Hi Everyone I have not touched on this subject for several reasons. One there are so many storys in the news about cab drivers getting robbed, beat up and killed by passingers and others and also up till now its been he said he said.
I am talking about Allan Kennedy the head baskettball coach of Mississippi, who back in December punched and shouted racial slurs at cab driver Mohammed Ould Jiddou.
The problems started when Kennedy, Bill Armstrong, director of operations for the basketball team who was also arrested and 3 other members of Kennedy's coaching staff where thrown out of the Lodge Bar.
Jiddou was then flagged to pick up Kennedy and the four other men at the Lodge bar Thursday morning. Jiddou says Kennedy got abusive when he wouldn't let all five men into the cab. Jiddou says his policy is to limit passengers to the number of available seatbelts... in this case, his car had four.
Jiddou claims Kennedy called him (Osama) Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and then punched him in the cheek. Kennedy got out of Jiddou's cab, got into another cab, but was arrested a few minutes later.
Three things makes Jiddou's story more convincing, one is the valet at the bar backs up his side two the fact that the group just got thrown out of the bar and then there's this new video from You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN0fBB1LfmU&eurl=http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=513434&feature=player_embedded.
In the video Kennedy is trying to explain to the officer who he is and how important he is, and is more worried about how all this is going to play out in the press. It was almost funny he was telling the officer that this was going an "international incident" which he later changed to a national incident.
This case will be hanging around the courts for a while, it seems besides the criminal cases against Kennedy and Armstrong, Kennedy, his wife and Armstrong are all suing Jiddou and he is returning the favor.
As for Kennedy and Armstrong are they still working for "Old Miss" I let you decide from the statement from Ole Miss Athletics Director Pete Boone "Clearly, this is an unfortunate situation. However, after a full discussion with Andy Kennedy and his staff, who were with him, I have the utmost confidence that once all the facts are known, Coach Kennedy will be cleared of all charges."
Ill translate for you, if he keeps winning he keep working, and that's the bottom line, what about Jiddou's bottom line is he still working, or did the cab company not want to "offend" anyone and cut there losses?
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