Report: Former NFL player Phillip Adams kills 5 in South Carolina, then himself

[wppete 5,588]

Report: Former NFL player Phillip Adams kills 5 in South Carolina, then himself

 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31214902/report-former-nfl-player-phillip-adams-kills-5-himself

 

 

Played for San Francisco and the Raiders. Went to South Carolina University. 
 

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AdamPh00.htm

 

Edited Thursday at 02:21 PM by wppete

[Bangarang 9,313]

He deserves to rot in the hottest part of hell.

[MJS 8,492]

Killed a 9 year old and a 5 year old, among others. Hope he likes it hot, because I hear it is hot where he is going.

[H2o 9,416]

1 minute ago, Bangarang said:

He deserves to rot in the hottest part of hell.

Trust me, he's feelin' it right now. 

[MiltonWaddams 1,694]

Killing anyone is terrible. Killing children? You can die a million fiery deaths.  Piece of crap.

[2020 Our Year For Sure 566]

He must have been suffering a great deal

 

I am both the perpetrator and the victim.

[LeviF91 1,642]

Just now, 2020 Our Year For Sure said:

He must have been suffering a great deal

 

I am both the perpetrator and the victim.

 

Or he was off his ***** rocker.  Why don't we hold back on the sympathy for the dude that murdered children for the time being.

[SCBills 4,808]

I'm in Greenville, SC right now and this is all over the news.  Absolutely sickening. 

[2020 Our Year For Sure 566]

Just now, LeviF91 said:

 

Or he was off his ***** rocker.  Why don't we hold back on the sympathy for the dude that murdered children for the time being.

Do as you like

I know I'm capable of lashing out when I'm in pain, too.

[MJS 8,492]

3 minutes ago, 2020 Our Year For Sure said:

He must have been suffering a great deal

 

I am both the perpetrator and the victim.

People suffer all the time and manage not to go on a murder spree.

[The Jokeman 1,314]

7 hours ago, LeviF91 said:

 

Or he was off his ***** rocker.  Why don't we hold back on the sympathy for the dude that murdered children for the time being.

Why? because he's a person just like me and you. Was he a good person? from his actions it doesn't look like it but what lead him to those actions? Perhaps he had an illness like depression or something else. 

Edited Thursday at 10:22 PM by The Jokeman

[LeviF91 1,642]

Just now, 2020 Our Year For Sure said:

Do as you like

I know I'm capable of lashing out when I'm in pain, too.

 

With a .45? 

[JGMcD2 1,329]

Apparently the man he killed was a doctor that treated him. I hate to speculate but this seems like CTE. 
 

This is so sad. Those innocent people. 
 

It’s equally as sad how so many players end up in shambles. 

[Royale with Cheese 11,247]

3 minutes ago, The Jokeman said:

Why? because he's a person just like me and you. Was he a good person? from his actions know but what lead him to those actions? Perhaps he had an illness like depression or something else. 

 

Or he's simply evil.  Why can't people be evil anymore?

[2020 Our Year For Sure 566]

1 minute ago, LeviF91 said:

 

With a .45? 

I don't know his life other than suffering, which I can relate to.

[SCBills 4,808]

From what i've heard down here, Dr Lesslie told Adams he would not prescribe anymore painkillers and that he needed to seek help.  (unconfirmed)

[LeviF91 1,642]

Just now, Royale with Cheese said:

 

Or he's simply evil.  Why can't people be evil anymore?

 

The obsession with finding something - anything - to blame aside from the proximate cause (in this case, a murderer) of somebody's death nowadays is baffling to me.

[MJS 8,492]

1 minute ago, The Jokeman said:

Why? because he's a person just like me and you. Was he a good person? from his actions know but what lead him to those actions? Perhaps he had an illness like depression or something else. 

What about Ted Bundy? Should we have sympathy for him? Adolph Hitler? Stalin? Pablo Escobar?

 

Are we supposed to talk about how hard it must have been for these guys because surely they all had mental illness that led to their murders?

 

Mental illness is not an excuse for murder or genocide. Millions of people live with those same illnesses without managing to kill a bunch of people.

[Royale with Cheese 11,247]

2 minutes ago, LeviF91 said:

 

The obsession with finding something - anything - to blame aside from the proximate cause (in this case, a murderer) of somebody's death nowadays is baffling to me.

 

Need to have sympathy for the criminal/murderer....I guess.

[MJS 8,492]

3 minutes ago, JGMcD2 said:

Apparently the man he killed was a doctor that treated him. I hate to speculate but this seems like CTE. 
 

This is so sad. Those innocent people. 
 

It’s equally as sad how so many players end up in shambles. 

The catch all disease. Again, thousands of former players live with significant effects from CTE without going on a murder spree.

 

Yes, pain and mental illness are hard. For sure. But nobody should get a pass for murdering others regardless of what they were going through.