Yes, she may have had to fight him off.

"The Morrisons are confident that a full review of this matter will show that the allegations have been greatly exaggerated."

Yea, I hate when nick my nose shaving.

This is where some Car Salesmen come from when there is no place else to go.

Not enough information, but it sounds as though the wife is trying to get the charges against her husband dropped so he can get out and maybe next time succeed in strangling her. It that what it sounds like to everyone else? This woman should read about the "Bladerunner" guy and the fights he had with his girlfriend and how that ended.

Maybe she is downplaying the violence because she wants him employed so he can pay her alimony when she divorces him.

TheKhanKubla

I agree, not enough information. It just reminds me of the Tiger Woods incident when his wife chased down his car and beat the crap out of it with a golf club for screwing around on her.

to late for that, his ass will be fired and another media lackey goes down in flames. watch as more liberal agenda pushers start to lose their minds !

Mike, you're an officer and a gentleman, we all look forward to your helpful comments and analysis. Now, please go back on your meds.

Women need to start accepting the fact that if a man assaults them even once it will most likely continue forever. Women seem to want to the bad boy types without understanding what they get when they find one. If a man ever raises his hand or fist to a woman leave the lowlife at the earliest possible time as he will not 'change" and it will get worse without getting any better.

There is no reason (other than self defense) for a man to assault any woman as they are the weaker sex. Even if a woman does assault a man that man can call the police before it gets out of hand. One or both of the people involved need to get out of the home to cool off or seek help before someone gets hurt or killed as we seem to see daily now in the news.

Men seem to want to control the women and most of us know that is only going to lead to huge problems for both people. Sometimes the roles are reversed but the same principles apply to get out and seek help or move on with your life and find a respectable man or woman to spend your life with.

Anytime alcohol or drugs are brought into the mix that will only make matters even more dire. You would think that people would know all of these things by now but "love" does indeed seem to be blind and I wish all of the people involved with a relationship like this a lot of luck because you will be needing it along with a great health plan.

Ladies, get out before it gets worse as it always will. Just because someone looks great doesn't mean they have any brains and if you hook up with these types of men you are asking for it, IMHO. Report the abuse and get away.If we could only treat each other as equals the world would be a better place but even then something else would mess it all up.

If you cannot communicate with each other and you do not want professional help then just move on before its to late. Any man who has to assault his mate is no man period.

I thing we have not heard all the story ,we have to here here side first don't just asume the worst .

am just saying......

From the looks of it she landed a few blows....

Did that provoke him?

Did the wife bust him up or did the police?

Kscolorado,
Very nice and truthful,and valid points,That unfortunately will never be answered,At least till they finish finding all the unanswered questions of how and really why he was even put in the running to begin with.
The reflection of Obamas 8 yrs Will Be known As The Biggest Failure of a American President in our History,(Once held by Carter).
It's Sad and Scary,I had hoped he wouldn't deceive,deflect,and lie,I guess he has done exactly one thing he said he would do,And that is to Fundamentally change America.

If I caught my wife sleeping with the morning news guy, I would choke her too. Red marks on her neck, yeah what does that mean? Was she unconscious, did she jack him first for using up all the hot water? More to this story than meets the press.

MTV...may be they were just...doing a celebrity death match...reenactment for kicks...or they were in...dire straights...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAD6Obi7Cag

Vera, many judges in divorce cases no longer award alimony, especially if the wife is working. They might award it if she is currently unemployed or hasn't worked for a long time, in order for her to get a job, but that's it. The only thing a judge will award is child support these days. This is what happened to a friend of mine, even though her ex would not let her work and her work skills were "rusty" - the judge said she can only have a couple of years of alimony and child support until their son was 18 (which the ex-husband was always late with).

Send Rob's butt to the slammer, just like the "Joe Average" abusers!

...maybe after a short "stint," that cocky grin will leave his face.

