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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
I completely agree. Rihanna came out of this scot-free, but I think there had to be a DAMN good reason for him to put both of their lives in jeopardy in that car.
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This is what I said. I don't condone him hitting her by any stretch of the imagination but that does not stop me from wondering what she was doing at the time. Her actions are some of the many things that happened in that car that the public does not know. Unfortunately, when many people hear "there's lots of stuff we don't know," it equals "she might also be at fault" which equals "she deserved what she got." Which equaled me getting called lots of interesting names when I said "there's lots of stuff we don't know." People tend to demonize those who refuse to or are hesitant to demonize the abuser--an effect of that idea of "there's only one victim and one abuser and you MUST choose a side."
I also know that "I was doing it to protect her from hurting herself" is a pretty popular excuse for men after using physical force on a woman when really she was putting no one in danger. However, it is almost impossible to prove if that's true one way or the other without witnesses. No clue if it's true, but I read a good deal of what went down between Chris and Rihanna happened after the car was already pulled over. Would that change how the whole ordeal is viewed? Would that change if he also had bruises all over him and those pictures were splashed across tabloids?