Adrian Peterson indicted for child abuse

[Silverback]

that sounds outta line to me. thats a beating, not discipline.

god bless.

I'm going to go out on a "limb", and say that the kid started squirming and that's why the non buttocks areas were hit.

[ELVIS]

I'm going to go out on a "limb", and say that the kid started squirming and that's why the non buttocks areas were hit.

i have no doubt thats exactly what happened. I would think you would stop vs. keep swinging on the back, butt, legs and nutsack? i mean do you know how much Tali pays dudes to have that done?

god bless.

[bcoop]

that sounds outta line to me. thats a beating, not discipline.

god bless.

For those who have never experience a country ass whipping...


As Kim said elsewhere, too small of a switch will sting like hell and burn. Too thick of one hurts like a mother fucker (dull pain). Both will wrap around the ass/legs/whatever's in the way. It's kind of the point of using a switch. When the kid jumps around, these things happen.

I don't think AP set out to beat the shit out of his kid. I think he was well intentioned. I do believe he was either mad, or didn't realize his own strength when whipping him. I've had way worse whippings, with marks that FAR exceeded what we've seen so far. I don't think this was even remotely close to an intentional criminal act.

[ceyko]

I generally would not have a problem with it, but ...

1. I'm not seeing a 4 y/o requiring a whooping this bad.
2. Putting leaves in the kids mouth is just strange.
3. I think AP needs to learn not to admin a whooping when overly mad.

[95DRGT]

So it happened in May and its just now coming out-WTF seems suspect

[Ruffdaddy]

He at least deserves the scare, massive legal fees and a lawsuit. Not sure about jail time since he was at least disciplining his child for a reason.

But with injury to the scrote, I wouldn't be mad at jailtime either.

You can't just beat the shit out of a 4 year old like that...

[Lone Sailor]

So it happened in May and its just now coming out-WTF seems suspect

This case was brought before a grand jury once already and they choose not to proceed. They, now the second grand jury, just announced it had voted to proceed with bringing charges against him a few days ago.

[Lone Sailor]

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=11534340&src=desktop&ex_cid=null

[asphaltjunkie]

So he whoops his kid in May, calls Uncle Jerry in June....and now they're saying the Vikings have benched him for the season.

[mstng86]

so this exemption means he is out for the season?

[Lone Sailor]

It means exactly what they said it means. He's out until the legal proceedings of his case are finished, and that isn't a guarantee that they will let him come back. It will all depend on the end outcome/verdict. Seeings as how our legal system is slow, I'd bet he won't play much more this season, if at all.

[SS Junk]

IMO that kind of action is a little excessive on a four year old. I used to get hammered with a switch, wooden spoon, buttstock, etc, but never was switched like that at that age and I lived in an era where beating the shit out of a kid was widely acceptable. A simple swat on the ass gets the point across just fine at that age.