GUILTY TX - Adrian Peterson for child abuse, The Woodlands, 2014

[Linda7NJ]

Besides being totally enraged that this enormous Neanderthal felt the need to whip (switch was used the same as a horse whip) a tiny four year old child, I'm also enraged that people are calling this "whipping" a spanking. People have always reacted with a horrified gasp when reading or hearing about slaves being "horse whipped" but now we have a little child who has suffered being literally "whipped until open flesh and blood ran" by a worshipped, hero football star and people are dismissing it as a mere spanking conducted by a parent discipling his child. I'm totally disgusted and disappointed in people right now.

You are not alone!!


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[Linda7NJ]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ld-protection-order-for-adrian-petersons-son/
What about the other 5?

“his dad hit him with a switch and that it hurt,” and that “his dad hit him with a belt on a different day and that it hurt.” At this time, it was noted that the child “still has pattern injuries 10 days after the last known time he was physically abused. His injuries are significant and may cause some scarring.”

From your link

I'm speechless!

He shouldn't be around any child unsupervised!


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[Trino]

The bottom line is definitely the most important factor to the Vikings owners. Interesting articles even before the Adrian Peterson case:

http://football.about.com/od/nationalfootballleague/a/mossantics.htm
http://www.vikingsgab.com/2009/04/28/something-is-brewing/
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/10/12_williamsb_vikings/
http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/content/animal-house/4912/

 

[human]

Could money be what is is all about? Nah.

Adrian P got only $14 MILLION a year ( not including all of his endorsements).

Goodell gets $44 MILLION a year.

The NFL is a non profit.

Can you even fathom the money that is involved in all of this?

These football players act like gods. Why not?

They have money, status, more women than anyone can imagine.

The whole thing is so ludicrous that I cannot understand it.

I do not undrstand the interest in watching a bunch of millionaires playing a game. Why?

 

[Trino]

Could money be what is is all about? Nah.

Adrian P got only $14 MILLION a year ( not including all of his endorsements).

Goodell gets $44 MILLION a year.

The NFL is a non profit.

Can you even fathom the money that is involved in all of this?

These football players act like gods. Why not?

They have money, status, more women than anyone can imagine.

The whole thing is so ludicrous that I cannot understand it.

I do not undrstand the interest in watching a bunch of millionaires playing a game. Why?

Good ole boys network. The game is a bunch of guys being paid millions to run around on a field and to hit each other. You don't see the owners hob-nobbing with them. It's a modern version of gladiators.

 

[Linda7NJ]

Could money be what is is all about? Nah.

Adrian P got only $14 MILLION a year ( not including all of his endorsements).

Goodell gets $44 MILLION a year.

The NFL is a non profit.

Can you even fathom the money that is involved in all of this?

These football players act like gods. Why not?

They have money, status, more women than anyone can imagine.

The whole thing is so ludicrous that I cannot understand it.

I do not undrstand the interest in watching a bunch of millionaires playing a game. Why?

I've never understood it myself. Rather stick a rusty girl in my eye than watch any professional sport.


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[lonetraveler]

“his dad hit him with a switch and that it hurt,” and that “his dad hit him with a belt on a different day and that it hurt.” At this time, it was noted that the child “still has pattern injuries 10 days after the last known time he was physically abused. His injuries are significant and may cause some scarring.”

From your link

I'm speechless!

He shouldn't be around any child unsupervised!


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What about all his other children? Is someone going to help protect them? It is obvious that the mothers aren't going to do it.

 

[formerjerseygirl]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...denial-about-future-with-vikings-report-says/
Lie detector?

 

[human]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...denial-about-future-with-vikings-report-says/
Lie detector?

He is on leave with pay so I suggest he makes that $14 mil last.

 

[formerjerseygirl]

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/sto...etersons-suspension-charts-path-nfl/15989231/
Great thinking.

 

[Trino]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...denial-about-future-with-vikings-report-says/
Lie detector?

He still doesn't "get it," appears to think a lie detector test will get him off, that he can prove he is not an abuser and what he did was normal. On Oct 8 will he take a plea bargain, or will he go to trial? He will need good luck supporting those 7 kids because things are going to get expensive for him in the coming years.

A MN judge said he can only have supervised contact with the injured child. AP has a child with his wife (married 2014); the child is 3 yrs old. Is he allowed to be around her? His wife has never said their child was abused.

I wonder if AP will sever contact with the boy because, if I correctly recall, he didn't see his children a lot before this happened.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Hitting kids: A hard habit to break"

"Explaining the complicated reaction to Adrian Peterson's unacceptable behavior."

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/elon-james-white-hitting-kids-hard-habit-break-article-1.1946089

 

[human]

Hitting one's wife has been deeply ingrained with some people.

