Mayor Bloomberg fuming over Plaxico shooting: Throw the book at him

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One Decent New Yorker: Mayor Bloomberg
Published 12/1/2008 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... "A fuming Mayor Bloomberg said Monday he wants Giants player Plaxico Burress prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law" for accidentally shooting himself in his leg with an illegal handgun." He also wants them to throw the book at both the Giants and the hospital for not immediately reporting the incident. Solid dude. [NY Daily News] ...

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Must Be a Jets Fan; Wants to Throw Book at Plaxico Burress
Published 12/1/2008 at FanHouse
... favorite son, Harris Smith, has gone and done it. Born Plaxico Burress, Smith, who currently works in the employ of the New York Giants, saw fit to shoot a hole in his thigh this weekend while supposedly recovering from a hamstring injury. That's an interesting rehab regimen. Burress surrendered to authorities this morning, and this afternoon New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg offered a scathing rebuke of Plax's actions. Via the Daily News: "It's pretty hard to argue the guy didn't have a gun and that it ...

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Wants To ‘Throw The Book’ At Plaxico Burress For That Whole Handgun Thing
Published 12/1/2008 by Will Brinson at MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog
... Well, if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has his way, Plaxico Burress — recently busted with an illegally possessed handgun, will not be waltzing away from this brush with the law. ...

BLOOMBERG WANTS BURRESS BEHIND BARS
Published 12/1/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... .” Bloomberg displayed similar clarity on Monday, calling for the law to be applied as written to Giants receiver Plaxico Burress. Described as “fuming” in media accounts, Bloomberg said Monday that Burress should be prosecuted ” to the fullest extent of the law .” “It’s pretty hard to argue the guy didn’t have a gun and that it wasn’t loaded,” Burress Bloomberg said.  “You’ve got bullet holes in and out to show that it was there.” As to the crystal-clear contents of the relevant statute, Bloomberg said, “[Y]ou go automatically to three-and-a-half years in the slammer.  And ...

Gun Safety Tips From Plaxico Burress [Plaxico Burress]
Published 12/1/2008 by Dashiell Bennett at Deadspin
... Unfortunately, this fairy tale ends with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, which as anyone who has seen the ads on the New York City subway can tell you, is punishable by a minimum of three-and-a-half years in prison. Oh, and Mayor-For-Life Michael Bloomberg is not fucking around on this one. ...

Plaxico Burress Will Benefit From Being A Rich Athlete In His Criminal Case
Published 12/2/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Is any of this fair? Not in the least. And at least one person recognizes that. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants Plaxico's head on a plate. ...

New York City mayor wants Plaxico Burress prosecuted
Published 12/2/2008 by Anthony Stalter at The Scores Report - The National Sports Blog
... New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said that he wants New York Giants’ wide receiver Plaxico Burress behind bars for shooting himself with an unlicensed handgun. ...

Morning Rounds, December 2nd
Published 12/2/2008 by James Beale at The Sports Complex
... The former refers to the New York Football Giants’ wide receiver, Plaxico Burress, who decided to bring a loaded weapon into a club, get drunk, and shoot himself in the leg. That’s not legal.  Michael Bloomberg, the NYC mayor, intends to make an example out of him.  The latter is about Stephon Marbury, the possibly-insane 20+ million dollar New York Knickerbockers point guard, who has been told by the his team to take the rest of the season off. At this point Marbury is less of a cancer on the ...

Guns and the NFL
Published 12/2/2008 by JasonB at Bleeding Green Nation
... The big story this week in the NFL is of course Plaxico Burress. Burress was accidentally shot in the leg when the unregistered handgun he was carrying went off in an NYC nightclub. Burress turned himself in to police and will be charged for carrying an unregistered firearm. If convicted, Burress faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years in prison. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to make an example of the WR. ...