vincent: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AFRICAN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN VIOLENCE IS THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS GET VIOLENT FOR A REASON, BUTCARIBBEANS DONT NEED A REASON TO CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF WITH A MACHETE. THEY JUST ROLL OUT OF BED LIKE THAT. Seriously? Were you going for funny? You know that was stupid, right?

Is it me or is this organization just basically saying that domestic violence at the at the hands of women exists just and as it does from a man to woman. I don't think they are condoning Chris' actions but a merely saying that this situation can be used to discuss domestic violence both ways if both parties involved are honest. If there are court records reflecting that she hit him as well; well she can be her role model voice and say that its not right to hit men and also be vocal about getting out of abusive relationships, etc.

Of course, I realize that it's all a part of the publicity circus to sell the next "hit" record and that checks my rising anger about these ordeals.... I respect the statement put out by NCFM regarding the incident between Chris Brown and Rihanna Fenty. The studies they cite aid in presenting a compelling argument. However, I encourage everyone to take a look at these studies and do their own research before coming to a conclusion and spreading as fact what this statement represents as fact. These studies support their claims, but there may be studies that dispute them OR they may be taking findings within these studies out of context. To be clear, I am not claiming that NCFM's statement does this. I am encouraging readers to go to the sources provided by their statement and read the actually studies yourself to gain full understanding. In any case, I am disappointed by these events. Approximately two months ago, Whitney Houston sat with Oprah and threw Bobby Brown under the bus. Now Rihanna is doing the same to Chris Brown. I am not saying that these men are innocent of any wrong doing, but what I am not hearing is "I did wrong too. I accept personal responsibility for my actions as well." Rihanna states (whether verbatim or through the magic of editing) that this happened to her and she did not choose this, and that she is speaking out because of the impact she has on young girls. However she fails to mention that she was physically violent as well. What impact will that have on young girls? Are we telling young girls that it is okay to hit and scratch, and that there should be no recourse? If Ms. Fenty is indeed attempting to be a better role model for young girls, why not teach them to hold themselves accountable as well? More to the point, hold themselves accountable for mental physical and verbal abuse and emasculating and provocative behavior? If we want equality, we must put these double standards behind us. If you do not tolerate hitting, verbal abuse, and other violent actions, then you can not perpetuate this behavior with your own actions. Those with clean hands who find themselves in a bad situation can utilize the legal system and other processes in place to aid victims of domestic violence. It is time that each of us stands up and take responsibility for our own thoughts, words, actions, and habits; and more importantly, that we pass this behavior along to future generations.

after it happened i remembber her being called a west indian slut by chris's dancer.weeks after that rihanna went to the GOLDEN CRUST Caribbean restaurant/bakery cus caribbean slores and west indian sluts have to eat too.these names are quite creative

Idasle I saw her put her hand in JayZ face and the flash of evil that shown in her eyes. I knew right then and there the b8tch was crazy. IN ALL THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION, I NEVER SAW A FEMALE ENTERTAINERS ACT SO UNPROFESSIONAL. DEVIL WORSHIPPERS ALL HAVE THAT EVIL GLINT IN THEIR EYE. IT IS LIKE A BLACK PANTER, WILD, CRAZY, INSANE, AND EVIL. GRACE JONES AND NAOMI CAMPBELL TOO HAVE THAT EVIL GLINT. SHE IS THE ONLY LIGHT SKINNED CARIBBEAN I HAVE KNOWN TO HAVE IT. A FEW OF THE LIGHT ONES DONT SEEM TO BE AS EVIL AS MOST ALL THE BLACK ONES, BUT I TRUST NONE OF THEM, AND U SHOULDNT EITHER. JUST CROSS THE STREET WHEN U SEE THEM COMING. IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE. IF YOU ALLOW THE DEVIL TO WHISPER IN YOUR EAR, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR SOUL. RIHANNA IS HOPING SHE DRIVES CHRIS TO SUICIDE. THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE. ONLY SATAN WOULD DO WHAT SHE IS DOING OVER A SLAP. RIHANNA IS HOPING SHE DRIVES CHRIS TO SUICIDE. THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE. ONLY SATAN WOULD DO WHAT SHE IS DOING OVER A SLAP. RIHANNA IS HOPING SHE DRIVES CHRIS TO SUICIDE. THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE. ONLY SATAN WOULD DO WHAT SHE IS DOING OVER A SLAP. RIHANNA IS HOPING SHE DRIVES CHRIS TO SUICIDE. THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE. ONLY SATAN WOULD DO WHAT SHE IS DOING OVER A SLAP. WE DONT NEED TO LOSE ANOTHER OF OUR GREAT ENTERTAINERS BY THE HANDS OF CARIBBEAN COONS FOLKS. SUPPORT YOUR AMERICAN BROTHER, AND CIRCLE THE WAGONS. THIS IS NOT. THIS IS NOT A MAN/WOMAN CASE. SHE PROVOKED HIM TO DESTROY HIM. HE WAS YOUNG AND HE TOOK THE BAIT.

