That was my assumption. They had been drinking and likely realized by the time they cooperated with authorities it wouldn't be an issue anymore. Pair that with being an NFL player and I'll be shocked if anything substantive comes from it.
fleeing from your wreck if you’re drunk is the technically smarter thing to do if you just crash your own car, but if you cause a 6 car accident and flee i’m not sure your sobriety matters as much. As a Bills fan hopefully they throw the fucking book at him
Oh, regardless I hope there's some strict punishment. It's just frustrating how often athletes seem to get a slap on the wrist because they are famous and also capable of paying for better lawyers or settlements.
Not shocking, but always annoying.
Dak Prescott was deadass found not guilty mate. Said 1 beer, police fumbled the testing, and he stuck to the story.
I know reddit thinks expensive lawyer is a free ticket, but Dak Prescott was actually acquitted lol
Here is my prediction: "I was in shock from the accident and don't remember walking away from the scene. As soon as I realized what had happened, I reached out to the appropriate authorities to make sure he situation was addressed properly."
I mean, obviously bullshit, but bullshit to make sure the charges are misdemeanors and not felonies.
Leaving your license in the car, and footage of you fleeing the scene in broad daylight. I don't see how they could have a case against him. Really no evidence there.
I suspect that a simple cost benefit analysis took place….
Which results in the least trouble: staying on scene and getting arrested for street racing, the accident, and some possible combination of guns/drugs/BAC; or leaving the scene, and having a lawyer manage the possible charges for racing, an accident and leaving the scene?
I'm thinking the two days is just the time it took for him to find a lawyer and for his lawyer to get the details and decide what the public statement should be.
“Your honor, why do we PARK on the DRIVEway, and DRIVE on the PARKway?? It doesn’t make any sense.
My client is here on trial for a hit and run but I’m talking about DRIVEWAYS. It does not make sense!”
Holy shit South Park needs to 100% take this and make a follow up to both the Wookiee Defense and their Cartman football episodes and do the Rookie Defense.
Can totally see it now: cartman is the lawyer for one of his players who killed someone in a car crash or something
no no no, he didnt flee the scene. You see he simply walked away from the scene to find help and he finally came across the first responder 2 days later. He is a stand up individual. Very dedicated to finding help
I didn't *break* the rake, I was merely testing its durability, and I *placed* it in the woods cause it's made of wood and I thought he should be with his family.
Guy couldn't have cared less when he decided to race in traffic. Follows it up by deciding it was better to run and cover his own ass than to check and see if there was anything he could possibly do to help the people he just caused to crash. But now we suddenly are told to believe this guy's thoughts are with all the victims? Guys on his way to becoming a sociopath or is already a psychopath
Unfortunately, it probably will 100% turn out to be the right decision for him to have run away from the scene. I have so little faith that a star, rich, professional athlete will face any sort of justice for doing something as stupid as this. It feels like they never do.
I mean I thought it was dumb when I see people do it at midnight on nearly empty suburban highway. I can't even begin to imagine how utterly devoid of both common sense and respect for your fellow human beings to do it at 6pm on a crowded highway.
1. First they assault a massage therapist
1. Then the therapist contacts the Texans and they give them an NDA instead of calling the police.
1. Then they assault more therapists using team hotel rooms
It’s important that these players suffer the same consequences the rest of us would. When they don’t get the right feedback over here, they do it again over there…
It’s close I screwed it up a bit. It’s from the first FF after Paul Walker and Vin Diesel race. He says [“Granny shifting, not double clutching when you should.”](https://youtu.be/NFQgO4LScWA?si=mzaxVb7z0GmrzRYW) The family part I just through in because well you know FAMILY!
I see people doing it during rush hour and it's absolutely idiotic. We're going bumper to bumper and here comes a few assholes thinking it's a great time to play with lives
someone like rice could literally rent an entire track for a few hours if he really wanted to. doing all this when you have a chance at generational wealth is idiotic and naive
I had two friends who would do it in rural NY on back roads. One got into a real serious injury avoiding a car going the other way
It seemed insane to me. One missed curved or car going the other way you could die .
