There is little doubt the nationally televised assault by Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice exposed to a national audience a kind of domestic violence which is often hidden behind closed doors. Rice, with a single blow from his left hand, rendered his girlfriend completely unconscious. Moments later, he is shown dragging the limp and unconscious body out of the elevator.
Results of this televised "event" has led to national outrage and demands that retaliatory punishment be immediately thrust upon a man caught up in the glare of notoriety much like a moth blinded by a momentary glare of a rapidly approaching vehicle.