I'm not going to go back and forth with you...I have my opinions and you have yours. There have also been rumors about chris and his temper especially him flipping out on his mother a couple of times. But of course people look over that "small" detail. I've also head that she has a temper as well and if the situation was reversed and she beat him like he did her then I would still feel the same way because he would be the victim.I wasn't being biased because if she had hit him first like they said she did then I'm sure the DA would also have had a case against her. And quite frankly this if you hit me I'm going to hit you back is such a juvenile and barbaric mentality. How about if she did hit him he stop the car and have his security team that was following them take her back to the hotel room. He also left her on the side of the road...so he decided to leave her there while more than likely he was contacting his legal team...what a man. Unless rihanna had a gun, knife, machete, bomb, grenade, or some other dangerous weapon then that beating that he gave her was not warranted. BROOKLYN GYAL!!: OK.. WELL IF U WANNA GO THERE HOW DO U KNOW SHE DOESNT HAVE ANYTHING TO TAKE UP FOR.. MIND U THEY R GOING OFF OF THE POLICE REPORTS NOT OPINIONS.. SO U ARE LYING WHEN U SAY U ARE BASING UR OPINIONS OFF OF THE COURT OF LAW.. UR BASING IT FOR UR OWN BIASED REASON.. I SEE U CALLED CHRIS A NO TALENT COON , U OBVIOUSLY DONT LIKE HIM.. I DONT LIKE EITHER.. AND WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE INCIDENT I SHOOK MY HEAD IN EMBARRASMENT FOR THEM… CHRIS DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED .. AND SO DOES SHE… HE WOULD TAKE THE FELONY SIMPLY CUZ THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SMARTES THING TO DO CONSIDERING HIS LAWYER TOLD HIM TO DO THAT… AS WELL AS HE MAY HAVE FELT CORNERED AND HE WOULD LOOK STUPID IF HE TRIED TO GO AGAINST HIS ACTIONS.. YESS CHRIS HIT HER… BUT U MAY NOT KNOW WHY… WE ALWAYS KEEP HEARING OF RUMORS THAT SHE WAS JEALOUS.. AND AS WELL AS SUMONE ON HEAR SAID… IF U KNOW U ARE NO MATCH TO SOMEONE WHY HIT THEM AND START A FIGHT?

yup were coming meeeh

From what I heard. That night wasn't the first time he hit her. Also the time she came on Tyra with that twisted foot was said to be Chris browns doing. thats what I heard. Plus, why isn't he saying anything? My thing is, he's a man. even if she hit him first, he shouldn't have struck her. much less like that. He's stupid. Its ridiculous that young girls are flocking over him still and dogging her when the same thing can happen to them as well. Just Sad. Thats why a lot of them find themselves in trouble cause they love these so called thugs.

Dumbass BET: Seriously? Were you going for funny? You know that was stupid, right? My seminents exactly. Ignorance gets them nowhere in life!

