I'm with you. The criminal should be punished.
Chris Brown arrested and sentenced for domestic violence
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I'm with you. The criminal should be punished.
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i guess she s feeling better
have u guys seen this?
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Rihanna goes for a ride with friends and a bodyguard in Los Angeles. Feb. 19th, 2009
Just barely more than 30 minutes ago, X17online photogs saw Rihanna leave the place where she's been staying and head out in a car service SUV, followed by three more cars with her entourage and bodyguards.
have u guys seen this?
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Rihanna goes for a ride with friends and a bodyguard in Los Angeles. Feb. 19th, 2009
Just barely more than 30 minutes ago, X17online photogs saw Rihanna leave the place where she's been staying and head out in a car service SUV, followed by three more cars with her entourage and bodyguards.
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I don't think this case will have a big trial, the reality is that Chris Brown will lose everything he has worked the past 5 years trying to build. To him and and his hangers-on that is worse than any jail time could ever be. Geragos will get a plea deal because there will be some hole in the case. These pictures help get public opinion completely on her side though. And I think it really opens people's eyes to how bad domestic violence is...
I heard a woman call into a radio station yesterday and talk about how her husband beat her up while she was driving and she got in a bad car accident which sent her to the hospital for days. She went back to him and she said Rihanna should go back to Chris. She said if Rihanna was her daughter she would tell her to go back to him.
That's how f*cked up some women are right now! Ugh...makes me sad...
I heard a woman call into a radio station yesterday and talk about how her husband beat her up while she was driving and she got in a bad car accident which sent her to the hospital for days. She went back to him and she said Rihanna should go back to Chris. She said if Rihanna was her daughter she would tell her to go back to him.
That's how f*cked up some women are right now! Ugh...makes me sad...
it looks she still has the bruises on her, I hope she's getting counselling. The way she kept her silence and let the police do their job so far is impressive.
hence my previously stated point, the DA do not charge individuals, they can only consider it for evidence in a court of law. In other words, the burden of prove rest on the prosecution and the original charge by the police, 'Criminal Threats' is so weak (he said, she said claim), the DA send it back to the police for further investigation. However, as the LAPD stated, he'll be charged with domestic violence, assault resulting in great bodily injury, even investigating if they could charge him with attempted murder since he chocked her until she passed out and left her there.
hence my previously stated point, the DA do not charge individuals, they can only consider it for evidence in a court of law. In other words, the burden of prove rest on the prosecution and the original charge by the police, 'Criminal Threats' is so weak (he said, she said claim), the DA send it back to the police for further investigation. However, as the LAPD stated, he'll be charged with domestic violence, assault resulting in great bodily injury, even investigating if they could charge him with attempted murder since he chocked her until she passed out and left her there.
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Oprah and Gayle were talking about this. Oprah said he should get some help and she should not go back to him. It sends a wrong message. They can be friends.
Gayle said there are two sides to the story, although there is nothing Chris can say.
They both ended by saying he should get some help.
Gayle said there are two sides to the story, although there is nothing Chris can say.
They both ended by saying he should get some help.
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It really is, the most shocking comment i read was something like (from a guy);"Chris always ABOVE the hairline, ALWAYS!" that makes me literally sick!!!
However i have to say that imho, the picture should not have been leaked, specially not before the trail, its just not right.The shot is very disturbing to me!
speaking of Luxx comment about the perversed tolerance our culture sometimes has for violence against women.
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In a statement released Friday afternoon, a publicist for Rihanna says:
"At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown. She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time."
from perez
"At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown. She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time."
from perez
Many teens blame Rihanna, say dating violence normal
1 in 10 teens suffer abuse in romantic relationships, and many think it's often justified
Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: "Ha! She probably did something to provoke it."
In Chicago, Sullivan High School sophomore Adeola Matanmi has heard the same.
"People said, 'I would have punched her around too,' " Matanmi said. "And these were girls!"
As allegations of battery swirl around the famous couple, experts on domestic violence say the response from teenagers just a few years younger shows the desperate need to educate this age group about dating violence.
Their acceptance, or even approval, of abuse in romantic relationships is not a universal reaction. But it comes at a time when 1 in 10 teenagers has suffered such abuse and females ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates of any age group, research shows.
In recent years, some schools and youth organizations have started educating teens about the dangers of dating violence. Rhode Island and Virginia have adopted laws requiring such instruction in the public schools.
But most states, including Illinois, don't have such a mandate, and education on the topic remains in short supply, experts say. Two of three new programs created by the federal Violence Against Women Act in 2005 to address teen dating violence were never funded.
