Wheelchair pushers sentenced (athletes pushed wheelchair off top of stairs while disabled woman was in restroom)

[Demovictory9]

Remember this story..sentencing details

https://www.goerie.com/story/news/courts/2023/12/19/carson-briere-ex-mercyhurst-university-students-get-ard-wheelchair-incident-erie-pa-tavern-sullivans/71962955007/

Ex-Mercyhurst student-athletes get probation in wheelchair incident at Erie tavern
Woman's wheelchair was damaged after it was shoved down stairs at Sullivan's in March. Former Lakers hockey player Briere, lacrosse athlete Carrozzi apologize for actions in court.

Sydney Benes, who lost her legs in an automobile accident in 2021, talked in an Erie courtroom on Tuesday about the embarrassment she had to deal with in March when she was carried downstairs to use the bathroom at Sullivan's Pub & Eatery.

Then there was the humiliation of finding her wheelchair, which had been pushed from the top of the stairs, sitting damaged at the bottom of those stairs, she said.

The accused, 24-year-old Carson S. Briere and 22-year-old Patrick Carrozzi, appeared before Erie County Judge John J. Mead on Tuesday morning for hearings on their applications for Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, a special program for first-time, nonviolent offenders. The program allows offenders to get probation and have their charges dismissed and their records expunged if they successfully complete it.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Jeremy Lightner told Mead at the start of Tuesday's hearings that, while there are many evil people in the world, "these are not those type of kids." He noted, however, that the community should expect better from people who will be future leaders.

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Briere's lawyer, Chad Vilushis, told Mead that as soon as he met Briere, his client wanted to make Benes as whole as possible and provided funds that were passed along to the District Attorney's Office to pay for the damages to Benes' wheelchair.

[pfitz59]

1. Entitled douchebags

Who would even think of doing such a thing? They should be sentenced to spend their probation locked to a wheelchair. See how it feels.

[Ray Bruns]

16. " Who would even think of doing such a thing? "

Entitled drunk douchebags.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. I was thinking...

Just throw his ass down those stairs

[NJCher]

3. Wheelchair down the stairs

Now back to partying.

Not one single thought to whose wheelchair that might be.

I hope he goes on job interviews and is met with, “oh yeah, you’re that guy who pushed a wheelchair down the stairs.”

Paying for the damages is not enough.

Good luck getting this video off the internet, jerk.

[Demovictory9]

6. His father is famous hockey player so story widely shared..he will have to deal with

Being infamous

[NJCher]

7. Good

That will indeed add to the memorability.

[GoCubsGo]

10. His father is also the General Manager of the Philadelphia Flyers.

So, he's really going to deal with being infamous. The kid had a chance of being drafted by an NHL team, but this likely put an end to that. Bed. Made. Lie.

[NoRethugFriends]

11. Thanks. I was wondering. Same last name. Hockey.

[Demovictory9]

32. It wad such a.vile act, i think father spoke out against them

[dalton99a]

21. +1

https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/sports/carson-briere-gets-punished-for-throwing-wheelchair-downstairs/
Carson Briere, son of Flyers GM, learns his fate after tossing woman’s wheelchair down stairs at bar
Published Dec. 21, 2023, 3:03 p.m. ET

[North Shore Chicago]

4. JFC

Chief fuckface says......while there are many evil people in the world. "these are not those types of kids." He noted, however, that the community should expect better from people who will be future leaders."


Excuse me? I suppose their resume for being a very impotent white male is getting off to a rip-roarin' start. Coming soon to congress or a boardroom soon.

Goddess, please help us.

[King_Klonopin]

5. The world just keeps getting uglier while we keep making excuses. n/t

[2naSalit]

12. The judge...

Seemed to think these cads could be future leaders.



Yeah, of their own hate clubs. Fucking toads. Not nearly the kind of sentence they deserve, it's not like they were ten year olds.

[bluesbassman]

33. The white patriarchal entitlement just reeks from this story.

Just imagine how the wording would’ve been had this been two people of color. “Future leaders” wouldn’t have been even an afterthought.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

34. If you think this sort of thing is new

For over-privileged white trash dudebros, then you must have lived a very sheltered life.