It's over now. We know lots of things of the past that were accepted are not good anymore.

It's OK that women have the vote , for instance. Time to move on.

 

[Trino]

Well, we haven't moved on much. James Winston (Clemson) has a one game suspension (Saturday) for openly yelling on campus, "F her right in the P." Actually, it was going to only be half the game until there was an outcry.

 

[Constance]

Could money be what is is all about? Nah.

Adrian P got only $14 MILLION a year ( not including all of his endorsements).

Goodell gets $44 MILLION a year.

The NFL is a non profit.

Can you even fathom the money that is involved in all of this?

These football players act like gods. Why not?

They have money, status, more women than anyone can imagine.

The whole thing is so ludicrous that I cannot understand it.

I do not undrstand the interest in watching a bunch of millionaires playing a game. Why?

RBBM

I think it's a way for men to channel their natural aggressiveness. Men used to work physically hard days, hunt for their family's food, and so on. Now they sit in cushy chairs and watch these guys do the physical stuff. They get to release their energy by rooting for one team and hating another. These athletes are heroes because they are them, by proxy.

I think its a sign of the sickness that is modern society. JMO.

 

[Trino]

One interesting thing is many of these "millionaires" cannot speak the English language correctly (although born and raised in the US), yet they somehow attended college and were eligible to play. How's that for the state of education?

Actually, I'm aware of two college athletes (not football) who were always ensured to be eligible to participate in sports. One guy wouldn't get out of bed to go to class so the coach sent an escort each morning. His classes were also ridiculously easy with just enough credits to keep him eligible. (He did not graduate.) Another was minimally eligible, again never graduated. In fact, the second one was a star athlete in h.s., but only one college would take him because of his low grades and minimal intellectual ability. (He was a star athlete for his college - go figure.) I wonder what these two guys are doing today.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Adrian Peterson took part in orgy in 2011, hotel room was paid for with funds from his charity: report"

"According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Peterson and two other men, including his brother, who was a minor, had the romp with four other women."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/adrian-peterson-part-orgy-2011-report-article-1.1965305

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Adrian Peterson's lawyer reveals he will plead NOT guilty to child abuse charges... as NFL star posts series of angry tweets

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...sts-series-critical-tweets.html#ixzz3FWGw1Bmd

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Adrian Peterson 'admits he smoked a little weed' during court-ordered drug test - and now he could be going to jail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-weed-court-ordered-drug-test-going-jail.html

 

[kimi_SFC]

Adrian Peterson 'admits he smoked a little weed' during court-ordered drug test - and now he could be going to jail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-weed-court-ordered-drug-test-going-jail.html

(snip)

According to court documents, Adrian Peterson may have admitted to smoking marijuana.

The disgraced football star has been forced to undergo drug testing as a condition of his bond in his child abuse case in Texas, and he reportedly informed an employee at the facility during a recent visit that he might not be clean.

He allegedly told the employee that he had recently 'smoke a little weed.'

(snip)

It is uncertain if Peterson would have to fail the test for the prosecutors to follow through on this, or if the admission alone is enough.

The judge is not expected to rule on this matter until next week.

In other news, Peterson was in a Texas courtroom for the first time since being indicted on a felony child abuse charge last month just yesterday.

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The sense of entitlement one picks up, from reading the article linked by Blondie in Spokane and seeing the images, are personally infuriating to me.

I've cropped and redacted one particular image that captures AP's facial expression, as he interacts with what appears to be counsel. You can see the full image (#4/5) at the same link above)

but as I wasn't able to verify the lady or gentleman in the foreground, they were cropped and/or redacted for the purposes of this post.

The article states that AP's attorney secured an early hearing in the hopes of expediting this process and helping to essentially shorten his time away from the NFL (I'm paraphrasing).

The audacity to prance into court under oath, and have the chutzpah (I want to use another word, believe me) to ask for anything when your linked to anything but clean drug test results is mind boggling to me! JMO

In the photo, I see a spoiled, petulant child - housed within the physique of a top level professional athlete - who is used to having minions (including this lawyer), do his bidding for him. He strikes me as a monster who was created, many moons ago (pun intended), likely by those who showered him with praise and adoration due to his prowess on the field. It is how we treat our athletes, and they grow accustomed to it, expecting it over time. Reinforcement is reinforcement. I've seen it happen firsthand, and it is a rare percentage that can remain level-headed and grounded. That takes effort. What we see here is much easier. JMO.

Unless and until AP faces genuine, and consistent consequences for his choices and actions, he will not change. At some point, someone of true (adjudicative) authority must view the best interest of the childREN as having more importance than the happiness of AP, step up, and make it stick.

Anything less is a tragedy waiting to unfold.

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