responded for comment at this time and University officials likely won’t provide a statement until normal operations resume on Monday.
Do you think Marcus Jordan should be faced with a suspension for his off-season activities in Omaha?
I think the same thing should happen to him that would have happened if it had been my son in the same situation.
There's only one burning question here: WTF was Marcus Jordan doing in Omaha?
The funniest comment I have read allllll week! I was thinking the same as you. Lol
Who gives a sh-t?
So why did you read it?
To find out if he gives a sh*t??
who actually cares about any Jordan? pay the fine do the time and move on.
Well, since your son is white, that would mean the "off-dutyy" officer would have simply talked to him until he calmed down. There would be no arrests, and and the cops certainly would not have been called. I'm sure Marcus would take that scenario any day of the week.
Not another white apologist. Only difference between when a white gets in trouble with the law and a black does, is that no one cares if a white gets jail time. You'll never hear anyone say it's because he is white. It's 2012, get with the program. Blacks call people like you honkies.
Not another white apologist. Only difference between when a white gets in trouble with the law and a black does, is that no one cares if a white gets jail time. You'll never hear anyone say it's because he is white. It's 2012, get with the program. Blacks call people like you honkies.
Omaha police are "equal opportunity " arresters.
So, the police should've known who this unruly, black dude was, before calling for backup?
Always use that 'race card' whenever you can; right? This kinda argument never seems to change. Everyone knows that blacks are constantly arrested more then whitey; for no reason good !l
No, my argument is that the OFF DUTY policeman/security guard would have been much more understanding with loud unruly behavior (knowing that the individual was intoxicated and arguing with a girl…no one ever raises their voice or gets irritable when that happens
) if his skin was white.
I have seen this so many times it isn't even funny. You are used to your white privilege, so you don't know about the world that exists outside of it. I live near a college town. I frequently see calm, orderly well dressed black college students being watched intensely by police while there are goth-type strangely dressed white people with dreads and baggy clothes yelling and laughing and disturbing the peace…and the police/security are obsessed with the orderly, calm college student because he is black.
Also, if you want to try to discredit my statement by misrepresenting what I said, come up with something more intelligent than the age old racist diatribe about whiny liberals who don't think black people ever do anything wrong. That is not, was not, and never will be my opinion. You seem to believe the opposite, that any black person who is accosted/arrested deserves it (and probably much worse). You should deal with that, it's a serious problem.
Nobody said anything remotely resembling that Harry. Don't make a fool of yourself.
Exactly, John Decker. OMAHA?
I don't get the way law enforcement seems to be serching out celebs or semi celebs in order to get noticed themself. A guy in a darkened theater, a kid testing positive for pot, and now a kid who may have had too much to drink, being unhappy to be arrested. Get real. Is there no such thing anymore as just give them a talking to, and letting them go? Don't we have other things they could spend that money on.
He was in Omaha for the college world series
He was in Omaha for the college world series
This is bogus! He wasn't do anything wrong. Basically talking too loud at 2 in the morning, is his crime. I'm sure if someone/cops told him, people in the hotel are trying to sleep could you please keep it down or move your argument/discussion to another location, there would have been no issue at all and nothing would have escalated. One can only imagine what the police did to escalate this. I wouldn't cooperate with police either if they approached me any different then what I mentioned above. The police have watered the resisting arrest charge down to so much as a heartbeat still pumping at the time of arrest, so that charge means absolutely nothing anymore. It's now the boy who cried wolf anytime they tack that charge on someone.
in public you go to jail the cop on the scene decides what is disturbance this is a rather large man i would want help
i would want to read the police report before i took a position
actually conor, peggy's son would have most likely responded civilly to the police officer's commands and wouldn't have tried to fight a bunch of cops at 2am. causality is not your friend is it?
Do you think Marcus Jordan should be faced with a suspension for his off-season activities in Omaha?
I think you answered the question yourself. OFF SEASON how can you be suspended during your off season. I know Chad Johnson got fired on his day off but come on man! It ain't that serious!
Police may or may not over react to a situation involving male African Americans because over 35% of the prison population in the U.S. are male African Americans.