I agree with MuddieMike that many women who are assaulted by their husbands eventually wind up dead, which I think may be due to a combination of women being weaker and also less likely to own a gun than men. Whether you are male or female, if you are in a relationship where your partner hits you, get out of it. An adult who still hits has probably never been taught any better, and is used to using violence to get their way. If you let them get away with it, it will only escalate. Such people claim they can't control themselves, but most of them know how to refrain from hitting some stranger in public, no matter how angry that stranger makes them. They also stop hitting family members when a neighbor or the police arrive. They can control their temper, but they claim they can't and they choose not to. They start with a simple push or slap, then work their way up to more serious forms of violence with each argument afterwards.

I asked my buddy Sean Penn to comment on the whole thing... and he said that "maybe the guy is innoccent of all charges and the bitch was simply asking for it". Sounds a bit "off-the-wall" to me, but that's how Sean Penn sees it!

Exasperated737

I agree that many women who are assaulted by their husbands eventually wind up dead,...whether you are male or female, if you are in a relationship where your partner hits you, get out of it. An adult who still hits has probably never been taught any better, and is used to using violence to get their way...it will only escalate....but most of them know how to refrain from hitting some stranger in public, no matter how angry that stranger makes them.

Exasperated737,

Excellent post!

You are exactly right.

If the abused person does not make known their abuse and/or flee the relationship (ironically, can be the most dangerous point for many women,) the abuse only will become worse. Right from start, an abused person should stand up to the abuser and let him or her know that they will not be a passive victim, or easy "take down." You are also exactly correct when you say that regardless how angry strangers make these abusive cowards, that they will not hit strangers. Why?

Because they know that a stranger may beat the hell out them!

Another case of kinky sex gone wrong.

If she would have a gun to protect herself it would b e a different story

muddiemike,

Even if a woman does assault a man that man can call the police before it gets out of hand.

While I agree with much of what you've posted, I would have to disagree with that statement. If a woman decides to hit a man (some women actually know how to fight) then she deserves to get knocked on her ass before the police are called. Don't be a sexist.

I think there is not enough imformation as usual to make a sound call or any kind of judgements here. Typical of an MSN stroy. Just enough to launch a lynching.

Career over, they will love you in jail, what a drunken loser........

I did not know there were different degrees of strangulation... hang the bastard... which degree of strangulation that would be?

Ron B-2757074,

While I agree with much of what you've posted, I would have to disagree with that statement. If a woman decides to hit a man (some women actually know how to fight) then she deserves to get knocked on her ass before the police are called. Don't be a sexist.

Are you serious? No one "deserves" to be knocked on the ass, defending ourselves is one thing but what you said is wrong in so many ways.

Its all about how a person deals with there anger, violence only intensifies it and turns it into a no win situation.

I hope you do not ever hit a woman if she hits you first, it takes a true man to walk away from a fight, any!

Only with the wealthy they call it attempt strangling not attempt murder!

Hope he enjoyed his job as a news anchor

The feminist in me wants to help this woman if she's being abused.

The realist in me says that even if she's being abused, it doesnt mean she wants anyones help.

I used to think it was absolutely, under no circumstances, ever ok for a man to hit a woman.

But if there's one thing that im starting to see is that when women stick around and take beatings and make excuses for them, they're making choices that we simply cant keep making excuses for.

I have to conclude that either this woman is just as toxic as the man who supposedly strangled her, or she's a fan of getting beat up on a regular basis.

and on that note, who am I to judge?

IMO - if you're getting beat down and you're scared and dont know how to get out, a moment like this is the perfect moment...and if you choose not to take it, that says more than words can ever say. Im not saying you deserve what you stick around for, im saying if you dont think you're worth saving...why should anyone think that of you?

kscolorado

OK, vox...

Roll back civil rights 60 years? Oh, yes, that was just before Republicans voted for the Civil Rights bill, opposed by Democrats,

Kscolorado,

In the 1960's and before then, the Democrats that opposed civil rights legislation were known as Dixiecrats. They did not make it a secret that they wanted to continue Jim Crow. However, let us think about the recent behavior of both parties.

LBJ was known for his "colorful" language, and this is not an apology for the "N" word. However, it was under LBJ that significant Civil Rights laws were passed and signed that legally and stringently affirmed and protected the rights of African and all Americans the right to vote, the right to ride desegregated transportation, the right to be offered hotel accommodations, the right not to be discriminated against in the workplace and the right not to be discriminated against in academia.

