Showing posts with label Ray Rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ray Rice. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Throwing Rice under the bus

September 23, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
ESPN: Owner Pins Report on Ray Rice Camp (Significant Amount Of Info "Manufactured")

Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Bisciotti / AP
ESPN.com News Service, Sept. 22, 2014, Espn.go.com

 Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti responded Monday to an ESPN investigative report into the team's handling of Ray Rice's domestic abuse case, saying that a significant amount of the information in the story was "manufactured" from accounts provided by the running back's inner circle.

 Bisciotti addressed the ESPN "Outside the Lines" report during a 45-minute news conference, saying he believes that Rice's camp is attempting to "build a case for reinstatement."

 AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyRavens owner Steve Bisciotti was critical of a report by ESPN's "Outside the Lines" regarding the team's handling of the Ray Rice case.

 "The majority of the sources [from the report] are people that work for Ray," Bisciotti said. "Almost everything in there is anonymous, but it's clear from the subject matter that it's Ray's attorney, it's Ray's agent, it's Ray's friends.

 "I'm not mad at those guys for writing the article," Bisciotti also said. He added he wished that ESPN had said who it interviewed for the story, claiming it was mostly people who were sympathetic to Rice's potential reinstatement.

 ESPN OTL reporter Don Van Natta, appearing on the network after Bisciotti's news conference, said that "Outside the Lines" interviewed more than 20 sources over 11 days -- team officials, current and former league officials, NFL Players Association representatives and associates, advisers and friends of Rice.

 "Unfortunately, it's an assumption [Bisciotti] is making. ... It's an oversimplification of the work we put into this story," Van Natta said.

 "We stand by our reporting," an ESPN spokesperson said Monday.

 "Outside the Lines" reported Friday that Bisciotti, Ravens president Dick Cass and general manager Ozzie Newsome tried to persuade NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to be lenient with Rice following the former Raven's February arrest.

 The Ravens released Rice on Sept. 8 after TMZ Sports released a video of the running back hitting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in an Atlantic City hotel casino elevator, knocking her unconscious. The NFL suspended Rice indefinitely shortly after he was released by the team.

Read the full story:  www.espn.go.com

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Monday, September 22, 2014

Fire sale!

September 22, 2014 Baltimore Ravens , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
7,000 Fans Trade In Ray Rice Jerseys 



By Fox News, Sept. 20, 2014, Foxbaltimore.com

The Baltimore Ravens addressed the media Saturday afternoon, providing statistics for the Ray Rice Jersey exchange. Kevin Byrne from the Ravens told reporters that as of noon Saturday 7,115 people had come to the Ravens team store. They exchanged 5,595 jerseys and gave more than 2,400 vouchers for people to come back and get jerseys after they ran out. Rice jerseys were exchanged for Steve Smith, Haloti Ngata, Terrell Suggs, Justin Tucker and Elvis Dumervil jerseys. Joe Flacco and Torrey Smith were the most popular jerseys that fans requested. The old jerseys are not recyclable and will be given to companies that deal in scrap. Fans with vouchers are scheduled to get their new jerseys October 25th, the Ravens are waiting for Nike to restock the supply. Fans have until 3pm Saturday to exchange a Ray Rice jersey.

Source:  www.foxbaltimore.com

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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Sermon from a man who pled to obstruction of justice!

September 21, 2014 Domestic Violence , ESPN 0 Comments
Ray Lewis, ESPN Analyst, Talks About Covering Up Crimes

 By Troy Machir, Sept. 21, 2014, Sportingnews.com



Former Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis was on ESPN's NFL pregame show on Sunday morning, discussing the major off-the-field issues of the past two weeks.

When the discussion turned to the matter of the handling of the Ray Rice tape by his former employer, Lewis provided his thoughts, but used a certain phrase that someone like Ray Lewis probably should have stayed miles away from.

Read the full story:  www.sportingnews.com

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Thursday, September 18, 2014

On Domestic Violence, NFL Uses NOW's Playbook By Larry Elder

September 18, 2014 Bill Clinton , Domestic Violence 0 Comments
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
Source:  www.sonofwashington.com
By Larry Elder, Sept. 18, 2014

When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down a mere a two-game suspension for domestic violence, he took his cue from some of the very same women's groups now calling for his head.

Goodell first suspended Ray Rice, a star player, for two games four months after Rice's grand jury indictment for third-degree aggravated assault. A hotel video showing Rice dragging his then-fiancee's limp body out of an elevator "went viral." Rice reportedly admitted to Goodell that he punched her in the face, knocking her down. For this, Goodell suspended Rice just two games.

The protests over the light punishment turned to screams when another video became public, this one showing Rice inside the elevator delivering the punch. Why did it take that video to understand the gravity of the offense? After all, even without the video, one knew that Rice's now-wife didn't slip on a bar of soap.

Among those crying foul is the National Organization for Women. NOW President Terry O'Neill said: "The NFL has lost its way. It doesn't have a Ray Rice problem; it has a violence against women problem. ... The only workable solution is for Roger Goodell to resign and for his successor to appoint an independent investigator with full authority to gather factual data about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking within the NFL community and to recommend real and lasting reforms."

