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Attorney: Cops hit Peterson

Found July 10, 2012 on IMAGE CPR: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Adrian Peterson
TEAMS: Minnesota Vikings
The attorney for Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is now claiming that police officers hit his client. "He has the kind of injuries that are suffered sometimes in a scuffle," Peterson’s attorney Rusty Hardin told the NFL Network. "He was hit a couple of times in the head, up near his eyes, and has bruises there and on his cheekbone. There was no reason for any officer to be hitting him, which they did."
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