Emoni Bates, former high school basketball star, has been arrested for having a gun in the vehicle he was driving.
Emoni got stopped by the police for a regular traffic stop where they found the gun in his car. Emoni could face up to five years in prison. His lawyer is claiming the gun was someone else’s, while emoji was just borrowing the car. The trial is set for October 6th.
Bates was one of the most sought after prospects in basketball history, but with this altercation just adds another blemish on his shaky start of a college basketball career.
I believe this is news, because it is out of the ordinary for basketball fans. it is not everyday that one of the top basketball recruits gets arrested.
The target audience are basketball fans, more specifically college basketball fans.
The article itself is an objective article. They do not provide their views on whether the arrest was justified or not. All the author did was relay facts.
fuglsang says
OK overall on the comment, Justin. Emoni probably gets his name spelled as emoji fairly often.