Larry, I didn't want to comment but let me weigh in, as this appears to be a teachable moment. That statistic is primarily due to the sentiment expressed by Conor (and the obvious implications of this story). If law enforcement only focuses on a specific demographic, then there is a good likelihood that you will find more of that demographic incarcerated. All of the drugged up privileged white children here at UCLA aren't being watched or considered, as they aren't suspicious and pose no threat by virtue of being privileged white children. If you require some proof, simply look up the disparity in the penalty for cocaine use (Primarily used by whites ) and crack (Primarily used by minorities). Though the drugs only differ in form and consumption method, the minority used drug is punishable by considerably more prison time than the white used drug. But hey the reality of perpetual ignorance exists, hopefully you will give it some thought.
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@ Steve Bowling, you have absolutely no evidence that this is the case, except pure speculation based on bias and potentially discriminatory subjectivity. The causality of the incident in question is precisely the main point of debate. You SAY you believe that it was Marcus' inherently inferior behavior that caused the reaction from the "Off-Duty" cop/security guard. I KNOW that Marcus' behavior was merely what got the attention of the "Off-Duty" cop/security guard, the actual impetus of the cop/guard's reaction stemmed from Marcus' SKIN COLOR, and it was his SKIN COLOR that caused the second event, the arrest.
larry_anthony2005 does a great job of illustrating my point with statistics regarding the African-American prison population. Now a racist would make your argument, that Blacks are inherently criminal and that is why the stats are what they are. An intellectually competent individual would quite plainly observe the overwhelming biases in society as a whole, let alone the entire criminal justice system. Essentially, you take the causality of SKIN COLOR, relating to the Marcus Jordan arrest, and apply it overall to the vast majority of arrests involving minorities (only some of whom are African-American as there are other groups that are unfairly persecuted as well) and you have your supposed statistical prevalence “inherent” to the black community. I guess incest and ignorance are predominantly white characteristics…a conclusion drawn by the structure of your own argument.
Yes he should, part of getting a free ride( scholarship) means being a standup guy, even in the off season. What's the old saying, 'the tragedy of youth is that it is wasted on the young'. I admit doing some stupid sh*t as a scholarship recipient, and could only see that in hindsight. His family can more than afford to pay for his education, and I couldn't think of a better way to make an example to other athletes/people that you have to hold yourself and your actions to a higher standard when your on a free ride.
who actually gives a shit about marcus jordan?
I too will withhold judgement. We only know what was written which you can never take as fact.You know drunk folks can and have many times been overly violent when someone is trying to calm them down.Not saying he was but just that it's possible.A 6'3" 205 pound guy in good shape can be a little tough for some cops I've seen. This off duty cop may have been 5 feet and 190 pounds and we all know what can happen once a bunch of cops get together and feel disrespected. Mr Jordan should maybe be glad he wasn't shot a few times (by mistake).
I disagree. If he was white, he wouldn't have acted like a spoiled jungle monkey. He was publicly drunk, with 2 hoes, and resisted arrest…PUNK!
were the females arrested? why did'nt the police approach them and ask why they were arguing? hmmmmmmm
White people + cocaine = Sigmund Freud, Thomas Edison, John Keats, Ulysses S. Grant, Cole Porter, Robert Louis Stevenson, countless businessmen, including CEOs and many other artists of much importance, and this guy by the name of George Washington. Also, there are a bunch of people who haven't done anything of note. Black people who used crack= nothing good ever. Maybe that's why they go easier on prominent white people. Most of the time, the facts are all you need. Actually, everytiime… if you will just look… if you can.
He was arguing with two women and getting arrested. Reading comprehension is not your strong suit?
not YOU!!!!!!!
Wait, wait, wait, Girard Kenny -CARES- ( :
Conor Liam Bolton -actually- we need POLICE FOR THE POLICE ON ALL FRONTS NOW! [as far as what you are saying, -you know- ALL PEOPLE, should be "extra sensitve" and extra "giving" if you will when anyone is -different- than "YOU ARE". It's Only -wise-/ It is VERY UNFORTUNATE when —especially— a "person OF COLOUR" is "harrassed" within the SYSTEM by a 'Officer' who is –SUPPOSSED TO BE– "Eagle Elite" and REPRESENT -decentcy-/ I say it is -especially- that how/why BECAUSE of the history past that had been perpetuated TOWARDS "Persons of Colour"./ Now, when someone is TRULY OUT OF ORDER; Then, the matter where -anyone- WILL "Jump on the argument" that it's "ON ACCOUNT OF RACIAL PROFILING", makes, THREE SEPERATE ARGUMENTS, Really! For this Case, IF IT IS AS THE REPORT INDICATES, IF THOSE ARE THE TRUE FACTS, -Yes- he needs further punishment from his School. THAT'S HOW PEOPLE -LEARN- -sometimes- IT'S WHAT IT TAKES!
