For resisting arrest, which means he was being arrested for something else.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ng-arrest/

more details here: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... -on-video/

On the bright side, his recovery must be going well if he is fighting of cops.

Great. How hard is it for these guys to stay out of trouble!? Seriously!

This link doesn't sound like AD did anything wrong.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/07/peterson-incident-all-on-video/

Oops, sorry. I didn't see that this had already been posted.

I'm not jumping to any conclusions about the legal issues here. Nobody else should either. Let the facts come out first, please.

But I will offer a little non-legal social commentary.

I think I can count on one hand the number of times since college (three decades ago) that I've been outside of my house at two thirty in the morning. By contrast, professional athletes frequently are cited for violations at that hour.

I subscribe to the words of a certain patriot from the City of Brotherly Love: "Early to bed. Early to rise. Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Franklin knew how to live. But he also knew when to go to bed. I wish more athletes would follow his teaching.

Sounds like cops on a power trip to me. Not that he needs the money, but if the video evidence proves it, I hope he sues the pants off them. Nothing encourages police to change more than financial incentive to do so.

most of us our biased as AD is our guy and the face of our franchise. so, whithout trying to sound like too much of a homer, let me add this. i give AD the benefit of the doubt as of right now simply because this is so out of character. the guy has never been in trouble. never had character issues. always been charitable and good in the community. so i will withhold judgement. had this been pacman jones or someone like that who seems to always be in the news....i'd be furious.

my early prediction is this will not be a big issue and we'll be happy there were so many cameras.

Sounds very out of character for him. Whatever happens, I hope the process goes quickly, wouldn't be the end of the world if he sits out a few games at the beginning of the season.

I don't know if it's out of character per se. AD is the same guy who was pulled over for going over 100 in a 55 mph zone in Minneapolis, so it's obvious he's capable of getting himself in "situations".

What I don't understand, however, is how someone can be cited only for resisting arrest. To resist arrest, one must be under arrest for something else. It's that something else that would be of greater concern than the resisting arrest charge IMHO. What did AD do to get himself into the situation in the first place?

It makes no sense to me why ANY high profile and recognizable athelete would choose to be out at a nightclub at 2:30 in the morning.
Nothing good ever takes place at that time.....

Its either being confronted by some drunk patron trying to make a name for himself, being accused of something by a female patron or a run in with the police.

Why in the world would someone who is supposedly rehabbing his knee choose to be out at a nightclub at 2:30am unless of course the trainer suggested a little break dancing as part of his recovery program...........but, I doubt it.

because they are still people. who enjoy having fun. and being with family and friends. not to mention, for many high profileathletes and celebs, sometimes these clubs and vip sections after hours are the safest place for them to be able to have a good time. and i can assure you that AD has been out late to clubs hundreds of times over the years and has never had an issue and no one here has complained about it.

and finally...just because you're at a club doesn't mean you're getting wasted, and doesn't mean you're dancing until dawn. i went to a friends club opening this spring and i was there until after 4 in the morning, barely had anything to drink, and never stepped on the dancefloor. and still had a blast.

we should wait to hear the facts.

That's just f***ing sad. That's all there is to it.

Cut that loser! Oh, wait.

http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/07/adrian-peterson-arrested-drunk/



Good ole TMZ all over this.

I sure hope his knee is OK. As they were taking him down I'm sure you could hear screams of "The knee! The knee! Watch the knee!" That's not resisting arrest, that's protecting a career.

I have to agree. Sorry, Dan, but most single people DO enjoy the night life, unless they have kids. Even if you make huge wages, even if you make average wages, even if you don't make much. If you have money, though, most people tend to spend it at night clubs or restaurants. If those people don't, you tend to enjoy our national and state parks more often, with beers at 3am (and that can get you in trouble with the cops at many parks, too).

This example is from a different league, of course, but Tony Parker got glass in his eye and couldn't play in the Olympics for France because he was out at the clubs hanging out with famous hip-hop artists. Tony Parker isn't a guy you immediately think is a party animal. You'd be surprised how many people go out late at night...I'd say about 60% of the software developers I've worked with over the course of my career (spanning many companies as I did a lot of my contracts on a fairly short term basis because I liked basically starting and finishing major projects) would go out after work and hit night clubs. These are SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS we're talking about here. Sometimes, they would bring the BUSINESS ANALYSTS or QUALITY ASSURANCE people along. These are not what most would think are "party animals", but it's not about partying most of the time. Most of the time, you're sitting at a table with friends talking over drinks or trying to be seen. Or just people watching. It's not like these clubs are crack houses or brothels. There's a guy who pours drinks, there's a guy who dj's, there are guys who check cards at doors, there are people taking drinks to tables. Maybe some people dancing. It's not as crazy as some people seem to imagine. It's not all Studio 54.

