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Michael Thomas responds to Kenner incident with ‘Friday’ reference

Michael Thomas responded to Friday night’s Kenner incident with a reference to the classic comedy film ‘Friday’

Michael Thomas doesn’t appear to be too worried about his Friday night arrest in Kenner. The New Orleans Saints wide receiver was involved in an altercation with a construction worker that led his arrest and misdemeanor charges for simple battery and criminal mischief. The incident is not impacting his availability for Sunday’s road game with the Minnesota Vikings.

And Thomas responded to the whole ordeal with an on-point reference to the classic comedy film Friday starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, and Nia Long. Thomas shared a clip from the film on Instagram and X, the social media network formerly known as Twitter, featuring the actor Ronn Riser as the protagonist’s neighbor Stanley; who repeatedly asks bystanders “Could y’all stay off my grass please?” in a running gag over the course of the story.

This incident started when construction crews working on a home in Thomas’s neighborhood allegedly trespassed and blocked access to his property over the course of several weeks, which lends credence to Thomas’s complaint. We’ll have to wait for the legal process to play out, but Thomas is expected to play for the Saints on Sunday and in the games remaining on their schedule this season.

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Kenner PD releases statement, announces charges in Michael Thomas arrest

The Kenner police department announced charges against Michael Thomas after arresting him Friday night:

The Kenner police department announced charges against New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas after arresting him Friday night, according to a press release shared by WDSU’s Travers Mackel. Thomas faces counts of simple battery and criminal mischief — both misdemeanors — after an altercation with a contractor working on a home in his neighborhood.

Thomas was booked and released without incident, and he is expected to play in the Saints’ road game with the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

The release from Kenner police clarified that these charges will be adjudicated in the city mayor’s court. In Louisiana, simple battery carries a fine of up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for up to six months. The second misdemeanor for criminal mischief may result in a fine of up to $500 and/or six months’ imprisonment. Neither charge has a minimum sentence.

We’ll have to wait and see how the legal process plays out here, but it doesn’t appear that Thomas will be unavailable for the Saints in the foreseeable future.

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Saints WR Michael Thomas arrested in Kenner, expected to play vs Vikings

Saints issue statement after Michael Thomas arrested in Kenner; WR expected to play vs. Vikings

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas was arrested by Kenner police on Friday afternoon, with the team sharing a brief statement once news broke late Friday evening. Thomas was involved in an altercation with construction contractors who were allegedly trespassing and blocking access to his property while working on a neighboring home.

Per a Saints team spokesman, “We are aware of the incident and are gathering information.”

This sounds like it was more of a privacy/property dispute than anything, but this is a fluid situation. Kenner PD has not announced any charges, and Thomas is expected to play Sunday, per NewOrleans.Football’s Nick Underhill. We’ll keep an eye out for more details once they become available.

Update: A press release from Kenner PD says Thomas was charged with simple battery and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors.

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NWS says a small tornado made a brief touchdown near Saints practice facility

That was a close one. The National Weather Service says a small tornado made a brief touchdown near the Saints practice facility on Saturday:

That was a close one: the National Weather Service says a small tornado briefly touched down near the New Orleans Saints’ practice facility on Saturday, which is a series of words you really can’t take lightly no matter carefully they’re worded. It’s very fortunate to no one was injured.

Storm bands rolling in off the Gulf of Mexico hammered the Gulf South on Saturday morning, spawning a few waterspouts — including a tornado the NWS rated at EF-0 with peak winds reaching 70 miles per hour. NWS investigators found that the tornado only lasted two minutes, beginning at 11:11 a.m. CT and dissipating at 11:13 a.m. CT while approaching a maximum width of just 75 yards. Its path traveled less than a fifth of a mile up Minor Street in Kenner, starting just shy of the Mississippi River and collapsing before it reached Kenner Avenue or Airline Drive. The track was just 3.5 miles west of the Ochsner Sports Performance Center

“A combination of radar, images/videos and surveys by emergency management led us to this determination,” the NWS said in a statement.

Again, we’re very fortunate that the weather incident resulted in no injuries or severe damage. But it’s still a near-miss. We’re doubly lucky that the Saints were off on Saturday with players excused for the weekend. They’ll return to the facility on Monday to kick off a week of preparations for Sept. 10’s regular season kickoff game with the Tennessee Titans. Hopefully this is the last of any strong winds we’ll see in New Orleans for a while, but you never know in hurricane season.

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