09-12-2014, 10:44 PM
(09-12-2014, 07:15 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: Will this qualify under the leagues new Domestic Abuse policy?
He won't be playing with the Vikings on Sunday.
According to the linked article, the new Domestic Abuse policy applies and stricter penalties are possible because a child is involved. I knew that stricter penalties were possible if the player assaulted a woman who was pregnant or did it in the presence of a child, but hadn't seen specific policy against violence towards children themselves until the reference in the article (makes sense though -- it qualifies as Domestic Abuse).
Turns out, the boy is only 4 years old. Whipping a little kid like that with a switch or a branch is too much, IMO. Peterson admitted that he'd "whooped" on the boy because the boy had pushed another one of his kids away from a video game. The boy told his mom about the beating via Skype from Peterson's home during his visit.
Peterson also told police that he was confident in his actions because he knew his intent and that he didn't plan on giving up whooping his child because he knows how much it helped him when he was disciplined that way. Cycle...
The police have texts that Peterson sent to the boy's mom warning her that she wasn't gonna like the marks when the boy got home: “You will be mad at me about his leg.” Later, he texted: “He got about five more pops than normal. He didn’t drop one tear! … He’s tough as nails.”
I don't need to know who the mom is now that I've seen the police report, Peterson's own statement, and the photos. Clearly, this is beyond an unsubstantiated allegation at this point. It's not disputed that Peterson whipped a 4 year old to the extent that marks were left all over his body, marks which a doctor noted were "extensive" and "abusive".
I think Peterson is very mistaken in thinking that his claimed intent matters here -- it's not a self-defense case. I don't think that the remorse he expressed in his statement today will help him either; it contradicts his previous statements condoning what he did and expressing his intent to keep doing it. Peterson's in very deep shit, IMO.
Ref: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12...ild-abuse/