Titans' 4th-rd draft pick Rashad Weaver accused of assaulting woman

Oh, in Simmon's case: "an effort to break up a domestic fight between his sister and another adult woman," and while it looked bad he was obviously not putting all he had into those punches. The DA saw how hideous this was he was fined $175 for a plea of simple assault.

Point being should we be hammering a podium to ruin a kid's life over a $175 charge? Oh, but it was a woman. Yea, but that doesn't make Weaver or Simmons woman beaters. Again, examine the circumstances, review what really happened and be realistic in how it should be handled. Nobody condones hitting a woman. But we shouldn't freak out if it happens.

 

Of course, the police report does NOT state he hit a woman. It says, he grabbed her by the throat and pushed her down/away. Not that that absolves him, but for the sake of accuracy we should stop saying he hit her.
Cue the morons reading the first sentence and hitting reply that I am justifying his actions...

 

Maybe to you.

 

Im only laughing because the title of this thread was incorrectly worded for like a week. Same concept.

They even posted the article that clearly said he wasn’t arrested but yet posted the title that he was arrested lol.

 

I think this stems from the current instant gratification society.
Investigations take time and all types of avenues to speculate and report/pass along incomplete stories which, when written moderately well to meet current journalistic standards, will be click bait which exacerbates the public opinion issues.

unfortunately, this won’t change any time soon and really poses a problem when actual investigation and court room proceedings go against the pre-determined public opinion, bad things can result.

Obviously applicable to more than just this weaver case.

 

I hate to be -that guy-, but I haven’t followed this story as much as I should have. Is it as bad as first reported? Does it seem like he’ll be suspended/cut for those actions?

 

No

 

Good point. But even in court we see injustice now with this society. Kinda like a guy killing himself with his actions and drug use but now a policeman is paying a price. Even when there is some guilt the punishment should consider all the circumstances.

 

Agreed. Somewhere self accountability is feeling left out when a second wrong is added.

 

Modern media fed American Judicial System.... where you are guilty until PROVEN innocent....