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dead_poet wrote: Battery for pushing someone? Doesn't sound like any punches were thrown or anybody injured at all.

Peterson, who lists an Oklahoma address, was then booked and formally charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. Smith said that Peterson could have been charged with assaulting an officer, but the district attorney approved the single charge.

DanAS wrote:I'm not jumping to any conclusions about the legal issues here. Nobody else should either. Let the facts come out first, please.

But I will offer a little non-legal social commentary.

I think I can count on one hand the number of times since college (three decades ago) that I've been outside of my house at two thirty in the morning. By contrast, professional athletes frequently are cited for violations at that hour.

I subscribe to the words of a certain patriot from the City of Brotherly Love: "Early to bed. Early to rise. Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Franklin knew how to live. But he also knew when to go to bed. I wish more athletes would follow his teaching.

dead_poet wrote:Oh, I realize. Just trying to wrap my head around it. FWIW:
http://m.startribune.com/sports/?id=161671135&c=y

That might have had a play in the DA dropping charges

Kansas Viking wrote: I agree Dan and your comment here reminds me of a quote from Jim Rome a few years ago. "Nothing bad ever comes from saying "Yes officer."

dead_poet wrote:the case should go quietly into the night in short order.
Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

Adrian Peterson's attorney has released a statement saying he didn't resist arrest, claims of shoving a cop are "a total fabrication."

It's an aggressive battle by Peterson's camp to protect his reputation right now. Never been more important to fight back quickly.

Rusty Hardin can't be any more direct.
Adrian Peterson, Hardin says, was not at fault Saturday morning when an altercation with security personnel outside a Houston nightclub led to Peterson's arrest.
Hired on Monday to combat charges that Peterson resisted arrest, Hardin has now issued a statement on the matter.

"Adrian Peterson did not resist arrest this past Saturday morning," Hardin contends, "and any suggestion that he pushed, struck or shoved a Houston Police Officer is a total fabrication. He, in fact, was struck at least twice in the face for absolutely no legitimate reason, and when all the evidence is impartially reviewed it will clearly show Adrian was the victim, not the aggressor.

"We have been investigating what happened since Saturday afternoon, and it is absolutely clear to me that the charges should not have been filed, and the Bayou Club owes Adrian an apology for having put out a totally false version of what happened. Adrian Peterson does not act the way he has been described in the initial reports, and he did not act that way Saturday morning. He was only in that club for 30 to 40 minutes, was never objectionable to other patrons, and never physically resisted any police officer. Adrian is extremely upset about these false allegations.

"These charges are totally at odds with the way he has conducted himself throughout his career, and he asks that his fans and the public at large reserve judgment until they hear all the facts. Adrian looks forward to his day in court.”

Peterson's only public comments following the weekend incident came Sunday afternoon on Twitter.

First Peterson quoted Winston Churchill in a Tweet: "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

That was followed with a call for patience. "Thank you for waiting for the facts," Peterson wrote. "Truth will surface."

Interesting Peterson was only in the club for "30 to 40 minutes," per attorney. If he was as "wasted" as club manager said, how'd he get in?