Allen West: Black Community Should Learn From Adrian Peterson's Loss

Former U.S. Rep. Allen West weighed in on Monday on Adrian Peterson, the star running back for the Minnesota Vikings in the National Football League (NFL), losing his 2-year-old son who was beaten to death by his mothers boyfriend.

I waited until after Sunday football to address the situation surrounding the death of the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson," West posted on Facebook on Monday afternoon. I cannot begin to express my sadness for this child of whom we do not even know his name. He had no connection with the man who fathered him. He lost his life at the hands of a man who cared nothing for the sacredness and fragility of his tiny body.

Is this really the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?" West added. This episode just highlights the appalling situation in the black community, once a community that cherished family and honored its children. The late New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moniyhan bemoaned this day when the once-venerable black family would be decimated.