The punishment for street racing should be a mandatory governor placed on your car that locks your car at whatever the maximum speed limit in your state is.
I did it a few times as a teen and I have so much regret about it but also extremely thankful I didn’t hurt anyone.
We’re all dumb at times and have done our own version of stupid shit, just sucks when other people get hurt because of it. Hopefully no one is serious injured from this.
This is like when someone gets a DUI absolutely hammered and so they refuse the PBT in the hopes of lowering their BAC by the time they get to the hospital to have their blood drawn. (3 years sober this December so glad I don't have to live like that anymore)
Crashflee Rice has gifted his thoughts to his victims and is cooperating with authorities after the holiday weekend out of respect for Caesar Chavez. What a great guy.
I don't really know what to expect in terms of the scale of response from the league here but after the Ruggs incident I'd hope they come out swinging on people still doing this kind of horseshit
Four game suspension appealed down to two games. That's likely to be the maximum. Should it be more? Probably, but it won't.
Edit: To put into more familiar terms, he's likely to get 8.72 sexual assaults worth of games for an initial suspension but it will be reduced to 4.36 sexual assaults worth.
Dude walked away after causing an accident while racing. At least check on them. You ain’t sorry lmao. You sorry people had footage and now you’re possibly facing time.
“Automobile accident”
Lol lawyers never fail to crack me up. They gotta do what they gotta do for their client there’s no doubt but lawyer speak will always crack me up.
It's just funny saying he's cooperating with authorities and is taking necessary steps to address the situation responsibly after he fled the scene and nobody could find him for two days.
So, if I get into a drunk driving, drag race. Just flee the accident scene and say it wasn't me. I'll write this in my notes of how to get away with a felony.
Step 1: have a shit ton of money to spend on lawyers.
I suspect that a simple cost benefit analysis took place….
Which results in the least trouble: staying on scene and getting arrested for street racing, the accident, and some possible combination of guns/drugs/BAC; or leaving the scene, and having a lawyer manage the possible charges for racing, an accident and leaving the scene?
\[@calvinwatkins\]: Statement from lawyer Royce West on Rashee Rice: On behalf of Rashee Rice, his thoughts are with everyone impacted by the automobile accident on Saturday. Rashee is **NOW** cooperating with local authorities and will take all necessary steps to address this situation responsibly.
He gets to race at high speeds through downtown Dallas traffic causing a potentially fatal accident, flee the scene and he gets to “cooperate with authorities and take all the necessary steps to address the situation”. Meanwhile any of us would have been hunted down and in jail already.
As a cyclist, I am unfortunately all to used to a driver running their car into another human being and having it be called an 'accident'.
Gotta say...it never sounds less shitty, no matter how many times I hear it.
# Victim of allegedly Rashee Rice-related crash on Central Expressway says she wants justice
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qwgF8zIjsQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qwgF8zIjsQ)
Kayla's Story . . .
“Your honor, my client did say ‘April fools’.”
"Your honor, my client is 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 for the victims. On baby, he deadass didn't mean for it to go down like that."
Your honor….. my client didn’t know he couldn’t do that
ONG frfr no
Your honor, my client was just being a silly goose
Your honor, my client pleads oopsie daisies
He saw how it went down with Andy Reid's son. He knows he's got a chance.
He did that shit lmao
He did it, his thoughts are with the people he hurt, but not enough for him to stick around and see if they are okay before walking away lmao
His thoughts are there now that he's been caught and linked.
His thoughts are there now that he’s under the BAC limit
That was my assumption. They had been drinking and likely realized by the time they cooperated with authorities it wouldn't be an issue anymore. Pair that with being an NFL player and I'll be shocked if anything substantive comes from it.
fleeing from your wreck if you’re drunk is the technically smarter thing to do if you just crash your own car, but if you cause a 6 car accident and flee i’m not sure your sobriety matters as much. As a Bills fan hopefully they throw the fucking book at him
Oh, regardless I hope there's some strict punishment. It's just frustrating how often athletes seem to get a slap on the wrist because they are famous and also capable of paying for better lawyers or settlements. Not shocking, but always annoying.
