I am genuinely surprised how many of you think the program should go after a kid who punched a cop.
What if Sean had felt that way about Will Hunting after he hit a cop? 
I was involved in a malay while I was younger where a friend hit an undercover cop in the cesspool that is Newburgh, NY. He got his ass handed to him by the judge, but was a good kid that just got caught in a horrible situation of dozens of people fighting, police dogs running around unleashed biting people, and people attacking others while the police were arresting them. Point is, it's not black and white.
Just so we have the facts straight, at least as the police see them:
The athlete, Anthony Livingston, became combative towards Jonesboro police officers as they responded to St. Bernard's Behavioral Health. Livingston was charged with battery of a law enforcement officer and arrested on several other crimes, according to court documents.
According to a probable cause affidavit, police were dispatched to the health facility Friday when they were confronted by Livingston.
“Officers attempted to calm Livingston and figure out what was wrong with him,” the affidavit stated.
The affidavit stated Livingston was irate and that he would “break their necks” if police tried to stop him from leaving the building.
An officer then pulled out his Taser and told Livingston “that he would be tased unless he followed commands.”
At that time, Livingston charged the officer and punched him in the throat, breaking the Hyoid bone in the officer's neck.
The officer, identified as Tyler Wilson, remains in the hospital. His condition is not known.
Livingston then ran from the building, across Johnson and into a field next to Centennial Bank Stadium.
Livingston was then arrested after being hit with the Taser by another Jonesboro officer.
The affidavit also states that Livingston threatened 2 people at St. Bernard's before officers arrived on scene.