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Bears release Ray McDonald after arrest on domestic violence, child endangerment charges

Troubled Chicago Bears defensive end Ray McDonald was arrested Monday on charges of domestic violence and child endangerment after an incident in Santa Clara, Calif., leading the team to release him this afternoon.

Santa Clara police said in a release that McDonald allegedly assaulted a woman while she was holding a baby.

The Bears announced McDonald's release at 1:30 p.m. PT, roughly six hours after McDonald's arrest.

"We believe in 2nd chances, but when we signed Ray we were very clear what our expectations were if he was to remain a Bear," Chicago general manager Ryan Pace said in a statement. "He was not able to meet the standard and the decision was made to release him."

McDonald was arrested at approximately 7 a.m. PT in San Jose, said Santa Clara police spokesman Kurt Clarke. The incident happened earlier in Santa Clara, where he previously had played for the San Francisco 49ers.

This is McDonald's second domestic violence arrest in the past year, though prosecutors declined to file charges stemming from an incident with McDonald's fiancée that occurred during the player's 30th birthday party in August 2014. The alleged victim in that case, who was 10 weeks pregnant, refused to cooperate with a follow up investigation, and the district attorney said there was "insufficient evidence" in that case.

McDonald remained on San Francisco's active roster throughout that investigation, but he was released in December, hours after San Jose police confirmed McDonald was named as a suspect in a sexual assault investigation. He was never arrested in that case, but it remains open.

And he is not alone.....http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/arrests/

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I could be wrong, but I think that if you looked into the upbringing of these "men" you would find that aggression was emphasized in their homelife , and the father- mother relationship was distorted or non existent. Add to that the excuses that are often made when a boy shows athletic promise, and what they have always been allowed to get away with. We worship sports stars to the point that we do not demand that they adhere to the acceptable behavior of other people as long as they exhibit athletic prowess

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

My v**e would be on steroid use, with the things you mentioned as catalysts.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

You could very well be right. Had forgotten that most athletes have used steroids at one time or another.