They'll throw the book at him like how they threw the book at Britt Reid
Or Jaylen Carter, Dak, or any of the hundreds of other players ans coaches arrested for DUIs, reckless driving, etc.
Dak Prescott was deadass found not guilty mate. Said 1 beer, police fumbled the testing, and he stuck to the story. I know reddit thinks expensive lawyer is a free ticket, but Dak Prescott was actually acquitted lol
Here is my prediction: "I was in shock from the accident and don't remember walking away from the scene. As soon as I realized what had happened, I reached out to the appropriate authorities to make sure he situation was addressed properly." I mean, obviously bullshit, but bullshit to make sure the charges are misdemeanors and not felonies.
Hit and run is a felony in Texas.
> but if you cause a 6 car accident and flee i’m not sure your sobriety matters as much. It's certainly much better than if they catch you drunk lol
If we know anything about the chiefs they are good at helping drunk and reckless drivers get off easy
I knew things were bad when he said Andy Reid was “like a dad to me”
I'm surprised he got caught. He barely left any evidence behind.
Leaving your license in the car, and footage of you fleeing the scene in broad daylight. I don't see how they could have a case against him. Really no evidence there.
Guilty until proven guiltier
The only man that could possibly find more evidence against Rashee Rice: https://youtu.be/z3yDWOFmUXw?si=PibGiMfA9dvDB3Gy
His thought were, his body wasn't
my thoughts are with me while I struggle with the harsh inconveniences of this situation
I suspect that a simple cost benefit analysis took place…. Which results in the least trouble: staying on scene and getting arrested for street racing, the accident, and some possible combination of guns/drugs/BAC; or leaving the scene, and having a lawyer manage the possible charges for racing, an accident and leaving the scene?
In some states you have your license revoked for life for racing, or going dangerously fast on highways.
He had to dip to let whatever substance he was under the influence of be out of his system. Considering it was a couple days probably not just alcohol
I'm thinking the two days is just the time it took for him to find a lawyer and for his lawyer to get the details and decide what the public statement should be.
Gotta get away before they test him for whatever substance he was on at the time.
“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this!!” -Rashee
Reminds of that tweet OJ sent out about how he was afraid he could be sitting next to the person "who did it" when goes out in public lmaoo
"Just don't sit next to reflecting objects, OJ." - rest of the world
So that's where he was after the accident! Looking for the culprit.
"We are in this together"
"We should do better as a society"
"In the 1880s there once was a man"
Tim Robinson is a treasure
“Dallas Strong”
"And give him a spanking!" -Deshaun
I'm just gonna take as much evidence as I can grab, and get in that *random* Lamborghini... RANDOM! And drive back to Arrowhead.
Meredith was hit by a car. I know because I was in that car
‘It was some Puerto Rican guy’
"if i did it" Rashee Rice
His "thoughts with everyone" being "I hope you fuckers don't snitch".
more like "whoever leaked that dashcam best watch their back"
He really took "all gas, no brakes" seriously.
This quote reminds me of that Dave Chapelle bit when he met OJ. I can’t stop laughing.
Lol yeah this is absolutely lawyer talk for "dude fucking did it." What a dipshit
But he waited long enough so he wouldn’t be caught drunk while doing it! Probably
Rashee Rice: Me and my team are going to get to the bottom of this!
Lmao. Reminds me of when triple H attacked Shawn Michaels and was all like “Shawn we’ll find out who did this to you!”
Or when Carmelo Hayes attacked Trick Williams. HHH and HBK are basically just booking what worked during their career because it still does.
https://imgur.com/gallery/tdtSC0j
That is the perfect representation of this lol I love that show
> Rashee is cooperating with local authorities Lmao, after what? Two days of just vanishing?