What about NOW's indifference toward, if not acceptance of, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's sordid record of disgusting behavior toward women?

In 1990, Gentlemen's Quarterly published an expose of Kennedy that would have brought down the career of virtually any politician, including a legacy lefty fawned over by the media. According to the piece, Kennedy was not merely a drunken skirt chaser; he was a criminal serial sexual predator:

"As (waitress Carla) Gaviglio enters the room, the six-foot-two, 225-plus-pound Kennedy grabs the five-foot-three, 103-pound waitress and throws her on the table. She lands on her back, scattering crystal, plates and cutlery and the lit candles. Several glasses and a crystal candlestick are broken. Kennedy then picks her up from the table and throws her on (Sen. Chris) Dodd, who is sprawled in a chair. With Gaviglio on Dodd's lap, Kennedy jumps on top and begins rubbing his genital area against hers, supporting his weight on the arms of the chair. As he is doing this, another waitress enters the room. She and Gaviglio both scream, drawing one or two dishwashers. Startled, Kennedy leaps up. He laughs. Bruised, shaken and angry over what she considered a sexual assault, Gaviglio runs from the room."

Perhaps the NFL took its cue from NOW's embrace of Bill Clinton, about whom liberal British journalist Christopher Hitchens said was credibly accused of rape three times. Hitchens, author of the book "No One Left to Lie To," appeared in 1999 on the ABC show "Politically Incorrect": "Mr. Clinton is a rapist. ... Believably accused three times of rape. ... I operate on the presumption of guilt. ... I can't convict anybody, but I'm not going to say Juanita Broaddrick is a liar, because everything she says checks out, and President Clinton hasn't denied it yet. He won't comment on the accusations. It's not his word against hers -- and if it was, it would be the word of a psychopathic liar."

Perhaps Goodell took his cue from the non-reaction to Juanita Broaddrick's appearance on Dateline NBC where she accused Bill Clinton of rape: "Stupid me, I ordered coffee to the room," she said. "I thought we were going to talk about the campaign." On NBC's "Dateline," a tearful Broaddrick said: "I first pushed him away. I just told him 'no.' ... He tries to kiss me again. He starts biting on my lip. ... And then he forced me down on the bed. I just was very frightened. I tried to get away from him. I told him 'no.' ... He wouldn't listen to me."

Or perhaps Goodell took his cue from the non-reaction to Kathleen Willey. Willey, a former White House volunteer and self-described "good friend" of the then-president, appeared on "60 Minutes" and accused Clinton of sexual battery.

"I just told him that my husband was in financial difficulty and that things were at a crisis point," said Willey, "and that my volunteer days were over, that I needed a regular paying job and could he help me." But in a small room just off the Oval Office, she says, Clinton hugged and kissed her. When she tried to push him away, "he touched my breasts with his hand ... and then he whispered ... 'I've wanted to do this ever since I laid eyes on you.' ... He took my hand, and he put it ... on his genitals."

Ted Kennedy was lionized. Bill Clinton is adored. Accusers Broaddrick, Willey, Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers have been ignored, dismissed or branded as liars. Where was NOW then?

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

GUEST LEGAL OPINION: The Ray Rice Case By Richard J. Chrystie

September 17, 2014 Assault , Child Abuse 0 Comments

By Richard J. Chrystie, retired Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, Sept. 17, 2014

The only thing unusual about this case is that the battery was caught on videotape.

Seeing a woman hit hard -- particularly hard enough to knock her out -- is shocking. Even TV dramas don’t show women being hit. I have heard that TV scriptwriters are instructed not to put in scenes depicting violence against women. It is too upsetting to viewers. So it is the showing of the videotape where Mr. Rice punched his fiancé in the face that has so shocked the public and made this case so newsworthy.

But as far as the actual violence goes, this is a routine case. The victim was hit once, did not require medical treatment, and doesn’t want her (now) husband prosecuted. This happens all the time. And in Los Angeles, if a case of misdemeanor battery is filed in this sort of situation, it is very commonly held in abeyance -- called “diversion” -- while the defendant attends anger management classes. If he (or, rarely, she) completes the classes and has no further violations, then the charges are dismissed.

So this would not be a case of celebrity justice in Los Angeles. Diversion of such a case out of the criminal justice system while the defendant attends anger management classes is routine.

But if the victim is injured and requires medical treatment or shows extensive bruising, or if the perpetrator has a record of committing domestic violence, then the case will be handled as a straight criminal case. There will be no diversion. But even in this instance, the victim very often refuses to cooperate. This is particularly true if she is still living with the perpetrator/defendant. So unless there is other evidence -- such as photos of the injuries, or witnesses to the battery, or a recorded 911 call reporting the battery in an excited voice, the case might not even be filed.

Regarding Mr. Rice being fired from his football team, I think this is excessive. Ray Rice losing his livelihood for this punishes the victim -- his wife -- as much as it punishes him.

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