I think your black and while viewpoint on it is a joke. Jones was literally their father's best friend. When their dad died he decided to be a father figure for them and try and do right by them. Can you consider also that this is probably something the boys WANTED for their lives after their dad died? Call him a piece of **** all you want. His history of bad things is well documented and not disputed. That also doesn't mean he's not capable of doing a good thing and it also doesnt mean that Chris Henry's sons will end up like him or like their father.
Of course it doesn't mean the kids will end up like Jones, but about the best thing you could do to create a woman-beating criminal is to put him in the custody of a woman-beating criminal. Unless you think the whole concept of "breaking the cycle" is complete fiction.
And I'm sure a teen boy would like to be in the custody of someone he knows and a friend of his father. But the job of the government and you know, actual adults, is to do what is best for kids despite what they want or are comfortable with.
Every bad person is capable of and does good things. Every one. Doing something for your best friend doesn't change the fact that he's a bad person that even when faced with ruining his career he couldn't stop being a pile of ****.
Sorry, I read a story about this and all the quotes from Jones were a joke. Basically, he's stayed in touch with them, and a few years ago it was pretty clear the two boys were freak athletes it was time to step in and help them reach the NFL.
But I guess he hasn't been arrested for assault for the last, what 14 months, so he's on a good streak.
Sorry, it disturbs me that somehow we've turned this into a heartwarming story instead of "Man with lengthy record of assault and beating women inexplicably granted adoption of impressionable young boys."
