# A “Superfan” of the Kansas City Chiefs has been arrested **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [August 22, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915 "2023-08-22T09:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/1 "2023-08-22T09:52:59Z")
[I mean, I’d be able to pick him out of a lineup pretty easily.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/us/kansas-city-chiefs-fan-indictment/index.html) A semi-serious question: can he find a fair trial in Missouri? Or have years of living among fanatical football fans tainted my view? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/2 "2023-08-22T10:00:00Z")
Why wouldn’t the trial be fair? Because the jury loves him, or because they hate him? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/3 "2023-08-22T10:02:19Z")
Depends on how you feel about the Chiefs. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/4 "2023-08-22T16:06:22Z")
Why would a jury member be swayed just because they’re also a Chiefs fan? The guy committed armed robbery multiple times - this isn’t a case of boys being boys. As a Chefs fan myself, and as someone who knows plenty of other fans, our collective thought on the matter is generally “what a fucking idiot”. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/5 "2023-08-22T16:13:03Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > As a Chefs fan myself, and as someone who knows plenty of other fans, our collective thought on the matter is generally Great Googly Moogly? I’ll see myself out. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/6 "2023-08-22T16:15:36Z")
I’ve got the [t-shirt](https://www.raygunsite.com/products/chefs-1) to go with it. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/7 "2023-08-22T16:16:37Z")
But what about these powerful words: "He believes, and we believe, that when the final whistle blows and all of the facts are known that he is going to be redeemed in the eyes of his community, in the eyes of his fans, and in the eyes of the Chiefs Kingdom.” Shouldn’t he be given another chance? /s ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/8 "2023-08-22T21:02:12Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I mean, I’d be able to pick him out of a lineup pretty easily. I clicked on the link and thought the article title said “monkey laundering” for a second, and then thought, wait, that’s a wolf costume not monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/9 "2023-08-22T21:04:52Z")
Oh, I saw about him on _On Patrol_ He’s not just a super fan. Bad guy. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/10 "2023-08-22T21:25:04Z")
That must be very uncomfortable to wear in summer. Good way to lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/11 "2023-08-22T23:48:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > That must be very uncomfortable to wear in summer. And the dry cleaning bills must be enormous! Why, it’s enough to drive a person to commit armed robbery! Wait… ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-superfan-of-the-kansas-city-chiefs-has-been-arrested/988915/12 "2023-08-23T04:10:03Z")
There are only 73,500 people on average attending each game, so 1/3 of 1 percent of the 2.1 million population of the area. It should be fairly easy to find 12 fair jurors from the 99.67% of the population who don’t attend Chief games.