No, Chris did not contact us. We have spoken out for male victims for a very long time because nobody else does. That doesn't mean we justify Chris' violence. It means we ask that female violence be discussed honestly rather than ignored. There are plenty of groups and media speaking out for female victims, so we raise awareness about male victims. We spoke out when the girlfriend of Tampa Bay linebacker Geno Hayes was arrested for stabbing Hayes in the neck and head. We spoke out when Kelly Bensimon, who plays in the Bravo reality show "Real Housewives of New York City," was arrested for giving her boyfriend a black eye and a bloody gash on his cheek. We have spoken out about other male victims like Steve McNair (killed by girlfriend), Phil Hartman (killed by wife), and many others male victims that people don't hear about their victimization because they're men, such as: Stephen Hawking http : //www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411781&in_page_id=1770 Al Green http : //www.vh1.com/artists/az/green_al/bio.jhtml Abraham Lincoln http : //www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2530243 Humphrey Bogart http : //www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2530243 John Wayne http : //www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/A2530243 Chuck Finley http : //www.abcnewsstore.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=customer.product&product_code=T030207%2001&category_code=3 David Gest http : //www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4185005/ We do this because very few others do, and for those that do, we work with them and appreciate them. Tyra Banks did a show on battered men. So did Orah although now she never talks about it anymore. But most refuse to address the issue and they keep it covered up. According to the Centers for Disease Control, every year there are 4.8 million incidents of intimate partner assaults and rapes against women and 2.9 against men, with 25% of the deaths being men. http : //www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/ipv_factsheet.pdf That's not a small number. There is no excuse for ignoring the minority even if it were a small number. And that's based partly on crime data which is not reliable. Most other data, that isn't based on criminal justice statistics, shows 50/50 in perpetration. When the mass media cites criminal justice statistics (Dept. of Justice, etc.) they are not being honest and they're refusing to acknowledge the more sensitive and accurate survey data: A major study funded by the Centers for Disease Control examined heterosexual relationships throughout the U.S. and found: "Almost 24% of all relationships had some violence, and half (49.7%) of those were reciprocally violent. In nonreciprocally violent relationships, women were the perpetrators in more than 70% of the cases." http : //www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/5/941 "More women than men (25% versus 11%) were responsible. In fact, 71 percent of the instigators in nonreciprocal partner violence were women" and "while injury was more likely when violence was perpetrated by men, in relationships with reciprocal violence it was the men who were injured more often (25% of the time) than were women (20% of the time)." http : //pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/42/15/31-a In fact over 200 studies and growing confirm that "women are as physically aggressive, or more aggressive, than men in their relationships with their spouses or male partners," as Cal State University Professor Martin Fiebert shows in his online bibliography at http : //www.csulb.edu/~mfiebert/assault.htm For example, a recent 32-nation study by the University of New Hampshire found women are as violent and controlling as men in relationships worldwide. http : //www.unh.edu/news/cj_nr/2006/may/em_060519male.cfm?type=n http : //pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2/ID41E2.pdf This Canadian government report also recognizes the above data. http : //www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/familyviolence/pdfs/Intimate_Partner.pdf You can criticize NCFM all you want but it doesn't change the reality. We do NOT defend Brown but we say her reported violence needs to be discussed too. Hopefully she will talk about on the show coming up. But the mass media is more to blame for ignoring it. Only a few media sources mentioned that the court records say she hit him. CNN did (briefly, and then ignored it). People Mag did only a little bit. http : //www.people.com/people/article/0,,20300411,00.html And Channel 9 did. http: / /news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/768865/rihanna-hit-chris-brow The truth matters. Covering it up doesn't help solve the problem. DV is a social ill. You don't solve a social ill by ignoring data and truth, just like you wouldn't ignore science and objectivity when trying to solve cancer. We need to be HONEST about it to help solve it. Thank you to all who have sent messages supporting us on this. We will not stop raising awareness no matter what reactionaries have to say or how much we're criticized.

TriniTing: WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR CHRIS “I DON’T REMEMBER” BROWN TO COME CLEAN ABOUT ALL THE TIMES HE KICK RIHANNA’S ASS!!!I DON’T REMEMBER SEEING PICS OF CHRIS’S BATTERED AND BRUISED FACE!NOW THAT RIHANNA SAYING HER PIECE EVERYONE GUNNING FOR HER!NOW NCFM TRYING TO BRING SOME PUBLICITY TO THEIR ORGANIZATION ON HER BACK!WHAT KINDA ORGANIZATION GOES AFTER THE VICTIM????WHERE WAS THIS ORGANIZATION FOR THE PAST NINE MONTHS!GO TO HELL! STFU.. they didnt say anything for the last 9 months because that bitch aint say shit til her stupid ass album happens to be coming out... stfu and stfd

Wake up people!!! Do you even know what ninemsn.com is? It's an Australian website..Australian. In addition they reported (if you go to that link) that the information they reported was from what TMZ (gossip site) said. Have you ever wondered why msn, google news, cbs, abc, nbc, & cnn has never reported that Rihanna hit CB first? Uh, maybe because it has never been reported that that occurred. But as usual people respond before researching any information being shoved down their throat. The only fact consistently reported in all of these places is that CB assaulted Rihanna.

