Being a big sports fan and with the Jets’ recent signing of Plaxico Burress, I couldn’t help but to think about our discussion in class of how everyone is to follow the law but others who make the law are held to a different standard and might get off easier based on class in society and who you know. Well in this case you would think because of his status of a super star receiver that he would get off; however it was just the opposite. Plaxico shot himself in the leg and spent 21 months in prison, he indeed was deviant by carrying a gun into a night club, however he did not harm or intend to harm anyone, sure you can argue differently depending on your opinion, but this is a case which you would think he would of got off easy because of his status. I couldn’t help but to make the link to Becker’s Outsiders, on how the differences in class and social status apply to power, which it accounts to the degree to which group can make rules for others. The point I am trying to make is you would think he would get off easy, however the city prosecuted him to the full extent of the law, so next time you think you may be above the law or have the attitude, I know this one or that one that can get me out of this situation, I would rethink that or at least that is what the city wants us to think because of the way they made an example of the star receiver.
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2008-11-29/sports/29435442_1_plaxico-burress-sources-antonio-pierce
