Vikings deactivate RB Adrian Peterson after child abuse charge indictment

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Pats kick Vikings a$$.

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That deactivation didn't last long, did it?

Adrian Peterson reinstated by Vikings

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings reinstated star running back Adrian Peterson on Monday, three days after benching him because he was facing a child-abuse charge in Texas for using a wooden switch to spank his 4-year-old son.

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Like the Ray Rice video that depicts him punching his then fiance in the face and knocking her unconscious in an elevator, these photos show the true extent of an angry man who committed a criminal act upon his child. This was not about a simple swat to the butt, but the acts of a father that left several raised welts and drew blood:

In the midst of all this, we have crack pot people emerge who believe they have identified the problem, and found the solution. Now, Kate Fagan has done both for the men of America:

On ESPN’s “SportsCenter” earlier this week, espnW columnist Kate Fagan argued that the big picture in the controversy surrounding former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s domestic violence allegations.

According Fagan, the problem needs to be tackled at the so-called grassroots level when men are in their formative years. “Well, I think right now we're talking so much about firing Goodell or punishments. You know, should it be a three game, a two game, a six game, a full year ban? But I think that's a little reactive and not proactive. Domestic violence is something that happens in anger, in the moment and it’s very unlikely that perpetrators are worried about whether it will be a two, a six, a 12-game suspension.

This is behavior that is happening at the grassroots level that is born through years of our culture like raising like men to want to not be like women and using language like ‘sissy’ and ‘you throw like a girl’ that demean women. These are all contributing factors. And I think if we want to hold the NFL’s feet to the fire over this issue, we shouldn't be looking at the number of game suspensions because I don't think that will change the problem. I think it should mean getting them to throw the kitchen sink at domestic violence. To invest millions of dollars in grassroots organizations, in going into middle schools and high schools and colleges and talking to young men about dealing with anger, about how they treat women. I think that’s where you're going to see change. I think that right now all of this reactive behavior is not going to change it, as much as going in and going into the school system and the younger spaces and really reprogramming how we raise men.”

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/09/14/ESPN-Commentator-We-Need-to-Reprogram-How-We-Raise-Men

Edited September 15, 2014 by ExExpat

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That deactivation didn't last long, did it?

Of course not. He's been their leading rusher for the last few years. If he was some spare kicker, he'd be working at Subway by now.

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I' m glad he didn't play yesterday.

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Actually Mr. Middle of the road, we don't...

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Mr. Middle of the Road.

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Mr. Middle of the Road.

It doesn't help when 99% of the things you post come from Right Wing News...

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Peterson's attorney responds to new allegations he injured another son

UPDATE: Adrian Peterson's lawyer Rusty Hardin released the following statement:

"The allegation of another investigation into Adrian Peterson is simply not true. This is not a new allegation, it's one that is unsubstantiated and was shopped around to authorities in two states over a year ago and nothing came of it. An adult witness adamantly insists Adrian did nothing inappropriate with his son. There is no ongoing or new investigation."

HOUSTON -- New accusations against Adrian Peterson come from another mother who has another four-year-old son of Peterson, and also involve Peterson striking his boy as a form of discipline.

Peterson's attorney Rusty Hardin responded with the following statement:

The allegation of another investigation into Adrian Peterson is simply not true. This is not a new allegation, it's one that is unsubstantiated and was shopped around to authorities in two states over a year ago and nothing came of it. An adult witness adamantly insists Adrian did nothing inappropriate with his son. There is no ongoing or new investigation.

Earlier Monday, a top law enforcement official confirmed knowledge of the allegations by the mother of Peterson's son back in June 2013. Photos, which the KHOU I-Team obtained from a source, show a head wound to a boy identified as Peterson's four year old son. It is a wound that weeks later, left a scar above his right eye.

Sources claim it allegedly happened while the boy, who lives out of state, was visiting Peterson at his gated home in The Woodlands.

The source provided a string of text messages allegedly exchanged between the Peterson and the boy's mother. They contain numerous grammatical errors:

Mother : "What happened to his head?

Peterson: "Hit his head on the Carseat".

Mother "How does this happen, he got a whoopin in the car"

Peterson: "Yep"

Mother: "Why?'

Peterson: "I felt so bad. But he did it his self."

The text messages go on to show Peterson saying he was disciplining his son for cussing to a sibling. Also in the text messages, the mother asks "What did you hit him with?"

Peterson never answers directly but writes "be still n (and) take ya (your) whopping, he would have saved the scare (scar). "He's aight (all right)."

The exchange continued:

Mother: "I'm real sensitive about my baby and him being hit."

Peterson: "You tripping if you want him, come get him. I'm not about to be getting questioned down like you (you're) CPS."

Sources confirm to the I-Team that the mother did file a report with Child Protective Services, but CPS declined to discuss the its investigation.

Peterson's attorney Rusty Hardin said the woman is shopping around false allegations. Meantime, the website TMZ quotes sources close to the investigation, saying the CPS case went nowhere because the injuries were accidental and that the boy struck his head on a car seat.

http://www.khou.com/story/news/investigations/2014/09/15/new-accusations-peterson-injured-another-son-while-disciplining-4-year-old/15693941/

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It doesn't help when 99% of the things you post come from Right Wing News...

He only reads the right wing sites to get the opposing views.

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It doesn't help when 99% of the things you post come from Right Wing News...

That was from Facebook actually and was a fairly commonly shared view by both sides that Congress sucks

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It doesn't help when 99% of the things you post come from Right Wing News...

So you and little yap yap don't think Congress should be held to a higher standard than a NFL football player?

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Facebook isn't moderate

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So you and little yap yap don't think Congress should be held to a higher standard than a NFL football player?

Old Middle of the Road sage, check out my last thread. Then come back and see me.

That was from Facebook actually and was a fairly commonly shared view by both sides that Congress sucks

Truth. But let's be honest, you CLEARLY have more disdain for the left side of the aisle.