As outrage and controversy continue to surround the Redskins for their decision to claim Reuben Foster after a domestic assault allegation, new video has surfaced of another NFL player assaulting a woman.
TMZ released a video on Friday of Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt shoving and kicking a woman back in February of this year. The troubling part isn't just the violent nature of the altercation, but the fact that neither the team nor the league suspended Hunt since the incident occurred.
Hunt has played in all 12 games so far this season and was not reprimanded for his actions. This flies in the face of the league's personal conduct policy. At minimum the incident warranted a thorough investigation to the extent that police were called to the hotel and their was video footage available to the league to view the full altercation. The league nor the team get the right to say they did not get a chance to view any evidence when their own policy states they will conduct a thorough investigation. The league had just as much of an opportunity to receive the video from the hotel and the police as did TMZ.
This incident is sadly and eerily similar to the Ray Rice incident in 2014. Only after TMZ released the video did the league indefinitely suspend Rice though questions arose as to why the news organization was able to obtain the video and the league was not.
Hunt was the league leader in rushing yards last season and is on pace to have another 1,000 yards rushing this season. What if anything the team or the league will do now that the video evidence has surfaced will remain to be seen, but the team and the league owe it to its fans to evenly apply their conduct policy across the board and a suspension seems both likely and imminent. If the league wants to restore trust to their fans that assaulting women will not be tolerated, swift action must be taken to rectify an already delayed process.
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