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A Kansas City judge chastised Redskins running back Larry Johnson for his halfhearted community service efforts with the Police Athletic League (PAL).Johnson, who was sentenced to 40 hours of community service due to two convictions of disturbing the peace in 2008, refused to play sports with the kids involved in the athletic league, instead telling police that he wanted to start an art program. He completed just nine of the required hours.
"Children who go to PAL don't go there for art class," Municipal Court Judge Joseph Locascio said at Johnson's Friday hearing. "The idea that you would draw pictures with kids who want to participate in athletics is absurd. ...
"For a young kid playing sports, the opportunity to have contact with an NFL player is once in a lifetime. That's why I'm so disappointed here. I thought you were going to spend time with the kids, and apparently you're not capable or interested in doing that."
Locascio could have sent Johnson to jail for failing to complete his community service hours -- in fact, the judge said that he "puts people in jail every day for not doing community service -- but the veteran RB was let off the hook. Instead of jail time, Johnson's remaining 31 hours of community service were kept on the books, and he was ordered to work with nonprofit organizations in the Washington D.C. area.
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