Money – It’s a Crime

Hollywood justice strikes again.  Singer Chris Brown was given no jail time after pleading guilty to assaulting his girlfriend.  Rihanna turned up to testify (unwillingly) – only to learn it wouldn’t be required of her.  The deal was done.  The sentence?  Community service.  Along with washing graffiti off walls - Brown gets to talk about the evils of battering woman bloody to other batters who also got nothing more than a slap on the wrist.  To make everything worse – the judge had to enforce an order of protection.  Not against Brown as one might think; but to ensure Rihanna’s the one who stays away.  Evidently she wants to re-start the relationship (she’s been calling him).  How sick is that.  

In a word?  Appalling - just across the board appalling.  Had Chris Brown assaulted a stranger in the street - he'd be going directly to jail.  But because his victim was a woman he'd had a relationship with - he gets a freebee.  So what's gonna happen the next time he does this - 'cause you know he will.  Maybe not Rihanna - but whoever he's dating will feel that bastards fists, you can bet on it.  I know.  I've volunteered in women's shelters.  They always do it again.  Always.  An interdiction now might have made some kind of difference (jail time + counceling) - but all this tells little boy Brown is throw money at any situation and you can make it go away.

I think I'm gonna be sick. 

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As appalling as this is, is this simply celebrity bias in effect? Or does this light sentencing happen to non-celebrities as well?