Dodgeball Game Leads to Assault Charges

[BEZERKO]

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/Dodgeball_Rage.html

LIBERTY, Mo. — A youth minister was charged with assault for allegedly knocking a 16-year-old boy down and kicking him in the groin after taking a head shot from the teen in a dodgeball game.

David M. Boudreaux, 27, was charged Wednesday with one count of third-degree assault. According to court documents, the incident happened in February at Crescent Lake Christian Academy.

Authorities said the teen missed Boudreaux with one throw but then knocked the youth minister's glasses off with the next.

The boy apologized, authorities said, but Boudreaux pushed him backward, and when the teen got up again, Boudreaux kicked him in the groin and left.

The teen suffered whiplash and post-concussion syndrome and had blood in his urine after being kicked, according to court records.

Boudreaux later apologized, prosecutors said.

Jeanne D. Hewitt, administrator of Crescent Lake Christian Academy, said Boudreaux had been placed on administrative leave.


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March 31, 2006 - 9:38 a.m. EST

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[DS1]

1. And in this sleepy town of 400, that's two balls that went undodged

Signing off,
DS1

Back to you, Peter

[Blue_Tires]

12. well played, sir....well played!

Up next, your weekend forecast!

[Debi]

2. Gotta love the youth ministers....

God's message being spread throughout communities :bounce:

[BikeWriter]

3. Uh, does this mean he's no longer a youth minister?

...or will he be promoted? :shrug:

[Radio_Guy]

4. Dodgeball should be banned

Games like that are just an excuse to perpetrate violence.

[MadHound]

5. Oh please, I and millions like myself played dodgeball

When we were younger and what did we become?

OMG, peace activists:scared:

It isn't the game, it's the person.

[blondeatlast]

8. Don't let that get around, or

they really WILL ban dodgeball.

Can't encourage those uppity peace folk, can we now?

:sarcasm: of course.

[RubyDuby in GA]

6. Remember way back when...

it was just a kid's game that was played because it was fun???

Now I suppose we're supposed to put helmets and elbow and knee pads on every little 2nd grader before sending them out to recess. Oh that's right, they don't do recess anymore and that's why little Suzy is a porker.

Sorry. It just irritates the shit out of me when people take things too damn far.

[Radio_Guy]

9. I don't mind recess

But thank you for putting words in my mouth. :eyes:

When the object of the game is to take a ball and intentionally bean someone with it, that's a problem. We (or at least I) tell kids fighting is not the answer, but nailing someone with a ball is OK?

Let them play freeze tag or stickball or whatever else to have fun and be a kid. But telling a kid he can't throw rocks at someone but can throw a soccerball at someone is a double standard.

[RubyDuby in GA]

13. The object is to be agile enough not to be hit

They don't use soccer balls in PE classes, they use rubber balls and they don't start "beaning" people until they get older and have no supervision.

[Vektor]

14. I fucking hate dodge ball. HATE IT.

I seriously am filled with a black rage at the mere thought of such a stupid, lame, ridiculous game.

What perpetrates violence is not the game itself, but the thought of such a stupid bullshit waste of time lame-ass activity.

Just hearing the word "Dodge ball" makes me want to kill. When they made a movie about it, I almost went on a killing spree.

GAH. Now I am pissed again!


:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[BEZERKO]

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[Vektor]

20. Yeah, I was being facetious....

like, comical rage over dodge ball.

[RubyDuby in GA]

16. Dude, your pills

Calm down. It's just a game. Think happy thoughts. Fuzzy kitties. Sunny days. It's all good......

:)

[ContraBass Black]

22. It's not half as violent

As a good game of soccer.

[MrScorpio]

7. Who made that guy a Youth Minister, Ghengis Khan?

Not very "Christlike" now, is he?

[tjwash]

10. We used to call it "warball" in junior high.

And for some reason, the basketball players were really able to whip that sucker fast.

[DS1]

11. that's because basketball players are overly tall freaks of nature

with no redeeming value

[petronius]

18. Off topic, but that image is hilarious... consider it stolen.

(yoink!)

[BEZERKO]

19. Mrs BEZERKO

had to explain the graphic to me, very good!

[djeseru]

17. 'Cause, you know...

...who would Jesus tag? Especially after an apology...

:shrug:

[BEZERKO]

21. Yeah right,

I knew that,...