Former NFL Linebacker Junior Seau Drives SUV Off Cliff Just Hours After Being Arrested
October 18, 2010 - 4:05pm by GossipGirl
Junior Seau, a former NFL linebacker, drove his SUV off the side of an embankment Monday in Carlsbad, California, only hours after he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. Seau, 41, survived and was pulled from the vehicle by law enforcement officials before being taken to a local hospital.
Authorities say that Seau was conscious when he was retrieved from the vehicle. Seau was arrested at 2:00am, and spent a little more than an hour at a San Diego detention center for an incident reportedly involving his live-in girlfriend.
TMZ repors that Seau's 25-year-old girlfriend called police after he allegedly assaulted her during an argument. He reportedly left the home, and was arrested upon his return.
After being released from police custody, Seau drove his Cadillac Escalade off an enbankment on Carlsbad Blvd. He was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla with unknown injuries.
Thus far, no charges or traffic citations have been filed. Investigators remain on the scene and are attempting to determine the cause of the crash.
Seau was the fifth overall pick in the 1990 NFL draft. His career in the NFL spanned over 20 years and three different NFL franchises. Sea was a twelve time Pro Bowler, and earned a spot on the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.
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First, the question that should be asked is whether Junior Seau was the aggressor or was she, and whether a female office was dispatched to hear her story? A good example of why can be found on a 2005 episode of COPS. In it, two male San Antonio (TX) police officers arrive on a domestic violence call. When they arrived, they found the man sitting outside the house, claiming he never even went inside the house. When the officers went inside, they found a very upset woman who said he had grabbed her by the arms and neck. She had the hand shaped bruises to prove it.
The officers than went outside to place the man under arrest, just as a female officer arrived. She also went in to talk to the woman. When she came out, she informed the other officers that the hand shaped bruises were more the size and shape of the woman’s own hands, so she went to talk to the neighbors. They told her that the woman, and not the man, was the abusive one.
At this point, they released the man, but informed him that the county prosecutor could still charge him, as arrests are mandatory in Texas whenever a woman makes a domestic violence claim.
The female officer saw through the tears of the woman and saw the truth.
In my 21 years of working with men, I’ve seen it repeatedly that when a female officer is on the scene, where a false allegation may be in play, she is the one to see it.
In 1994, when Kansas passed its mandatory arrest law, something interesting happened in the City of Lawrence, a University town about 40 miles from Kansas City. Over 50% of the ones arrested for domestic violence were women. The women’s shelters protested this, saying the officers were poorly trained in knowing who the real abuser is. However, whereas the national average for female officers is just 13%, in Lawrence it was nearly 40%, with them making most of the arrests.
Talking with female officers, they tell me that they do see a lot more than the male officers do, including the evidence of male officers who are themselves victims.
He may have been the victim, but t is common when the male is the victim, he is the one arrested, as in this case involving a sheriff deputy.
http://A-Daughters-Story-Of-Abuse.dads-house.org
Male Victims of Domestic Violence Logo
http://Speak-No-Truths.dads-house.org
Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women
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