OT - And Now Adrian Peterson in Trouble
Well both Deadspin and TMZ reporting AP is in trouble so in today's day and age these are actually quite legitimate sites for breaking news. Sounds like he hit his 11 year son with a switch. TMZ with the more inflammotry "child abuse" headline of course.
Fun times at NFL HQ.
Prepare for the litany of social media backlash... "back in my day a good switching was fine..."
Minnesota Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson has been indicted for child abuse in North Montgomery County, TX ... TMZ Sports has learned. Sources connected to Peterson tell us ... the alleged victim is a male child from Minnesota who was visiting Adrian back in May at AP's home in Texas.
We're told the child returned home to his mother in Minn. who noticed injuries and took the child to a doctor. A short time later, the doctor contacted authorities in Texas to report Adrian.
Child Protective Services confirms they are working on a case involving Peterson and say the alleged victim is an 11-year-old boy.
Peterson was indicted in Montgomery County for reckless or negligent injury to a child, this according to MyFOX Houston 26.
Jay Glazer adds that Peterson has been cooperating with law enforcement, and will now have to turn himself in to authorities. Rapaport notes that Peterson testified before a grand jury weeks ago.
TMZ.
September 12th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
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September 12th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
No, it's like a thin flexible piece of wood...or in real old times probably a branch off a tree.
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September 12th, 2014 at 5:40 PM ^
Like a stick/branch. Not a knife.
September 12th, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
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September 12th, 2014 at 5:42 PM ^
A switch is somewhat of a thin branch or something to whip or hit with. I have plenty of friends that would tell me stories of getting hit with swtiches when they were growing up. Its actually not that huge of a deal if that is all he did. People in the south use them more than people in the north from what I understand.
September 12th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
And when Grandma is really pissed, you have to go fetch your own.
September 12th, 2014 at 8:40 PM ^
Sam Webb has spoken many times on the air about the whuppins he got from his grandma, and how he had to choose his own stick and make sure it wasn't too puny.
The details are important, but FWIW I'm not sure a switch would be any worse than the bare-ass spankings I got a few times from my dad when I was a young miscreant.
September 12th, 2014 at 9:20 PM ^
I'm 30. I was spanked once or twice, but frankly, I might rather be spanked than have soap in my mouth.
September 12th, 2014 at 5:53 PM ^
September 13th, 2014 at 4:22 PM ^
My father drilled holes in a wooden paddle so the holes would leave welts on my ass. I turned out ok. Haha. Nothing wrong with disciplining your children physically.
September 12th, 2014 at 5:38 PM ^
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Is there videotape?
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/not s
/sigh
September 12th, 2014 at 5:39 PM ^
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September 12th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^
A stick is a switch she can use to whoop you with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeHLcMGGbuQ (clip from community)
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Yea those bastards wrap around you
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September 12th, 2014 at 6:20 PM ^
It's tough to say, but if we're hedging this seems quite serious.
You raise some good points yourself. The particular telling point for me is doctor's visit.
Pediatricians receive extensive training in identifying potential abuse. This isn't to say we bat a1.00 or that this particular doctor didn't make a mistake or is fully competent, but chances are this is more than your typical spanking incident.
Reporting procedures generally involve input from many people with professional experience.
As always, we'll have to wait to see more facts.
September 12th, 2014 at 6:36 PM ^
Well if there was no other injury, such as oddly dispersed rib fractures or odd long bone fractures or something, then the pediatrician was likely going on the skin wound. If that's the case, the pediatrician really has no other choice than to report it regardless of whether they think it's ok or not, b/c their license would be at risk. So I don't think it's correct to say that there was more than just spanking with a switch involved here.
September 12th, 2014 at 8:28 PM ^
The doctor point was more in objection to a thought this could merely be the result of the mother leveraging the chid's injuries to affect petterson.
The second point is more to your conclusion. You seem to know these decision rarely happen in a vacuum. It seems likely several people reviewed the information in total and decided something was amiss.
Honest question: Have you heard of superficial skin injuries (contusions, cuts) ever leading to an indictment?
There is the cultural practice of "coining" which as lead to erronious accusations, but in general the system is pretty good at parsing out such details.
September 13th, 2014 at 11:31 AM ^
September 12th, 2014 at 5:51 PM ^
40 or 50 years ago, but the environment of abuse has changed dramatically since then.
Shit, if we had the same rules then as are in place now every one of the Christian Brothers teaching high school would be in jail.
September 12th, 2014 at 5:52 PM ^
Wonder what the full story is?
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September 13th, 2014 at 11:03 AM ^
If the alleged texts he sent to the child's mother were actually sent, it does sound like him. And it sounds like he wouldn't hesitate to do it again.
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September 13th, 2014 at 11:04 AM ^
Oh my gosh, that's awful. Your poor great-aunt and her parents.
September 12th, 2014 at 6:06 PM ^
CBS Local in Minnesota has some descriptions of the injuries as they were described in the initial reports, as well as some photos of the scars left - LINK
Very brutal indeed. Supposedly, during his questioning by the grand jury, Peterson regarded this as a "normal spanking" and did not seem to think it was excessive.
September 12th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
idk, I don't think it looks THAT bad.
September 12th, 2014 at 6:16 PM ^
A spanking that causes open wounds? On a 4 year old, not an 11 year old as originally reported? (and if he were 11 I don't think I'd think any different)
That's far beyond normal discipline and well into abuse IMO.
September 12th, 2014 at 7:10 PM ^
If the kid is 4, then I take back my statement.
September 13th, 2014 at 11:05 AM ^
He's four years old, and the photos were taken one full week after the "spanking." I don't know about your kids, but when my son falls and scrapes his knee to the point to draw blood, it still heals in less than a week.
September 13th, 2014 at 11:43 AM ^
He's four years old, and the photos were taken one full week after the "spanking." I don't know about your kids, but when my son falls and scrapes his knee to the point to draw blood, it still heals in less than a week.
Edit: this is my first double post ever! I wasn't even on my phone, How does this happen? I only clicked "save" once. I always figured double posts happened from people being impatient and clicking save twice. Sorry guys!
September 12th, 2014 at 6:12 PM ^
Here come the "in my day" and "society is soft" posts.
They wouldn't indict him for spanking or hitting him once. The kid has scars all over his body from being whipped.
September 12th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^
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September 12th, 2014 at 7:56 PM ^
My pops had a paddle when we were kids that we get 2 or 3 licks with when we acted up. When we were really bad he would cheat down to hit the thighs. Man that was the worst. My dad however understood the difference between giving us a spanking and beating us though which makes it a little more reasonable.