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Ray Rice's Wife, Janay, Defends Him and Rips Media In Statment

After seeing Janay Rice beaten that bad in what seemed to be during pregnant stage, I thought that Ray Rice was a fighter and that NFL was a branch of UFC. So he was an American football player? Meh, perhaps he can not get a job as a security guard.
 
AJiveMan said:
Yeah, whip me, beat me, and I'll stand by my man. :roll:

Someday, he'll punch her lights out, and she won't wake up ever again, by then, it'll be too late to save her.
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It's difficult to save somebody who doesn't want or isn't ready to be saved. And some women do end up dead "for the sake of the kids" and because he "really loves me" and "It ws partly my fault for provoking him."

You know, if Rice had cold-cocked her and then not behaved so indifferently, I might feel sorry for him. But he didn't drop to the floor and bend over her in what-have-I-done mode. He didn't even try to recover her modesty. The instinct, whether it's your kid or your mother or your sweetie, is to pull down the skirt. He didn't. That callous disregard afterward has really stuck with me.
 
Your Star said:
I feel bad for her, really bad. That probably wasn't the first time he hit her and it probably wasn't the last. A lot of abuse victims love their abuser, and don't often see the light until after they are taken away from the situation. I hope she gets the help that she needs and gets out of that bad situation. No one deserves to be in that kind of relationship.
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Because this is so common... the abused rationalizing their abuser... should we adopt a societal response of disregarding what the abused thinks when they defend their abuser?

I normally dislike "for their own good" policies, but in this type of scenario I'm thinking maybe it's a good idea.
 
The only person who would defend Rice would be another wife beater.

Yes, the media overplayed it but when you are on tv 24 hours you multi duplicate stories. How many times in your lifetime have you seen John Kennedy's head being blown away?

But the point is without them this would have been swept under the rug. The guy is a piece of scum.

Well he has 20 some million to cover his wounds but hopefully he will blow it within a couple years.

This thread was a major fail.
 
WI Crippler said:
I doubt that. One punch kills aren't really that feasible.
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Really? The way her head cracked the rail in the elevator on her way down she could have easily suffered serious brain injury leading to death. I had the misfortune of witnessing a man die when he was punched and knocked out and his head split open as it cracked into the sidewalk. I guess if you punch someone in a padded room or they fall into a pile of down pillows you could be right, but in the real world people die from such assaults more than you may like to think.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Really? The way her head cracked the rail in the elevator on her way down she could have easily suffered serious brain injury leading to death. I had the misfortune of witnessing a man die when he was punched and knocked out and his head split open as it cracked into the sidewalk. I guess if you punch someone in a padded room or they fall into a pile of down pillows you could be right, but in the real world people die from such assaults more than you may like to think.
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How some people can defend this act as something other than brutal, even potentially deadly force is mind boggling to me. Absolutely mind boggling.
 
Henrin said:
Is it possible you could misconstrue my argument anymore? At the moment we know of one time Ray Rice hit his wife. That is it. We know of no other instances of him ever being abusive to his wife or for that matter any other woman he has ever been with. To treat Ray Rice as some sort of serial wife beater when there is ZERO evidence of that being the case is wrong. You don't treat a man that killed one person as a serial killer because there is no evidence of that being the case, so why are people treating Ray Rice as someone that beats his wife all the time when there is no proof of that?
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He knocked her out and dumped her like yesterday's garbage and you actually believe this is the first time he's done something like this? Oh wait, yeah she had it coming because she provoked him. I forgot you mentioned that earlier.
 
DA60 said:
One) I am not demanding anything. I am asking.
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He was right, the vast majority of players lead normal lives. Do you have evidence to the contrary? Then do share please.
 
nota bene said:
It's difficult to save somebody who doesn't want or isn't ready to be saved. And some women do end up dead "for the sake of the kids" and because he "really loves me" and "It ws partly my fault for provoking him."

You know, if Rice had cold-cocked her and then not behaved so indifferently, I might feel sorry for him. But he didn't drop to the floor and bend over her in what-have-I-done mode. He didn't even try to recover her modesty. The instinct, whether it's your kid or your mother or your sweetie, is to pull down the skirt. He didn't. That callous disregard afterward has really stuck with me.
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If it were me in her situation, I'd find it very hard to trust him, even with my children.
 
Middleground said:
If we were to scrutinize every move a professional athlete does -- for the sake of the young fans -- then there'd be about enough players left for just one team.
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Who is talking about every move???? He gave his fiance a left hook that knocked her out. He then stood over her unconscious body and yelled something at her. He then drug her unconscious body out of the elevator onto the floor like she was nothing but bag of trash. He made no effort to help revive her or get help for her. This is not like throwing a drink on someone in a bar. This isn't like getting in a fight with another adult male because you had too much to drink. You need to get some perspective here. This was an extremely violent act against someone who could not defend themselves. This violent act was followed by an extreme indifference to the consequences of that violent act. I don't care if his victim still loves him and forgives him. I am happy that sought counseling but it doesn't mitigate his actions at the time. It doesn't matter that he now shows remorse as he showed no remorse at the time. There must be consequences and serious consequences for this type of callous violence. He is now experiencing the type of serious consequences as result of deserved societal outrage.
 