No sh-ts are being distributed today
He (Marcus Jordan) was asking that same question! Thats what he was yelling about! WTF AM I DOIN IN BACKWARD ASS OMAHA MOTHER FKR!
Here we go. Lots of people with strong opinions about an occurrence they have only the most sketchy information about. Why not wait for the facts to become available, then form an opinion?
Well, Fred…Me.
He"s black and Michael Jordans son. why do they waste tax payers money to even arrest athletics, or movie stars they no they are above the law. Sad but oh so true.
I concur Conor! I just witnessed the exact same thing on USC Campus…A very biligerent student, white, was cursing two females white, and one black) to the point where I pulled my car over and almost intervened myself. He was rude threatening violence, animated, swing his arms, putting his finger in their face, a REAL POLICE OFFICER, not off-duty, pulled up, took him aside, talked for 15 minutes to him and let him walk away after sending the girls on their way. NO COMPLAINT FILED, NO DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGE, PUBLIC INTOXICATION CHARGE…USC obviously has directed the Police dept to "be a little more "patient" with its student population..They have $$" If the perpetrator had been black…there would have been no talk, no consideration, no patience. AND LASTLY TO HARRY JONES, THE RACE ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY IS NOT A CARD GAME. IT WAS NOT A CARD GAME WHEN BLACKS WERE WHIPPED, RAPED, BEATEN, AND FORCED TO WORK FOR NOTHING AS SALVES, IT WAS NOT A CARD GAME WHEN THE KKK BECAME PISSED AT BLACK AND BEGAN A RAMPAGE OF TERROR, IT WAS NOT A CARD GAME WHEN ONCE FREED, :JIM CROW" LAWS WERE DEVELOPED AND ENFORCED, IT WAS NOT A CARD GAME WHEN THE TUSKEEGEE AIRMEN FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO FLY, FOUGHT SUCCESFULLY THE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE, AND THEN HAD TO FIGHT SEGREGATION IN THE USA AFTER COMING HOME, BEING CALLED NI–ER BY THE SAME PILOTS WHOSE LIVES THEY SAVED. IT WAS NOT A CARD WHEN A CHURCH IN ALABAMA WAS BLOWN UP AND INNOCENT CHILDREN WERE KILLED, IT IS NOT A CARD WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS TOLD BECAUSE HE IS A BLACK NI–ER, HE IS NOT WELCOMED IN "OUR" WHITE HOUSE! IT WAS NOT A CARD TO BE PLAYED WHEN I MYSELF WAS CHSED HOME FROM JR HIGH SCHOOL IN 1969 BY AN ANGRY MOB OF 50-60 WHITE GROWN UPS! SO DO NOT DISREGARD OR POO-POO THE RACE ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY BY CALLING IT A GAME…!
Aren't you forming an opinion by stating that peopledon't have all of the facts? Do you know for a FACT that they don't have facts?
He should get the same sentance that Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr and Lindsay Lohan got on their first second and third arrests for drunken driving.
jordan will supply the police department with shoes and all will be forgotten lol.
Mr. Jordan probably doen't have to deal with cops a lot so he didn't know mouthing off while drunk is not a good ideal if you black. Cops got it reversed when you are black, you are guilty of every crime, its your job to prove you are innocent.
If Conor Bolton were President, life in these here United States would be as wonderful as the right-wing pirates claim it to be. I know you didn't ask for this recognition, Conor, but, godspeed and cheers, my new friend !
