What I wouldn't give for someone to remove Talia Shire and insert Mr. Peterson in this clip in her place (and the last line as Rocky and Peterson embrace, "Adrian... I forgive you."): <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/t1yzIeBRh5o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
And it hits ESPN... http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...usation?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Didn't he just get re-activated TODAY? Wow...
TMZ reports that Peterson was already cleared on those charges. When has Rusty Hardin taken a L? These are lightweight charges for him.
Rusty Hardin, lawyer for Adrian Peterson: "The allegation of another investigation into Adrian Peterson is simply not true. The allegation is more than one year old and authorities took no action. An adult witness admittedly insists Adrian did nothing inappropriate with his son."
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Vikings statement: "As part of the information we have gathered throughout this process, we were made aware of an allegation from 2013...</p>— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) <a href="https://twitter.com/christomasson/status/511696544413024258">September 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>...in which authorities took no action against Adrian. We will defer any further questions to Adrian’s attorney Rusty Hardin.</p>— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) <a href="https://twitter.com/christomasson/status/511696560363937792">September 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Radisson suspends its sponsorship of the Vikings hours after its logo was sitting behind team officials during Peterson press conference.</p>— Ben Goessling (@GoesslingESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoesslingESPN/status/511696786537611264">September 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Some parents believe in never spanking their child while others have no problem with it. I was spanked as a kid, but never did any of those spankings make me bleed (and I'm talking about being spanked with a belt). Peterson's child is four yrs old. It's one thing to discipline your child with a switch, but when you whip your kid to the point that they're bleeding that is CHILD ABUSE!!! Peterson claims he's not a child abuser? I wonder what his definition of child abuse is? The Owners of these teams that allow these players who abuse women and children to remain on the team have shown that they believe in one thing only, and that's the almighty $$$. They stand for nothing. It's pathetic and sickening. It's pretty sad when your moral compass of right and wrong is how it affects your wallet.
bet the vikings are going to beg Goodell to suspend Peterson now. Once the first sponsor bails the rest of them will be pressured to do so, snowball effect. They need Goodell to suspend Peterson in order to let them off the hook for their blunder.
Vikings don't want Peterson gone. Ravens didn't want Rice gone (until the video was released). Panthers don't want Hardy gone. 49ers don't want McDonald gone. Vikings deactivate Peterson for one week; Panthers feel they have to follow and deactivate Greg Hardy for week two(who played week one). Peterson re-instated, I'm guessing the Panthers will do the same. 49ers have let McDonald play.
Technically he wasn't "cleared" of the charges, there were no charges pressed. That can be for any number of reasons. It could be CPS didn't believe the child was abused. It could be because CPS believed the child was abused but had insufficient evidence to lay charges. It could be because the DA decided there was insufficient evidence to prosecute the case successfully. However, in the current case when Peterson was asked if there was anything unusual about how he had struck his child, he said that he had given his child a "standard whooping" when he hit his child 15x with a switch, except that instead of the normal 10x -- he "gave him 5 extra pops". Child abuse is rarely an isolated incident as the abusers almost never believe they are abusing their children but are in fact disciplining their children out of love. I doubt many believe that Peterson didn't sincerely believe that he was "disciplining" his children. His child said Peterson had "liked belts and switches" and had a "whooping room". Peterson has at least 7 children. Do the math. It is highly likely that Peterson has hit at least some of his other children to a similar degree on other occasions, however the real question is how many times he's gotten away with it either due to the child's mother and the children themselves not believing it's abuse, or the child's mother not taking them to a doctor or calling CPS, or there being insufficient evidence for police to mount an investigation and lay charges, or the authorities simply looking the other way, or Peterson and the NFL quietly paying people off.
Anybody remember the episode on What's Happening when Rodge gets whipping from his mama? <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zpBhrjfetkk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Are what about the Andy Griffith Show with the Spoil Kid <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/oSTdHClwwSg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> T_Man
I won't go into assumptions about Peterson abusing other children, paying people off, etc. I made my response to note 2 things. 1) The latest charges (even though they are old) were looked into by someone and nothing came of them. 2) Rusty Hardin does not take L's. That's all.
I don't understand your point here, and I'm really trying hard to do so. Are you saying this isn't child abuse now? Or are you trying to rebut about 6 posts in a 15 page thread that thinks popping a 4 year old in the butt with an open palm is just the wrong way to go about things? This is criminal. I've always been an AP fan, but the bottom line here is this particular child will become a very rich teenager because of this. It seems you're ok with it as long as AP doesn't go to jail. After all what's 4 million dollars being the over/under here? It's about a child. Is this really about moralism?
I was spanked with a 2x4 as a kid. It hurt like hell, but I never got lacerations on the balls...that's just gross.
Or he could be like a lot of black fathers and just not care at all about the kid, and kid could grow up being up to no good. He might be going a little overboard, or maybe he is trying to parent how he was raised.
First of all popping a child on the butt with an open hand is not wrong.. It's a disciplinary option and there is nothing criminal about it... Abusing a child is wrong.. But for some reason you want to to group them together.. If I had a jar on the table and i tell a child not to touch it and they keep trying to touch it.. Then I have that option of popping them on the butt to let them know not to touch it. Now you can say just move the jar, well that is your option... My option is "NO", when I say don't touch.. then don't touch.. You have your option I have mine.. But just because i pop them on the butt does not make that child abuse. You keep trying to change the meaning of spanking to beating... Those are two different things.. I have said and will keep saying what AP did was wrong... He let his emotions get the best of him and you can not do that when you are disciplining a child. I think AP is trying to be a good parent and trying to do right thing, but he does need counseling... What ever else he gets is up to the NFL and the court systems.. But he does need counseling and he needs to understand that you can not discipline a child when your emotions are on high... But spanking a child is not wrong and it's not a criminal act... It's an option.. T_Man