Poll taxes are an ugly reminder for African Americans.

People of color are delighted that they will be voting for the next 100 and 200 years.

Conservatives...that he [Obama] seems 100% Red.

Conservatives think that any citizens that is not in the 1% and want equal opportunities is 100% "Red."

Crying like babies about an election they lost?

Yes, from the right, we have listened to wailing.

On right-wing radio Limbaugh ranted for weeks about President Obama's re-election victory. About Obama winning a 2nd presidential term, Donald Trump was so angry that he called for Americans to wildly storm Washington, D.C. Trump also "claimed" that the world was laughing at the U.S. Most of us have not heard any worldwide laughter. We have heard the sound of joy that America has a man in the Oval Office that wants to be more diplomatic and call less for war.

Why did so many precincts around Philadelphia vote 100% for Obama?

100% for Obama?

Maybe 98% and above...Philadelphia and the surrounding precincts are heavily Democratic. Why would these precincts support for the president surprise you?

Romney

He lost fair and square!

Lots of unanswered questions

Yes, why were we in Iraq?

25Walker,

A Chicago poll worker has been charged with voter fraud. She voted twice under her name. Absentee ballot and then voted in person. She then proceeded to vote another 6 times under other people's names for Obama. It's no wonder why some precints were reporting 129%.

I bet you think Slavery and White people are to blame for the violence in Chicago don't you. That was a consensus on a Talk Radio show I listen to that is for the most part African American.

There is something congenitally deficient about the moral and intellectual development of the right. Just look at the posts here. Completely off topic and vicious. When the gun people start talking more about improving mental health evaluations and letting all the undocumented crazies keep their guns, they better be careful about what they wish for.

Dawgfan,

What gumption you have. The GOP specializes in voter fraud and voter manipulation.

Are you aware of the fact that because of the right's voter disenfranchisement schemes that the GOP lost almost all its court battles to keep large segments of the U.S. population from voting?

Are you aware of the fact that the right aligned itself with a firm known for assisting voter fraud and illegalities? http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-11-02/politics/35504184_1_nathan-sproul-voter-registration-potential-voters

Are you aware of the fact by gerrymandering congressional districts, that Republicans robbed the American voter of a Democratic House of Representatives?

Are you aware of the fact, that the GOP is attempting to gerrymander state counties - to grab the 2016 presidential election?

Slavery?

In 1865, the above inhumane institution was resolved.

Ferrosynthesis,

You are correct. Something is wrong with the right-wing mindset.

Here is a "Right-Wing" reality to all of you media minions: Neither of these two can exercise their 2d Amendment Rights "...to keep and bear arms," because of this little foray into the World of the Very Stupid. Domestic Violence is a "no-no" to anyone having or with the desire to exercise the "fundamental right" to "self defense" since the 14th and the 2d Amendments have been "fully incorporated" since 2010--no guns ever, mental giants. The women apparently doesn't need a gun but he looks like it might have been a good idea; oh well, too late now...I gotta go and gerrymander the next election--TOODS!!

Walker22, as an African-American, I do not think this is just a "colorful" remark. He knew exactly what is what saying. Now you say he instituted all of these reforms. Well he did this for political reasons. Not because he liked blacks. So his quote seems to be accurate and working,duh. Nice try at spinning though. I guess based on your "logic" slavery was not all that bad since it gave the slave a job, lol, and some pig guts to have for dinner.

luscha,

If you are an African American, I wonder.

In this country, the African-American struggle has been painful and prolonged. People of color have found themselves in a dubious position of accepting, what was clearly unacceptable, such as LBJ's use of the "N" word, along with laws that would bring them future progress. Are you aware that the great president Lincoln stated [if without freeing the slaves, if he could save the union, that he would?] Because of his less than moral statement, should we throw out the 13th amendment, which freed the slaves? Should we throw out the 14th and 15th amendments which gave former slaves equal protection under the law and gave them the right to vote - all because of Lincoln's main goal to "save the union?"

luscha, THINK!

