Jamal Anderson Arrested For Drug Possession
by Dave Choate on Feb 9, 2009 8:00 AM EST
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PrintThe saddest thing about heroes is that you never seem to get to keep them for very long.
With a 24 hour news cycle, lowered expectations and the typical temptations and idiocy that fame can bring, you place your faith in the infalliability of sports icons and celebrities at your own risk. It's still hard not to idolize some players, even if you don't entirely know why.
For his relatively short career, Jamal Anderson was that guy for me. I loved the way he ran, loved the Dirty Bird and thought of him as the key offensive cog for the mid-to-late 90's Falcons. With Warrick Dunn and Michael Turner in the last few years, Anderson's contributions have faded a bit, but I've always remembered him fondly.
Now Anderson's in real legal trouble. While the fact that these allegations of snorting cocaine are just that--allegations--it's disappointing to see a guy I've always admired mentioned as being anywhere near that particular drug. It's a jarring reminder that a squeaky clean image is fragile and gone once it's been damaged once, a valuable lesson for some of the younger guys on the current team. Just a tough situation all around.
I hope this turns out to be untrue, of course. I'd like to remember Jamal Anderson flapping his arms and running up, over and around everyone in his way. Sadly, real life gets in the way.
What do you guys think?
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It's kinda disappointing
I met Jam Session a couple months ago. He was chilling on the rooftop patio at my restaurant, and I got to speak to him briefly. He was a really nice guy, had nothing good to say about the Falcons and Atlanta, and was very friendly and polite.
Of course, maybe he was just high.
But I’ve always viewed a drug arrest as different from other crimes. Using a drug doesn’t infringe upon someone else’s life or property. Now, it’s a personal decision to use drugs, and one’s decision to do so should be tempered by the effects the drug may have on one’s own life or on family and friends. But I’ve always maintained that alcohol destroys many more lives than do illicit drugs.
I don’t know if Jamal has a problem with the stuff or if he was just trying to stay up for a couple extra hours on a Saturday night. But I’ve known many people who have used the stuff recreationally, and a few who have battled with cocaine problems. I’m not going to think any less of Jamal Anderson for (allegedly) using cocaine. I’ll pray he’ll learn a lesson from this experience and that he comes out on the other side of this a better person.
At the End of the Day
He broke the law, which means he won’t get another broadcasting gig for a bit, but it doesn’t mean he’s a horrible person.
Our current president did coke and puffed the magic dragon, but people got over that, and I’m sure people will get over this. It’ll just take some time.
I’m glad he’s not a current player, but even if Pablo Escobar invented the Dirty Bird, I’d still respect him.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
- Bobby Cox (talking about Boyer)
I thought it was OJ Santiago...
…not Jamal, who invented the Dirty Bird. Whatever. Like I say, I’m not going to lose respect for the guy when I have friends that have done (and probably still do) the same thing. I think he’s a moron for going about it the way he did, though. Dude, go to your car. Or go to the bathroom by yourself. Don’t get holed up in a stall with some 20-year-old white kid. That’s just idiocy.
And kudos to the guy who alerted the police officer. The world is now a safer place thanks to your heroic actions. I hope everyone at work today congratulated you on turning that hideous, law-breaking, sinister, degenerate coke head Jamal Anderson in to the police. You should be so proud of yourself. No, you didn’t mind your own business and finish your drink. You didn’t leave the bar where something was taking place that you found to be disagreeable. No, you alerted the proper authorities and the perpetrator was taken down. You saved the streets of Atlanta for about 20 hours, until Jamal got out own bail. Stand up and pat yourself on the back. Fine work. Well played, sir. Well played.
hahaha
The “informer” must have been sippin’ haterade.
"He's getting better, but he's not there yet ..."
- Bobby Cox (talking about Boyer)
I think he was seen snorting
ouch. Cmon man be discreet!
Im not a pro-drug anything guy, but thats pretty dumb. With a 20 yr old? JEEZ.
Dance on JA.
" No, I think I'll sit in the balcony " - Abe Lincoln
A lot of other worse things Anderson could have been doing. Hopefully he doesn’t have a problem with the stuff.
That's exactly what I'm hoping
Understand, I don’t think automatically makes Jamal Anderson a bad person. It doesn’t. I’m more concerned about the fact that he wanted to do it badly enough that he was willing to sniff it off a toilet with a random 20 year-old. It sucks to see his name in the news, but a habit would be way worse to find out about.
Jamal
Please, when u get out, let that stuff go man.
Stay strong
by da fatchick thrilla on Feb 9, 2009 9:50 PM EST reply actions
More than just a drug addict
I know for a fact that Jamal has been abusing drugs for a long time. I also know that this is one of his lesser crimes. Jamal Anderson beat and raped a woman while in Vancouver Canada just over a year ago. I was actively involved in the investigation and we had ID him through video surveillance and DNA. Authorities in the U.S. visited J.A at his home in Duluth, Atlanta. He actually had the nerve to ask the agents if they could put of the questioning with him and his lawyer until after the Super Bowl. Unbelievable, of course they did not agree to his request. Jamal had threatened the victims life and her families if she talked and he managed to shut her up by paying the victim several million to help cover her medical bills. Without the victims testimony, we were unable to pursue the case. We would have had to try to extradite him and without her help, that would have been very difficult. The victims family just happened to be very close friends of the current and past Police Commissioner, which is why none of this ever leaked to the media. They had also burried the story for so long, that it would not have looked good had the public got wind of it. If the victim were anyone else, press releases would have been put out to inform the public that there may be a sexual predator in their neighborhood, which should have happened. Favours and corruption at it’s finest.
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