Man fined $200 for tossing banana at Simmonds
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Man fined $200 for tossing banana at Simmonds
A man who hurled a banana on the ice at Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds during an exhibition game in London, Ontario, was fined $200 today, according to the Globe and Mail.
Christopher Morehouse was charged with provincial trespassing because London police said there was not enough evidence to charge Morehouse with a hate crime.
Morehouse, 26, pled guilty through his attorney, Faisal Joseph. He did not appear in court and was given 90 days to pay the fine.
Joseph has said his client did not know that throwing a banana at a black player could be seen as hateful.
Simmonds was approaching the Detroit goal during the shootout of the Sept. 22 loss. Simmonds is one of just 42 black players to play in the NHL since 1960.
At least no Flyers fans were assaulted, canadiens tased, little girls vomited upon and no reports of children drinking beer.— Sidney Crosby- Oh wow a troll with a Cindy Crosby name thinking he's hard core posting in a flyers forum? ROLMMFAO, how original. — twpman
- Or no one was beatin into a coma like in LA.— spittooncj
- Actually, it was a Rangers fan that was assaulted, Cindy.— kjuggs77
- Idiots do dumb things all the time, that'll never change unfortunately, just sayin'...— DJ
- Big deal. They should have just let Wayne have ten minutes alone with the guy. Punk move.— PhillySubsMac
- This wasn't as bad as when we rioted after losing in the Cup Finals. Oh wait..— max-power
- Since people are having trouble with it: the above comment was a joke pointing out that other cities are as bad or worse than Philly.
READ A BOOK PEOPLE. You can learn about neat things like satire and irony.— max-power 
Comment removed.- I was being facetious. Hence the "Oh wait..."
I was pointing out that other cities are just as bad or worse. I thought it was pretty obvious.— max-power - He should file an apPEAL immediately— Eddie Spaghetti
- He didn't know that tossing a banana at a black player could be seen as hateful???? Canadians are truly redneck schmucks. Then again, we have the Tea Party.— dontlikeneocons
- you classify an entire country as "redneck schmucks" while calling out the Tea Party as hateful towards black people. wow you libs really know how to show your stupidity without even trying lol — 420Phillie
- 420Phillie sounds as if he(?)would have done the same thing. Sad, dumb people. — hoverer
