If she was calling him a ###### constanley, and verbally abusing him with racist words, then on one hand I'm glad he knocked her around. Just because she's a woman doesn't make it easier to handle those painful words, and the hostility and difficulty black people have to deal with in that country; especially of late, it's nice to see some fight back.
But at the same time, she's a woman, and optically it looks bad because of physical disadvantage, hence the double standard. While it may have felt worth it to knock her around at that moment, it wasn't the right move to make overall. He needs to call security/police, and keep his distance away from her. He need to conduct himself to a higher standard in that scenario since he's a professional representing a league that has to handle incidents like these very seriously; so he's even more under the microscope than he would've been if he was just another random black person. This incident happened in February, and it's just now that the video is being released.
I feel though that if Hunt was upfront with the Chiefs about this before the video was released though, then at most he would've been suspended for PR purposes. But to outright cut him, has to mean something else is at play here. This is the NFL; you just don't cut one of your best players despite trouble with the law. Especially since he wasn't charged by the police, so he wasn't under any legal trouble.
|