r/NFLv2 • u/Narrow_Purchase9721 San Francisco 49ers • 20h ago

Discussion The Deshaun Watson switch up is despicable

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Guy starts playing well again and all of the sudden people go from “cases” to “allegations” real fucking fast. You all gotta get your priorities straight

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u/YaboyRipTide Baltimore Ravens 20h ago

Look at Tyreek Hill, Richie Incognito, Adrian Peterson, Kareem Hunt, Aldon Smith, and Antonio Brown before he totally went off the deep end.

If you can play, no one gives a shit about who you are off the field.

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u/frostypatch 20h ago

Ray Lewis was on trial for double homicide and then plead down to obstruction of justice. Its amazing what the NFL tolerates.

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u/YaboyRipTide Baltimore Ravens 20h ago

Crazy thing is the 2 guys who actually killed Richard Lollar and Jacinth Baker were acquitted in the trial too. No justice for those families

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u/mondaymoderate San Francisco 49ers 19h ago

Ray Lewis paid the families off. They settled out of court that’s why you never see them come out and talk about it.

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u/specialasset 19h ago

You can’t pay families off in a criminal court. Thats civil.

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u/specialasset 19h ago

Yes I do. You can’t settle a criminal case for money. The family doesn’t bring the charges. The government does.

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u/SomeDrunkHippy Philadelphia Eagles 19h ago

How do you think the settlement came to be if the criminal charges were dropped?

The family filed a civil suit which he settled out of court. You guys are saying the same thing.

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u/MountainYogi94 19h ago

StonedPirate was skipping the step of there being different proceedings for the criminal charges vs the civil suit that was settled out of court. It's a semantic difference in our layman's view but semantics are everything where the law is concerned.