POLICE TROUBLES
Stamp RB Finch arrested
A report out of Oklahoma suggests Calgary Stampeders kick returner Roy Finch has been arrested.
According to a story appearing in The Oklahoman newspaper, Finch was arrested on Sunday night in Edmond, Okla. on complaints of drug possession, resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.
The report said the police were called to an apartment complex in Edmond after a caller said a car had been parked and running for more than an hour. When they arrived, officers allegedly found Finch in the vehicle smelling of marijuana.
The Oklahoman said that when officers tried to handcuff Finch, he “swung at one of the officers and took off through the complex after the altercation,”
They later used a taser on Finch and video showed a group of around 10 officers handcuffing him on the ground. No video of the initial incident in which Finch was alleged to have thrown a punch at an officer was made public.
A mug shot published by the Oklahoman showed Finch with bad bruises along the right side of his face.
Finch is coming off a season in which he earned the CFL’s Most Outstanding Rookie award and was expected to take a bigger role in the Stampeders offence this season.
The Stampeders, for their part, released a statement saying they were continuing to collect information.
“We’ve recently become aware of the matter regarding Roy Finch,” said Stampeders GM and president John Hufnagel.
“We are in the process of gathering information. Once we have more information, we will have further comment.”
Stampeders players pastand-present, however, took to Twitter late Monday afternoon to support Finch.
“Man in his car minding his own business,” wrote former Stamps running back Jerome Messam.
“They’ll never understand what it is to be a black man in our society.”
Other players offered similar messages.
“Prayers up for my brother Roy,” wrote Stamps offensive lineman Derek Dennis. “I hope he get through this, my heart hurting for him for real.”