Honestly, I’m baffled by this. I’ve been watching this sport for coming up to twenty years. And whilst these sorts of injuries are rare, they do happen.
I mean, I could see the guy being interviewed, but to be arrested on suspicion of manslaughter…?
What next, arrest Lewis Hamilton for dangerous driving?
Presumably someone has suggested that a player involved in the incident was being reckless and/or intending to do harm? I don’t know enough about ice hockey but, in football (soccer for USians), certain types of foul are treated more seriously if the action presents a risk of serious injury to the opponent.
I’ve seen the incident and whilst it does look a bit unusual I’d be very hesitant to say it looks like intent to injure.
Especially in a sport that makes it so easy for players to legally hurt each other.
Recklessness is enough for manslaughter. Do you have a link to the video?
I’d rather not link it. It’s pretty easy to find if you Google it. I’d recommend having a finger over the pause button. I’ve tried my hardest to avoid seeing anything after the incident.
As for the incident. I’m not convinced it was reckless. I’ve seen so many players completely lose their sh*t just by catching an edge on the ice. Let alone when they’re going in for a hit and loose an edge or catch a rut in the ice.
It doesn’t seem unreasonable to investigate. If someone slashes a person’s throat, they probably shouldn’t get away with it without question just because it was in the middle of a sporting match. I assume the arrest means they’ve identified some kind of intent.
An arrest for manslaughter actually means there was no intent. Intent would change it to murder.
It only means there was no intent to murder. If there was intent to do harm, but that harm results in death, it would fall under manslaughter.
It could also be the case that it’s just deemed to be grossly negligent or reckless behaviour, but that seems much harder to pin down, especially in a professional sports setting.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was cut during a match.
The Nottingham Panthers player was injured by a skate during a match against the Sheffield Steelers on 28 October.
Johnson was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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