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AP Indicted for Child Abuse

It really shocks me all the people defending him. The sad part is they are serious. Some feel he did nothing wrong

What AP did is not discipline thats assault plain and simple and he needs to be kicked out of the NFL and thrown in jail. You just have to wonder what he has done to his other children. Granted they will never talk because of fear.
 
wheels002 said:
It really shocks me all the people defending him. The sad part is they are serious. Some feel he did nothing wrong

What AP did is not discipline thats assault plain and simple and he needs to be kicked out of the NFL and thrown in jail. You just have to wonder what he has done to his other children. Granted they will never talk because of fear.
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You are echoing exactly what I feel about this. I cannot believe the people defending him.

I grew up, like many of us, in an era where getting spanked with a belt was normal. Where my grandfather used to make me cut my own switch.

I understand that old school discipline, and unlike most of society, I feel it often does work.

I was never beaten bloody by my parents. I was never flayed open like I was beaten with a whip. I was never left with marks up and down my back or my genitals bleeding.

This was NOT discipline. This was rage, and it was not an uncontrollable blind rage. He was cognisant of what he was doing. He remarked in a text that he saw he hit his child in the gentials, and apparently kept right on swinging.

A father has two jobs in this world, in my humble opinion. His job is to raise his children to be good adults, and to protect his children from the horrors of the world. Adrian Peterson brought those horrors to his own 4 year old child.

No kid should ever have to go to bed at night fearing his father more than the monster under the bed. There is simply no defending what this animal did to a kid. There is no justifying it.
 
mhughes0021 said:
those pictures were taken 5 - 7 days AFTER the "whooping" happened. That kid got fucked up. PLaying in the NFL should be a priviledge....Goodell better make a statement and do the right thing here.
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I was 11 when my dad passed away. I never shed a tear.

I was 34 when my mom died. I choked up, but I held the tears back because I needed to be strong for everyone else.

I was 39 when my step-father died, and I have never respected a man more in my entire life. I stayed as strong as I could, and held it together for my family.

When I see this poor child's legs, I feel as close to crying for this little boy as I have ever felt in my life. I can't even imagine how a father sees the damage he's doing to his child, and just keeps on hitting that boy.

My heart is overwhelmed with sympathy for this kid, and every ounce of sympathy I feel for him, turns quickly into hatred for Adrian Peterson.

If the NFL does not react appropriately to this atrocity, especially in the wake of Ray Rice, I do not honestly know if I will ever watch an NFL game again. I don't expect that to happen quickly, but are we honestly going to say that as a society we will accept this kind of treatment to a child more easily that we accept a woman being punched in the face?

I am sure the NFL doesn't care if they lose one single fan, but I don't know how much I could care about an organization that didn't act with venom to something like this.
 
I have to think that the ignorant tweets from players are without them seeing the pictures. Like Roddy Whites for example was being sarcastic about his FF team not going to win now. Completely insensitive.....but I bet if he saw the pictures of that little boy that statement wouldn't be made. Negligence is never an excuse though in my book. If youre going to comment on something that serious at least know what youre commenting on....or your going to come out looking like an ignorant fool.
 
mhughes0021 said:
I have to think that the ignorant tweets from players are without them seeing the pictures. Like Roddy Whites for example was being sarcastic about his FF team not going to win now. Completely insensitive.....but I bet if he saw the pictures of that little boy that statement wouldn't be made. Negligence is never an excuse though in my book. If youre going to comment on something that serious at least know what youre commenting on....or your going to come out looking like an ignorant fool.
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100% correct.
 
Its scary to think that it seems this is a pattern with AP. With his past and that child's statements
 
"Adrian has never hidden from what happened." -- yet the child abuse took place in fuckin' May. Sure sounds like he's hiding..
 
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Mitchrapp said:
"Adrian has never hidden from what happened." -- yet the child abuse took place in fuckin' May. Sure sounds like he's hiding..
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The guy had to go after a 4 year old with a fucking stick.

... I find cowards typically do a lot of hiding.
 
I feel very fortunate my parents never hit me. Thanks Dad, thanks Mom.
 
Mitchrapp said:
"Adrian has never hidden from what happened." -- yet the child abuse took place in fuckin' May. Sure sounds like he's hiding..
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Actually I heard hes been very forthright ...basically because he REALLy thinks he didn't nothing wrong. This has been going on for awhile now....the story is just getting leaked now for whatever reason. Reports are hes been very cooperative with law enforcement. Not exactly sure why it took this long to arrest him...the kids doctors appointment when the child abuse case was brought to the laws attention was only mere days after the "whoopin." Very odd that in both Rice and AP cases its really the law enforcement that has dropped the ball.
 
mhughes0021 said:
Actually I heard hes been very forthright ...basically because he REALLy thinks he didn't nothing wrong. This has been going on for awhile now....the story is just getting leaked now for whatever reason. Reports are hes been very cooperative with law enforcement. Not exactly sure why it took this long to arrest him...the kids doctors appointment when the child abuse case was brought to the laws attention was only mere days after the "whoopin." Very odd that in both Rice and AP cases its really the law enforcement that has dropped the ball.
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The fact that he was indicted by a Grand Jury is really the shittiest part of this whole story.

When a man is accused of a crime, the district attorney can choose to bring charges against him, or he can decide to bring him before a Grand Jury. The latter is typically done if the DA isn't sure he can get a conviction.

Taking someone before a Grand Jury is really like saying "I need you guys to tell me if you think I have a strong enough case".

The kid has marks all over him. Adrian has admitted he did it. The crime is clear, and the perpetrator is clear. There should have been no question to anyone that he could gain a conviction.

It's very clear his status as the biggest name in Spring, Tx. is going to play a part in all of this.
 
inkfreq said:
The fact that he was indicted by a Grand Jury is really the shittiest part of this whole story.

When a man is accused of a crime, the district attorney can choose to bring charges against him, or he can decide to bring him before a Grand Jury. The latter is typically done if the DA isn't sure he can get a conviction.

Taking someone before a Grand Jury is really like saying "I need you guys to tell me if you think I have a strong enough case".

The kid has marks all over him. Adrian has admitted he did it. The crime is clear, and the perpetrator is clear. There should have been no question to anyone that he could gain a conviction.

It's very clear his status as the biggest name in Spring, Tx. is going to play a part in all of this.
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People from Texas should want his head for going to Oklahoma.
 
As suspected, I was just watching NFL Now on my AppleTV, and the DA said that the crime "Carries a two year state jail sentence and up to $10,000 in fine, but probation is also an option for those with no criminal history".

They also just confirmed the grand jury decided not to indict him, but then changed their mind.

They are going to let him off.
 
His statement through his lawyer made me ill. he basically said yep I did it and I whip all my kids. I did nothing wrong and he doesnt think its a big deal
 
I hereby name him, forever and always... Adrian BeatHerSon.
 
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