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Adrian Peterson reportedly indicted for child abuse

I have no idea what to think. I dont believe a spanking and things of that nature are necessarily child abuse. But they CAN be child abuse in some cases.
 
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Robert Kraft, folks.

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Daytona Fin said:
Picture of the victim.

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I believe in corporal punishment, but doing that to a four year old? Yeah, that's child abuse.
 
Daytona Fin said:
Looks like abuse at any age unless they were both garbed in leather.
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Personally, if the child was older I might be more open-minded, but four years old?

I know that punishment by switch is legal in Texas, but AP crossed the line. What a week for the NFL.
 
You can no longer discipline your kid like in the Old Days. My mom beat my butt with a wooden spoon a few times when I was little, but I was a rotten kid and deserved it. I finally grew up around the age of 8, and stopped fighting my mom.
 
Roman529 said:
You can nolonger discipline your kid like in the Old Days. My mom beat my butt with a wooden spoon a few times when I was little, but I was a rotten kid and deserved it. I finally grew up around the age if 8, and stopped fighting my mom.
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A little bit of corporal punishment isnt bad, but if beating a kid's legs until he bleeds are the good ol' days, Im glad we aint in them anymore.
 
Sounds like he is in some trouble.

The “whooping” – as Peterson put it when interviewed by police – occurred in Spring, Texas, in May. Peterson’s son had pushed another one of Peterson’s children off of a motorbike video game. As punishment, Peterson grabbed a tree branch – which he consistently referred to as a “switch” – removed the leaves and struck the child repeatedly.
The beating allegedly resulted in numerous injuries to the child, including cuts and bruises to the child’s back, buttocks, ankles, legs and scrotum, along with defensive wounds to the child’s hands. Peterson then texted the boy’s mother, saying that one wound in particular would make her “mad at me about his leg. I got kinda good wit the tail end of the switch.”
Peterson also allegedly said via text message to the child’s mother that he “felt bad after the fact when I notice the switch was wrapping around hitting I (sic) thigh” and also acknowledged the injury to the child’s scrotum in a text message, saying, “Got him in nuts once I noticed. But I felt so bad, n I’m all tearing that butt up when needed! I start putting them in timeout. N save the whooping for needed memories!”
In further text messages, Peterson allegedly said, “Never do I go overboard! But all my kids will know, hey daddy has the biggie heart but don’t play no games when it comes to acting right.”
According to police reports, the child, however, had a slightly different story, telling authorities that “Daddy Peterson hit me on my face.” The child also expressed worry that Peterson would punch him in the face if the child reported the incident to authorities. He also said that he had been hit by a belt and that “there are a lot of belts in Daddy’s closet.” He added that Peterson put leaves in his mouth when he was being hit with the switch while his pants were down. The child told his mother that Peterson “likes belts and switches” and “has a whooping room.”
Peterson, when contacted by police, admitted that he had “whooped” his son on the backside with a switch as a form of punishment, and then, in fact, produced a switch similar to the one with which he hit the child. Peterson also admitted that he administered two different “whoopings” to his son during the visit to Texas, the other being a punishment for the 4-year-old scratching the face of a 5-year-old.
In an interview with Houston police, Peterson was very matter-of-fact and calm about the incident, appearing to believe he had done nothing wrong and reiterating how much he cared about his son and only used “whoopings” or “spankings” as a last resort. He offered up information that the police didn’t have and was incredulous when asked if some of the numerous wounds and marks on the child were from an extension cord, saying, “Oh, no, I’d never hit my child with an extension cord. I remember how it feels to get whooped with an extension cord. I’d never do that.”
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http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12/exclusive-details-on-adrian-peterson-indictment-charges/
 
Spanking your kid or a nun rapping knuckles with a ruler, that's one thing.

Hitting your kid in the face, beating him until he has cuts that require medical attention, and getting his genitals because you were careless with the switch you were beating the **** out of him with?

He won't be banned for life, because he's too good of a football player, but he should be.
 
If this gets you indicted by a grand jury, then damn near every last black parent or grandparent would be in trouble lol. Especially ones from the South.

My grandmother use to make me pick out the switch that she was going to whoop me with, when I got out of line lol..and I was 5-6 years old. Got the same welts and bumps on my ass as in the pictures of AP's son. This country is funny man.
 
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