Wanjiru Arrested

Finally the true heart of the distance runner has emerged: the blood thirsty gangster.

this is not an issue with women. this is an issue of every distance runner secretly wanting an ak-47.

wilco will love you baby wrote:

Sounds like Sammy is almost ready for the NFL. This is how you bring some street cred to distance running. If there were a marathon running all star game, he would now be the American fans #1 choice.

Does Sammy own pit bulls by any chance?

What a dumbass

allegedly

Told ya so! Welcome to Africa!

The Olympic marathon champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru and his wife Tereza Njeri have reconciled a day after their marital differences exploded into alleged death threats.

The two separately said family members from both sides intervened to reconcile the marathoner and the mother of his two children.

seems like the police took his safe for no legitimate reason

marathondude wrote:

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Wanjiru%20and%20wife%20reconcile%20after%20death%20threat%20charge/-/1056/1081818/-/w9mkkfz/-/index.html

He is now officially qualified to be a professional American athlete.

Can some of the women on this board tell me why abused women stay with their abuser. Often, until they are beaten to death?

He probably has steroids in his safe

He is now officially qualified to be a professional American athlete.

Can some of the women on this board tell me why abused women stay with their abuser. Often, until they are beaten to death?

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I'm sure if this did really happen it was probably because he was drunk. It's likely that if Wanjiru did do it i'm sure his wife and him came to an agreement and he promised he would never get drunk again I'm guessing. As long as he doesn't get drunk again he should be fine. Also, he's rich.

I'm sure if she did do it because she didn't want to break all the national pride and money probably came into play too. In my opinion, do it once consider breaking up if you don't like all that much do it twice definately get a divorce and report to police.

Tommy2Nutts wrote:

Masya?

"There was a kenyan who came to America in the 90's he won every race he was in and did'nt get to the hotel until 4 in the morning before every race drunk as a skunk, his compatriots would take his shoes off, throw him in bed, wake him up in time for the race, and he would beat all of them - they got tired of it !"

Yes Gideon Mutisya was telling me about him, how hardcore the guy was, just think if he did'nt drink !

Really??? wrote:

He is now officially qualified to be a professional American athlete.

Can some of the women on this board tell me why abused women stay with their abuser. Often, until they are beaten to death?

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I'm sure if this did really happen it was probably because he was drunk. It's likely that if Wanjiru did do it i'm sure his wife and him came to an agreement and he promised he would never get drunk again I'm guessing. As long as he doesn't get drunk again he should be fine. Also, he's rich.

I'm sure if she did do it because she didn't want to break all the national pride and money probably came into play too. In my opinion, do it once consider breaking up if you don't like all that much do it twice definately get a divorce and report to police.

Being drunk doesn't make you do stupid things. It provides a convenient excuse. There are plenty of other excuses.

Obviously you've never drunk your'self into a blackout where you don't know what your doing and don't remember later. The misuse of alchohol is the cause of much violence !

^Yes. Alchohol is horrible because it makes you do awful things you have no idea you did and it's not like your getting drugged you still get blammed for doing it. One of those really bad situations that get a lot of people in trouble, probably like Wanjiru here.

man, I like this. Finally bringing gangsta to distance running. A couple more of these and there won't be any more "run forest run" crap, I can tell you that much.

pacman out

Eff!! I had to read seven pages of this only to find out that they have reconciled! It is like someone pulled the fire alarm, but there ain't no damn fire! Now back to work! Nothing to see here!

This whole story has to be false.

According to Canova, elite African athletes never exercise bad judgment.

steves10 wrote:

He is now officially qualified to be a professional American athlete.

Can some of the women on this board tell me why abused women stay with their abuser. Often, until they are beaten to death?

I'm not a woman, but I did take a class on domestic violence as part of getting my criminal justice degree. Women get stuck in these types of relationships, and continue to stay in them for many different reasons.

