Charges Dropped in MCPS football fight

[Anonymous]

Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

You mean if there wasn't any video. The charges had nothing to do with it. They weren't filed by the police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

You mean if there wasn't any video. The charges had nothing to do with it. They weren't filed by the police.

Don't tell me what I mean. The incident became national news because charges were filed. There are fights on football fields all season and no one is fired but the national spotlight came when it turned into a legal case and that was 100% the fault of the AD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

I think the publicity of a MCPS employee vs. MCPS employee led MCPS to punish both men. If it was an MCPS employee vs. a member of the public such as a student or parent, MCPS would have circled their wagons around the MCPS employee regardless of if the complaint had merit.

The prosecutor dropped the charges, hence, the complaint didn’t have merit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

I think the publicity of a MCPS employee vs. MCPS employee led MCPS to punish both men. If it was an MCPS employee vs. a member of the public such as a student or parent, MCPS would have circled their wagons around the MCPS employee regardless of if the complaint had merit.

The prosecutor dropped the charges, hence, the complaint didn’t have merit.

The AD withdrew the complaint therefore the prosecutor dropped charges

The fact that the police were there and made several citizen arrests but did not arrest any staff is telling as to what really happened. Because the AD decided he wasn't satisfied with the decision of the police, he took it upon himself to file a complaint on his own.
In my corporation, if I filed a complaint against a coworker, I would fully expect to be let go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the Gaithersburg HS AD has dropped charges against the 2 Northwest coaches.
Hopefully the head coach is reinstated. Germantown needs all of the positive, young, black role models it can get right now and the firing was both unjust and deflating to the youth players. I really saw the unjust firing as yet another example to young black men that the system is unfair and you just can't win working within it so why bother.

So when do the white players get a white role model coach? Why is there an all black coaching staff?

The entire rest of their lives is “white role models,” but then, you already knew that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

I think the publicity of a MCPS employee vs. MCPS employee led MCPS to punish both men. If it was an MCPS employee vs. a member of the public such as a student or parent, MCPS would have circled their wagons around the MCPS employee regardless of if the complaint had merit.

The prosecutor dropped the charges, hence, the complaint didn’t have merit.

The AD withdrew the complaint therefore the prosecutor dropped charges

The fact that the police were there and made several citizen arrests but did not arrest any staff is telling as to what really happened. Because the AD decided he wasn't satisfied with the decision of the police, he took it upon himself to file a complaint on his own.
In my corporation, if I filed a complaint against a coworker, I would fully expect to be let go

There should be an internal mechanism for sorting out complaints. However, it’s not the only case of a MCPS employee taking a complaint out of MCPS and into a public arena.

Does the AD still have a position in MCPS? Say a teaching or different administrative position?

[Anonymous]

Hawkins should not be reinstated.

His hot head made the situation worse. Ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

I think the publicity of a MCPS employee vs. MCPS employee led MCPS to punish both men. If it was an MCPS employee vs. a member of the public such as a student or parent, MCPS would have circled their wagons around the MCPS employee regardless of if the complaint had merit.

The prosecutor dropped the charges, hence, the complaint didn’t have merit.

The AD withdrew the complaint therefore the prosecutor dropped charges

The fact that the police were there and made several citizen arrests but did not arrest any staff is telling as to what really happened. Because the AD decided he wasn't satisfied with the decision of the police, he took it upon himself to file a complaint on his own.
In my corporation, if I filed a complaint against a coworker, I would fully expect to be let go

There should be an internal mechanism for sorting out complaints. However, it’s not the only case of a MCPS employee taking a complaint out of MCPS and into a public arena.

Does the AD still have a position in MCPS? Say a teaching or different administrative position?

No he lost his job as well, and he’s the one who ended up with a concussion.

Head coach and assistant coach for NW positions were also vacated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

I think the publicity of a MCPS employee vs. MCPS employee led MCPS to punish both men. If it was an MCPS employee vs. a member of the public such as a student or parent, MCPS would have circled their wagons around the MCPS employee regardless of if the complaint had merit.

The prosecutor dropped the charges, hence, the complaint didn’t have merit.

The AD withdrew the complaint therefore the prosecutor dropped charges

The fact that the police were there and made several citizen arrests but did not arrest any staff is telling as to what really happened. Because the AD decided he wasn't satisfied with the decision of the police, he took it upon himself to file a complaint on his own.
In my corporation, if I filed a complaint against a coworker, I would fully expect to be let go

Wrong. On all accounts.

[Anonymous]

Yep. Prosecutors dropped the charges:

https://www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/maryland/assault-charge-dropped-against-former-coach-in-football-fight/65-06b25c56-3e2b-4935-a5d9-7c37434a4964

[Anonymous]

Prosecutors dropped the charges after reviewing the Citizen Complaint filed by the Gaithersburg AD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like the Gaithersburg HS AD has dropped charges against the 2 Northwest coaches.
Hopefully the head coach is reinstated. Germantown needs all of the positive, young, black role models it can get right now and the firing was both unjust and deflating to the youth players. I really saw the unjust firing as yet another example to young black men that the system is unfair and you just can't win working within it so why bother.

So when do the white players get a white role model coach? Why is there an all black coaching staff?

The entire rest of their lives is “white role models,” but then, you already knew that.

Plenty of black male coaches in this county who can coach while showing some class and keeping their cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gaithersburg AD also lost his position as result of the fight. Seems like consequences were handed out to both teams.

I doubt anyone would have lost their job if he had not filed assault charges. He put the public spotlight on it

You mean if there wasn't any video. The charges had nothing to do with it. They weren't filed by the police.

Don't tell me what I mean. The incident became national news because charges were filed. There are fights on football fields all season and no one is fired but the national spotlight came when it turned into a legal case and that was 100% the fault of the AD.

Because there was video. National news doesn't care if one AD files charges against a coach. But they love video of a fight. Video will get the coverage every time.