If slaves had not been able to hear and dispense a bad presidential statement, think about the millions of African-American slaves that would have remained in total bondage. Think about the human beings who, under a blazing sun, would still be bent over in cotton fields, strung up to trees and beaten, and overnight have their families sold and forever torn apart. No African American, or any person, would want to be a slave. It is better to have freedom and continue to work toward equality, than to be s slave and not have the ability or the legal right to even read or write.

You are unreflective and lack foresight.

Referring to LBJ, the use of the word "colorful" is a reference to the fact that he was known to speak much profanity. Yet, in spite of the shortcomings of these 2 presidents, it is undeniable and factual that both of these men played significant and life-altering roles in the Black experience. This is not an endorsement of the pitfalls in some of their statements.

"LoL?"

You should not be laughing out loud.

About serious issues that effect the Black community, your myopic perspective is ill-conceived.

No doubt.

Not nearly enough information here to make much further comments. Journalists are generally poor at getting sufficient facts and details in modern times it would seem.

Yes, next time I'm dead I'll be sure to call the police. Thanks!

Hey Sam-790083, thanks for a good laugh

...ESPECIALLY if you are non-white and currently find yourself in Lost Angeles...

The crackers are getting snarky.

Ban all Hands!

Ban hands.

Good thing he didn't have a gun, Huh!

douche

...and that's what happens to egotistical white guys who back-sass the cops.

If he was a black guy, there would be no mugshot... the black perp would wind up burned to a crisp; like a forgotten piece of bacon in the frying pan

Hey, DancingSpider"MAN",

Q: Whut's the difference between back-sass and sass ?? What characteristics differentiate the two forms of bad behavior? Or are sass and back-sass one and the same? Thank you in advance for your reply, DSM.

cannonballer that was funny I don't care who said it.

Cannonballer ( uhh huh huh heh huhh Cannanballer ),

Was yer girlfriend David Kung Fu Carradine ? Kung Fu enjoyed that form of pleasure... a little too much

Rest In Peace, Kung Fu.

Ya, with hopes of whoever is the final survivor collecting on the life insurance.

I work in the Connecticut courts and deal with offenders charged with domestic violence. First of all, his cut lip and scratched nose appear to defensive wounds. The police decide what charges the offender should face. Mr. Morrison lives in an extremely wealthy town in Connecticut where say the rate of domestic violence is lower than an urban center like Hartford or New Haven. A second degree strangulation in Darien may be a third degree assault in Hartford. It just all depends on the city and the arresting officer.

The allegations may have been exaggerated. Could be he may have grabbed her throat and shoved her against a wall. The only two who know what happened are Mr. Morrison and his wife. Preservation of continuing income seems a good possibility as well. Declining medical attention is quite common anyway among victims in 95 percent of cases.

I always got defensive wounds on my hands and arms, he's doing it wrong.

Unless she was in danger she was stupid to call the police. He will be fired! Hugh loss of income that he will not be able to replace. She would have been served better to calm down (if she was safe) and then screw him over big time in the divorce.

She didn't call the police, it was her mother who called. Maybe the mother-in-law was in the house or maybe the grandson called her first. I feel bad that their son was probably home and might have heard everything!

More proof that there are morons on both sides of the gun debate.

Jerk

yes that and:

-lied to him continuously while

-doing drugs or drinking before

-verbally, emotionally and physically abusive episodes on her part after

-being caught in bed with another man while

- the kids where playing in the basement.

(^_-)

No one deserves to be beaten or choked. Are you telling us more about yourself than we need to know?

Fortunately no, but I've been around for a while and have heard and seen enough. It's a 50/50 stat on who starts it, who fuels it and who doesn't forgive. While a woman is a fox with a great mind to take on a man's nerves, a man is a lion with great strength to kill. They are both responsible but a man is held to a higher standard because of his killing strength. Ideally the man has to be the "bigger man" and walk away.

I agree that no one deserves to be beaten or killed, but that is a calm rational thinking which is out the door when drugs, alcohol or anger are involved. The Justice system can take that to the bank.

