Britt Reid

[Lamardirts 2,114]

4 hours ago, reesebobby said:

Not a tragedy yet?  Really?

I’m referring to the idea that his son might get locked up for a very long time.   From Andy’s point of view (the point of view that would affect a team negatively) his son still has a trail.   I’m not interjecting my feelings on the matter just merely stating from that point of view it’s not a trajedy yet.   It is an absolute tragedy in light of the hurt he caused and if he indeed was drunk and or high then he needs to serve a lot of time.   Last I heard the little girl has irreparable damage.   Super sad and easily avoidable.  

[oldtimer 8,683]

ok before this thread goes down the tragedy or not Rabbit hole  lets stay on topic please.

 

 my 2 cents: Britt Reid's situation has 0 to do with the Chiefs bad play

[reesebobby 5,661]

2 hours ago, oldtimer said:

ok before this thread goes down the tragedy or not Rabbit hole  lets stay on topic please.

 

 my 2 cents: Britt Reid's situation has 0 to do with the Chiefs bad play

Fair enough.  Do you think Frank Clark's legal troubles are affecting his play?

[sith13 1,746]

29 minutes ago, reesebobby said:

Fair enough.  Do you think Frank Clark's legal troubles are affecting his play?

Could be. He might be trying to avoid injuries on his way out of the NFL if things are as bad as they look.

[oldtimer 8,683]

1 hour ago, reesebobby said:

Fair enough.  Do you think Frank Clark's legal troubles are affecting his play?

now one would have to think it may be, that being said he has to know he's going to get released after this season and you'd think he'd want to  improve his resume for his next employer orrrr he's just going to take the $$ and say F it

[DieHard 2,061]

1 hour ago, reesebobby said:

Fair enough.  Do you think Frank Clark's legal troubles are affecting his play?

 Looks like the as last year to me. 

[moons314 2,463]

2 hours ago, reesebobby said:

Fair enough.  Do you think Frank Clark's legal troubles are affecting his play?

Frank Clark sucked last year, so I'm going to say no.  Even his first year he was spotty, he just came on at the right time.  I'm glad he showed up in the playoffs and helped us win a super bowl, but outside of that short stint, he's been a complete disaster of a signing. 

[Lamardirts 2,114]

Not sure if any of you check out Nick Jacobs on Twitter but he did some review of Clark and there some good reps in there.  If coverage held up a sec longer he has a sack.  His pressure rate is 13-14% range which isn't bad.   In comparison....Mike Danna is at 3% qb pressure rate.   I'm not saying he's remotely worth his contract but he's trying.  He knows his legal issues and he knows he's getting cut.   If he wants another reasonable contract he has to play to his best.   Plus I don't think Clark is the type of guy to let issues like that affect his play.   

[Lamardirts 2,114]

14 hours ago, oldtimer said:

ok before this thread goes down the tragedy or not Rabbit hole  lets stay on topic please.

 

 my 2 cents: Britt Reid's situation has 0 to do with the Chiefs bad play

Fair enough, but I wouldn't have taken it there.  After re-reading my original post I can totally see and understand reese's comment.  It whole situation is absolutely a tragedy.   I was merely pointing out that Britt hasn't had his trial yet and could possibly get off which would be a huge relief to the Reid family at the chagrin of the victims family.   I should have articulated better and I agree I don't think it has any bearing on the chiefs current situation.  Britt has nothing to do with Pringle, CEH, and Mahomes fumbles or turnovers nor Hills butter fingers as of late.

[reesebobby 5,661]

Sounds like he will get 4 years.  I'd be pissed if it was my daughter, but sounds like this is the normal sentence.  

[sith13 1,746]

20 hours ago, reesebobby said:

Sounds like he will get 4 years.  I'd be pissed if it was my daughter, but sounds like this is the normal sentence.  

I don't have the legal perspective but would definitely be pissed if I or a relative/friend was directly affected by the incident. 

 

[SEMO 6,811]

23 hours ago, sith13 said:

I don't have the legal perspective but would definitely be pissed if I or a relative/friend was directly affected by the incident. 

 

Yep.  That little girl basically got life in a prison of permanent disabilities due to his negligence.  Four years is a joke.

 

[SEMO 6,811]

Missouri Gov. commutes sentence of ex-Chiefs assistant Britt Reid after DWI severely injured young girl

The incident in 2021 left a 5-year-old girl in a coma with a traumatic brain injury

Ryan Young

·Staff writer

Updated Fri, March 1, 2024 at 4:59 PM CST·2 min read

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Britt Reid, the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, was sentenced to three years in prison in 2022 after a drunk driving incident ahead of Super Bowl LV. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images) (George Gojkovich via Getty Images)

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Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons commuted the sentence of former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid on Friday afternoon, according to the Kansas City Star.

Reid, who is the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, pleaded guilty to a single felony charge of driving while intoxicated in 2022. He was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2022. While Reid is being released from prison, he will be under house arrest until Oct. 31, 2025 and will have “strict conditions of probation.”

“Mr. Reid has completed his alcohol abuse treatment program and has served more prison time than most individuals convicted of similar offenses,” his commutation letter read, in part.

Prosecutors said that Reid was driving more than 80 miles per hour on Feb. 4, 2021 when he collided with two vehicles on the side of an exit ramp along an interstate near the Chiefs’ practice facility. Reid had a serum blood alcohol content of 0.113 about two hours after the crash, well above the Missouri legal limit.

