Brutal Kroger parking lot attack caught on camera,

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Can't believe this thread it still going - it's almost the longer it goes on the worse the participants in it look.

People seem to say more and more outrageous things and then get irate when they're accused of being bigoted.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Can't believe this thread it still going - it's almost the longer it goes on the worse the participants in it look.

People seem to say more and more outrageous things and then get irate when they're accused of being bigoted.

That's because when you use logic, compassion, and reason, it's too much to handle. As nice as RobL is being, it won't be long before this thread gets locked because folks won't be able to hide their bigotry much longer.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

The world of College and professional sports works hard to protect its top athletes as positive public images help sell tickets. They worked hard to prevent the Ray Rice video from going public and got caught doing it. Hardcore sports fans are too easily convinced to ignore bad behavior from the top members of their favorite teams. So, it's left to the fair weather and non-sport loving public to hold College and professional sports organizations accountable for hiding the criminal acts of athletes from the public. A positive by-product of the Ray Rice criminal violence incident, and it's subsequent attempted cover-up is this story:

Ex-FBI head to investigate NFL's handling of Rice case

The NFL has hired former FBI director Robert S. Mueller III to investigate the league's pursuit and handling of evidence in the Ray Rice domestic violence case after a report Wednesday that a league executive received videotape evidence five months before it became public.

New York Giants owner John Mara and Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney will oversee the investigation, and the final report will be made public, according to league's statement, which noted Commissioner Roger Goodell has pledged the full cooperation of NFL personnel and access to all league records.

The announcement came hours after the Associated Press published a report citing an unnamed law enforcement official who said he sent a tape of Rice punching his then-fiancée to an NFL executive long before the video surfaced on TMZ.com on Monday, leading to Rice's release from the Baltimore Ravens and his indefinite suspension by the league.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/09/10/ray-rice-domestic-violence-investigation-roger-goodell-robert-mueller/15428019/

[B_J 2,752]

I corrected your quote of my words and your political attempt to insert your own opinion and ideology in its place. You also attempted to have me quantify something as being limited to the black community. For this reason, there are a few buttons on your computer that will not function to enable you to perform even the most rudimentary search to learn how broken families, crime, and domestic violence dominate the black community. These things are not limited to the black community, they just dominate the black culture of America.

And it's tap dancing for the win.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Getting to the bottom of this massive cover up can only help American society. But, will the public and rich white owners allow it?

(CNN) -- The NFL's history of punishing players in domestic violence cases is as complicated as the legal cases themselves.

Sometimes players were suspended for a game or two. Sometimes, charges were reduced, which also reduced the severity of the NFL punishment. Sometimes, charges were dropped and players' names were cleared.

Domestic violence now seems to be the football league's No. 1 off-field issue. Last month, the NFL announced a new policy against it. Then, this week, running back Ray Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the National Football League on the same day a video showed him knocking out his future wife with a punch earlier this year. NFL wife: Rice shouldn't be banned NFL: Won't rule out Rice playing again NFL reveals domestic violence policy

But the league hasn't always been so assertive about the matter, one expert said. Domestic violence accounts for 85 of the 713 arrests of NFL players since 2000 in a database compiled by USA Today.

At a domestic violence summit in Florida about 15 years ago, "the NFL actually sent a representative who argued, 'Are you kidding me? They're giving up two out of 16 paychecks for this issue. Isn't that a significant enough penalty?' And back then, they would take that (to the public). Today, it's a different story," said Don Yaeger, co-author of the 1998 book, "Pros and Cons: The Criminals Who Play in the NFL."

Here's how the NFL is handling or has handled punishment in some other cases:

Three days after Commissioner Roger Goodell created a new NFL policy against domestic violence on August 28, San Francisco 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald was arrested on an accusation of felony domestic violence.

The new policy imposes a six-game unpaid ban for first-time offenders and up to a lifetime ban for second-time offenders. No charges have been filed in the incident involving McDonald, and the case was still being investigated Tuesday, said spokesman Sean Webby of the Santa Clara County, California, District Attorney's Office.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/09/us/nfl-players-domestic-violence-accusations/index.html

[decocker 7,198]

can we just end football in the name of domestic violence? that would be awesome. let's end football and burger king.

eta: and kroger parking lots.

Edited September 11, 2014 by val erie

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

And it's tap dancing for the win.

It's past the deadline. Either pay up or I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Does anyone remember a poster that went by the name "fitnlivly"?

Edited September 11, 2014 by Teddy B

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Does anyone remember a poster that went by the name "fitnlivly"?

Looks like someone's cover was blown...

A better question, why are we talking about Ray Rice in a thread that deal with Krogers? Why not have this discussion in the Ray Rice thread?

[Teddy B 17,252]

Looks like someone's cover was blown...

A better question, why are we talking about Ray Rice in a thread that deal with Krogers? Why not have this discussion in the Ray Rice thread?

Some folks only see things in black and white, and get things mixed up easily.

Edited September 11, 2014 by Teddy B

[LibCampFireClub 635]

The victims most likely insulted the pumpkins.

MEMPHIS, TN -

(WMC) - Officers arrested and charged 10 teenagers and one adult as of Monday evening in the attack that happened in a Kroger parking lot.

Additionally, a 16-year-old was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated riot, and acting in concert to wit aggravated assault.

Eight teenagers, from 14 to 17 years old, are charged with aggravated riot. A 15-year-old boy arrested Sunday and charged with similar crimes.

Three people were injured Saturday night by a large group of teenagers who came from a nearby CiCi's Pizza restaurant. Two Kroger employees, ages 17 and 18, were jumped while trying to stop the initial attack on a 25-year-old customer.

Both were "struck several times in the head and face while being knocked to the ground," according to reports. The victims say large pumpkins were thrown at their heads. They both were eventually knocked unconscious.

Cell phone video circulating Facebook captured teenagers beating one of the Kroger employees next to the store's entrance doors.

"We have evidence, information, some of them are [in a gang]. Can we say this was a gang sanction incident? We don't have any information to substantiate that," Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong said during a news conference. "From what we have, is a flash mob that got out of control."

http://www.wlox.com/story/26477203/city-leaders-to-address-kroger-parking-lot-attack-2-pm

[Teddy B 17,252]

Looks like someone's cover was blown...

It's quite the "turnaround" don't ya think?

[decocker 7,198]

i blame cell phones. if kids weren't always trying to record the next viral vine fight, none of this would have happened, no pumpkins or kroger employees would have been harmed.

a 'flash mob' - that's a funny way of putting it.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

can we just end football in the name of domestic violence? that would be awesome. let's end football and burger king.

eta: and kroger parking lots.

End football and hamburgers ? Dear God woman are you mad. Slight Star Trek reference

[decocker 7,198]

End football and hamburgers ? Dear God woman are you mad. Slight Star Trek reference

in order to end the flashmobs or err uh domestic violence, we must sacrifice football, fastfood and grocerty store parking lots to the testosterone, um err, melanin gods.