The story never mentioned drugs or alcohol, and it never mentioned her being caught in bed with another man. Why do people always want to interject things or add things in the story without having all of the facts first? I really do not understand this. Can't we simply wait until we have all the facts and then post comments accordingly? I mean isn't this the most intelligent thing to do? I'm just saying. I really think things woild be much better if people waited until they had all the facts before they drew or jumped to conclusions. I really believe we would not have a lot of the problems we have today if people weighed all their pros and cons and then made intelligent decisions. I mean this would really solve a lot of problems.

People really need to wait before drawing conclusions and posting idiotic opinionated comments. Thanks to all of the intelligent people on here who would rather wait until they have all the facts before making idiotic comments. And another thing politics have absolutely nothing to do with this story. So people please leave them out of this discussion.

Yes Sweet, you didn't follow our posts. It started because Joe jokingly speculated that she might have been half strangled because of having burnt dinner. I speculated back. We don't know what happened. I'm pretty sure as I mentioned above that anger was involved though, throwing all rational behaviors out the window.

No, you're wrong, it's like I told you last time he is a Jewish traitor to you and the other chumps.

No, I heard she made some disparaging remarks about the prez, and he just lost it, and flipped out.

if he wanted it printed for sure he would have shot her.

Hummm, wonder how his nose and lip is bleeding, but she just had "slightly red neck" F that beeoch, get a great mouth piece and get your fight on and your wallet open for the maggots of society!!!

Nobody ever talks about women's MOUTHS and what comes of it to make a man go crazy. We only focus on the end result ? Always ?

Are women ALWAYS innocent ? Do they never provoke and rile? Do they not routinely scheme and plot and finally manipulate using sex as a weapon ?

I for one would advocate that we stop being a female controlled society of pussy whipped mothers and stop this automatic presumption of guilt when it comes to domestic violence ?

Too bad, my gonads wouldn't have red marks on them even after being kicked .... How about my heart as a guy ? Is it ok to get me this angry and then ONLY focus on what I do ? Sounds exactly like what the israelis do in Gaza.

israel Kills a couple of people every other day in Gaza and when the Palestinians finally react, ALL the worlds eyes (through zionist media) is focused on them and NOTHING is ever said about what caused them to react. At all. Even when 1000 of them are killed. The israelis keep getting away with this cycle and MEN in AMERICA are all Palestinians presumed guilty.

Well what about the serious gash on his nose ? As hundreds have said, could it have been self defense ? Could he have been the defender ? Most women on this forum are immediately hateful and called him every name in the book.

Ridiculous pre judgement by a pussy whipped society of whimps.

Awww... did some bad lady hurt your widdle feelings?

Seriously, though, it seems painfully obvious that you've beaten women before, and blamed them for making you so angry.

In other news, congrats on segueing both your gonads AND the Palestinians into the topic.

She probably had it coming. Most women these days do.

And an idiot like you should be castrated to keep your genes from polluting the world.

Maybe he got those injuries trying to fight off the inevitable: Face-down on his bunk, with a dirty sock shoved in his mouth to stifle his screams, while his dirty hairy stinky Bubba of a cellmate stands behind him and pounds away...........

It's a pleasant thought to realize that that's how many woman-beaters end up. I enjoy the thought of him in that position immensely.

Amazing how many prison rape fantasies are posted on these threads.

Sad but true.

So this guy was part of Fox News, in reality?

Tet,

WRONG!!!!! If you read it, he works for CBS!!

Next.......?

Amen, Bruce!

Done for poorly educated and half bright idiots like you Bruce

I agree. Bloomberg should ban necks, too. If no one had necks, they couldn't be strangled. Why isn't he doing these things to protect us from ourselves?

If nothing else DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN!

@ Bill K , very funny!

He could replace the old guy Chris whatshisname that is wacko and always yelling and pointing fingers...might be a big improvement...

You mean Chris Matthews. The whiny guy that always has something running down up his leg.

Yeah. Right. Someone needs to choke Bloomberg for coming up with that stupid ass law.

He chocked her...

Is that so she wouldn't roll away?