Top Cat said:
He knocked her out and dumped her like yesterday's garbage and you actually believe this is the first time he's done something like this? Oh wait, yeah she had it coming because she provoked him. I forgot you mentioned that earlier.
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What any of us believe he has done to her outside of this incident means absolutely nothing if we have no evidence to support it. From the sounds of it you know you have nothing else to hold the man accountable for, so why are you? Because you suspect he has done more to her? What is your evidence to support your suspicion?
 
LowDown said:
Yeah, I thought so. Her opinion doesn't count.
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When it comes to how the NFL deals with their business, it doesn't count. For anything.

If they don't want to associate with domestic abusers, they don't have to.
 
Liberals saying the NFL doesn't have to associate with rice makes me think of their stance on anti-discrimination laws. :lol:
 
Henrin said:
What any of us believe he has done to her outside of this incident means absolutely nothing if we have no evidence to support it. From the sounds of it you know you have nothing else to hold the man accountable for, so why are you? Because you suspect he has done more to her? What is your evidence to support your suspicion?
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You are beyond naive if you think this is the first time he laid hands on her or someone else. Clearly his lack of remorse is indicative of that.
 
Middleground said:
I don't disagree with you here. But...

I do have to say that I do think the media has taken this too far. One merely has to note that she did indeed marry the man that assaulted her. According to a few news sources that I have read, they did go to counselling and have ironed out their problems. While we do not know if they're being truthful, we have to take them at their word. Hopefully Rice has repented, and will never ever lay a hand on another woman ever again. So I personally do believe he should get another chance. Heck if she can forgive him, why can everyone else?
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I believe in second chances and certainly in rehabilitation. But...that typically involves at least a little bit of time, and in the case of a criminal act...a real set of consequences. As I understand it, the state of Maryland has a shall issue charges law for any incident involving domestic violence. The victims doesnt have to file charges. If mandatory reporters become aware of the incident they must call the police and the police must file charges. The victim can even be compelled to give testimony (not really needed in this case). The law exists to protect battered spouses...people that are unable, unwilling, or just too terrified to file charges.

I dont think the part that completely indicts Ray Rice is him knocking her out. Sure...that was horrific and that was the criminal act. But if he had in the moment collapsed on the floor, sobbed, held her, called 911, screamed for help, SOMETHING...ANYTHING that demonstrated remorse, I would be inclined to readily accept his conversion. Instead...he dragged...kinda dragged...kicked at her...dragged some more...walked away when someone else walked up...the video is very damning.

Personally...I think the Michael Vick treatment would have been in order. Charges...some jail time...some rehab...and then if a team wanted to take a chance on him, so be it.
 
Henrin said:
Liberals saying the NFL doesn't have to associate with rice makes me think of their stance on anti-discrimination laws. :lol:
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That is ridiculous argument to make. No one can change their skin color but everyone can decide whether or not to engage in criminal violent acts and show no remorse for them at the time they occur. Your pathetic attempt at equivalency here is preposterous.
 
Henrin said:
Liberals saying the NFL doesn't have to associate with rice makes me think of their stance on anti-discrimination laws. :lol:
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You can't be this dim, seriously.

Anti-discrimination laws are put in to place to stop employers from discriminating based on race, sex, sexual orientation etc. Things that were no choice of your own and something you can't change.

In this case we have a guy who made his own decision and chose his actions.

So what's your clever argument? That people should be allowed to be discriminated against based on race, or that the NFL shouldn't be able to "discriminate" against players who beat their wives? Which of those sides are you making a stand for?
 
Top Cat said:
You are beyond naive if you think this is the first time he laid hands on her or someone else. Clearly his lack of remorse is indicative of that.
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Clearly you have no evidence to support your suspicion.
 
smb said:
That is ridiculous argument to make. No one can change their skin color but everyone can decide whether or not to engage in criminal violent acts and show no remorse for them at the time they occur. Your pathetic attempt at equivalency here is preposterous.
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Yes, yes, I have heard that argument before. It's funny that a business has the right to associate in one case, but not in the other.
 
VanceMack said:
I believe in second chances and certainly in rehabilitation. But...that typically involves at least a little bit of time, and in the case of a criminal act...a real set of consequences. As I understand it, the state of Maryland has a shall issue charges law for any incident involving domestic violence. The victims doesnt have to file charges. If mandatory reporters become aware of the incident they must call the police and the police must file charges. The victim can even be compelled to give testimony (not really needed in this case). The law exists to protect battered spouses...people that are unable, unwilling, or just too terrified to file charges.

I dont think the part that completely indicts Ray Rice is him knocking her out. Sure...that was horrific and that was the criminal act. But if he had in the moment collapsed on the floor, sobbed, held her, called 911, screamed for help, SOMETHING...ANYTHING that demonstrated remorse, I would be inclined to readily accept his conversion. Instead...he dragged...kinda dragged...kicked at her...dragged some more...walked away when someone else walked up...the video is very damning.

Personally...I think the Michael Vick treatment would have been in order. Charges...some jail time...some rehab...and then if a team wanted to take a chance on him, so be it.
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Wow, I actually agree with Vance. SMH
 
Top Cat said:
Clearly you know nothing about domestic violence.
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Though I'm trying my best,
few will recognize that Domestic Violence is the "sympton" in a vast majority of these cases where ALCOHOL is the "cause".

It speaks to the greater need for people to watch beer commercials and then beat their wives on Super Bowl Sunday,
THE day of the largest amount of domestic abuse cases all year .
 
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