Derrick Coleman Arrested - Vehicular Assault

[Exittium]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

he seems very, nervous and has some anxiety. Which is understanding being someone who never is in trouble.

 

[LymonHawk]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

Did you notice the slight speech impediment? That could very well have been why the officer questioned his sobriety.

 

[Exittium]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

Did you notice the slight speech impediment? That could very well have been why the officer questioned his sobriety.

which doesnt shed any good light on the officer imo. Right away they profile him without anything to go off of besides the current event. Nevermind the fact that .. well over at least half the nation knows he's deaf

 

[Rocket]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

Did you notice the slight speech impediment? That could very well have been why the officer questioned his sobriety.

VERY good point.

Also, his attorney and/or agent is playing the possible concussion card.

 

[DHawk]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

Did you notice the slight speech impediment? That could very well have been why the officer questioned his sobriety.

VERY good point.

Also, his attorney and/or agent is playing the possible concussion card.

True. But it is Thursday, right?

 

[SeaToTheHawks]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

Did you notice the slight speech impediment? That could very well have been why the officer questioned his sobriety.

which doesnt shed any good light on the officer imo. Right away they profile him without anything to go off of besides the current event. Nevermind the fact that .. well over at least half the nation knows he's deaf

Over half the nation doesn't even know who he is.

My take is that I agree, he does not seem intoxicated to me. He has been a stand up citizen with no off field incidences other than this. Getting in a car wreck is nothing to take lightly. Even if you aren't in the slightest injured you will be shaken up. I saw a fellow in a crash, wasn't hurt that I know of, but the look on his face as he sat there just told me in a single second that he wasn't all there...zoned out... In shock. It's not unlikely that Coleman was in the same state... In shock and wandered off.

 

[CPHawk]

Doesn't your drivers license reflect if you have any hearing impairment?

 

[seahawkfreak]

I will say this. Just by the video alone it doesn't appear that he is under the influence of any drugs or alcohol to me but admittedly I am not an expert in video analysis.

Did you notice the slight speech impediment? That could very well have been why the officer questioned his sobriety.

Pretty sure this is procedure with a car accident

 

[irocdave]

If he fell asleep and was awakened by his truck rolling over he probably freaked out and ran. He didn't look or sound intoxicated in the video. Maybe he was texting and panicked? The area where the car landed looks like it was inaccessible from where his truck landed, maybe he was trying to find a way around to the car? Who knows.

This brought back memories of the dark years in Hawkland. Anyone remember what happened to Chris Warren, Lamar Smith and Mike Frier back in 94?

 

[ringless]

I truly hope this all goes away.

I have never read a bad thing about the man, and watching that interview he seems very truthful and respectful. I really think it was just an accident because.... Accidents happen. I am sure there is an explanation that will make sense. I hope everything works out for him. It's actually saddening. I think the reason I feel for him is his disability. My brother has some disabilities and one of them was a hearing issue that slowed his development.

 

[dbmack]

Doesn't your drivers license reflect if you have any hearing impairment?

No.

 

[seahawkfreak]

I truly hope this all goes away.

I have never read a bad thing about the man, and watching that interview he seems very truthful and respectful. I really think it was just an accident because.... Accidents happen. I am sure there is an explanation that will make sense. I hope everything works out for him. It's actually saddening. I think the reason I feel for him is his disability. My brother has some disabilities and one of them was a hearing issue that slowed his development.

I really cringe with his hearing being a focal point, this includes many here and I'm sure the media keeps bringing it up too. He's a man and if he made a mistake he'll have to take responsibility for it, hearing deficiency or not. Not attacking him but he is a capable person ( plays in NFL) and I'm sure he wouldn't want to be treated any different.

 

[Sealake80]

If the pictures are actually the wreck:

A persons decision making abilities could easily be impaired after that violent of an accident. Field sobriety after walking away from that? Get outta here. I'd have to change my pants first! They should have put him in an ambulance and got him very carefully checked out at the hospital... if those are actual pics of the wreck. WTH They arrested him because he was two blocks away. You could walk that far before you even realized what just happened.

Speculating on something like this without actual facts is insensitive and near sighted though. My opinion.

I hope everyone is all right. If your putting Coleman down or judging his character, right now, at this point I have to ask. Why?

 

[JAGHAWK]

Seems a bit insensitive to talk about who would better take his place on the field now that he's suspended. I mean, he's one of our guys, suspended or not. Too much judgment too quickly. Assuming he was not negletfully impaired by a substance, I stand behind Mr. Coleman. I really hope he can get past this quickly.

 

[TwistedHusky]

"Playing the concussion card?"

We KNOW that NFL players are more at risk for concussions than the average person. We also KNOW that concussions in the past make you more likely to have a concussion in an impact/force to the head incident.

And most NFL players have had a concussion at some point.

When I was in college my roommate got into a car accident, someone T-boned him. Somehow, he drove that thing home. He was not drinking or doing drugs, but he does not remember the accident or even driving home. In fact, he found out about the accident the next day when I pointed out what happened the evening before. He absolutely had a concussion and it completely affected his memory of the incident as well as his actions after.

It is very likely that happened to Coleman, or at least it is very possible.

To me, walking 2 blocks and flagging down an officer is hardly "running away". It is absolutely plausible that Coleman might have lost his reason after the accident, and it is very possible that part of the problem is he cannot remember the accident to defend himself (as shared, I watched this very issue happen with someone else I knew that was in an accident).

 

[LymonHawk]

If the pictures are actually the wreck:

A persons decision making abilities could easily be impaired after that violent of an accident. Field sobriety after walking away from that? Get outta here. I'd have to change my pants first! They should have put him in an ambulance and got him very carefully checked out at the hospital... if those are actual pics of the wreck. WTH They arrested him because he was two blocks away. You could walk that far before you even realized what just happened.

Speculating on something like this without actual facts is insensitive and near sighted though. My opinion.

I hope everyone is all right. If your putting Coleman down or judging his character, right now, at this point I have to ask. Why?

You do realize this place is 'Knee-Jerk City'?

 

[StaffAmerica74]

For a vehicle to be on its side.. That takes some speed..

No it doesn't.

 

[chris98251]

Being deaf he may have a speech impediment because he has had to learn to speak without hearing himself, not any different then how someone from the south or from a foreign country sounds speaking. It's not an impediment it's how he learned to pronounce certain words.

 

[seahawkfreak]

Being deaf he may have a speech impediment because he has had to learn to speak without hearing himself, not any different then how someone from the south or from a foreign country sounds speaking. It's not an impediment it's how he learned to pronounce certain words.

If he was completely deaf he would talk exactly like the stereo typical deaf person. Even if he was born or lived most of his life with hearing. For example, if you or anyone else went deaf tomorrow, you would eventually talk like someone 100% deaf. So since he only has some hearing loss he only has some of the speech vocals.

 

[dbmack]

Being deaf he may have a speech impediment because he has had to learn to speak without hearing himself, not any different then how someone from the south or from a foreign country sounds speaking. It's not an impediment it's how he learned to pronounce certain words.

This is true but some of us prefer to call it a deaf accent instead of a speech impediment.