Here's the real problem with this case: The cop didn't like Adrian Peterson questioning his "authoritah" by going back in for a glass of water. This isn't a serious crime. It's not even as serious as Randy Moss's infamous "left turn", which could have caused someone that decided to throw themselves at a moving vehicle in a very zealous attempt to do their job to get hurt.

That said, if he was as drunk as they said he was, they probably should have let him have a glass of water. Probably as sensible a move as any to get that stuff out of his system. Getting caught up on that seems silly. I've seen plenty of people play at being "scary" at night clubs. It doesn't mean anything until they throw a punch. I've been a bouncer, it's a part of the job. You see it every night from drunks. Alcohol does that and there's a reason that most night clubs hire bouncers that can hold their own against a whole lot of people. I wasn't that type, of course, I mostly got good at reasoning with drunks and getting them calmed down. But I worked with one or two guys who were ex-college offensive linemen and could probably have made even Adrian Peterson back down. It's a different matter when there aren't any pads, and 60 pounds/5 inches of reach to throw around in an enclosed area is a big difference.

The two stories posted so far about this incident couldn't be more different. 1) Cops come in to clear the club, Peterson asks for a glass of water and is refused and then jumped from behind. 2) Peterson is drunk and belligerent, demands another drink at closing time and is arrested by off duty cops working security.

AD is a typical NFL player with a huge ego thats likes to party. He shoves a cop, I hope he gets the same thing I would get had I been acting like a drunken A-hole all night. But he wont, hes got enough money to buy his way out of anything. If the so call fact are true.

Swell. Well we will see what happens I guess. Can you imagine if that cop had hurt AD's knee?

The Bengals and Lions are laughing at us. That's how bad its gotten.

OMG you are not serious. Good grief.

Hopefully he gets an 8 game suspension and the idiots won't be able to rush him back. Might be the best thing that could have happened to him.

The bad news: Adrian peterson got arrested.

The good news: It took 3 officers to take him down.

Rehab must be going ahead of schedule

On a serious note, I'm not sure what to make of it till more facts come out. My bet is he was extremely drunk- even the nicest people when drunk can become the devil. He'll learn from this. AD is a very good person, and this will be one mistake he'll learn from.

This entire situation is suspect, and it's entirely possible that this was just as much Peterson drinking too much and going crazy as it was some cop just trying to make trouble because he saw a big name star. Wouldn't be the first time a cop abused his/her power anyway. I'll wait for further details and the video that supposedly shows everything.

If AP was drunk and difficult as one report says than anything that happened to his knee in the ensuing scuffle would have been AP's fault and no one else's.

For those who are arguing by saying that he is an adult and therefore entitled to go to clubs and party....I understand your point but you cant argue the fact that it is poor judgement to be there at 2:30 in the morning when your a highly visible easily recognized pro athlete and again (if the the report is true) you are acting like a jerk.

The net result of this could be a visit to Mr. Goodell and having a little extra time to rehab that knee.

I agree that until the details are made known it is probably best to reserve judgement but unfortunately, it also would'nt be the first time some pro athlete tried to abuse his/her status, power or recognition while at a late night club.

It just seems quite out of character. Not that he doesn't go out clubbing, but that there have been no... NO incidents of Peterson being drunk and belligerent before this episode. As for the idea that AD is a big ego athlete, that seems absurd, as all reports about him in the past have emphasized his approachability and charitable nature. Of course, everyone has an off day, but a "resisting arrest" off day? Seems rather suspect to me. But, we'll see.

Maybe it turns out he is a jerk... or maybe Houston cops are jerks... and a club manager bad mouthing a famous patron???? To be honest, that throws up more red flags than anything. It seems like a counter-productive business strategy to bad mouth a famous athlete who was simply an annoying drunk.

Or, it could be that the off-duty cops at the club decided to target the famous athlete because they have power issues, which is pretty common in Houston. It's all speculation at this point.