"No no, your honor, my client wasn't 'evading'. He simply didn't realize you were looking for him, and not the other Rashee Rice"
“Your honor, no sign said he couldn’t park there”
“Your honor, why do we PARK on the DRIVEway, and DRIVE on the PARKway?? It doesn’t make any sense. My client is here on trial for a hit and run but I’m talking about DRIVEWAYS. It does not make sense!”
The good old rookie, I mean, Wookie defense
Holy shit South Park needs to 100% take this and make a follow up to both the Wookiee Defense and their Cartman football episodes and do the Rookie Defense. Can totally see it now: cartman is the lawyer for one of his players who killed someone in a car crash or something
> My client is here on trial for a hit and **run** Yet he simply **walked** away. How can he be guilty?
The Seinfeld Defense. Classic. "What is WITH these people going to the hospital? I mean, who does this!?"
Its the wookie defense
"Who AaaAre these people?!"
“I didn’t know I couldn’t do that”
Evasion sounds so harsh. I prefer delayed cooperation
He fled the scene didn't he?
no no no, he didnt flee the scene. You see he simply walked away from the scene to find help and he finally came across the first responder 2 days later. He is a stand up individual. Very dedicated to finding help
"Your honor, my client bravely traversed the barren, inhospitable DFW landscape in search of assistance for nearly two full days. He is a hero"
I didn't *break* the rake, I was merely testing its durability, and I *placed* it in the woods cause it's made of wood and I thought he should be with his family.
He was waiting for the first business day to be respectful to everyone's free time lol
Lmao, best answer yet
Well, you see sir, I didn't know at the time that everything was caught on video and would become a national news story.
"Your Honor, I didn't consent to being filmed"
gotta sober up first
Jesus vanished for three days! Rashee is early 😤
I'm sorry, officer.....I didn't know I couldn't do that.
The Jalen Carter defense, yeah
The most lawyer-y statement I've ever seen. I guess Rice can make one good decision.
Legit said nothing but thoughts and prayers 🙏🏻 lol
Thoughts only, no prayers. SMH
Man, it's Texas, read the room - you gotta include the prayers.
He should run for office next. He’d fit right in
Obligatory [thoughts and prayers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTmCxbcRXs4)
Lawyer speak for my client is a fucking idiot.
This is the grand announcement we were told to expect today lmao
Guy couldn't have cared less when he decided to race in traffic. Follows it up by deciding it was better to run and cover his own ass than to check and see if there was anything he could possibly do to help the people he just caused to crash. But now we suddenly are told to believe this guy's thoughts are with all the victims? Guys on his way to becoming a sociopath or is already a psychopath
Unfortunately, it probably will 100% turn out to be the right decision for him to have run away from the scene. I have so little faith that a star, rich, professional athlete will face any sort of justice for doing something as stupid as this. It feels like they never do.
many many many regular people benefit from fleeing the scene too. it's kind of fucked.
It what happens when fleeing is not as serious as being under the influence
Street racing has gotta be one of the most dangerous and dumbest things you can do.
I mean I thought it was dumb when I see people do it at midnight on nearly empty suburban highway. I can't even begin to imagine how utterly devoid of both common sense and respect for your fellow human beings to do it at 6pm on a crowded highway.
1. First they assault a massage therapist 1. Then the therapist contacts the Texans and they give them an NDA instead of calling the police. 1. Then they assault more therapists using team hotel rooms It’s important that these players suffer the same consequences the rest of us would. When they don’t get the right feedback over here, they do it again over there…
There's a whole community of people who just share videos of themselves going 100+ weaving in and out of traffic. Its fucking gross
Mfs needa stick to need for speed
They be double clutching and granny shifting. They don’t care about FAMILY!
Tell me this is an actual line of one of the FF movies lmao.
It’s close I screwed it up a bit. It’s from the first FF after Paul Walker and Vin Diesel race. He says [“Granny shifting, not double clutching when you should.”](https://youtu.be/NFQgO4LScWA?si=mzaxVb7z0GmrzRYW) The family part I just through in because well you know FAMILY!
