The David Norris Handcuffs Controversy
By: Daryl | November 12th, 2008
Ipswich Town’s David Norris has been in all sorts of trouble this week. After scoring for Ipswich on Saturday he celebrated by making what looked like a handcuff gesture, which many took to be a reference to his friend Luke McCormick – the former Plymouth goalkeeper currently serving eight years in prison for killing two children while drunk driving.
The public were not impressed, and the media went wild. Norris didn’t help himself either. First he denied the whole thing – “no handcuff gesture or personal message to Luke McCormick” – and yesterday changed his story to “I made no handcuff gesture, but it was a small private gesture to Luke McCormick.”
So basically it was a message to McCormick. And handcuffs or not (let’s be honest, it probably was handcuffs, right?) it was not a smart move. A goal celebration is simply the wrong time and place to reference a fatal tragedy with a message to the man responsible. Norris has been fined by Ipswich and will probably face a hostile reception wherever he goes from now on.
On the other hand, Run of Play recently posted an excellent article in defence of Norris, arguing that while McCormick is literally a criminal, he’s not a serial killer. He’s just a man who made a mistake that many others have made – drink driving – and still deserves the support of his friend. It’s thoughtful and well written and I’d encourage you to read it.
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“…it was a small private gesture to Luke McCormick.”
A small private gesture in a stadium full of people, on television.
“…while McCormick is literally a criminal, he’s not a serial killer. He’s just a man who made a mistake that many others have made – drink driving…”
And…oh yeah: he killed two people. Sure it was an accident in some sense; he didn’t set out to kill two little boys. But that doesn’t bring them back. I agree that he deserves the support of his friends; but anything that absolves him, minimizes what he did, or suggests that his incarceration is unjust is despicable.
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