"This incident has brought the issue into sharp focus," said Esta Soler, president of the California-based Family Violence Prevention Fund. "This type of education is not happening in any broad or consistent way. We need to take it to scale, to make sure it's happening in every community."
Details of the incident between singers Brown and Rihanna are fuzzy, but the story continues to create much buzz among teens across the Chicago area. Because she's 21 and he's 19, many teens see them as peers.
Katie Lullo, a junior at Elk Grove High School, said her classmates and friends were upset. "No one thinks it's right for a guy to hit a girl," she said. And when the topic arose at an after-school program at Evanston's YMCA, many participants said abuse was "bogus."
But other teens insist violence is sometimes justified in relationships.
While young fans have plastered Rihanna's MySpace page with notes of support, many comments on Brown's page express delight at the possibility that he battered a woman.
Kriana Jackson, a sophomore at Sullivan, said it's a sign of a broader culture of acceptance of abuse.
"There was a girl at school this week with a scratch on her eye," Jackson said. "She was talking openly about her boyfriend hitting her, but she was smiling and saying it was funny."
Young people carry these attitudes into adulthood, experts say, and young targets of dating violence are more likely to succumb to aggression in later relationships.
For that reason, experts see education and other prevention initiatives geared at teens and preteens as one of the best hopes for halting dating and domestic violence.
"We know that education is absolutely crucial to breaking the cycle of abuse and strengthening healthy relationships," said Candice Hopkins, director of loveisrespect.org, the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, which started in 2007 and receives about 90 contacts a week.
Because young victims move in a different world than that of older people, they require unique interventions.
Text messaging and online social-networking sites, especially popular among teenagers, serve as tools for stalking and harassment. Victims often keep quiet, fearing that if they report another student's aggressive behavior, they will be socially ostracized—or that their parents will confiscate their cell phone or close a Facebook account.
Teens also can have a harder time severing contact with an abuser. Many are forced to see the perpetrator every day at school, sometimes in the same class. Young adults seeking an order of protection from Cook County judges must bring a guardian to apply on their behalf.
Last summer, the president of the National Association of Attorneys General launched a campaign called "Working Together to End the Violence" and specifically called on communities to focus on relationship abuse among young people. More recently, the Family Violence Prevention Fund launched a national public-service advertising campaign this month called "That's Not Cool" to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it.
The Chicago-based group Between Friends is among the non-profit organizations that go into schools to teach students about the signs of abusive control, why it's wrong and how to cultivate heathy relationships.
"When we first get there, it's not unusual for kids—both boys and girls—to say it's OK to hit your girlfriend or boyfriend," said Kathy Doherty, the organization's executive director. "By the time we're done, they say, yes, it is abuse, and, no, we shouldn't do that."
As Doherty and others work to expand such programming, they hope teachers, parents and others use the story about Brown and Rihanna to talk to teens about dating violence.
Loos said his law teacher at Lake Forest recently incorporated the story into class.
But when students brought it up in Chelsea Whitis' economics class at Lane Tech High School in Chicago, the teacher brushed it aside.
"He said the celebrities were getting too much attention and didn't want us to talk about it," Whitis said.
(chicagotribune.com)
This is sad Imo
1 in 10 teens suffer abuse in romantic relationships, and many think it's often justified
Ed Loos, a junior at Lake Forest High School, said a common reaction among students to Chris Brown's alleged attack on Rihanna goes something like this: "Ha! She probably did something to provoke it."
In Chicago, Sullivan High School sophomore Adeola Matanmi has heard the same.
"People said, 'I would have punched her around too,' " Matanmi said. "And these were girls!"
As allegations of battery swirl around the famous couple, experts on domestic violence say the response from teenagers just a few years younger shows the desperate need to educate this age group about dating violence.
Their acceptance, or even approval, of abuse in romantic relationships is not a universal reaction. But it comes at a time when 1 in 10 teenagers has suffered such abuse and females ages 16 to 24 experience the highest rates of any age group, research shows.
In recent years, some schools and youth organizations have started educating teens about the dangers of dating violence. Rhode Island and Virginia have adopted laws requiring such instruction in the public schools.
But most states, including Illinois, don't have such a mandate, and education on the topic remains in short supply, experts say. Two of three new programs created by the federal Violence Against Women Act in 2005 to address teen dating violence were never funded.
"This incident has brought the issue into sharp focus," said Esta Soler, president of the California-based Family Violence Prevention Fund. "This type of education is not happening in any broad or consistent way. We need to take it to scale, to make sure it's happening in every community."
