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    Now maybe they will keep this thug in jail.
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    Suspect in death of Adrian Peterson's son denies abuse

    A man charged with killing the 2-year-old son of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in South Dakota last fall says the child choked on strawberry fruit snacks while he was in the bathroom.

    The Argus Leader reports Joseph Patterson, 28, is facing second-degree murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault charges in the death of 2-year-old Tyrese Ruffin.

    Patterson gave his version of events through his lawyer as he appeared in court Thursday for a motion hearing.

    Prosecutors want jurors to hear evidence from previous accusations of child abuse against Patterson.

    Defense lawyer Tim Rensch says the similarities aren't clear enough to allow the prejudicial testimony.

    Patterson remains in custody on a $1 million cash bond. He was arrested again in June following accusations that he assaulted the boy's mother.

    http://www.twincities.com/vikings/ci...n-denies-abuse
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    Somewhat related

    Vikings’ Adrian Peterson indicted on felony charge of injury to a child

    Star NFL running back Adrian Peterson faces a felony charge of injury to a child, authorities said Friday. His lawyer said his client was doling out discipline to his son much like “he experienced as a child growing up in east Texas.”

    Following his indictment Thursday by a grand jury, the Montgomery County, Texas, Sheriff’s office entered a warrant for Peterson’s arrest, according to sheriff’s Lt. Brady Fitzgerald.

    The sheriff’s office didn’t offer details on how the child was allegedly injured. Peterson’s attorney, however, said that the “charged conduct involves using a switch to spank his son.”

    The attorney, Rusty Hardin, said “Adrian never intended to harm his son and deeply regrets the unintentional injury.”

    Rather, Hardin characterized the former NFL MVP as “a loving father who used his judgment as a parent to discipline his son.”

    Peterson will travel to Houston and will then “post bond as soon as it can be arranged,” according to Hardin.

    “(Peterson) will continue to insist on his innocence of any intended wrongdoing,” the lawyer said.

    Hardin claims that his client 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,” the lawyer said.

    Right after news broke of the indictment, the Vikings released a statement saying they were “in the process of gathering information regarding the legal situation.”

    The team came back a short time later to announce that its offensive catalyst has been deactivated for Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.

    The alleged criminal offense took place in Montgomery County, which is north of Houston.

    Peterson himself grew up in Palestine, Texas, which is 150 miles north of Houston and 100 miles southeast of Dallas.

    A running back for the Vikings since 2007, he rushed for 75 yards in his team’s season-opening 34-6 rout of the St. Louis Rams.

    In 2012, he was named the league’s most valuable player when he ran for 2,097 yards, just nine yards short of the single-season mark, the NFL said.

    Peterson, 29, lost a 2-year-old son last year who was living with his mother in South Dakota, and her boyfriend, Joseph Robert Patterson, was charged with murder. Patterson has denied the charge and said the boy choked on strawberry fruit snacks, the Argus Leader of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reported.

    He also was indicted for an alleged attack on the boy’s mother and pleaded not guilty to those charges in July, the Argus Leader reported.

    News of Peterson’s indictment casts another shadow over the NFL, which is reeling from the fallout over then-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Ric allegedly punching his then-fiancee Janay Palmer in a casino elevator.

    A New Jersey grand jury indicted Rice for third-degree aggravated assault; he pleaded not guilty and entered a pretrial intervention program for first-time offenders that could clear him if he successfully completes the requirements.

    http://fox2now.com/2014/09/12/viking...ry-to-a-child/
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    Ridiculous. One of my earliest memories was running around a big bush being chased by my great-grandmother who was trying to switch me! I'm absolutely sure I deserved it. The punishment didn't kill me (and I'm actually a pretty decent person, so I think the discipline I received as a child did just what it was intended!), and I loved my great-grandmother to death, so it didn't have an adverse effect on my relationship with her, either.

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    Texas and Montgomery County known as a hotbed of permissive liberalism ( NOT ), doesn't indict very many people for child abuse because you practice corporal punishment on your children. We are talking about a four year old in this case. The pictures shown by TMZ show at least six welt along one thigh that have drawn blood. My personal preference would be to indict now for the abuse charge rather than charge Capital Murder six months from now. There is probably a lot more to this story than we are being told.

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    Parents that hit their children usually do it when they are angry, or frustrated and it often can have violent consequences. Beating children only results with one thing, your children become terrified of you, and it teaches them that it is okay to hit someone smaller than them. This is just a lazy response by a parent who either doesn't know better ways to discipline their children, or they can't be bothered. Believe me if you take something away from a child that means the world to them, for a week or two, they learn pretty quick who the boss is.

    ​THIS IS CHILD ABUSE!!


    The football star is accused of beating his 4-year-old son with a tree branch ... hitting him so hard it left welts and caused him to bleed.

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    You are totally right Helen!
    My parents never hit me in my life and I think I became a good person. There is no need to hit others to punish them.

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    Well here is my 2 cents. Mama and Dad raised 5 of us and there were times we had to go get our own switch. Not a branch, but a switch and I do remember what I did to get a switching and I did not do it again. Never was a bare hand laid on us and we all turned out fine and I loved my parents. There was also a lot of communication growing up, which is a good thing.
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    The last time I had the blood cut out of my legs by a switch was in 1975 when my cousin and I thought it would be an excellent idea to take my mothers Joy Parfum out to the camper, douse ourselves with over 1/2 the bottle, light candles, and thumb through travel magazines. Believe you me, I didn't touch her cologne again until I was in high school!
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    There is a line between spanking a child and beating them. My parents and grandparents doled out spankings believe me my siblings and myself never received more then one whack and we learned. We were not abused and today we are all honest hardworking adults. My own two children only received one spanking from me as toddlers my daughter was two and jumped out of a shopping cart while I went to get something off a shelf and I found her by the doors at the store well one whack on the diaper she never did that again and my son tried something similar it wasn't that I couldn't be bothered with an alternative I wanted them to know right off the bat they were to stay with me in a store. Now I have seen abuse and it really is not pretty I worked in a hospital and real abuse is drawing blood or breaking bones those people should be jailed till the child is an adult.

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