Paul George tweets thoughts on domestic violence and it doesn’t go well
By Josh Sanchez
The Ray Rice situation has opened up some educational conversation about domestic violence in sports. Paul George doesn’t want to be a part of that discussion. Now, don’t get me wrong, the Indiana Pacers star is going to share his thoughts on the matter, but he probably should have just stayed silent.
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On Thursday morning as people continued to wonder who should be held accountable for the mishandling of the entire Rice situation, George not so brilliantly gave his take on the situation.
George is one of those self-defense people who somehow saw Janay Palmer attacking Ray Rice in a video that showed the former Ravens running back as the clear aggressor delivering a brutal assault and in his eyes Rice simply made a “mistake.”
No, Paul. Ray Rice committed a crime and should probably be behind bars.
The legal system failed. Roger Goodell field when it comes to his initial punishment, and the Baltimore Ravens failed for knowing what went down and just accepting two-games as Rice’s punishment. Everyone failed and that was not simply “mutual combat” as Rice initially claimed.
The video doesn’t lie.
But don’t worry, folks. Paul George wasn’t done just yet. George decided that we should all stop “trippin” because the victim is defending her now husband. George shared his final thoughts with another mind-boggling tweet that included a “lol’ When did it become okay to include “lol” in a message about domestic violence?
George thought he would pull a fast one and delete the tweets, but you can’t run from the internet. Once something is out there, it stays.
Some athletes just don’t get it.
Paul, put the phone down and think before you send your asinine thoughts to millions of people.
UPDATE: Paul George has since apologized for his tweets.
Let me apologize to the women and to the VICTIMS of domestic violence people my intent was not to downplay the situation..
— Paul George (@Yg_Trece) September 11, 2014