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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust so everybody knows, Adrian Peterson WILL NOT play Sunday.
Adrian Peterson, the star Minnesota Vikings running back charged with child abuse, surrendered to Montgomery County, Tex., authorities early Saturday morning and was freed on $15,000 bond.
Peterson flew to Houston on Friday night after practicing with the Vikings earlier in the day. A warrant had been issued for Petersons arrest Friday afternoon, one day after he was true-billed indicted, essentially by a Montgomery County grand jury on a single count of injuring a child. The team listed him as inactive for Sundays game against the New England Patriots at Minneapolis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/sports/vikings-peterson-is-booked-on-charge-of-child-abuse.html
I'm glad he's out. I feel guilty for being such a big fan for so many years.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)"The charges stemmed from Petersons disciplining his 4-year-old son in May in Spring, Tex., with a small tree branch, commonly called a switch."
What Peterson admitted to is beating his son. It's child abuse, not discipline.
hexola
(4,835 posts)The abused child was his girlfriends kid - nothing "parental" about his status/role.
I think that detail makes his actions more sinister...
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Everything I've seen referred to the boy as his son.
hexola
(4,835 posts)A quick read of some articles makes it sound a bit cloudy - although they do refer to him as "his son"...
There were references to the child calling Adrian, "Daddy Peterson" - which sounds a bit odd...
tblue37
(65,403 posts)or boyfriend who lives with them and whom the child calls Daddy also, then the little boy might habitually refer to the noncustodial daddy as "Daddy Peterson.'
I don't know if this is the case, but it is possible, especially if the man the child actually lives with (if, in fact there is a man in the home) has been in the father role to him for most of the time the kid can remember.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Your information is not accurate.
JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)when he showed-off in college doing a somersault touchdown and breaking his collarbone.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)There was a collective "Oh shit!" from the Sooner Nation.
I haven't seen the local coverage of his arrest yet. No doubt some will excuse it, saying that he's a nice guy, "but I got whupped and I turned out good", etc.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Last edited Sun Sep 14, 2014, 12:30 AM - Edit history (1)
I have a feeling they kept them back so there wouldn't be. It was a sick way to find out he was a neighbor for sure. The people I have talked with are horrified and saddened.
tblue37
(65,403 posts)above that referred to the "her" that your post referred to.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)tblue37
(65,403 posts)that it was turning my posts (and my email messages) into gibberish. It took a while for me to realize that was happening, too, much to my embarrassment.
Ever since I figured out what was going on, I have been hyper aware of obvious autocorrect errors in people's posts--but I think "her" was probably just a typo of the sort that it is so easy to make when using the minuscule keyboards on a cell phone.
But you know how your mind automatically sees what is "supposed" to be there in a line, especially when you read too fast? Well, I saw "her" and my mind supplied a preposition to make the subject line make sense, and then I went looking to see who that "her" was.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)He's still pretty much a hero here. No doubt some douchebags will defend him in the comments sections.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)I don't tbink he will play another game in the NFL.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)As for whether or not he plays again, I don't know. A lot of people don't take this as seriously as they take the Ray Rice situation, unfortunately.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Vikings training complex but did not participte in the ream practice.
Edit to add: I'm not certain the Vikings would not use this as an opportunity to get out from his huge contract.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Very possible that I misread the article.
randome
(34,845 posts)If we keep 'childfying' this game, we'll ruin it. Since when are people more important than football???
"Everybody is just on their feet screaming 'Kill Kill Kill'! This is hockey!football!"
[hr][font color="blue"][center]You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game. -Existenz[/center][/font][hr]
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)Unfortunately, that's not even a sarcastic comment for some.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)I hope he's lost custody. And since he's vowed to a reporter to "never eliminate whooping" them, I hope he loses it permanently.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I posted the OP because I saw some disagreement in other threads about whether or not he would play on Sunday.
flvegan
(64,408 posts)Maybe Peterson can "apologize" and "look sad" because that's all it takes (for some, at least...even here).
Ray Rice, I'm talking to you too.
And to anyone thinking I'm equating the torture of dogs and blowing your wad on starting a dogfighting ring to hitting a woman/child, congratulations! You missed the point.
Violence should be unacceptable, then, now and forever.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I would post some more trenchant comments about him, but they would likely be hidden.
flvegan
(64,408 posts)I hope you realize that comment was NOT directed at you, deliberately or otherwise.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)I just get red in the face when I see Michael Vick's name.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)ann---
(1,933 posts)now take the child away from him so we're not reading this kid's obituary next.