Ray Rice -- ELEVATOR KNOCKOUT ... Fiancee Takes Crushing Punch [Video]

[flowers]

  It is the fact she will not get a the cash flow is the only reason she is upset. She spit on him, just a wonderful gal.

[rangerrebew]

September 10, 2014, 11:12 pm
Ex-FBI director to probe NFL’s handling of Rice
 
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will lead an independent investigation into the NFL’s handling of the Ray Rice’s suspension for domestic violence, the league announced Wednesday.

The NFL said the investigation would be overseen by NFL owners Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers and John Mara of the New York Giants. The announcement was posted as breaking news on the NFL’s web site.

The NFL also said the results of the probe would be made public.

 

Lawmakers have criticized the NFL for initially only suspending Rice for two games after surveillance video from an Atlantic City hotel showed him dragging his unconscious fiancé from an elevator.
Rice acknowledged he had punched the woman, who later married him. But he did not receive a heavier punishment from the NFL until Monday, when a new video showing the knockout punch from the elevator emerged.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has insisted the league didn’t see that video, but an AP story on Wednesday referred to an audio tape that appeared to show the league was aware of the tape.

On the audio recording, a woman at the NFL’s office is heard acknowledging the video and saying “you’re right, it’s terrible.”

The NFL’s handling of the issue has led to questions about whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will survive the episode.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) told The Hill on Tuesday that Goodell should “seriously consider” resigning.

 
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/217378-ex-fbi-director-to-probe-nfls-handling-of-rice

[flowers]

September 10, 2014, 11:12 pm
Ex-FBI director to probe NFL’s handling of Rice
 
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller will lead an independent investigation into the NFL’s handling of the Ray Rice’s suspension for domestic violence, the league announced Wednesday.

The NFL said the investigation would be overseen by NFL owners Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers and John Mara of the New York Giants. The announcement was posted as breaking news on the NFL’s web site.

The NFL also said the results of the probe would be made public.

 

Lawmakers have criticized the NFL for initially only suspending Rice for two games after surveillance video from an Atlantic City hotel showed him dragging his unconscious fiancé from an elevator.
Rice acknowledged he had punched the woman, who later married him. But he did not receive a heavier punishment from the NFL until Monday, when a new video showing the knockout punch from the elevator emerged.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has insisted the league didn’t see that video, but an AP story on Wednesday referred to an audio tape that appeared to show the league was aware of the tape.

On the audio recording, a woman at the NFL’s office is heard acknowledging the video and saying “you’re right, it’s terrible.”

The NFL’s handling of the issue has led to questions about whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will survive the episode.

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) told The Hill on Tuesday that Goodell should “seriously consider” resigning.

 
http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/217378-ex-fbi-director-to-probe-nfls-handling-of-rice

Wow i guess the nfl needs a video replay rule for off the field as well?

[DCPatriot]

Still....to present another POV:

IMO, Rice is a victim of double jeopardy.

We all say the original video of him dragging her out of the elevator like Fred Flintstone.  She was unconscious.  So...tell me, WTF did anybody THINK  happened in the elevator??  Why should a public viewing of the punch cost him a year's suspension and possibly being blackballed from the NFL?

IMO, he should be paid in full for the remaining 14 games on the schedule....and he should sue the NFL and Ravens in court.

Furthermore, regarding the head of NOW calling for Goodell's scalp.

I am sick and damned tired of going to CNNSI.com and ESPN.com and getting hit with the latest scoop on a social issue.  SCREW THAT!

I go there for sports....a place where I can totally invest myself in the MLB pennant races and the Redskins' trying to make Bob Griffin into a viable QB.  (IMO, he sucks and should be benched immediately)  Don't want to read about Michael Sam...or abuse of women.

A running back's career is only a few years.  Ray Rice was for all intents and purposes genuinely sorry for what happened.  Just because we get the opportunity to see the actual punch shouldn't alter the original punishment.

[flowers]

Still....to present another POV:

IMO, Rice is a victim of double jeopardy.

We all say the original video of him dragging her out of the elevator like Fred Flintstone.  She was unconscious.  So...tell me, WTF did anybody THINK  happened in the elevator??  Why should a public viewing of the punch cost him a year's suspension and possibly being blackballed from the NFL?

IMO, he should be paid in full for the remaining 14 games on the schedule....and he should sue the NFL and Ravens in court.

Furthermore, regarding the head of NOW calling for Goodell's scalp.

I am sick and damned tired of going to CNNSI.com and ESPN.com and getting hit with the latest scoop on a social issue.  SCREW THAT!

I go there for sports....a place where I can totally invest myself in the MLB pennant races and the Redskins' trying to make Bob Griffin into a viable QB.  (IMO, he sucks and should be benched immediately)  Don't want to read about Michael Sam...or abuse of women.

A running back's career is only a few years.  Ray Rice was for all intents and purposes genuinely sorry for what happened.  Just because we get the opportunity to see the actual punch shouldn't alter the original punishment.

She didn't press charges did she? Heck I am female and I tell you what I saw she was egging it on. I cannot understand the huge sports media fascination with this story. I guess they don't like the Goodell and never have? Amazing what happens these days for news.

[Machiavelli]

John Barr and Don Van Natta Jr.
ESPN
September 12, 2014

TRENTON, N.J. -- The pretrial intervention program offered to Ray Rice in the assault case involving his wife was granted in less than 1 percent of all domestic violence assault cases from 2010-13 that were resolved, according to New Jersey Judiciary data obtained Friday by "Outside the Lines."

Rice and his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, were arrested on Feb. 15 and charged with simple assault after an incident at an Atlantic City casino. Janay's charges were later dropped, but on March 27, an Atlantic City grand jury increased Rice's assault charge to aggravated assault-bodily injury in the third degree causing bodily harm and one count of simple assault. If convicted of the felony, Rice faced a penalty of three to five years in prison.

Rice's defense attorney, Michael J. Diamondstein of Philadelphia, applied for and was granted pre-trial intervention for Rice, a remedy that allows defendants to avoid conviction if they complete a court-ordered set of requirements. According to New Jersey's pre-trial intervention website, PTI is used in criminal cases that don't involve "violence" and for "victimless crimes."

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[DCPatriot]

Just as I predicted, Ray Rice is appealing the season indefinite suspension tomorrow morning.


....and he will 'win'.

Predicting a huge backlash against the league and the commissioner's office.

[Machiavelli]

Just as I predicted, Ray Rice is appealing the season indefinite suspension tomorrow morning.


....and he will 'win'.

Predicting a huge backlash against the league and the commissioner's office.

NFL Players Association, Ray Rice contemplating legal, grievance options, sources say