Maurice Clarett’s lawyer Michael Hoague is claiming that as Maurice Clarett was cooperative with police but they struck him and maced him while he was on the ground and already in cuffs. According to the police, the use of mace was necessary because Clarett was wearing a bulletproof vest and a taser gun didn’t work.
Hoague says that Clarett called his fiance and mother to tell them he loved them and to call his lawyer.
A person who calls his loved ones to say, ‘I’m about to go to jail,’ does not have the mind-set to put up a fight.
Hoague also claims that Clarett was simply moving his belongings from his mother’s house to a hotel. This is perfectly reasonable. Who hasn’t kept a rifle and 3 semiautomatic guns at their mother’s house? And the bottle of grey goose in the passenger seat? He just didn’t want that to break in the move.
Isn’t this the same lawyer who claimed that he was afraid for his client’s safety and worried he might injure himself? A person with a bunch of guns and a bulletproof vest isn’t just moving his stuff, he’s preparing for a war. We’re not saying that the police didn’t hit Clarett after he was arrested but you don’t get arrested in the first place if you don’t have a munitions depot in the passenger seat.
Links:
[Yahoo]: Lawyer says Clarett cooperated with arresting officers
[The Phat Phree]: I’m Proud of Maurice Clarett
