ESPN: Cowboys rookie Jourdan Lewis to stand trial for domestic violence charge

[LittleD]

Well maybe this is where a mentor would come in handy !! A older and wise Ex-Cowboy with a good head on shoulders.

Unfortunately, he was advised to stick close to Witten and he had a good role model in Dak. Too bad he chose not to stick close to either. There are good role model players on the
team that could pave the way for Zeke, he just has to pick one and stick like glue. He better hurry up though. The NFL power knives are out to carve him up for sure.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

This could be our 6th player suspended this year. Great culture we're building here.

It's hard to prepare for the season when so many are going to be missing games.

 

[haleyrules]

Well maybe this is where a mentor would come in handy !! A older and wise Ex-Cowboy with a good head on shoulders.

Say...Charles Haley!!

 

[dallasdave]

Say...Charles Haley!!

 

[dallasdave]

Unfortunately, he was advised to stick close to Witten and he had a good role model in Dak. Too bad he chose not to stick close to either. There are good role model players on the
team that could pave the way for Zeke, he just has to pick one and stick like glue. He better hurry up though. The NFL power knives are out to carve him up for sure.

I think an EX-Cowboy like Emmitt or Calvin Hill, Roger, Drew ect

 

[visionary]

Well maybe this is where a mentor would come in handy !! A older and wise Ex-Cowboy with a good head on shoulders.

People on the board never tire of telling us how Dez is a leader and has grown up

Let's have Dez mentor Zeke

 

[Trouty]

People on the board never tire of telling us how Dez is a leader and has grown up

Let's have Dez mentor Zeke

He should! Zeke could learn a lot from what Dez has been through, Visionary

 

[dallasdave]

People on the board never tire of telling us how Dez is a leader and has grown up

Let's have Dez mentor Zeke

Well I said an Ex- Cowboy -little more long in the tooth and more life experience. Roger, Calvin Hill, Emmittt, Drew, Jay ect.

 

[dallasdave]

He should! Zeke could learn a lot from what Dez has been through, Visionary

Dex could show him the folly of his ways in the past.

 

[visionary]

He should! Zeke could learn a lot from what Dez has been through, Visionary

I'm shocked that none of the other cowboy faithful have suggested this already given the obvious leadership Dez had exhibited

 

[LittleD]

I think an EX-Cowboy like Emmitt or Calvin Hill, Roger, Drew ect

I agree with you but, you know young adults today. They just don't look up to great people that are that much older than themselves.
They tend to follow people their own ages and in their own generation. Too bad though, Emmitt would be a great mentor to anyone.
Most 21 year olds tend to think with hormones instead of brains these days.

 

[tyke1doe]

So he held her down for three seconds and left. Sounds to me like she was going off and he did what he needed to so as to leave the room without being scratched, bit, whatever. And they call that domestic violence. What a pile of horse dung.

That happened to me, minus the domestic charge.
I was dating this young lady and brought her to my parent's house. She got mad at me for some silly reason and starts lashing out and scratching me. I only tried to restrain her. Fortunately, she had enough decency to not cause a scene in my parent's house, and she stopped her attack.
But I know the other side of this issue. I'm glad there was nothing within me that wanted to hit her back. But if you think someone is going to go berserk and attack you or trash your property, I can see using a little restraint.

 

[tyke1doe]

I agree with you but, you know young adults today. They just don't look up to great people that are that much older than themselves.
They tend to follow people their own ages and in their own generation. Too bad though, Emmitt would be a great mentor to anyone.
Most 21 year olds tend to think with hormones instead of brains these days.

These days?

 

[tyke1doe]

The incident happened before he was drafted. He can't get suspended for it.

But the ruling will come after the draft. If guilty, I think he gets suspended.

 

[tyke1doe]

"visible injury" is not a legal standard for assault, (or assault and battery as some states call it). Bodily injury is required, but bodily injury is anything that caused pain. A finger thumb on the nose would probably hurt, but wouldn't leave a visible mark. It is still bodily injury under the law and if done without the thumpee's consent it is the same as a black eye from a criminal charge standpoint. The only difference is that the black eye usually carries a stiffer sentence.

Who's thumpee's?

 

[tyke1doe]

I'd love for them to post their personal information so we can research them

Sadly the people on here who cry and ***** about these types of things, don't have the balls to show us their resume. Instead they might make an excuse like " it's for my own personal protection"

Knowing damn well they probably have done more embarrassing things in their life.

It's usually the insecure type. Knock another down to feel better about their life

Not that I think Jourdan is guilty, but domestic violence is a bit different than sneaking into a club when you're underage.

The issue here is not that sin is sin, but that some sins are more grievous to society than others.
When I was young (12 years old) I stole comic books from the 7-11 store. Yes, that's against the law.
But am I being "holier than thou" because I criticize someone for beating his wife?

Sometimes, it baffles me how people use the "holier than thou" term outside a religious context.

 

[tyke1doe]

Or those that "live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" type of people. Let's not act like everyone hardly is an angel on this planet.

But some people are, right?

 

[tyke1doe]

Sometimes! Its a exaggerated to an extent everytime. Pussified society.

You know how we got here as a society? Because we've lived in a male-dominated society that devalued rape, domestic assault and sexual crimes against women and generally gave the men the benefit of the doubt.
Society is now going through an overcorrection.

 

[haleyrules]

You know how we got here as a society? Because we've lived in a male-dominated society that devalued rape, domestic assault and sexual crimes against women and generally gave the men the benefit of the doubt.
Society is now going through an overcorrection.

Agreed.

 

[tyke1doe]

This was quoted from a BTB article that quoted a Sportsday article.

"When asked, Lewis told police that he may have grabbed his girlfriend's throat "while trying to get her off him but had no intentions to hurt [her]."


http://cowboyszone.com/threads/btb-...-miss-first-two-days-of-training-camp.380948/

A prosecutor is not going to file charges unless their is enough evidence. If he admitted to physical contact that is enough to charge him. If she accused him of grabbing her neck and then he told the responding officers that he "maybe" have grabbed her neck, I am guessing this prosecutor thinks that is enough to warrant charges.

This doesn't bode well for him because the jury may think, "Why do you have to grab her by the neck to restrain her?"