Adrian Peterson Indicted

[Mr. Sunshine]

Do we know exactly what the 4-year-old's role was?

 

[heyabbott]

Thank God the gay guy wasn't good enough to make a roster.

That could have really been a distraction.

AMEN

By the way to all the defenders of due process before punishment, that doesnt apply to the NFL or their employer. THey are contractual employees and can be cut for no reason and disciplined according to the contract. Due process doesn't apply except for government actions.

He beat a 4 year old with a stick until bloody. Why? Cause Daddy said shut the **** up or I will beat you.

He should be suspend by his employer, with out without pay, depending on what the contract says.

 

[heyabbott]

Do we know exactly what the 4-year-old's role was?

He has a press conference scheduled right after nap time tomorrow to apologize for his role in getting beat

 

[BDC99]

Thank God the gay guy wasn't good enough to make a roster.

That could have really been a distraction.

AMEN

By the way to all the defenders of due process before punishment, that doesnt apply to the NFL or their employer. THey are contractual employees and can be cut for no reason and disciplined according to the contract. Due process doesn't apply except for government actions.

He beat a 4 year old with a stick until bloody. Why? Cause Daddy said shut the **** up or I will beat you.

He should be suspend by his employer, with out without pay, depending on what the contract says.

But he pushed his sibling. Punk had it coming!

 

[LongTimeListener]

BDC nailed that one. Peterson is still in the due process stage if you believe in that.

I'm not sure where I fall with all the different cases, but I think the teams should at least take the guys off the field in a serious accusation such as Hardy/Rice/Peterson, even if the CBA says they still have to be paid. No different than an employer putting someone on paid leave until they can take more serious action or the charges are cleared. The Vikings did the right thing.

I don't think there will be a one-size-fits-all approach, although I do like the FSU one with automatic suspension for felonies. (I think other schools have that too.) But I do think the teams can read -- and investigate, with their two security officials in each city who are there specifically to stay close to police -- and make some early determination about the seriousness and credibility of the charges and say "hey, this is too much heat here."

 

[LongTimeListener]

Do we know exactly what the 4-year-old's role was?

He has a press conference scheduled right after nap time tomorrow to apologize for his role in getting beat

He might have started the whole thing by drooling on Dad. That much is unclear.

 

[YankeeFan]

Lawyer's statement:

“Adrian Peterson has been informed that he was indicted by a grand jury in Montgomery County, Texas for Injury to a Child. The charged conduct involves using a switch to spank his son. This indictment follows Adrian’s full cooperation with authorities who have been looking into this matter. Adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son. He used the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child growing up in east Texas. Adrian has never hidden from what happened. He has cooperated fully with authorities and voluntarily testified before the grand jury for several hours. Adrian will address the charges with the same respect and responsiveness he has brought to this inquiry from its beginning. It is important to remember that Adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury.”

http://bit.ly/1xVGGr6

Doesn't sound like much of a defense.

 

[LongTimeListener]

This looks like a local Houston talking head, which makes me skeptical, but it has a lot of specific information. Big revelation, the boy's scrotum was injured.

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12/exclusive-details-on-adrian-peterson-indictment-charges/

According to police reports, the child, however, had a slightly different story, telling authorities that “Daddy Peterson hit me on my face.” The child also expressed worry that Peterson would punch him in the face if the child reported the incident to authorities. He also said that he had been hit by a belt and that “there are a lot of belts in Daddy’s closet.” He added that Peterson put leaves in his mouth when he was being hit with the switch while his pants were down. The child told his mother that Peterson “likes belts and switches” and “has a whooping room.”

 

[YankeeFan]

I haven't looked at the pictures, but my lever of hatred for this guy is already about as high as possible:

But all my kids will know, hey daddy has the biggie heart but don’t play no games when it comes to acting right.”

Mother ****er.

That's just a taste of what's in this article:

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12/exclusive-details-on-adrian-peterson-indictment-charges/

 

[YankeeFan]

Looks like LTL and I found the same article. The guy's a sick ****.

