Hey what's up world... I'm writing today to discuss something serious that's going on in the media.. As you can already tell.. I'm talking about that whole C. Breezy and Rihanna issue. Now understand, I'm NOT condoning, or supporting his actions in any way shape or form, but this is just my honest opinion..
Now personally I'm a bit tired about hearing about this fiasco, mostly because of the media.. All they've done is put up the pic of Rihanna's face (TMZ) and go around asking celebs how they feel about the situation.. Personally I could care less how these celebs feel!! The real question should be "What advice can you offer the young brother to assure he doesn't find himself in this type of situation anymore?" or "What do you think he can do to overcome this obstacle in his life? And how can we make sure he doesn't act like this again?"
In a 1995-1996 study conducted in the 50 States and the District of Columbia, nearly 25% of women and 7.6% of men were raped and/or physically assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or dating partner/acquaintance at some time in their lifetime (based on survey of 16,000 participants, equally male and female).
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 181867, Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence, at iii (2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm
Approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States.
Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 183781, Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey, at iv (2000), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/183781.htm
Intimate partner violence made up 20% of all nonfatal violent crime experienced by women in 2001.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
In 2000, 1,247 women and 440 men were killed by an intimate partner. In recent years, an intimate partner killed approximately 33% of female murder victims and 4% of male murder victims.
Callie Marie Rennison, U.S. Dep't of Just., NCJ 197838, Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief: Intimate Partner Violence, 1993-2001, at 1 (2003), available at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/ipv01.pdf
Now with that said before this Chris Brown could do no wrong in the eyes of too many people. It's not his fault. It's that partial invincibility that we allocate to celebrities. So people please don't be surprised that although he's facing 4+ years in his arraignment, that he gets probation, and has to pay some ridiculous amount of court fees.
I've read on different sites that people feel that he deserves jail time but I think that's a bit harsh for a 1st time offender at 19 years old. But I do feel as though, the court should hit him where it really hurts, his WALLET!! They should just make him make a large amount of donations to various organizations, school districts (Philadelphia), and things like that and not allow him to write it off on his taxes. Cuz Lord knows how much money he's lost in endorsements and sponsors (a la T.I.). And, I do understand that abuse is abuse no matter the age, but I do believe that people can change and that he's really learned the error of his ways..
All statistics were obtained from http://www.abanet.org/domviol/statistics.html
Well stay tuned.. & remember
Peace and 10 is Luv..
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