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Will just released Ray Rice wife beating video turn up the Heat on Atlantic County Prosecutors miss handling of the Shaneen Allen case.
New Jersey --(Ammoland.com)- With the release of video footage from inside the elevator of Ray Rice viciously knocking out his wife unconscious with a single punch, new questions and controversy are swirling over the acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClains decision to admit Rice to a Pre Trial Intervention program that is not supposed to be available to violent offenders.
While simultaneously zealously pursuing mandatory State Prison time for Philadelphia single mom and legal gun owner Shaneen Allen, who is guilty of naively and ignorantly committing a statutory violation of New Jersey's draconian gun laws absent any criminal intent, let alone commission of a violent felony assault.
Late last evening, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney released a public statement calling for an investigation of the handling of the Ray Rice case and his admittance to the PTI program.
Make no mistake, while Steve Sweeney has demonstrated he is no friend of gun owners or the Second Amendment after his blatant and very public sellout of his constituents regarding the now defunct Ten Round Magazine Limit Bill, his call for an investigation may actually help Shaneen Allen. As it casts an even harsher spotlight on the grave injustice and persecution that is being conducted against Ms. Allen by Prosecutor McClain and others in the name of "deterrence"
It is almost indisputable that Mr. Rice received extraordinary special treatment by the "Justice System" in Atlantic County New Jersey for no other reason than he was an extremely wealthy, very famous, professional sports star. While Ms. Allen, whose case is actually a perfect example of what the Pre Trial Intervention program is supposed to be for; is simply a "peon". Mercilessly pursued and threatened by Prosecutor McClain and vocal anti gun supporters, in their efforts to make an example of her.
Regarding the decision to admit Rice to PTI, McClain had this to say according to the Fox News.
"This decision was arrived at after careful consideration of the information contained in Mr. Rice's application in light of all of the facts gathered during the investigation," acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Jim McClain said Tuesday. "After considering all relevant information in light of applicable law, it was determined that this was the appropriate disposition."
This of course leads to one of several questions. Did Mr. McClain have and view the recently released "inside the elevator" footage and decide to admit Rice to Pre Trial Intervention anyway, essentially a slap on the wrist for what was actually a violent, felony assault?
If so, why? To curry some future favor with Rice? Or maybe the head honchos at the NFL? Possibly someone in Baltimore? If Mr. McClain didn't have, or review the newly released footage, than how could his office claimed to have "reviewed all the facts"?