Thank you Marc A. Women who have brothers, fathers, sons, and grandsons better stand up and defend them when they are innocent. Thank you so much.

This is a punk move by that organization. There gonna get a whole lotta guys locked up. If a woman hits a man, it's up to that man to call the police and not hit her back. His force is 2 to 3x harsher than hers is and he will go to jail. And where are the "reports" that she hit him several times? There are none. It's a bunch of he say, she say stuff. Everything documented is on the mess he did.

TriniTing: ALL THESE COMMENTS SUPPORTING CHRIS BROWN JUST PROVES THE STATE OF THE BLACK AMERICAN WOMAN…SINGLE, LOW SELF ESTEEM, GOLD DIGGERS AND MOST OF ALL DESPERATE! MOST OF U CAN’T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES BECAUSE U HAVE NO CLUE WHAT A GOOD MAN IS. MOST OF U PROBABLY GREW UP IN A FATHERLESS HOME WITH NO POSITIVE MALE ROLE MODEL! U WERE HOLDING ON TO CHRIS BROWN’S GOODY GOODY IMAGE AND HIS FAME AND MONEY JUST LIKE RIHANNA WAS. THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT SHE IS THE ONE WHO GOT HER ASS KICKED BY CHRIS AND THANKFULLY HAS FOUND THE STRENGTH TO STEP AWAY FROM THE SITUATION! ALL U “STRONG BLACK WOMEN” QUIT BEING CLICHES AND KNOW WHAT TRUE STRENGTH IS (IT’S NOT HAVING A BIG MOUTH) BUT A BIG BRAIN!!! BE SMART ABOUT UR RELATIONSHIPS!!!! WOW (TRINITING) I AM A BLACK MAN AND REALLY CAN'T BELIEVE HOW YOU ARE ATTACKING ANY BLACK WOMAN THAT HAS DECIDED TO STATE THEIR VIEWS WHEN YOURS ARE SOLELY BASED OFF OF YOUR OPINIONS. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL HOWEVER THEY MAY AND NOT FEEL LESS THAN A WOMAN FOR IT. AS FAR AS CHRIS OR RIHANNA GOES........YOU DONT PLACE YOUR HANDS ON ANYONE ARE WE ALL INNOCENT OURSELVES.....I DOUBT IT HIGHLY. NONE OF US WERE THERE THROUGH OUT THE RELATIONSHIP TO ACT LIKE WE KNOW THE FACTS OR CAST JUDGMENT....IF SOME OF US REMEMBER OUR PLACE IN LIFE WE WILL REMEMBER IT ISNT OUR PLACE TO JUDGE ANYHOW. BACK TO YOU (TRINITING) ANY ABUSE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE....ALL THE THINGS YOU SAID ABOUT THESE WOMEN WAS WAY OUT OF LINE AND YOU MAY...NO...YOU NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU GO ABOUT TELLING OTHERS ABOUT THEMSELVES. WHAT YOU HAVE SAID MAKES YOU NO BETTER THAN THE ACTIONS OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS. KEEP IN MIND THAT WORDS CAN MAKE WOUNDS DEEPER THAN ANY PHYSICAL INFLICTION COULD. ALSO THEY MAY TAKE LONGER TO HEAL. WOMEN LIKE YOU I FEEL MOST SORRY FOR....STATE YOUR VIEW BUT DONT TEAR ANOTHER DOWN FOR THEIRS MYLES VANCE- SGLAM

The only fact consistently reported in all of these places is that CB assaulted Rihanna. @stonecold AND IF U REMEMBER CHRIS WASN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK OUT DURING THAT TIME FOR LEGAL REASONS FOR MONTHS.

