If that video of the Baltimore Ravens player dragging his then-fiancee out of an elevator of the now-closed Revel casino and resort in Atlantic City, NJ, is enough, than this is.
TMZ Sports has released a video of closed-camera video of the ride the two had in the elevator. In it, Rice walks up to her in a threatening manner, then she walks up to him, and Rice decks her in the face. After temporarely losing consciousness, the fiancee runs up to Rice (like she actually had a chance) and he knocks her out. Seconds later, Rice picks up her unconscious body and drags her out of the elevator.
What happens next is just disgusting and reprehensible.
At the time, this fuck was still in the NFL, got support by fellow players (who look like domestic abusers themselves), and has gotten a free pass with the 2-game suspension. This is UNACCEPTABLE.
He should be dropped from the Ravens and needs to go to counseling. His fiancee is a brave woman to forgive him and still be with him, but this shit just disgusts me (and yes, it also involves women beating men, but you don't see that very often, and the perception is that the man is a pussy against the woman).
Meanwhile, Michael Sam, the first openly-gay national football player, got dropped by the St. Louis Rams...for whatever reason. We don't know why, but I assume that because of his sexual orientation, and this this wouldn't look good for the overall image of the Rams and the NFL at large. Not because he's a hell of a player.
Also, Michael Vick committed a similar crime, starting a dog-fighting ring and ending up serving 2 years in jail and almost went into bankruptcy. He deserved it, but he got a worse punishment than Rice, who is more lenient here.
And to mention the reference to Chris Brown, he, after beating then-girlfriend Rihanna, of course got a five-year probation and and received a restraining order to stay 100 yards from her. He got better, but again, this is a worse punishment than Rice had. This bitch needs to go away from football and stay away from women for a while. We need less men who treat women like objects and punching bags in the world.
UPDATE: well, that didn't take long.
The NFL has announce that Rice has been dropped from the Ravens, and that he has been put on indefinite suspension, a fancy term meaning "you've been kicked out of the club, and you will never come back." Good, he deserves that. No one likes Domestic Abusers. Especially those whose job involves "beating up other guys to get a ball across a field to score." I hope he has enough money to last a year. He'll need it trying to salvage the few friendships he has left.
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