Details of the incident between singers Brown and Rihanna are fuzzy, but the story continues to create much buzz among teens across the Chicago area. Because she's 21 and he's 19, many teens see them as peers.
Katie Lullo, a junior at Elk Grove High School, said her classmates and friends were upset. "No one thinks it's right for a guy to hit a girl," she said. And when the topic arose at an after-school program at Evanston's YMCA, many participants said abuse was "bogus."
But other teens insist violence is sometimes justified in relationships.
While young fans have plastered Rihanna's MySpace page with notes of support, many comments on Brown's page express delight at the possibility that he battered a woman.
Kriana Jackson, a sophomore at Sullivan, said it's a sign of a broader culture of acceptance of abuse.
"There was a girl at school this week with a scratch on her eye," Jackson said. "She was talking openly about her boyfriend hitting her, but she was smiling and saying it was funny."
Young people carry these attitudes into adulthood, experts say, and young targets of dating violence are more likely to succumb to aggression in later relationships.
For that reason, experts see education and other prevention initiatives geared at teens and preteens as one of the best hopes for halting dating and domestic violence.
"We know that education is absolutely crucial to breaking the cycle of abuse and strengthening healthy relationships," said Candice Hopkins, director of loveisrespect.org, the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, which started in 2007 and receives about 90 contacts a week.
Because young victims move in a different world than that of older people, they require unique interventions.
Text messaging and online social-networking sites, especially popular among teenagers, serve as tools for stalking and harassment. Victims often keep quiet, fearing that if they report another student's aggressive behavior, they will be socially ostracized—or that their parents will confiscate their cell phone or close a Facebook account.
Teens also can have a harder time severing contact with an abuser. Many are forced to see the perpetrator every day at school, sometimes in the same class. Young adults seeking an order of protection from Cook County judges must bring a guardian to apply on their behalf.
Last summer, the president of the National Association of Attorneys General launched a campaign called "Working Together to End the Violence" and specifically called on communities to focus on relationship abuse among young people. More recently, the Family Violence Prevention Fund launched a national public-service advertising campaign this month called "That's Not Cool" to help teens recognize digital dating abuse and take steps to prevent it.
The Chicago-based group Between Friends is among the non-profit organizations that go into schools to teach students about the signs of abusive control, why it's wrong and how to cultivate heathy relationships.
"When we first get there, it's not unusual for kids—both boys and girls—to say it's OK to hit your girlfriend or boyfriend," said Kathy Doherty, the organization's executive director. "By the time we're done, they say, yes, it is abuse, and, no, we shouldn't do that."
As Doherty and others work to expand such programming, they hope teachers, parents and others use the story about Brown and Rihanna to talk to teens about dating violence.
Loos said his law teacher at Lake Forest recently incorporated the story into class.
But when students brought it up in Chelsea Whitis' economics class at Lane Tech High School in Chicago, the teacher brushed it aside.
"He said the celebrities were getting too much attention and didn't want us to talk about it," Whitis said.
(chicagotribune.com)
This is sad Imo
from the police photo and the above picture (in the SUV in LA) she looks shamed. Considering that her abuse was always behind closed doors and between her and Chris for so long, to now, when the world got a glimpse of whats really been going on. truly heartbreaking.
honestly, I'm glad the photo leaked. Could posed a positive outcome to those in an abusive relationship that it can happen to a young , famous celebrity who, thankfully got out alive. Something to think about.
ETA: this is truly disturbing post #592.
honestly, I'm glad the photo leaked. Could posed a positive outcome to those in an abusive relationship that it can happen to a young , famous celebrity who, thankfully got out alive. Something to think about.
ETA: this is truly disturbing post #592.
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it's really disgusting though that she's the one that has to feel ashamed or take the blame for exposing Chris "Bobby" Brown for what kind of scum he really is. I've heard girls say that the photo shows that the abuse "wasn't bad" and I wanted to shake them into reality. Fans will do their darndest to stand by whomever, especially standing by male celebrities. It's strange how something like adultery will produce more vitirol against someone than abuse will, and this incident is evidence to that.
That's sadly true.People make excuses for male celebs more easily
Rihanna's injuries will heal, it's the emotional damage that I'm worried about.This is very difficult for anyone to go through but even worse when you're in the spotlight
of course she's sad! she got the crap beaten out of her.Rihanna in Los Angeles, CA on February 19, 2009.
she looks sad
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I just saw on E! News, that Rihanna's rep said she will not comment on Chris Brown, but she appreciates all her support from her fans and she wants them to know that she is staying strong.
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