Rice Video newz

So the NFL’s investigation into misconduct committed by the NFL clears the NFL of any wrong-doing?

Well, at least we know it was impartial…

It is all about buffers. 😉

Mueller report criticizes NFL’s handling of Rice incident

Associated Press

Thursday, January 8, 2015

NEW YORK — The long-awaited Mueller report was released Thursday with no unexpected findings: the NFL initially botched the Ray Rice case and had a weak domestic abuse policy, but investigators found no evidence league officials saw tape of Rice hitting his fiancee before it was released.

Owners and executives were quick to say the league had learned from its mistakes and is solidly behind Commissioner Roger Goodell and changes he has made.

The report from a former FBI director hired to investigate said the league’s investigative system relied too much on information from law enforcement after the former Ravens running back knocked out his fiancee in an elevator at the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J.

The 96-page report by Robert S. Mueller III said NFL employees might have been able to view the video of Rice hitting Janay Palmer before handing down the suspension had they tried harder.

“The NFL should have done more with the information it had and should have taken additional steps to obtain all available information about the Feb. 15 incident,” Mueller said in a statement.

The report said a review of league phone records and e-mails showed no evidence that employees had seen the video before it hit the Internet in September.

A law enforcement official showed the Associated Press videos of the incident and said he mailed a DVD to NFL headquarters in April. The officer played a 12-second voice mail from an NFL office number dated April 9, in which a woman verifies receipt of the DVD and says: “You’re right, it’s terrible.”

The league’s private investigation, without subpoena power, did not contact that law enforcement official. The official, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to share the evidence, said Thursday he didn’t speak with NFL investigators.

Mueller found the NFL’s deference to the law enforcement process involving Rice “led to deficiencies in the league’s collection and analysis of information during its investigation,” essentially a de-emphasis on understanding precisely what happened.

“League investigators did not contact any of the police officers who investigated the incident, the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, or the Revel to attempt to obtain or view the in-elevator video or to obtain other information,” the report said.