Darrion Scott, the ex-Minnesota Viking defensive lineman, has no taste in toys.
As a father of two boys and with one baby on the way, I am constantly amazed by how many really cool toys there are out there for kids. I had an Atari 2600 and a Big Wheel.
My kids, on the other hand, have a Nintendo Wii and a Power Wheels Jeep Thingy. I especially love the Power Wheel Jeep. It rocks. Goes over everything, including younger brothers, and makes mothers especially nervous when modified.
Darrion Scott has a 2-year-old son who, I am sure, would love to play with a PowerWheel of some kind. Heck, there are any number of toys that the son of Darrion Scott should have. I’m sure Darrion Scott, while wandering through Toys R Us, looked over the “Bag O’ Glass”, “Bag O’ Vipers”, “Bag O’ Sulfuric Acid”, “Mr. Skin Grafter”, “Pretty Peggy’s Ear Piercing Kit”, “Doggy Dentist”, “Chancellor Tron’s Secret Police Confession Kit”, “Johnny Switchblade Adventure Punk”, and “Chainsaw Teddybear” toys before finally settling on “Johnny Space Commander Mask.”
Darrion Scott’s baby’s momma came over to Scott’s house to pick the boy up on the 26th of April, 2008. Upon opening the door, she heard the boy crying. Rushing to where she heard her son in trouble, she came across her boy on his back on the floor, kicking his legs while his father, Darrion Scott - who is three inches over six feet and 290 pounds - was holding a plastic dry cleaning bag over his son’s head. Tightly.
The boy’s mother didn’t see the humor in the situation. She called the cops and took her boy to the doctor.
The police interviewed Darrion Scott about what happened. Mr. Scott admitted that he had put the bag over his kid’s head, but that they were just playing “escape artist” and he wanted to see if his son could get the bag off his head by himself.
The doctor the boy saw has told the police:
There is a reasonable degree of medical certainty that marks on the boy’s arm and ear were intentionally inflicted and were consistent with either burning or being struck.
Darrion Scott’s baby’s momma has told police that she’s taken pictures of previous abuse that she’s noticed on her son after Darrion Scott had the kid over. Burns on the boy’s arm and ear. Lumps on his forehead. In the past, Darrion always had reasons why his son had those injuries…but I’d suppose when you see a very large man holding a plastic bag over your boy’s head, you’re not going to take any more excuses.
The boy’s mother reported the incident to child protection and the police stopped by to talk with Darrion Scott one more time on the 30th of April, 2008. They brought their handcuffs and read him his rights.
After being arrested, Darrion Scott was charged with a felony count of third-degree assault and another felony count of domestic assault by strangulation. As an added bonus, Darrion Scott was also charged with a misdemeanor count of endangerment of a child because he kept a loaded .50 caliber pistol in his nightstand drawer where his 2-year-old son could have easily found it.
Darrion Scott, who was a third-round draft pick by the Vikings in 2004, was with them for four seasons before going free-agent. He will probably not be working for the Vikings any longer.
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He had a .50 caliber pistol? JESUS!
That’s a freaking cannon! Thank God his son didn’t find that. Whoa.
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PantalonesDeDios reply on May 13, 2008:
Kid probably couldn’t even lift that thing. They weight like 4 pounds without shells in them. Either way the retard should’ve put that waste of money up outta the reach of the kid regardless. I dunno who he thinks he’s gonna shoot with that stupid shit, they’re about as accurate as a blind man throwing darts.
I wouldn’t say hell on this one just yet, maybe some torture, burning etc. Maybe some limbo is in order because quite frankly someone this pathetic shouldn’t get into either alternative.
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Scott’s parents in West Virginia are “naturally upset and appalled” by the charges.
“Anyone who knows Darrion knows him to be a big ‘teddy bear’ type of guy, easygoing and never loud or abusive. We believe this nightmare is a terrible mistake and that the child has not been abused, at least not by Darrion.
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Jesus, please take the wheel…….
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Is this guy’s hero O.J. Simpson?
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I wonder if they can think of some other charges to toss up there? I don’t care how you play a game, no excuse would make me ever believe burn marks on my kid were OK or self inflicted or accidental.
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http://www.worth1000.com/cache/gallery/contestcache.asp?contest_id=13900&display=photoshop
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He probably thought that since he’s a big-time NFL player, he would get a slap on the wrist. Stupid ass. “Playing a game”?!? WTF is wrong with parents these days?!? Another prime example of a person who should NOT procreate.
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TurtleMania reply on May 14, 2008:
I agree.
Kim -
A few post ago, I suggested that we need to start requiring parental licenses.
“Daddy no, no! Please don’t bag my head like that Karen McCarron bitch did to her daughter!”
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Hello???
This guy has been hit in the head too many times. I don’t care if he’s a moron or just sadistic and thought he wouldn’t get caught… Go to Jail, Go Directly to Jail, Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect that big frickin’ paycheck you’re used to…… Oh, and don’t drop the Soap - You’re not THAT big!
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“Darrion Scott’s baby’s momma has told police that she’s taken pictures of previous abuse that she’s noticed on her son after Darrion Scott had the kid over. Burns on the boy’s arm and ear. Lumps on his forehead. ”
Um, ok. And then you let the POS be near your child again? Off to jail, you non-mother.
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As someone who previously was an editor for several magazines/newpapers, I think I’ll flex my editing chops here—-
“Scott’s parents in West Virginia are “naturally upset and appalled” by the charges.
“Anyone who knows Darrion knows him to be a big ‘teddy bear’ type of guy, easygoing and never loud or abusive. We believe this nightmare is a terrible mistake and that the child has not been abused, at least not by Darrion.”
“Darrion- big guy, loud, abusive, nightmare, terrible, abused, by Darrion.”
There. Fixed that for ya.
And, with all the other horrible things happening in the world, I have to be afraid of abusive teddy bears? Arghhh.
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TurtleMania reply on May 15, 2008:
Glorybug – don’t name your teddy bear “Mohamed” or you’ll get fired and sent back to England.
Not mention, you’ll have angry Muslims beating your door down.
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Rhiannon reply on May 23, 2008:
Just because she allowed the child to visit, doesn’t mean she wanted to.
I have been embroiled in a ansty custody case, and sometimes judges & guardian ad-litems think they know what’s best more a child more so than its mother.
Just like I’m sure that when he doesn’t go to jail (which you know he won’t) they will probably restore his visitation to some degree.
You know, because our judicial system rules!
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TurtleMania- Actually at one point I used to have a silkscreen design of a bratty-looking cat that was entitled ‘Mohhamed Attrocious’, and the people who bought them told me they verbally accosted over their wearing of such. But that was over 15 years ago. I’m guessing the Muslims would be much angrier now, now that they have airplanes in their holsters and all that.
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you so just opened a can of worms woman!
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This story seems a little fishy.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this were a couple fight that dragged the kid into it. There really aren’t enough facts to make a fair assumption. Maybe this guy is just a run of the mill idiot. My two year old has bruises all up and down her legs from playing outside, couple that with her daddy playing an innocent game of pretending to put her foot in the ceiling fan, and to an outsider make think she was abused. Which is the furthest thing from the truth. I guess there are alot of factors that will determine whether I think this guy is a jerk, or just stupid. In closing, kids and plastic bags are dangerous mix!
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