A lot of the time women stay in abusive relationships simply because they are too scared to leave. If Sammy Wanjiru had an AK-47 in the house and was threatening to kill her, would you leave? Heck no, that would scare the crap out of someone. Another reason that women stay in these relationships is because they have been emotionally abused to the point that they don't have the willpower or the strength to leave the abusive man. It's a nasty cycle. Imagine someone telling you that you aren't good enough, smart enough, and pretty enough every single day. That would break down your self-esteem to the point that you wouldn't think you are good enough to leave. Then you can add on the fact that he has threatened to kill you if you do leave and you're scared for your life.

The worst part of this whole situation is that Wanjiru's wife's family has convinced them to get back together. It takes the help and support of your friends and family to leave an abusive relationship. When you're family is doing the opposite, it makes it that much harder for a woman to leave. A lot of these relationships start out great and there is no signs of the relationship ever turning violent. But abusers are extremely deceptive and manipulative. In the beginning of the relationship he will shower you with gifts and compliments to make you think you are so special to him. This is when the trap begins. After you become married and have children and you are tied down with him is when he becomes abusive. He then blames the abuse on you, because you make him that way. The woman then thinks that it might be her fault because he was so great before. It then turns into a cycle of violence drifting between him apologizing and treating her great, then going back to being abusive and blaming it on her. Creating more confusion in her mind, breaking her down emotionally, and trapping her in the relationship. If you then add on the fact that her family is urging her to get back with him even after he has threatened her life, it is going to cement the fact that him being abusive is her fault, and that she shouldn't leave him. That is when women end up being killed by their abuser, because they don't have the support to leave the situation even after their have been many incidents that she was abused.

These situations are very serious and it happens a lot more than you would think. 1 in 4 women experience some sort of domestic abuse in their lifetime. The most shocking statistic, on average, 3 women die each day as a result of domestic abuse violence.

Why wouldn't he open the safe for the cops? Could be more illegal weapons and that would land him right back in jail.

And sorry but could this Tereza woman be any dumber? Next time she'll end up dead and he'll still be blaming the alcohol.

I'm not a woman, but I did take a class on domestic violence as part of getting my criminal justice degree. Women get stuck in these types of relationships, and continue to stay in them for many different reasons.

A lot of the time women stay in abusive relationships simply because they are too scared to leave. If Sammy Wanjiru had an AK-47 in the house and was threatening to kill her, would you leave? Heck no, that would scare the crap out of someone. Another reason that women stay in these relationships is because they have been emotionally abused to the point that they don't have the willpower or the strength to leave the abusive man. It's a nasty cycle. Imagine someone telling you that you aren't good enough, smart enough, and pretty enough every single day. That would break down your self-esteem to the point that you wouldn't think you are good enough to leave. Then you can add on the fact that he has threatened to kill you if you do leave and you're scared for your life.

The worst part of this whole situation is that Wanjiru's wife's family has convinced them to get back together. It takes the help and support of your friends and family to leave an abusive relationship. When you're family is doing the opposite, it makes it that much harder for a woman to leave. A lot of these relationships start out great and there is no signs of the relationship ever turning violent. But abusers are extremely deceptive and manipulative. In the beginning of the relationship he will shower you with gifts and compliments to make you think you are so special to him. This is when the trap begins. After you become married and have children and you are tied down with him is when he becomes abusive. He then blames the abuse on you, because you make him that way. The woman then thinks that it might be her fault because he was so great before. It then turns into a cycle of violence drifting between him apologizing and treating her great, then going back to being abusive and blaming it on her. Creating more confusion in her mind, breaking her down emotionally, and trapping her in the relationship. If you then add on the fact that her family is urging her to get back with him even after he has threatened her life, it is going to cement the fact that him being abusive is her fault, and that she shouldn't leave him. That is when women end up being killed by their abuser, because they don't have the support to leave the situation even after their have been many incidents that she was abused.

These situations are very serious and it happens a lot more than you would think. 1 in 4 women experience some sort of domestic abuse in their lifetime. The most shocking statistic, on average, 3 women die each day as a result of domestic abuse violence.

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Or it's because Wanjiru's rich and an average Kenyan lives off 30 cents a day? If Wanjiru also really did that he was probably influenced by alcholol because even the prosecutor said he was drunk.

Innocent until proven Guilty people, too mcuh speculation here. There's always more going on than meets the eye, trust me. Don't go assuming he did it just yet...