Chris Brown's Alleged Attack on Rihanna

I do not typically pay much attention to much outside of my interests in my current field of study. However, it was just difficult to see Rihanna’s face and not make a statement. Rihanna, I hope this is the last time you permit any male to lift his hand or voice to you. You deserve so much more. Women go through a lot in this life already, and domestic abuse / battering should not be among our continued struggles. Chris Brown, you should be ashamed of yourself. Learn about perpetrator accountability and get some psychiatric help. The fact that you busted up this poor girl’s face demonstrates that you have obviously had and continue to have a history of abuse. There are no justifications for what you have done. You are a batterer and you need to serve jail time for what you did. Also, using some excuse about abuse in your family is more of a public relation’s “pity card” that is quite obvious to educated individuals like myself. I hope your career pays the price for your abuse. I have not had the most picture perfect life; and, I am certainly sure that the rest of the world also has some sad story. However, we cannot all just go around busting up people’s faces and beating the crap out of them. I remember completing a class on domestic abuse and perpetrator accountability, and the thing I take away from the classes is that people who abuse others always try to place blame on the victim or another individual—never themselves. This denial only compound such criminal wrongs and costs society. It is about time our society starts taking criminal battery on women more seriously. Do not just wait until there is a corpse to justify enough evidence for going forward. Criminal threat or no criminal threat, Mr. Brown’s behavior was criminal and is an act against what we as a society is trying to accomplish—civility. You know, during my sophomore year at Portland State University, I was told by a student that he was going to “fucking cut my throat and then fuck me after I am dead”. I was so freaked that I was unable to sleep, eat, or do much except look over my shoulders for this guy, who lived in the same dorm as I did by the way. I reported the incidence to the Portland Police Department and called each time I saw this guy and nothing happened. Of course, I was and still am horrified each time I am reminded of the situation—especially because I am a disabled veteran who suffers from PTSD. In sum, I guess what I am trying to say is that no one should have to be abused either physically or psychologically without recourse. Lack of recourse from violence contributes to helplessness and a life of fear. No one should live in fear. Mr. Brown, if your money and lawyers buy your freedom, you should be a man and insists on prison time for yourself and societal retribution for your victims (Rihanna included).