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Updates:
They will be charging anybody they can identify who threw cups or punches with assault and battery (a misdemeanor). They are charging the man who threw the chair with felonious assault. Not to mention, they are showing them on TV over and over, publicly announcing some names (resulting in media parking on their doorsteps) and asking people to identify certain participants so that they can charge them.
The one guy they've identified, John Green, from West Bloomfield, who lobbed the cup of beer at Artest is a season ticket holder and has quite a record:
2003 -- Operating under the influence of liquor/operating while visibly impaired (second offense)
1989 -- Assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder
1989 -- Escape from prison
1986 -- Carrying concealed weapons
1986 -- Uttering and publishing, which is using a false, forged, altered or counterfeit record, deed or instrument to injure or defraud.
Despite all this, he lives in the wealthiest community in Michigan. Go figure.
Also, from Auburn Hills police:
Gorcyca said the investigation will begin with Green, but the prosecutor's office is expected to announce charges against 25 to 50 other fans who participated in the fight at The Palace.
Gorcyca said anyone who threw a cup or a punch -- including players and fans -- could face criminal charges.
"The throwing of an object and striking someone constitutes an assault," said Gorcyca.
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