Brandon Marshall STABBED by woman; in hospital

[Sunstroke]

One thing I learned when I did an internship at the DA's office was there is very very little random crime, much less than the news reports would suggest....

Almost every home break in was actually a drug house....

That last bit sounds extremely questionable to me... I know a half dozen victims of home break-ins, and all are normal law-abiding citizens with no criminal record. Maybe you were just in a really bad neighborhood with a large number of poorly secured drug houses or something.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

That last bit sounds extremely questionable to me... I know a half dozen victims of home break-ins, and all are normal law-abiding citizens with no criminal record. Maybe you were just in a really bad neighborhood with a large number of poorly secured drug houses or something.

Of the people I know personally (all 4) who have been victims of break ins all of them are normal law abiding citizens.  However, of the 26 I knew of thru the DA's office only three did not have multiple arrests and convictions and appeared to be normal law-abiding citizens.  But I don't hang out with drug dealers socially. 

I would expect that any burglary that a normal abiding citizen would be personally aware of would have happened to another normal law abiding citizen and thus think that most of the victims are and are then shocked when they read in the newspaper that there was a hundred break-ins in the city last year and think that means 100 innocent victims when in fact it was only 7 or 8 normal law abiding citizens.       

[bsmooth]

^^^ While random crime does exist....  Most stabbing victims got themselves in that situation by being less than a saint. One thing I learned when I did an internship at the DA's office was there is very very little random crime, much less than the news reports would suggest.  Most of the murder victims were drug dealers in deals gone bad.  Almost every home break in was actually a drug house.  The incidents of kids being randomly kidnapped from playgrounds happens almost never and 99.99% of all kidnapping is a family squabble and custody battle gone messy.  

Very often the criminal aspects of the victim neither are brought up at trial or are ever reported in the paper so we get this false view that random crime is rampant.  It is not, it is almost non-existent.  

My money is there was a reason he got stabbed particularly given his past history.  

You mean their particular history right? For the last time he ran into the law concerning domestic violence was with this same woman in Atlanta. They were both arrested after being witnessed by officers mutally beating on each other.
So it is not surprising that he wound up getting stabbed by her. They both have issues and appearantly both do not have a problem commiting crimes against each other.

[bsmooth]

One strike? ha ha... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4A756xTC0s

Talk about 15th strike!! Watch the video. See the evidence. Listen to the 911 calls and read the police reports. It's all in the video in the link above. It's all there!

What also is there is a woman who kept dropping charges and going back therefore tying the hands of law enforcement and sending mixed messages to the NFL by saying she was not attacked then later recanting.
Also there are the multiple letters asking for money, and when no money appreared, she went back each time.
You act as if it is a clear cut case, and it is not that simple because you need evidence and witnesses to prosecute and she took this out of the equation until the final time when she finally pressed charges in Atlanta.
So while there is stories, calls, and reports, there are also dropped charges, repeated returning to the relationship, letters asking for money and telling his employer he did nothing wrong. This all comes into play in a court of law and public opinion.
He is not an angel, but these two woman by their choices have made it more difficult for law enforcement to finally stop him.

[Spider-Dan]

It is not just a general sense.  It is a factual truth.

So you're saying that it is a factual truth that most murder victims are drug dealers and almost every home break-in is a drug dealer's house?

[StL FinFan]

I do find it interesting that he initially told the ER staff that he accidentally fell and cut himself on broken vase shards rather than tell them his wife stabbed him.

[MikeO]

I do find it interesting that he initially told the ER staff that he accidentally fell and cut himself on broken vase shards rather than tell them his wife stabbed him.

Because he knows he's a 3rd strike away from being suspended for a year. And losing a years salary. And would be cut by the Dolphins and turn into the next TO with teams avoiding him like the plague not wanting any part of him or to sign him. And he would be playing for the vet min with incentive filled contracts.

Goodell doesn't need a court order, or a conviction, or a police report to give Brandon his 3rd strike. This could be just like the Big Ben case last year. Big Ben was guilty we all knew it, but he never spent a day in jail or anything like that. But Goodell still suspended him. You got Marshall with 2 strikes, if Goodell thinks he had a part in this and gives him a 3rd stike....good bye Brandon for 1 full year!

That's why he was lying to the ER staff. Try and keep this hush hush

[StL FinFan]

I think he was trying to protect her, not himself.  He was the one who was stabbed.

[MikeO]

I think he was trying to protect her, not himself.  He was the one who was stabbed.

He is the one that makes the big pay checks and he wants to see them continue to come in!

[masterfins]

I listened to the 911 call made by his wife, and she calmly asks the operator to send help for an emergency, repeats herself, then hangs up.  Certainly didn't sound like a woman that was attacked and had to defend herself.

[bsmooth]

Also released by the police. When they arrived they found Marshall with defensive wounds on his hands. This looks even worse for her as it is obvious she made multiple swipes at him with the knife.
Both of them need some time in the rubber room.

[Dolarltexas]

Marshall's history is definitely working against him.  Even if he turns out to be the victim in this case, Goodell might very well suspend him because he put himself into another situation where this was likely to occur by maintaining a volatile relationship.  We'll have to wait for all the details to come out before we can make any firm judgments.  One point I would like to add is that the multiple wounds to his hands don't necessarily mean that she was the aggressor.  It could be that he simply kept attacking even after being wounded.

Either way, I wouldn't mind seeing him wearing anyone else's uniform soon...

[MikeO]

Marshall's history is definitely working against him.  Even if he turns out to be the victim in this case, Goodell might very well suspend him because he put himself into another situation where this was likely to occur by maintaining a volatile relationship.  We'll have to wait for all the details to come out before we can make any firm judgments.  One point I would like to add is that the multiple wounds to his hands don't necessarily mean that she was the aggressor.  It could be that he simply kept attacking even after being wounded.

Either way, I wouldn't mind seeing him wearing anyone else's uniform soon...

Thats the way I feel. Hope Miami throws him to the curb. He didn't even improve our offense last year, all he did was get stupid 15 yard penalty's, drop balls, and our offense regressed. At least if your gonna be a nut-job like Big Ben, Vick, or Plax...be a good player and help your team win. Brandon doesn't. His teams won nothing in Denver and the trend continued in Miami. WR is one position where we have some depth actually. Not great depth but Moore can play a little as can Wallace . Throw in Hartline and maybne add someone in free agency. I don't see a huge dropoff.

This guy isn't worth the headache anymore and the black eye he is bringing to this franchise. And I do think Goodell very well might suspsend him for a year.

[berkeley223]

Marshall's history is definitely working against him.  Even if he turns out to be the victim in this case, Goodell might very well suspend him because he put himself into another situation where this was likely to occur by maintaining a volatile relationship.  We'll have to wait for all the details to come out before we can make any firm judgments.  One point I would like to add is that the multiple wounds to his hands don't necessarily mean that she was the aggressor.  It could be that he simply kept attacking even after being wounded.

Either way, I wouldn't mind seeing him wearing anyone else's uniform soon...

are you really saying godell would suspend him b/c he married a nutjob and stayed with her?

[Dolarltexas]

I hadn't really thought of it that way, but yes.  It's a real-life enactment of the saying "lie down with dogs and wake up with fleas."  He kept this crazy woman in his life, so now he's going to have to live with the consequences.