Ray Rice cut by Ravens, suspended by NFL

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Originally Posted by andthen

^^Yes!!! I'm glad the Ravens took this matter seriously and cut him based on clear conduct/anger management issues. .

I am not ready to sing the Ravens praises. If you base "taking the matter seriously" only on their actions yesterday afternoon then I suppose you could credit them with responding appropriately. However, that isn't the case. They have known for months that something happened. They have supported and defended him all along, even praised him. They claim they haven't seen the tape, which in a technicality *may* be true. However, they did see the video from the hallway with him dragging her, and certainly had the ability to seek out the elevator tape for more information, but they actively chose not to do that.

To make matters worse on May 22 @Ravens tweeted this: "Janay Rice says she deeply regrets the role that she played the night of the incident." article with copy of tweet

For them to believe that that tiny woman was an aggressor and that Ray Rice just acted in self defense is the sickest bunch of filth that I have heard in a long time.

The Ravens only acted because they knew they had a PR disaster on their hands, not because it was the right thing to do. They have had months to do the right thing, including fully investigating the incident, but did not.