By now, we all know about former Tampa Bay Ray Manny Ramirez and his south Florida arrest yesterday. He’s charged with battery and is alleged to have slapped his wife’s face, causing her to hit her head.
Manny reportedly denied hitting his wife. According to the Associated Press story, Ramirez told “a deputy she hit her head after he shrugged her.”
He “shrugged” her?
Have you ever seen this in a news story? What must that interview have sounded like?
AP REPORTER: So, ah … Deputy … what’s the story here?
DEPUTY: Well, Mr. Ramirez denies striking the victim.
AP REPORTER: Hmm. Go on.
DEPUTY: He claims she suffered her injuries when he shrugged her.
AP REPORTER: I see. Well, ...
