Comments on: Chris Brown’s Day Of Reckoning Ends In Probation, No Jail Time

By: Apples v 2

Apples v 2 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:51:23 +0000

Needless to say, VERY SURPRISED at how people feel sympathy towards Chris Brown.

By: dw

dw — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:08:51 +0000

While I agree with you that this isn’t what should have happened, it is unfortunately what does happen. Assault is generally not looked at as a serious crime, and, at least in NY, where I work in a prosecutor’s office, people charged with assault (unless it’s first degree, which is rare) almost never serve jail time. It’s sad, but you have to understand that this is the way *everyone* is treated, whether or not they have a “hot shot” lawyer. Brown didn’t get special treatment.

I know everyone always wants to “lock up” the criminals, no matter what the crime is, but if you saw the sheer number of people with criminal convictions, you’d be shocked. There just isn’t enough room in the prison system for even the violent offenders we have now, much less offenders with less serious convictions.

I hate what he did, and I’ve dedicated my life to helping victims of domestic violence. But unfortunately, we have to work within the system as it exists, and this sort of thing is unbelievably common.

By: QTPie

QTPie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:43:37 +0000

@GirlieGirl & GoHogs – Thank GOD you two have made up! For a while there it was like my parents were still married!

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:21:50 +0000

@GirlieGirl – Right back atcha, GG. We’re all on the same side in the big picture. Peace 2 U, 2!

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:42:03 +0000

@GoHogs – Aw, that was too much of a touching post to not respond. ;-)
I get that… I sincerely do. Who can’t help but LOVE that you’re one of those men that is not only against domestic abuse, but takes it to heart.
My *ahem* girls got into a convo about how WE can sometimes act out of pocket. NOBODY should hit… but that’s how some of us grew up.
I don’t ever want you to think that I want to blame the victim… just understand how a situation might have gotten out of control for both of them.
Anyways, peace to you and we can continue to agree that Chris deserved to be punished but disagree on the severity for sure…. and I’ll continue to hope and pray that Chris doesn’t squander the chance that I am still glad he got.

Thanks for this post though. It really helped me understand more where you are coming from.

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By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01:47 +0000

@GirlieGirl – okay, truce. My personal experiences with domestic abuse make me really hesitant to believe this was the first time he’s ever beaten a woman bloody, nor do I believe it will be the last time. Men who hit generally keep on hitting until someone stops them, and it really aggravates me (more than it should, I admit) to read messages from people saying HE’S the victim, blaming Rhianna or just defending him in general. I’m not mad at you, honestly. I am mad at people who enable violent people by sugar-coating their offenses, just as so many have done with Chris Brown. He deserved a LOT more than he got, and I worry about the message this is sending to other young men and women in this situation. Let’s just agree to disagree and leave it at that. I apologize for the name-calling and I truly mean that.

By: Nat Lancaster

Nat Lancaster — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:01:20 +0000

Did anyone catch what the judge said to Rhianna? He told her she had to stay away from Chris Brown also. He said that she could go to jail if she tried to go near him also. I think there was more to this than we are all aware of.

By: m

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:43:18 +0000

sorry this is off topic but rihanna has a really long neck

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:42:15 +0000

@GoHogs – ok, really last one… now that the name calling has been set aside.

I can understand your anger towards him because of your past and present life experiences. I was initially angry at him too.
I just hope you can understand that based on who I am and my life experiences, it would pain me to see another young, black man (one that looks like my lil cousin in fact) written off and/or put in jail over something that I sincerely hope to be his first and only offense.

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:22:03 +0000

@GirlieGirl – Nope, I’m not violent at all, unlike your boy Chris Brown, who, by the way, STILL isn’t going to call you and ask you out for defending him.

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:14:58 +0000

@GoHogs – You sound like you’re taking this way too personally… a lil angry… almost violent.. and a little like a cross betwen Cheney and Nelson from the Simpsons.

