laughing dog
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This was no ordinary "spanking". He used a stick and inflicted numerous bruises and cuts on a 4 yr old child. (source: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11514522/adrian-peterson-minnesota-vikings-indicted-child-case). The statement from the local indicting DA says it all here:So, does the NFL suspend Adrian Peterson for his alleged domestic violence crime of beating his child with a switch?
Well, the team already did suspend him. It is an interesting case because hitting kids is not illegal in many states, and would not have been prosecuted in this case if the mother of that child did not pursue a prosecution. IOW, it is almost more of a case of him getting prosecuted for hitting someone else's kid than for hitting his own.
In Texas, Grant said, "parents are entitled to discipline their children as they see fit, except when that discipline exceeds what the community would say is reasonable." In Peterson's case, Grant said, the grand jury found Peterson's discipline exceeded a reasonable standard.
This is an egregious case of violence against a child. Beating a child is not excusable. The argument that this is about discipline is shallow since Ray Rice was also "disciplining" his fiance, yet the NFL took action against Rice.