Palmer looks utterly defeated and resigned at a press conference shortly after elevator assault.
(photo credit: Rob Carr/Getty Images)
TMZ must know the keeper of every piece of elevator surveillance tape
in the country. Whatever they are offering these hotel or security
employees to leak proprietary information must be enough to make them
take the risk of losing their jobs.
Yesterday they leaked the video of NFL player Ray Rice landing a horrific blow to the face of Janay Palmer
(his fiancé at the time, and now his wife) that sent her crashing to
the floor, banging her head against the hand rail on the way down.
The
Baltimore Ravens terminated their contract with Rice and the NFL has
suspended him indefinitely. President Barack Obama (who has two
daughters) commented on the situation saying, "Hitting a woman is not
something a real man does, and that's true whether or not an act of
violence happens in the public eye, or, far too often, behind closed
doors. Stopping domestic violence is something that's bigger than
football, and all of us have a responsibility to put a stop to it."
That
is one of the elements that is so disturbing about this situation.
This isn’t some kid off the street who doesn’t know what fatherly love
feels like. No, Rice is a grown man and the father of, believe it or
not, a precious beautiful little girl. He presumably feels this
fatherly love whenever he gazes down into her eyes. One wonders did the
thought even cross his mind momentarily how he would be sickened at the
thought of someone beating down his baby girl? That should have been
enough to draw back his fist before it met flesh because even though
Palmer is his wife now, she too started out as someone’s bouncing baby
girl.
Palmer expressed anger and frustration in an Instagram post today saying,
“No one knows the pain that the media & unwanted options from the
public has caused my family. To make us relive a moment in our lives
that we regret everyday is a horrible thing. To take something away from
the man I love that he has worked his [butt] off for all his life just
to gain ratings is a horrific. THIS IS OUR LIFE! What don't you all get.
If your intentions were to hurt us, embarrass us, make us feel alone,
take all happiness away, you've succeeded on so many levels. Just know
we will continue to grow & show the world what real love is!”
And
that perhaps is the saddest commentary of all. Palmer, and many other
victims of domestic abuse have convinced themselves, or allowed their
significant others to convince them, that this is what “real love” is.
If you or anyone you care about is in this situation, please convince
them to get help before their partner loves them to death.
National
Domestic Violence Hot Line Number 1-800-799 (SAFE) 7233 has operators
at the ready to help 24 hour a day, seven days a week. They only have
the power if you don’t tell.