I’m fine with the ruling as I understnd it to be typical for first time offenders. He’ll pay his debt to society… but I’m GLAD that he’s not going to prison. I don’t think we should write him off.

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:12:13 +0000

@QTPie – point taken. I will refrain from the name-calling. This is a sore spot with me, but I do apologize to everyone but Puss Brown.

By: QTPie

QTPie — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:08:14 +0000

Not getting in this dogfight, but GoHogs has a point, altho he/she could have done so without the name-calling.

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:57:36 +0000

@GirlieGirl – Sorry, but unlike you, I do NOT have a soft spot for men who beat women bloody OR the people who defend said abusers them and call them victims. Moron? PUNK? Stupid? Yeah, that’s about right.

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:42:45 +0000

@GoHogs – Sighing at your posts…”Moron”, “PUNK”, “stupid asses”, “HA HA HA!!” …. sheesh…. I’m done.

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:40 +0000

@GirlieGirl – you do know that Chris Brown isn’t going to call you and ask you out because you’re defending him, don’t you? HA HA HA!! I’m not wishing the worst on Puss Brown; he’ll do all the work himself, just watch!

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:29:58 +0000

@Jess: sorry to hear about your being abused. I saw my mom being abused for years when I was little, and no one deserves that EVER. Hopefully these little fangirls with the Chris Brown stars in their eyes will realize that before they find themselves in a similar situation.

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:29:05 +0000

@GoHogs – Your hope that a young man messes up enough to go to prison for life reminds me of Cheney’s hope for another attack on the US.

Wishing the worst on anybody? Good luck with that.

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:21:36 +0000

Boy, the Chris Brown babymama wannabes are out en force today! Good luck with that, y’all. And if he’s not available, I’m sure you can find some other pillar of society to bash your brains in for you.

By: GirlieGirl

GirlieGirl — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:06:22 +0000

*shaking my head* So what you are saying is that even though none of us were there (and RiRi seems to have forgiven him enough to hang out with him) is that this punishment wasn’t enough?
He should’ve gotten something harsher than a first time offender?
Beaten with a stick? Hanged? Never be forgiven?
We should do what we can to detroy this young, black man, right? No second chances!
Disgusted, huh?
Your bloodlust disgusts me.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:41:46 +0000

We should all be sympathetic to Chris Brown
all he did was get angry that Rihanna was all up in his business. All he did was push her out of the car, hit her head against the windshield, punch her in the right eye, and then threaten to beat her some more, and then threaten to kill her. So her mouth was full of blood so what! She probably had it coming.It’s an easy mistake and he’s just a kid. He doesn’t know any better. I love Chris Brown so much. I am a BIG Chris Brown fangirl! I can’t wait to hear his new album! Yeah!

Society is sick sometimes, you know that?

I was a victim of domestic abuse, and seeing these comments just showed how f’d up society is.

By: Neptune

Neptune — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:16:39 +0000

Blair’s got it right.
What he did was illegal, it took conscious effort to do.

He beat a woman to a bloody pulp. Its sad to still see people calling it a ‘mistake’ and ‘her fault’. It’s the reason people in normal situations end up victims of domestic abuse and never report it, they see crap like this, and these comments.

By: Benni

Benni — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:11:35 +0000

Your post wasn’t ignorant and childish at all. *laughs*

By: GoHogs

GoHogs — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:11:19 +0000

What’s disgusting is all the women defending this moron. Or maybe it’s scary. I can’t decide which. That little PUNK never came up with a defense against her, and you can bet your stupid asses that if there was a valid defense Geragos would have blasted Rihanna with it using both barrels. Of course he pled guilty — he knew he’d never win at trial and would actually have to act like a man and go to prison with other men for a long time.

On the bright side, California has a 3 Strikes Law for felons, so Chris The Big Man is a third of the way to life without parole! Yay! Anybody think he can keep his nasty nose clean for FIVE WHOLE YEARS?? Nah. Ain’t gonna happen!