New video released of Ray Rice

[Brian Fein]

I hope he never plays football again.

He probably won't.

[fyo]

How is it possible that the DA didn't feel they had a strong enough case to go to court, even without the victim's cooperation?

[Spider-Dan]

Because she's on video hitting him first?

I'm not sure how assault charges work, but I would imagine that if you strike someone first, you're no longer an innocent party.  I haven't seen any reports saying that she suffered a serious injury (um, after regaining consciousness), which I think would complicate any claims that he responded with excessive force.

It looks bad (and it is bad), but from a legal perspective, I think "don't hit someone you don't want to hit you back" applies.

[Phishfan]

^^^ You call that a hit? I've had girls do more of a hit while trying to flirt.

[Rich]

^^^ You call that a hit? I've had girls do more of a hit while trying to flirt.

Doesn't matter. The law isn't designed to determine which hit was harder. If she put her hands on him first then the case isn't as strong.

[Rich]

I think her head bouncing off the elevator wall probably caused more damage than the punch.

Either way, pretty messed up and if you are bigger/stronger you shouldn't do that to a woman, you have to be a man and handle it like a man.

[Buddhagirl]

I think her head bouncing off the elevator wall probably caused more damage than the punch.

Either way, pretty messed up and if you are bigger/stronger you shouldn't do that to a woman, you have to be a man and handle it like a man.

THIS.

He could've easily fended her off, but decided to punch her out. I think she was knocked out by hitting her head on the wall. Like I said earlier, his handling of her after that was awful as well.

[Rich]

THIS.

He could've easily fended her off, but decided to punch her out. I think she was knocked out by hitting her head on the wall. Like I said earlier, his handling of her after that was awful as well.

Yes, he looks like he had no remorse for what he had just done... he treated her like garbage.

[Brian Fein]

He looked, to me, like he thought "oh great, now what do I do with this?" and tried to get her to the elevator.

If you watch the tape, she stumbled getting into the elevator, which makes me think she (and probably him too) were drinking that night.  I am sure that had something to do with all that went down as well.  Not an excuse, still doesn't make it right...

[Buddhagirl]

Yeah. I think they were both probably drunk. (Not an excuse!)

What is scary is that if he hit her like that in a public place what does he do at home? Domestic violence is very rarely a one-time thing.
The fact that she is apologizing for being a victim reeks of an abusive relationship.

[Dave Gray]

The fact that she is apologizing for being a victim reeks of an abusive relationship.

Yeah, this is bad.  She's releasing statements on instagram blaming other people for coming after their family.

[Rich]

Yeah, this is bad.  She's releasing statements on instagram blaming other people for coming after their family.

Is she apologizing for sticking her head in the way when Rice threw that left hook?

[Dolphster]

Yeah, this is bad.  She's releasing statements on instagram blaming other people for coming after their family.

Translation:  "I just married this idiot after he knocked me out and now you people make him lose his job and I am not happy about watching my millions of dollars walking out the door and now I'm stuck with this jobless @$$hole."

[Buddhagirl]

Is she apologizing for sticking her head in the way when Rice threw that left hook?

Pretty damn near. She apologized for "her involvement in the incident" back in May.



The Ravens have since deleted that Tweet. Which was REALLY gross.

[Rich]

Man, I hate when people stick their faces in the way of my fists...