Poll 2012 NFL Adrian Peterson Indicted For Beating His Son (4 votes)
So...here we are again. Yet another football player in the news for some form of violent act:
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted for reckless or negligent injury to a child in Montgomery County, Texas, according to Mark Berman of Fox 26 in Houston.
The investigation, which has reportedly been going on for some time, stems from Peterson disciplining a child with a switch, a source told Ian Raport of NFL Network. A switch is a thin branch or rod used for whipping.
In a police report obtained by Sports Radio 610 in Houston, Peterson admitted that he did "whoop" one of his sons last May. According to the report, the four-year old boy returned to Minnesota with lacerations and bruises that prompted his mother to take him to the hospital. The boy then told the doctor that Peterson had lashed him with a tree branch.
The reason I am making this thread is to ask whether or not you agree that Peterson should face jail time for his actions?
Personally, I think he should (just look at the result in the image below). I am quite baffled by just how many people on Twitter seem to be perfectly fine with this. Many saying we have become too "soft" if this is something that can get you arrested; and others have mentioned that they or their parents used a "switch" to hit their children and find nothing wrong with it.
The most ridiculous aspect of all this? Last year Peterson's son was beaten to death by his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend...
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