When you read a headline that describes battery charges as the reason for New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas’ arrest on Friday evening, it sounds a lot worse than it is.
Sure, the Saints would ideally not want one of their star pass-catchers getting into physical altercations in the later hours of the night. Thomas’ fellow wideout Chris Olave was arrested late last month for reckless operation of a motor vehicle and tried to play the “I play for the Saints, though!” card. Alas… Didn’t work.
As for Thomas, though, he was ticked off that construction workers refused to stop parking in front of his house for weeks while they did work around his neighborhood.
Check out this video from the alleged victim, whose car Thomas flung a brick at:
A contractor working in Michael Thomas' neighborhood spoke with WDSU exclusively about an alleged confrontation he had with the Saints star. We have reached out with Kenner PD for more information and have not heard back. @wdsu pic.twitter.com/UWhpsWJAQo
— Eli Brand (@EliBrandTV) November 11, 2023
That was then followed by an alleged altercation in which Thomas shoved the construction worker to the ground.
A full account of the Michael Thomas situation from last night… https://t.co/7IOUjvpzXk
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 11, 2023
Kenner PD released the details of the Michael Thomas arrest made last night.
The Saints WR was charged with simple battery and criminal mischief. https://t.co/sOOA9k7Aj7
— Brooke Kirchhofer (@brookechesney) November 11, 2023
I mean, you can’t say Thomas didn’t warn the workers not to park in front of his house. Again, when you see “arrested on battery charges” in a headline from ESPN, you immediately assume the worst.
But like, no offense to this construction worker. This is f*cking hysterical. Even better was how Thomas addressed the whole situation once he was released from lockup after a mere few hours at 10 p.m. on Friday night on charges of misdemeanor criminal mischief and simple battery.
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) November 11, 2023
Yo. This man has zero chill. GET OFF HIS LAWN.
In the spirit of Thomas’ comical take on the matter, the quick-witted social media specialists were out in full force on this one with memes and reactions to the All-Pro receiver’s conduct.
Michael Thomas when someone uses his driveway to turn around pic.twitter.com/6d49TEa4dT
— GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) November 11, 2023
Michael Thomas when he sees someone park on a public road pic.twitter.com/Tm6B57Rpz9
— Randy Stumbo (@OH1OMedia) November 11, 2023
Michael Thomas anytime someone parks in front of his house pic.twitter.com/0OSVQyT1OP
— One Time Tommy (@youphilmedu) November 11, 2023
Michael Thomas when he sees someone on his street pic.twitter.com/G1hyOghImF
— Jimmy (@jimmy_koski) November 11, 2023
Michael Thomas: “Told ya. Don’t be parkin in my spot!” pic.twitter.com/dn9v0akWWi
— MandaFLOORian (@dom_q94) November 11, 2023
michael thomas when he made bond pic.twitter.com/RlRjfGI9Bg
— 🕷️ (@JYZOVRRTED) November 11, 2023
michael thomas has more arrests (1) than he does games with 70+ yards in 2023 (0) 😭😭😂 pic.twitter.com/Y3FwREXN7b
— 🦄 (@arkeshrayyy) November 11, 2023
Michael Thomas when the neighbors are having a party pic.twitter.com/3yRWrULJ3I
— NFL Memes (@NFLHateMemes) November 11, 2023
POV: You parked on Michael Thomas’ street pic.twitter.com/fnkdPfXS9r
— GhettoGronk (@TheGhettoGronk) November 11, 2023
Michael Thomas deadass said pic.twitter.com/43IiFDxmtM
— Chiseled Adonis Burner Account (PARODY) (@AdonisBurner) November 11, 2023
michael thomas when a little kid rides his bike on his driveway pic.twitter.com/8A7dkIoONp
— 🦄 (@arkeshrayyy) November 11, 2023
Quick questch: How and why are there this many brick-throwing memes/reactions at the ready? Where did all these come from? Am I missing something? Do people make fun of political protests that turn into riots on the regular with material like this? The Internet never ceases to amaze me.
To be honest, the alleged victim in Thomas’ case kind of sounds like he’s full of sh*t and a quick scan of social media will agree with that take.
This isn’t that big of a deal is the bottom line. It’s more humorous than anything else considering the sensationalist “BATTERY CHARGES” headlines that Big J journos are running with. Let’s hope Commish Goodell isn’t a prude about it and refrains from suspending Thomas for the Saints’ showdown with the Vikings in Minnesota on Sunday.
