Recently, singer Chris Brown was arrested and charged for allegedly beating the crap out of his girlfriend, singer Rhianna. Personally, I think the guy's a wife beater. If the arrest affidavit is correct, he not only violently attacked the love of his life, but he also threatened to kill her and "beat the shit out of you when we get home." As if assaulting her in the car wasn't enough. After spending a few years working for a criminal defense attorney, I found that domestic abusers and sex offenders were the worst kind of criminals. They never seemed to think what they did was wrong.
Anyway, all of the above is pretty much just my opinion. Despite the fact that he has not been convicted, radio stations are refusing to play Brown's music. Doublemint gum no longer wants him expressing his love for their gum, which is probably good for the gum because once a beater always a beater. Bad joke, I know. The problem I have with all of this is that the guy may be a piece of garbage, but for now he's still just allegedly a piece of garbage. The idea of innocent until proven guilty is a sham in this country. I watch enough Court TV to know that many defendants walk into their trials already guilty in the minds of the public.
If Brown really did viciously assault Rhianna, which I think he probably did, she needs to use all her resources and take this opportunity to run away as fast and as far as possible. He'll beat her again, and he'll beat the next girl, too. Let's not be so quick, however, to ruin the guy's life and career until he either admits his guilt or is found guilty by a jury of his peers. We at least owe him that much.
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