Ray Rice Throws a Mean Punch (VIDEO)

UPDATE: Ravens cut Ray Rice after this video released today, even though nothing actually changed about the case.

People like to think of themselves as more civilized than the next guy. I saw a mom whack her little unruly kid’s ass at the store the other day. Other parents looked on in horror as they recalled Mommy and Me training to have thoughtful discussions at eye-level with your screaming kid about how mommy feels when you act poorly in the store. Fuck that, most of us are whacking the kid’s bottom. It’s faster and proven to work. You’ve got cereal to buy. Sophie knew this when she smothered her baby. Sometimes we can’t always be saints. But cold cocking your girlfriend in a casino elevator is one I believe most of us really wouldn’t pull in even the heated moments. I’m not saying the thought wouldn’t cross your mind,  but knocking her out with your fist then dragging her half out of elevator so the doors keep bumping closed on her head? That takes a special person.

TMZ released the inside the elevator view of Ray Rice and his girlfriend, Janay Palmer. We’d seen shots of him yanking her unconscious outside of the elevator before today, to which he explained there was more to the story. Which there was. A well-timed left. Maybe there’s even more more to the story. Like she double dog dared him to knock her out with just one punch.

The NFL is scrambling this morning because they gave Rice a slap on the wrist 2-game suspension for the altercation. The league is claiming today they never saw the “punch” video before they rendered their verdict. But they did know he punched her, so that really shouldn’t have made a difference. Only now it does. Because everybody is watching this dramatic video and the NFL looks like softies on wife beaters. Expect a re-evaluation by the NFL with a quick do-over punishment of death by hanging with Roger Goodell pulling the lever.