Via NY Post:

Shocking new video shows Ravens running back Ray Rice delivering a ferocious punch to his fiancée, which knocked her out cold and landed him a two-game NFL suspension.

In video obtained by TMZ, Rice can be seen lunging at his fiancée several times as he tries to intimidate her outside the elevator at the Revel casino in Atlantic City. She angrily gives him a backhand slap before they make their way towards the open doors.

Once they get on, Janay Palmer — who is now Rice’s wife — keeps her head down and doesn’t say a word, but the New Rochelle native’s intimidation tactics continue. The elevator doors don’t even get a chance to close before Rice jumps in his future wife’s face two more times and follows up with a quick swipe with his left hand, but it doesn’t appear to fully connect. When Palmer appears to stand up to him, Rice throws a pulverizing left punch which drops her head on the elevator hand rail — knocking her out cold.

Update:

Is it possible that they realized that actual violence against women is significant? And maybe more of a concern among players than the name “Redskins”?

Via NY Post:

The Ravens decided to cut ties with Ray Rice on Monday, hours after a video of him cold-cocking his then fiancée in an Atlantic City elevator was published by TMZ.

Reaction from around NFL:

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Guess the Ravens agreed with Rogen…

Update:
At the time of the incident, the owner of the Ravens, Steve Bisciotti said this:

“I’ve been on record of saying my definition of character is repeating offenses,” Bisciotti said. “If we’re all one strike and you’re out, then we’re all in trouble. It’s how you respond to adversity.

“Ray has not experienced any [adversity]. He’s just been lauded as the nicest, hardest working, greatest guy on the team and in the community. So we have to support him. I think we’ll be rewarded by him maturing and never putting himself in a situation like that again.”

Which I guess means you’re allowed one free knock out.

But now they are saying this:

The NFL has also today suspended Rice indefinitely.

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