Patrick Kane Arrest Centered Around 20-Cent Dispute with Cabbie
What would happen to a star athlete's stature if he were arrested for beating up a cab driver because the cab driver couldn't give him 20 cents in change? If you answered that it would damage his reputation you'd be correct. Well, it's not a made-up story. Patrick Kane, a star player for the Chicago Blackhawks, was arrested for pummeling a cabbie. And the Patrick Kane arrest is causing fans to reformulate their heretofore glowing opinion of him.
What allegedly precipitated the Patrick Kane arrest is this: Patrick Kane, 20, and his cousin, James Kane, 21, paid a cabbie in Buffalo, New York (Patrick Kane's hometown) $15.00 for a $13.00 fare. When the cabbie came up 20 cents short, Patrick Kane and his cousin went ballistic and beat him up. (The police report notes that the cab driver had cuts and bruises on his face and that his glasses were damaged.) And, oh, Patrick Kane and his cousin also took their $15.00 back and bailed.
As a result of this alleged altercation, Patrick Kane was placed under arrest for felony robbery and misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and theft of services. On Sunday, he pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
Writer Eamonn Brennan probably speaks for a lot of fans when he says that it was assumed that Patrick Kane was a good guy who would never engage in the aggressive and violent kind of behavior that he is accused of. "We thought Kane was a nice kid. A little brother type," writes Brennan. "That was all we knew of him, and we must now admit that we were wrong. Maybe Kane is a good kid, but we don't know anymore. We don't know."
One thing that Patrick Kane has that works in his favor in terms of redeeming himself (should the charges stick) is his youth. Twenty-year-old guys tend to do stupid things. Young guys like Patrick Kane have a habit of engaging in all manner of youthful indiscretions.
What allegedly precipitated the Patrick Kane arrest is this: Patrick Kane, 20, and his cousin, James Kane, 21, paid a cabbie in Buffalo, New York (Patrick Kane's hometown) $15.00 for a $13.00 fare. When the cabbie came up 20 cents short, Patrick Kane and his cousin went ballistic and beat him up. (The police report notes that the cab driver had cuts and bruises on his face and that his glasses were damaged.) And, oh, Patrick Kane and his cousin also took their $15.00 back and bailed.
As a result of this alleged altercation, Patrick Kane was placed under arrest for felony robbery and misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and theft of services. On Sunday, he pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
Writer Eamonn Brennan probably speaks for a lot of fans when he says that it was assumed that Patrick Kane was a good guy who would never engage in the aggressive and violent kind of behavior that he is accused of. "We thought Kane was a nice kid. A little brother type," writes Brennan. "That was all we knew of him, and we must now admit that we were wrong. Maybe Kane is a good kid, but we don't know anymore. We don't know."
One thing that Patrick Kane has that works in his favor in terms of redeeming himself (should the charges stick) is his youth. Twenty-year-old guys tend to do stupid things. Young guys like Patrick Kane have a habit of engaging in all manner of youthful indiscretions.
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puthdud
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08/11/2009
patrick kane is a homo
ben dover
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08/10/2009
okay....first of all...nothing has been proven yet....the cabbie puts this whole story forward but even his own lawyer says the situation has been blown out of proportion....im sure i speak for a lot of REAL fans when i say that my opion of kane has not changed yet...but the oppurtunity is there.....innocent til proven guilty!!
Unless the cabbie somehow initiated this altercation, Kane will have to do a little apologetic footwork. Hamilton did a human thing. He got drunk even though he's an alcoholic. As far as we know, other than the drinking, he did nothing wrong and people need to get off his ass. Unless we find out otherwise, Kane's behavior was less than exemplary, childish, and deserves some form of redress.
Interesting, all for 20 cents. Seems like common-cents would have been the better path...someone should have let it go without causing such a fiasco and wasting tax payers money. :)
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