More bad news for Louisville: New charges added against Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings

Police have added new charges against Louisville's Jerry Smith and Terrence Jennings stemming from a fight inside a bar in Jeffersonville, Indiana, at 1am on Sunday.

In addition to the charges of resisting arrest, Smith and Jennings will both also be charged with disorderly conduct and battery of a law enforcement officer.

The police report of the incident was also released.

Additional charges were filed against Terrence Jennings and Jerry Smith.
(photo credit: Sporting News)

Apparently, Jennings got into some kind of altercation inside the bar Kye's. Two off-duty officers were working security at the bar, and tried to break-up the fight and get Jennings to step outside and calm down. Jennings didn't listen, and instead fought with the two officers (who were both apparently wearing t-shirts that said "POLICE" on the front and the back). They then took the 6'10" sophomore to the ground, where he was tazed twice while officers were attempting to put him in cuffs. Smith came over while the off-duty cops were waiting for a patrol car, and asked them what he could do to help Jennings. They told him to back away, he didn't, and then resisted when they attempted to restrain him. He, too, was taken to the ground and cuffed.

Jennings, who is 20, also had a blood alcohol level of .022.

This doesn't look good for Jennings, who it seems was the instigator in this whole mess (although there's always the possibility that the other party was the instigator, and the cops simply went after the 6'10" black guy that was shoving people). In any case, Jennings should have been smarter than to put himself in a situation that resulted in both his and Smith's arrest, and he absolutely should have settled down once the police became involved.

If I had to make a guess, it would be that Jennings and Smith both get, at most, a two game suspension (personally, I'd give Jennings two and Smith one, because wouldn't you want a senior captain coming to help out one of his younger teammates. Granted, he probably should have gone about it differently, but that is why he is getting a game).

This once again raises the question: would suspending these two be hypocritical of Pitino? Gary Parrish says it would be, because

Pitino wasn't disciplined for conduct unbecoming of a Louisville Cardinal, [so how can] he discipline players for conduct unbecoming of a Louisville Cardinal?

Its a good point, and I agree to an extent. Getting a group of college kids, let alone big time DI athletes, to buy into the whole "do as I say, not as I do" mantra is a tall task.

That said, keep in mind that Pitino was never arrested.

He didn't break any laws.

While he may have ruined his marriage, his public image, and his iconic status in (parts) of Kentucky, he did nothing illegal.

Jennings and Smith did.

And, as a result, they will probably be punished.