Adrian Peterson indicted on charges of injury to a child

[wook]

Pix of the injuries didn't come through on here but they are pretty bad!

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Adrian Peterson has been indicted on charges stemming from a May incident at his home in the Houston area.







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Updated SEP 12, 2014 6:50p ET






Minnesota Vikings (http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/team/minnesota-vikings/67053) running back Adrian Peterson (http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/player/adrian-peterson/469519) will be indicted in Texas on charges of injury to a child, reportedly his four-year-old son.
Rusty Hardin, an attorney representing Peterson, confirmed the indictment via a statement, per multiple media reports:
"Adrian Peterson has been informed that he was indicted by a grand jury in Montgomery County, Texas for Injury to a Child. The charged conduct involves using a switch to spank his son. This indictment follows Adrian's full cooperation with authorities who have been looking into this matter.
"Adrian is a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son. He used the same kind of discipline with his child that he experienced as a child growing up in east Texas. Adrian has never hidden from what happened. He has cooperated fully with authorities and voluntarily testified before the grand jury for several hours. Adrian will address the charges with the same respect and responsiveness he has brought to this inquiry from its beginning. It is important to remember that Adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury."
The Vikings released a statement Friday, saying they had deactivated Peterson for Sunday's game against the Patriots (http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/team/new-england-patriots/67054).
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport (https://twitter.com/RapSheet) reported that the investigation has been going on for some time, with Peterson testifying weeks ago. FOX Sports NFL Insider Jay Glazer reported that Peterson has been cooperating with law enforcement.
WCCO, Minnesota's CBS affiliate, has some of the unsettling details. Peterson apparently admitted he did "whoop" the boy with a switch -- a small branch.
The WCCO report (http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12/adrian-peterson-indicted-for-child-abuse/) also described the boy's injuries:

The doctor told investigators that the boy had a number of lacerations on his thighs, along with bruise-like marks on his lower back and buttocks and cuts on his hand.
The police report says the doctor described some of the marks as open wounds and termed it "child abuse." Another examiner agreed, calling the cuts "extensive."
WCCO also obtained photos of the apparent injuries:



The incident apparently happened in May, when the boy was visiting Peterson at his home in The Woodlands, a Houston suburb.
FOX 26 in Houston, which originally reported the incident, said the charge was for "reckless and negligent" injury to a child.
Peterson was not at Vikings practice Thursday. The team described it as a "veteran day." He was back at the Vikings facility Friday and practiced. He also missed practice Aug. 20-21 for "personal reasons."
Peterson sent out this tweet earlier Friday, though it's unclear if the message has anything to do with his current situation:



In October 2013, a two-year-old son of Peterson's was killed in an apparent abuse case in South Dakota.
Peterson, now in his eighth season, has spent his entire career with the Vikings, amassing 10,190 rushing yards and 86 touchdowns. He is a six-time Pro Bowler and was the NFL MVP in 2008.
He is originally from Palestine, Texas, a town roughly halfway between Dallas and Houston.
The news is another stain on the NFL in week of negative headlines surrounding the Ray Rice (http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/player/ray-rice/535267) scandal (http://www.foxsports.com/tag/ray-rice) and the league's handling of it.

[PAiN]

I don't even want to see the pics.

Using a switch is one thing but leaving cuts and open wounds on a kid is sick. What a sick fuck.

[kawa636]

Woow.. Wats up with all this abuse man.. Shits getting outta hand.i cherish every moment i spend with my girls bein that i only c them on weekends and could never see myself doin anything like this. Specially coming from adrian peterson.its a shame.smh.thx for posting this, this is definitely shocking news

[Dick]

Didn't he just lose his other kid a couple years ago? He should cherish the one he has!

[wook]

Didn't he just lose his other kid a couple years ago? He should cherish the one he has!

His other kid was murdered in another abuse case involving his ex-wive's new hubby... Fucking crazy!

[rmkicks]

The days of taking a switch to your kids back side has long been long. What a piece of shit.

[Freedom]

Where have you gone, Bart Starr? Roger Staubach?

I stopped watching basketball years ago because of this bullshit. Had about enough off these ghetto mother fuckers too.

Sad thing is every one of these bastards in the news this past month will be back on the field and dating a kardashian at some point.

[studmuffin]

I was raised getting my ass beat.But I turned it all around and never touched my boys.My dad did the best he could because his father beat the shit out of him.Just glad I learned to be a better father,cause I know what beating a kid does to them mentally to.

[hunkstrum]

I thought Texas was a spank-happy conservative state. My dad used to beat the shit out of me with a shoe brush made from aged wood and whip me with wire hangers. I would call him abusive, but he didn't do it because it brought him pleasure; He did it because he thought it would keep me in line. It didn't. It never does. He was an idiot.

[hunkstrum]

I don't even want to see the pics.

Using a switch is one thing but leaving cuts and open wounds on a kid is sick. What a sick fuck.

It's ok as long as it doesnt leave marks? :-/

[tank386]

That is messed up. The kid was a toddler.

[rocky83]

I wish the public loved me enough when I was a little guy to get this much attention when I got my ass whooped every which direction, and by many inanimate objects around my house and yard. My parents would be locked up for years with how PC the United States has become. I don't agree with what Adrian Peterson did, but even spanking your kid period is looked at as child abuse and look at how the generations are turning out compared to prior generations. Crime rate is the highest its ever been, teen pregnancy is now a fad embraced by MTV, reality tv has taken over cable television, teenage girls wear next to nothing in public, explicit talk is heard on national television as well as things of explicit nature able to be viewed by children, video games have taken over kids minds, the list goes on and on and on. I'm not sure why everyone is so persistent on making things better when there is a repercussion to everything that has quote on quote made our society better off. I'm not so sure that is actually the case. I believe that morals and manners are almost a forgotten idea and respect for grown ups has dwindled to a select few well mannered kids on your neighborhood block who are probably raised by parents that believe that a nice little spanking is deserved every once in a while as a reminder. There is a fine line with this subject, but my point is that the media controls what we all believe and what the media wants us to believe is all bullshit. I wish people would formulate their own opinions for themselves rather then say what they think other people would agree with. I am a product of so called child abuse and I think I turned out ok. I don't beat my kid nor do I hit my wife and I don't have any anger issues related to that. I do have PTSD from the military, but that is an entirely different issue.

[rocky83]

Also let's not overlook Floyd may weather jr. That guy is a well known abuser and if you don't believe me then look it up. The guy has been locked up for it before and he just had a payperview fight where I think payperview made something like 40 million off of the public and yet the media and the public stand against things of this nature and it's all forgotten to watch him fight and support his paycheck or better yet, supporting a well known abuser's paycheck. That sure makes a ton of sense. Just goes to show you that the media runs our thoughts and decisions.