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1 hour ago, Jeff Ream said:

could be a ton of options.

 

wonder if he would name names to try and get off easier?

If he knew them. I'm not necessarily certain that he would know them. Much like I'm uncertain anyone else from another corps would know about his actions.

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41 minutes ago, Slingerland said:

I'm confused; are there other individuals also suspected of having sexually assaulted the same victims of Hopkins' alleged assaults?

This is a case based on very specific state charges: you don't get off from the laws of your state because you can relay hearsay information about other people in other states who have nothing to do with the case you're being charged on.

in terms of covering up, maybe he has names. watching the political world, and how many other investigations that started due to naming names on stuff, who knows.

 

and who said other states? Could be stuff right here in PA

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Just now, BigW said:

Just clarifying. Again, I find it ethically and morally a rather bad choice, as well as the optics that go along with that.

I think so, too.  I was thinking of how painful it would be if his victim was in the audience.   I have no idea if she attends shows or not but it has crossed my mind. 

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1 hour ago, IllianaLancerContra said:

OK - pls allow me to use an extreme hypothetical to ask a queston / illustrate a point:

What if there was a SoundSport group with membership that consisting ONLY of individuals accused of misconduct by DCI/DCA/DCP/Reddit/& our intrepid reporter for a major metropolitan newspaper (GH, Moody, Morrrison,  Stevens, Acheson, etc.  RB could drive the bus).  I even have a name for them -"Leper Colony" ($0.02 to Sy Bartlett).

Would they be allowed to perform?

Again - I am not advocating this - just using it as an example to see what the reply is

 

 

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6 minutes ago, BigW said:

I'm thinking, there is a legal sticky wicket. Really, really sticky. The venue isn't a school venue, and he's not with a youth-affiliated group. Whether any of us like it or not- he likely has the right to do this, much like he'd have the right to perform in a jazz club with an adult-only band or combo.

 

Now, that being said, After being convicted of molesting a member of the Capitolaires as its director and effectively wrecking the corps, who would want him doing a corps affiliated gig with them? I personally wouldn't want that, but that's just me speaking for myself. That's an ethical and moral question, not a legal one.

 

Keep in mind I worked as a volunteer at the Camp Hill State prison in college and occasionally discuss these kinds of matters with a good friend who's a member of the Prison Society. While all of us want criminals to do their time/ serve their punishment/see justice done/want victims to be treated with fairness and serious consideration....there also needs to be lines of fairness as well for the convicted, and I'm discovering a crossing into a very gray area of it here.

i'd say it depends on the terms of his conviction if he should be there. but from a PR perspective, an organization that stresses "for the kids" in, well everything, it's horrible optics. And as said earlier, DCI strictly controls who and what appears at their shows. 

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1 minute ago, Jeff Ream said:

i'd say it depends on the terms of his conviction if he should be there. but from a PR perspective, an organization that stresses "for the kids" in, well everything, it's horrible optics. And as said earlier, DCI strictly controls who and what appears at their shows. 

Did DCI know he was in JOBE until they stepped on the field that evening? I doubt that would have crossed their minds. If it did or they knew.... eesh. Especially attaching a Drum Corps Hero like Jim Ott's name to the group... :unhappy:

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1 minute ago, BigW said:

Did DCI know he was in JOBE until they stepped on the field that evening? I doubt that would have crossed their minds. If it did or they knew.... eesh. Especially attaching a Drum Corps Hero like Jim Ott's name to the group... :unhappy:

Bonnie Ott is playing mellophone right next to him in the video.

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1 hour ago, HockeyDad said:

Hello. I was wondering, does anyone know if Fred Morrison is still the executive director of the Crossmen drum and bugle corps?  I heard he hired as assistant a person he knew had lost his teaching license due to sexting underage students. I also heard he paid to have someone try to cover up this person’s past. Geeze, based on this I can’t imagine the Crossmen’s board of directors not immediately removing Fred Morrison. I would think parents and fans would stop supporting the Crossmen financially until Fred Morrison is removed. 

I think you got the question a bit wrong - should say WHY is Fred Morrison still executive director of Crossmen?  Not IF he still is...

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