The crash left six people, including two children, injured. One of the children, 5-year-old Ariel Young, was in a coma for 11 days and sustained a traumatic brain injury. Young’s mother said at the sentencing hearing that she is still dealing with issues from the crash, including balance trouble, dragging her right foot when she walks and needing thick glasses, among other things.

“He had every opportunity in life,” Young’s mother, Felicia Miller, said in 2022. “Instead of doing something with the opportunities that have been handed to him, Britt Reid hurt us. Ariel’s life is forever changed because of Britt Reid. Her life will be dealing with the damage that Britt Reid did.

“She will never play sports,” Miller added. “Sports, [which] his family has made a living off of. She’ll never do that. He took that from her. She will deal with the effects of his actions every day for the rest of her life.”

An attorney for Young’s family said Friday that he was in disbelief after the commutation news.

The crash took place just days before the Chiefs fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. Reid was suspended, and then his contract was not renewed that offseason. The Chiefs reached a deal with Young’s family to cover her medical care and provide “long-term financial stability.”

Reid first joined the Chiefs as an assistant in 2013, where he started as a quality control coach before working his way up to linebackers coach. Andy Reid, fresh off of the Chiefs' win in the Super Bowl earlier this year, will enter his 26th season as a head coach in the NFL this fall.

[jetlord 10,207]

I read somewhere else that this wasn't unusual for this type of case.  It's understandable that the victim's family feels cheated.  Most of us in that situation would.  But what purpose is served by keeping Britt in jail for the whole four years?  The Chiefs or Reid are paying either way and Britt has either rehabbed or he hasn't.  Prison won't change that.  Just hope the story doesn't become about special treatment because of Britt's daddy and Andy's position in KC.

[oldtimer 8,683]

2 hours ago, jetlord said:

I read somewhere else that this wasn't unusual for this type of case.  It's understandable that the victim's family feels cheated.  Most of us in that situation would.  But what purpose is served by keeping Britt in jail for the whole four years?  The Chiefs or Reid are paying either way and Britt has either rehabbed or he hasn't.  Prison won't change that.  Just hope the story doesn't become about special treatment because of Britt's daddy and Andy's position in KC.

you know it will and most likely already has in public opinion

[Fmbl2187 2,279]

By "rehab," is that referring to alcoholism or just retribution for breaking the law? Sound like it is alcholism.  I don't think prison time helps that, other than staying sober for awhile. Alcoholism is a lifelong disease.  Only a remission is possible, and that takes continuous work.  I'm still not sure if he is an alcholic or just an garden variety irresponsible idiot.

[jetlord 10,207]

4 hours ago, Fmbl2187 said:

By "rehab," is that referring to alcoholism or just retribution for breaking the law? Sound like it is alcholism.  I don't think prison time helps that, other than staying sober for awhile. Alcoholism is a lifelong disease.  Only a remission is possible, and that takes continuous work.  I'm still not sure if he is an alcholic or just an garden variety irresponsible idiot.

Didn't he go through an alcoholism rehab while in prison?  Doesn't necessarily mean it was effective since he was compelled to do so for the optics if nothing else.  It would also be interesting to see more comparisons with similar cases.  

[oldtimer 8,683]

7 hours ago, jetlord said:

Didn't he go through an alcoholism rehab while in prison?  Doesn't necessarily mean it was effective since he was compelled to do so for the optics if nothing else.  It would also be interesting to see more comparisons with similar cases.  

if you are convicted of an alcohol or drug offense you are more than likely mandated to take part in a rehabilitation program. IF it's not mandated as part of the sentence you can volunteer and it adds to your early parole portfolio. Prison rehab is much different that  your Valley Hopes  and similar places. Prison tear you down and make you feel like a scumbag where outside of the walls they tell you it's disease and not your fault.  

[reesebobby 5,661]

20 hours ago, jetlord said:

But what purpose is served by keeping Britt in jail for the whole four years?  

If he killed your daughter, you might understand the purpose of imprisoning him for 4 years.  Prison is for punishment.  And he deserves more than 4.  

[jetlord 10,207]

4 hours ago, reesebobby said:

If he killed your daughter, you might understand the purpose of imprisoning him for 4 years.  Prison is for punishment.  And he deserves more than 4.  

If he killed my daughter, I would want him Epsteined, but that's not how our justice system works.  It's doubtful that Britt, or any similar case, getting released early is going to cause others to feel they can get drunk and kill someone else with their car.  The point of punishment is to act as a deterrent, both to the perp and to others.  Did Britt get special treatment because of who his dad is?  That's why I asked the question of how his sentence compared with others.  If he did, then the victim and her family would have a greater reason to be mad.  But I don't feel that Britt "got away with it." 

[reesebobby 5,661]

4 hours ago, jetlord said:

 that's not how our justice system works.  

Correct. Our justice system sentenced him to 4 years.  

[Fmbl2187 2,279]

Here is a good reference.

https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federal/Vehicular-manslaughter.htm

 

"Criminal negligence," "culpable or gross negligence," "reckless disregard of others' safety". It would all fall under this, but penalties are state specific and also take into consideration other circumstances.  Depending on circumstances, penalties can range from 1 year to 20 years.  I doubt that the circumstances include who is the father and is he a big shot.  Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Judges are particularly careful about the appearance of those kinds of things.  Britt Reid most likely  expressed deep remorse and did a major drug/alcohol program. Still, if he is an alcoholic, he will need to continue his own program until the day he dies or he will surely relapse. But that is a different subject for a different day.