EfemenaXY:

But he did beat her to a pulp, Shymex. He knocked her out cold. She so easily could have died from the blow.

You don't have to physically pummel someone several times till they collapse in a heap at your feet for that action to then qualify as "beating the person to a pulp". His one, carefully delivered, vicious blow on her produced the same effect - knocking her out stone cold.

Re: you point about him not having any history of domestic violence, how do you know that for sure? This is one case of his we get to see because he had no control over it. His animalistic behaviour was caught on camera in a public place. He obviously is the one in control of that relationship. How does anyone other than those two, know that he doesn't beat her regularly at home? And she keeps schtum about it because of his career and what she thinks she stands to gain from the relationship with him?

Even if he's never done it before (highly doubtful from watching that babaric video footage), there's always a first time isn't there? You've got to start from somewhere.

Not possible.

A public figure like him gets his money from the publicity generated. And if people are that much interested in you to the point that you're a media mega star, it's only natural that the paying public will want to know everything about you. Down to the colour of your bodily waste. (Okay, an extreme example but you get what I'm saying...)

Anyway, as a public figure, you have to be extra careful about the image and perception you portray about yourself. If a person chooses to live a very public life, then he or she has to embrace both the good and bad that come along with it - which incidentally include and invasion of their private lives. Young, impressionable kids look up to them as their role model, so they do have that responsibility to project an image of being whiter than snow. Unpalatable? Yes. Avoidable? No. They need that publicity. Unless of course, they want to be forgotten.

Be that as it may, it doesn't absolve him from acting the part of a good role model rather than an uncontrollable beast.

She's got her very own crazy reasons for wanting to be with him. She shouldn't have wept / been so upset when showed the video footage of what he did to her after she lost consciousness in the lift. Even then, he certainly didn't act like a remorseful bloke.

Also, they have been together since they were both teenagers, when Ray Rice never knew he would become something in life. So, this has nothing to do with what she stands to gain from him, it;s more about a rider, who has been through everything with him. Someone who loves him unconditionally. Understands him better than anyone else. And the rock that has always been behind him.

babygirlfl:
If a woman decides to forgive a husband that was violent towards her, then that is her choice.

Where I always have a problem is when people start thinking the said woman is now a role model for women to look up to. She survived but another woman might not survive. Most men that kill their spouse from domestic violence did not plan to kill her, it usually just happens. That is why I never encourage any body to stay with a violent person. The next punch could kill.

SirShymex:


1). Seriously, I wouldn't call that beating her to a pulp It was a soft left hook, that left her dazed, perhaps cos she was intoxicated. I think how she hit her on the side pole, in her lift kind of made it look worse. Regardless, it was a vicious one - and I'm not condoning it.

Mondisweets:
which one is it exactly?

SirShymex:
So happy for this brother, and hopefully he'll learn from this, and start to treat that woman like a queen. Good woman right there, and despite their story being hijacked by the media and feminazis, she stood by him. Got married to him. And didn't allow them destroy another brother's young career.

I can't wait for Ray Rice to hit the field, looking fresh and healthy, and start pounding again. Get the gwop!

Hopefully, Adrian Peterson will be reinstated soon as well.

Ray Rice settles with Baltimore Ravens for dropping him after assault video

NFL running back Ray Rice has settled a contract dispute with the Baltimore Ravens, pre-empting a hearing that was due to be held on Thursday into whether the team should pay him $3.52m for having dropped him in light of a graphic video of him assaulting his then fiancee.

NBC’s ProFootball Talk broke the news, citing “a league source with knowledge of the situation” who said the parties settled days before the scheduled hearing. Anonymous sources also told the Baltimore Sun and USA Today that player and team had settled.

If the Ravens indeed paid out a sum to Rice, the figure may never become public knowledge, as the terms of private settlements rarely do.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/15/ray-rice-settles-with-baltimore-ravens-after-fiancee-assault-video

SirShymex:
@MissyAL/missy89

Update. Ray Rice just got paid for the contractual money he's owed this season. I'm happy for the guy, and issues in a person's private life should never be used as a premise on how to honour a contractual agreement. What do you think?

missyAL:


Good for him. Hope he has learned his lesson thou

SirShymex:


Obviously, he gave his life to Jesus...Loyola Jesuit.

Err, that means any time you say you're gonna shoot my knee-cap with a .45, I can give you that Mayweather-eqsue left-hook, and put you to sleep, no?

missyAL:

You can try.

The thing is i dont threaten i just act when your guard is down. Well planned and coordinated when you are not expecting it and before i strike i will make sure i have a very huge advantage to win . If these conditions are not present, i will just smile and postpone your punishment.

SirShymex:


Bwahahahahaha. I was just messing about, big head.

but are you even brave enough to shoot someone? - you can only be an accidental shooter, not too many folks are brave enough to pull the trigger. So, if you ever threaten to shoot me - I'll just cotch and continue whatever the fvck I'm doing, or pull ya shorts down and smack that ar.se like a baby.

In other news: peep ya Ondo brother, Wale the rapper, saying "Amen" and "Amin" to his dad's prayers on the phone (start from the 2.34 mark). I can relate though.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2i3muJMyOc

missyAL:


I can shoot to wound. I dont think i can kill anyone even if it is self defense.

I like the guy. He is sticking to his roots

SirShymex:


Obviously.

However, the woman deserves a medal of honour.

Timbuktou:
For provoking her husband to anger and almost making him lose his means of livelihood? Just to be clear, she became physical first. She was never the victim in this story. Had she not grabbed his phone, he wouldn't have spat at her, apparently, he was trying to control himself by fiddling with his phone. She owes him big time for putting him through this shiit.

Timbuktou:
I hear you, but you need to call bullshiit when you see it. That's the only way people will learn. When we coddle them they get the entitlement mentality that is rife and is damaging inter-gender relationships today. Respect yourself if you want to be respected, how hard is that?

SirShymex:


I get what you mean and I agree with you cos women these days always want to eat their cake and have it at the same time. However, in this case, there was damning evidence in the video, in which folks blew out of proportion. Thus making Ray Rice the villain and guilty in the court of public opinion. His career and future were at stake - and the only person who could provide succour for him, was the alleged "victim."

Evidently, she needs to be lauded for the succour she gave him, so as to enable him continue with his life and career. She could've been swayed by the court of public opinion, but she never allowed that to happen. Heck, she chastised them for exploiting and profiting off their private lives. You can't be more supportive than that, especially in time of need.

Timbuktou:
I get you now. Let's hope, though, that it's all in hopes of a big pay day. Alimony and such...

SirShymex:


They're still together. I believe they got married after the incident.

Timbuktou:
yeah, I know. You just never know with frivorce these days, feel me?

SirShymex:


Yes, I get you, bruddah.

Women are unstable sometimes.

missyAL:
Women are unstable sometimes.

SirShymex blaming women for everything since the big bang.