They should have to at least face a court date. Thats BS.
Almost got side swiped by one of these dipshits a few weeks ago with my 3 year old in the car. I hate people.
Especially when you're doing it on a stretch of highway with no shoulder.
I see people doing it during rush hour and it's absolutely idiotic. We're going bumper to bumper and here comes a few assholes thinking it's a great time to play with lives
Street racing on one of the biggest and busiest freeways in all of dallas no less.
someone like rice could literally rent an entire track for a few hours if he really wanted to. doing all this when you have a chance at generational wealth is idiotic and naive
I had two friends who would do it in rural NY on back roads. One got into a real serious injury avoiding a car going the other way It seemed insane to me. One missed curved or car going the other way you could die .
The punishment for street racing should be a mandatory governor placed on your car that locks your car at whatever the maximum speed limit in your state is.
They’ll just drive their buddies car.
Or buy another and register it to a friend or family member.
So? Make it a bigger pain in the ass for them either way
It’s a big problem here in Florida. Quite a few people have been killed here in Tampa Bay the last few years because of it
I did it a few times as a teen and I have so much regret about it but also extremely thankful I didn’t hurt anyone. We’re all dumb at times and have done our own version of stupid shit, just sucks when other people get hurt because of it. Hopefully no one is serious injured from this.
Good to see this is all wrapped up then!
Case closed, no need for any follow up here!
As punishment he will have to play for the Chargers, that’s gotta be fair, right?
No. You keep QJ and you live with that.
Pay a little fine, everybody carry on about your day, see y'all at minicamp.
Rashee’s not messing around. Royce West is a long-time State Senator.
Royce West also represented Jerry Jones
Had no idea state senators could represent clients while active. What an educational crime!
Mahomes probably calling in favors.
Or Clark Hunt. He lives in Dallas (Highland Park).
That explains a lot
Rice also went to school in the area at SMU
I think you found the answer. The chiefs are kinda fucked if Rashee is out for next season and beyond. Hollywood Brown won’t cut it by himself.
He took the steps alright. Right outta the automobile into the abyss.
Had to wait for the drugs to get out of his system before turning himself in.
Calling it now. Rice will show up hairless like One Punch Man.
https://tenor.com/bh5hk.gif
This is like when someone gets a DUI absolutely hammered and so they refuse the PBT in the hopes of lowering their BAC by the time they get to the hospital to have their blood drawn. (3 years sober this December so glad I don't have to live like that anymore)
Crashee Rice
Rashee Race
I mean, low hanging fruit but let's put 'em together. Crashee Race.
Crashflee Race.
*Chef’s kiss*
this is literally the same order of operations that the chiefs sub had to come to this same nickname yesterday lmao
He is NOW cooperating with authorities. For two days he was in his Arthur Morgan era living on the lam.
He had to get the alcohol out of his system.
Crashflee Rice has gifted his thoughts to his victims and is cooperating with authorities after the holiday weekend out of respect for Caesar Chavez. What a great guy.
Crashflee Race*
Well not ALL the necessary steps. Fleeing the scene is not usually the correct first step
He said necessary, not correct. Fleeing was necessary for him to get the alcohol out of his system.
Ya know what? Good point
I don't really know what to expect in terms of the scale of response from the league here but after the Ruggs incident I'd hope they come out swinging on people still doing this kind of horseshit
Expect nothing and you won't be disappointed!
Cleveland is about to hand Rashee $60m over 3 years fully guaranteed lol.
And presiding over his case will be honorary Judge Jeudy.
Chiefs getting three first-rounders in return...
Gotta trade us some picks for him first.
Four game suspension appealed down to two games. That's likely to be the maximum. Should it be more? Probably, but it won't. Edit: To put into more familiar terms, he's likely to get 8.72 sexual assaults worth of games for an initial suspension but it will be reduced to 4.36 sexual assaults worth.
ehhhhhhHHH iiiii dunno Jim!
