Chris culliver arrested | Page 47

GNS1310 · 2014-03-28T15:59:42-07:00

http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/san-jose-police-arrest-49ers-cornerback-chris-cull/nfNNh/ SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver, who missed last season with a torn ACL and caused a stir with his comments before the Super Bowl two years ago, was arrested Friday for felony hit-and-run and weapons possession, authorities said. According to the San Jose police, they received a call at around 10:21 a.m. reporting that a bicyclist had been struck by a car with fled the scene at Tully near Senter Road in San Jose. An eyewitness saw the accident and followed Culliver's vehicle until he cornered him in the area of Mekler Court. He attempted to block Culliver's vehicle from leaving. Authorities said Culliver got out of his car, threatened the eyewitness with brass knuckles and then got back into his vehicle and fled. In the process, he struck the eyewitness' car. San Jose police arrived on the scene and took Culliver into custody without incident. A search of the vehicle uncovered the brass knuckles, authorities said. He was arrested for felony hit and run for striking the bicyclist, reckless driving causing an injury, felony possession of brass knuckles and misdemeanor hit and run for the striking the vehicle. The bicyclist was treated and released with minor injuries. Culliver was booked into Santa Clara County jail. The 49ers released a statement saying they were aware of the incident. "The 49ers organization is aware of the recent matter involving Chris Culliver," the statement released to KTVU. "We will remain in contact with Chris and the local authorities as we continue to gather the facts regarding this situation. As this is an ongoing legal matter, we will reserve further comment at this time."

Mar 29, 2014 at 12:46 PM

#691

steiber
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Originally posted by KegBert:
If the knucks don't fit, you must acquit!

Mar 29, 2014 at 12:48 PM

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Jakemall
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Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:

Originally posted by eastie:
Any cyclist that gets hit by a car and only has minor injuries, treated and released, was barely hit, if hit at all. The speed of the car and bicycle must have been at a crawl for that to happen. Maybe we should reserve judgement until the whole story comes to light.

Which makes it even dumber for him to have just taken off. Worst case scenario he gets hit with a misdemeanor, most likely the insurance companies fight over it and his rates get jacked up, all of that is far preferable to what he actually got himself into.

With a good lawyer you could argue that he was feeling threatened by the second driver who cornered him in, maybe the second driver really was an a*****e and was shouting threats and epithets at Culliver which made him feel concerned for his safety. If that is what happened, then certainly that would alleviate things somehow. The second driver that involved themselves was not a law enforcement officer apparently, maybe they felt that they were trying to do the right thing but to Culliver that could have felt like he was being threatened so that could be a mitigating circumstance and that second driver could be in a bit of hot water themselves. The rules when it comes to detaining people are an absolute mess and this guy might have thought he was doing the right thing and instead ended up getting himself in trouble.

However:

That does not explain him trying to leave the scene of the original accident, nor does it explain the brass knuckles which, like it or not, are still illegal to possess in California.

This is where I'm at.

Mar 29, 2014 at 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by Phoenix49ers:
. . . you could argue that he was feeling threatened by the second driver who cornered him in, maybe the second driver really was an a*****e and was shouting threats and epithets at Culliver which made him feel concerned for his safety. If that is what happened, then certainly that would alleviate things somehow. The second driver that involved themselves was not a law enforcement officer apparently, maybe they felt that they were trying to do the right thing but to Culliver that could have felt like he was being threatened so that could be a mitigating circumstance and that second driver could be in a bit of hot water themselves. The rules when it comes to detaining people are an absolute mess and this guy might have thought he was doing the right thing and instead ended up getting himself in trouble.

Or perhaps the bicyclist and the driver were working together, intentionally running into Culliver's car, then acting injured and trying to get some extortion money

Times are tough.

Mar 29, 2014 at 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by maxsmart:
Or perhaps the bicyclist and the driver were working together, intentionally running into Culliver's car, then acting injured and trying to get some extortion money Times are tough.

Perhaps he was perfecting his bump and run technique.

Mar 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM

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At least carry a gun what's with thisbrass knuckles s**t.

Mar 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM

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maxsmart
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Originally posted by ModestoNiner33:
Originally posted by maxsmart:
Or perhaps the bicyclist and the driver were working together, intentionally running into Culliver's car, then acting injured and trying to get some extortion money Times are tough.

Perhaps he was perfecting his bump and run technique.

That's it! It's not his fault, he was trained to bump and run.

Mar 29, 2014 at 1:05 PM

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