OMG. All this dude can do is quote skewed "statistics"! What else can Dude cling to, the truth? White people benefit from the UNEARNED "ASSET" of WHITE SKIN. Period. Not work ethic, sense of morality, dint of personality, civility; NOTHING. Just their white skin. This country, especially, and the rest of this world will continue to be aflame as long as these naive, arrogant and ignorant folks are still allowed to hold sway, unfettered. it's been ever thus. RACISM INFORMS EVERYTHING IN THE UNITED STATES. Ignore that reality at our nation's continued, collective PERIL.
Jordan Wayne Lewis – White people + meth amphetamines = the Nazi Regime and White Supremecists. White people + cocaine/crack/meth = trailer trash with no teeth, screwing animals/children/siblings. Negative, damaging behavior (and their resultant stereotypes) exist with all types of people. The main difference between white people and everyone else is that white people don't blow up and make a scene when their sense of entitlement is threatened, they commit genocide…see THE WHOLE OF HUMAN HISTORY.
Couldn't have phrased it better myself.
He should be treated like any other person that would be arrested for the same thing.Though I am sure that wont happen.
Harry Jones I read comments like yours all the time! THIS IS BULL CRAP! WHAT DID HE ACTUALLY DO? And now the question is posed should he be suspended for his "OFF SEASON" ACTIVITIES? Come on! This is STUPID! People don't get arrested for arguing loudly! And I'm guessing he was arguing to himself!
He should've known, Rasool. His paternal grandfather had been in some legal trouble prior to being murdered some years ago. And his dad Michael Jordan is no saint. He's not placing importance on protecting the reputation of his father nor the Jordan clan for the sake of his own future image. He's doing whatever… !
Irrelevant question. He's Michael's son. Ergo no problem.
I think Harry Jones is a complete asshole.
Treat him like anyone else, you know he thinks he is an entitled prince.
Wow. You know, the only reason this is a story,is because who the father is. I am asuming , like Conor Bowlcut did with Ms. Linning's son , is that the cop is white. The question is, do black cops call for backup when dealing with white people? The only color that matters is GREEN(or GOLD).
There will be no meaningful charges for the young Mr. Jordan because he lives in a world everyone who piped in on this fluff piece written to generate page clicks can only dream of. A world created by the hard work and natural ability of his father and not by anything the rich kid did, except be born. Most rich kids are worthless b/c they don't have to do anything except go shopping for cool shit. He's not gonna get in any trouble. No trouble that is going to do irreprarable damage to his kush life. You all should chill out.
Oh and by the way, METH, created by a Japanese scientist in 1916. In Japan. One of the most racist places on earth, since we are all making giant sweeping statements about segments of humanity, Co-nor Liam Bowlcut, the self hating whiteboy.
Arent you just the realest person ever! Love your reply. My sentiments exactly!
Kellie Whitehorn Agreed! I just can imagine the kind of women that he was arguing with in Omaha. No wonder he was the only one arrested.
Because it's lucrative for the state in which the celebrity is arrested. That's why police target celebs.
As light skinned as you are can you really judge that fairly?
Harry Jones you old fkr, just keep you white mfk…g pie hole shut, go play with yourself
Conor Liam Bolton What a very biased and bigoted remark. According to your color chart, how would this scenerio been handled if he was Asian or Latino? While a disproportionate amount of Blacks do get stopped and questioned for objectionable behavior, so do many other people, and for reasons less than this. Ride with a policeperson/traffic cop for a day and then spout off the proportion of who gets needlessly hassled. Bottom line: money runs the system, plus after discovering it was Michael Jordan's son, he most likely would have been handled with kid gloves. Whine elsewhere.
yawn
Bench him!
Stomp on the bad boy now before it is to late.
They found out who he was and wanted a threesome for a Million dollars because they were White girls and his father is famous and the call rape.
lol. fire the editor. But eh…not a big deal we all get drunk and argue….right? lol
lmaoooooo!!!! sooo true@ Conor!!
WOW!! That was an ignorant statement. Malcolm X light skin was from Omaha.
Young Jordan should get the exact same treatment and punishment that Lindsey Logan, Robert Downey Jr and Charlie Sheen got for their first, second and third arrests for "Drunk Driving" "Posession of Drugs" and "Disorderly Conduct"….but we all know that it will never happen, don't we?
This was his first arrest for anything. So why should he be treated any different from" WHITE FOLK"?