Basketball player calls police after hard foul during pickup game

[CatWoman]

The unofficial rule of pickup basketball is "no blood, no foul." It says nothing about calling the cops, though.

A basketball game at an LA Fitness in Sterling, Virginia, resulted in just that, as one player called police after a hard foul during the contest, according to a report from the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

The foul play, classified as an assault in the incident report, happened at 6:42 p.m. on Monday. One player took issue with a foul and went to the front desk in order to call the police, according to the report.

When an officer responded, apparently cooler heads had prevailed, because neither man decided to press charges against the other.

Officer Josiah Kennedy, who was the respondent, said in the report that management at the gym gave the two men "one more chance to keep the game civil" or they'd be tossed out of the LA Fitness for the day.

A person in the gym filmed the incident and posted it on Instagram and Twitter on Tuesday morning.



https://abcnews.go.com/US/basketball-player-calls-police-hard-foul-pickup-game/story?id=56657710

[blueinredohio]

1. Next time he wants to play, everyone leave.

[marble falls]

2. If the foul was a criminal assault, why not call the police?

[lunasun]

4. Cop asked why he was wasting his time . Went back in to play another game as if !

Best solution from comments on where it is at now


Police dispatch needs to collect credit card numbers before sending an officer. “There will be a $300 hold placed on your card. Are you SURE there needs to be police presence?”

[forgotmylogin]

3. "You kids'd better keep your street violence on the up and up!"

"Or else you'll never be admitted to Planet Fitness again!"

[TeamPooka]

5. Why did I know it was going to be a white guy who called the cops on a person of color over a foul?

[lunasun]

6. And then came back to play another game equal extra privileged