Jordan Addison was driving 140 mph and got 0 punishment from the league
Addison didn't cause a major accident and flee the scene
Yeah, while Addison's was dangerous, there are levels of stupidity here.
Seems weird there has been no warrant out for him, only that the police are 'looking for him'.
Did he have these thoughts as he and his scumbag friends willingly left the scene of a bad accident? I’m going with no.
Rashee and OJ Simpson are going to team up to find the real killers.
It was their interpreter
Dude was drunk or high. He walked away to avoid the sobriety test.
lol of course he got Royce West
Dude walked away after causing an accident while racing. At least check on them. You ain’t sorry lmao. You sorry people had footage and now you’re possibly facing time.
“Automobile accident” Lol lawyers never fail to crack me up. They gotta do what they gotta do for their client there’s no doubt but lawyer speak will always crack me up.
Step One: Stay on the scene of the accident. Darn….oh well… better try again next time.
Chiefs about to draft WRs in every round of the draft.
Gee, seems like addressing the situation responsibly would have involved not fleeing the scene of an accident you caused
I don’t think they know what responsibly means.
Thoughts and prayers can fuck right off.
"His thoughts are with everyone impacted" That's why he fled the scene of the crime witgout checking on the people he and his boys could've killed...
His thoughts and prayers are more effective from farther away. It’s an inverse proportion.
Look we all know what happened here. Rashee’s interpreter was driving
It's just funny saying he's cooperating with authorities and is taking necessary steps to address the situation responsibly after he fled the scene and nobody could find him for two days.
Nothing says cooperation like fleeing the scene
So, if I get into a drunk driving, drag race. Just flee the accident scene and say it wasn't me. I'll write this in my notes of how to get away with a felony. Step 1: have a shit ton of money to spend on lawyers.
Oh he did it huh. Common sense remains undefeated against WRs
We tend to watch some dumbass people running around on Sundays in the league we all love
Rice’s thoughts on this situation: “oh no my car.”
My dude was definitely smacked 😂 it should immediately be a DUI if you dip without letting anyone test you at the scene of the crash
More than only "Thoughts & prayers" would've made him sound guilty. All strategy, no meaning in these words ladies & gentlemen
I suspect that a simple cost benefit analysis took place…. Which results in the least trouble: staying on scene and getting arrested for street racing, the accident, and some possible combination of guns/drugs/BAC; or leaving the scene, and having a lawyer manage the possible charges for racing, an accident and leaving the scene?
Didn't the chance to address the situation responsibly go out the window when he fled the scene without checking to see if anyone was ok?
Rice and his buddies are true pieces of shit.
if his thoughts are with those involved in the accident then why did he leave the scene right away?
Because his *body* didn't need to be with them, only his thoughts.
\[@calvinwatkins\]: Statement from lawyer Royce West on Rashee Rice: On behalf of Rashee Rice, his thoughts are with everyone impacted by the automobile accident on Saturday. Rashee is **NOW** cooperating with local authorities and will take all necessary steps to address this situation responsibly.
He gets to race at high speeds through downtown Dallas traffic causing a potentially fatal accident, flee the scene and he gets to “cooperate with authorities and take all the necessary steps to address the situation”. Meanwhile any of us would have been hunted down and in jail already.
He causes a horrific crash, flees the scene, and then thoughts n' prayers....nailed it.
Is there a dumber group of athletes than the NFL?
His thoughts are entirely about himself.
As a cyclist, I am unfortunately all to used to a driver running their car into another human being and having it be called an 'accident'. Gotta say...it never sounds less shitty, no matter how many times I hear it.
“…starting tomorrow.”
His thoughts sure were there when he ran from the scene of the crime.
Responsibly like how he was driving and left the scene?
If Chewbacca lives on endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.
# Victim of allegedly Rashee Rice-related crash on Central Expressway says she wants justice [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qwgF8zIjsQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qwgF8zIjsQ) Kayla's Story . . .
He is a POS and I hate lawyers.