 

[LongTimeListener]

I hope someone in Carolina media asks the Panthers this -- the Vikings acted based on a police report and an indictment, one that puts Peterson in the same stage of the legal system as Greg Hardy.

Does the report on Peterson read any worse than the report on Hardy? She says he threatened to kill her, at a time when she was getting a beating severe enough that she took him seriously.

Why does Peterson sit and Hardy play?

 

[spikechiquet]

I'm fine with punishing kids, but this is 1,000Xs wrong.
I hope AD gets his "whuppin'" tenfold after this.

 

[BTExpress]

She says he threatened to kill her, at a time when she was getting a beating severe enough that she took him seriously.

He says she was attacking him, prompting his call to 911.***


*** Could be and likely is complete bull****, but there is your "difference", since Peterson is not claiming self-defense in an attack from the 4-year-old. Also, Peterson's charge is a felony, Hardy's a misdemeanor.

 

[BDC99]

I hope someone in Carolina media asks the Panthers this -- the Vikings acted based on a police report and an indictment, one that puts Peterson in the same stage of the legal system as Greg Hardy.

Actually, no. Hardy has already been convicted and appealed, which makes it even worse. That Hardy and McDonald are still on the field is stunning to me.

 

[User 11148]

Not defending or getting in the neighborhood of defending ... but the switch thing brings back a few memories.

I remember my paternal grandmother's house having a bush all the kids called "the hickory bush." That's where our parents plucked many a switch -- there were, at various times, a dozen or so of us running wild there. If it was an especially good-weather summer -- or if my prodigal-son uncle from California happened to be visiting -- we'd be over there a bunch. By Labor Day, that damn thing would be almost dead ... but not quite. ****er's still there.

 

[BTExpress]

Actually, no. Hardy has already been convicted and appealed.

His "conviction" was by a judge. His jury trial is a trial "de novo", which means "anew." The appeals court holds trial as if no prior trial was held.

Might be picking nits to some, but those are the facts at hand.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Bill Cartwright and Mark Eaton need to beat the **** out of AP.

 

[BDC99]

Actually, no. Hardy has already been convicted and appealed.

His "conviction" was by a judge. His jury trial is a trial "de novo", which means "anew." The appeals court holds trial as if no prior trial was held.

Might be picking nits to some, but those are the facts at hand.

Yes, wasn't familiar with the exact nature of the legal system up there, but still means he is further along in the legal process than Peterson. And a judge found reason to convict him so there is something there.

 

[spikechiquet]

Not defending or getting in the neighborhood of defending ... but the switch thing brings back a few memories.

I remember my paternal grandmother's house having a bush all the kids called "the hickory bush." That's where our parents plucked many a switch -- there were, at various times, a dozen or so of us running wild there. If it was an especially good-weather summer -- or if my prodigal-son uncle from California happened to be visiting -- we'd be over there a bunch. By Labor Day, that damn thing would be almost dead ... but not quite. ****er's still there.

Yup. I grew up in the woods and if I did something really bad...I would have to go outside and "pick a switch."
I think that was worse than getting spanked. You didn't want a whispy one...those were like getting hit with a whip. You didn't want a big one either...it would be like getting hit with a baseball bat.
It was best to find something about the width of a wooden spoon or a tad smaller.

 

[heyabbott]

Not defending or getting in the neighborhood of defending ... but the switch thing brings back a few memories.

I remember my paternal grandmother's house having a bush all the kids called "the hickory bush." That's where our parents plucked many a switch -- there were, at various times, a dozen or so of us running wild there. If it was an especially good-weather summer -- or if my prodigal-son uncle from California happened to be visiting -- we'd be over there a bunch. By Labor Day, that damn thing would be almost dead ... but not quite. ****er's still there.

Yup. I grew up in the woods and if I did something really bad...I would have to go outside and "pick a switch."
I think that was worse than getting spanked. You didn't want a whispy one...those were like getting hit with a whip. You didn't want a big one either...it would be like getting hit with a baseball bat.
It was best to find something about the width of a wooden spoon or a tad smaller.

is that what you do to your kids?