Scumbags like these have been around all of my life.

What entitled bubble did you get to live in that you never saw horrifying behavior like this from white boys with too much sadism and too few brain cells?

[King_Klonopin]

35. Where does this venom come from.

If you understand English grammar, you'll see I used the progressive tense .
No shit, It's been bad for a while.
How the eff do you get to accuse me of "living in an entitled bubble" and a "sheltered life"?
I grew up in Boston, went to public schools including a state University, and my dad was a custodian, and I'm a nurse -- a psych nurse for 40 years who has seen the side of the human race most don't get to see. We are descending into callousness and rage.
Keep the smug judgmentalism and flamethrowing to yourself.

I'm 65 years-old,; it wasn't this bad in the sixties, seventies or even the eighties. . . . No frat boys pushing disabled peoples'
wheelchairs down stairs for shits and giggles. That is anomie and atavism.

The world is getting uglier -- (that is a comparitive implying it was ugly before, but now it is worse).

[Stargazer99]

8. Any body that would do that to a disabled person is worthless

and sure don't need them as a future government official in charge of the citizens life

[Maraya1969]

9. Too bad the judge didn't make them pay restitution.

[Demovictory9]

29. They paid in after math of public outrage..it was huge viral story

[3Hotdogs]

13. In essence, they got a slap on the left pinkie.

[2naSalit]

15. They'll end up being...

The next steve bannons or steve millers.

[Paladin]

19. Their very white, athletic-star left pinkies.

Fuck them both. For the rest of their miserable lives.

[2naSalit]

14. I don't like the part where their...

Records of wrongdoing get expunged so that nobody will know about it in the future. I hope the press doesn't let them forget.

[Itchinjim]

17. They look exactly like I would expect them to look.

A couple of Brent Kavanaghs who can't even put their hats on correctly.

[Ferrets are Cool]

18. FUCK Chief Deputy District Attorney Jeremy Lightner. You push a disabled persons wheelchair

down a flight of stairs and damage it, YOU ARE EVIL. This wasn't a prank. It was a deliberate action.

[3auld6phart]

25. Yep

And screw the chicken shit judge. What a farce.

[kairos12]

20. How about strap their sorry, entitled asses in a chair

and push them off a fucking cliff.

Vile trash.

[Arazi]

22. I'm hopeful this sticks to them forever

Just like that young woman has to deal with her injuries every day for the rest of her life, I hope they never have a day they aren’t reminded of being massive assholes

[FailureToCommunicate]

23. Give those kids a break...they were just removing an obvious hazard from the top of a staircase...

JUST kidding!

Those two are totally lacking in empathy or judgement. They are clearly entitled jerks, who might just as easily pushed the chair with someone IN it.

They are able bodied now, but wait till gravity or misfortune finds them and THEY are stuck in a wheelchair!

They should NOT have gotten off so lightly. Judge should have thrown the book at them...from the TOP of the stairs down to their sorry asses.

Kid paid for repairs (only) for that chair. Those chairs are very expensive. They should have had to buy her a new one, AND pay damages for psychological harm.

Stupid judge too!

[happy feet]

24. Disgusting

This is exactly why we have TFG and his MAGAs. This was a vile and inhumane thing to do-punching down against a disabled person/dehumanizing her in the process. Judge sees himself in the drunken athletes more concerned about their futures than in rendering real justice to make them accountable for their actions including wearing their record the rest of their lives.

They’ll learn nothing except to expect exceptions for their actions the rest of their lives. Rule of law for ‘others’ but not me. TFG, anyone?

[Freethinker65]

26. JFC. My freshman college kid had Court ordered community service for trying to grow marijuana in a Pringles can

[world wide wally]

27. I hope they at least got kicked out of school

[keithbvadu2]

28. Publicity is far worse than paying for repairs.

Yes! Pay for the repairs but never let them be forgotten for this crap act.

He really put the family name in the news.

[Demovictory9]

30. Agreed..the casual way they pushed the xhair and turned away outraged people

Their wiki pages will always mention this

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. Real funny dumbasses