goddess: I’m not going to go back and forth with you…I have my opinions and you have yours. There have also been rumors about chris and his temper especially him flipping out on his mother a couple of times. But of course people look over that “small” detail. I’ve also head that she has a temper as well and if the situation was reversed and she beat him like he did her then I would still feel the same way because he would be the victim.I wasn’t being biased because if she had hit him first like they said she did then I’m sure the DA would also have had a case against her. And quite frankly this if you hit me I’m going to hit you back is such a juvenile and barbaric mentality. How about if she did hit him he stop the car and have his security team that was following them take her back to the hotel room. He also left her on the side of the road…so he decided to leave her there while more than likely he was contacting his legal team…what a man. Unless rihanna had a gun, knife, machete, bomb, grenade, or some other dangerous weapon then that beating that he gave her was not warranted. WOOOW @ THE HAVE HIS SECURITTY TEAM HANDLE IT.. U GUYS TALK LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT HUMAN... HOW DO U KNOE HE HAD A SECUIRTY TEAM BEHIND HIM .. AND SO WAT IF HE DID MUST THEY HANDLE ..PLZ DONT PREACH THINGS THAT U DONT PRACTICE.. THATS JUST LIKE IN SKOO WHEN U GET ITNO A FIGHT... AND THE TEACHER BE LIKE U SHOULDN HAVE HIT THEM BBAC AND JUST CALLED SUMONE.. LIKE THEY WOULD DO THAT.. ITS NOT ABOUT HE HIT ME SO I HIT HIM BAC ITS ABOUT THE PRICINPAL.. THE FACT OF THAT SHE THOUGHT JUST CUZ SHE WAS RIHANNA THAT SHE WOULDNT HAVE GOT PUT IN HER PLACE... ALSO , NO THE DA WOULDNT HAVE FILED A CASE AGAINST HER CUZ SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CAME IN LOOKING BATTERES.. SHE CAME IN A DEFENSELESS BEATEN WOMNAN AND NO ONE WOULD TRY TO KICK HER WHILE SHE IS DOWN.. ON TOP OF HER CELEB STATUS.. I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO FORGET THE FACT THEY THEY ARE BREEZY AND RIH RIH.. AND REMEBER THAT THEY ARE STILL ROBYN FENTY AND CHRISTOPHER BROWN... AND STOP GIVING THESE UNREALISTIC OPSTIONS THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN LIKE U WOULD HAVE IF U WERE THEM.. SMFH

He should of drove the car off the cliff and than no one would of known anything and they both would of payed for abusing each other.

you know what gets me mad about rihanna.. that as soon as cb says on the radio that he wont talk about it anymore to protect her privacy and whatnot.. she comes out and pushes this kid under the bus... what a bitch.. i dont care if this was my blood sister i would call her out as a EVIL bitch.. just like you been quiet for 9 - 10 months you should keep quiet and stay away from him. what a dumb broad.

@nic WE BEEN TRAVELING B8TCH. U MIGHT HAVE FOOLED US FOR A LONG TIME WITH YOUR DEVILISH SMILES AND CON GAMES. BUT CHRIS WOKE UP AND SO HAVE MANY OF US WHO KNOW YOUR SATAN WORSHIPPING AZZ. U CAN CON SOME PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT U CAN'T CON ALL PEOPLE, ALL THE TIME. TIME FOR AMERICANS TO WAKE UP AND FIGHT THESE COWARDS BACK. GOOD FOR THE MEN STANDING UP FOR CHRIS.

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad someone finally came out with the police report stating she hit him numerous times before the "incident". It doesn't make what he did right but it explains alot. TEAM CHRIS!!!!!

He's allowed to speak now and still we have not heard him say she hit him. Besides that whether he could speak or not the court documents did not state it either and he was free to speak in the court preceedings.

Tar Baby aka Coal Black African formerly known as African Girl: I guess Chris Brown’s mama deserved what she got at the hands of her ex-husband.She shouldn’t have hit her ex-husband and he wouldn’t have F her up.I don’t know why Chris Brown’s mama filed court papers against her ex-husband.Since she started the mess she deserved all the beatings she got.Ain’t this what the NCFM is claiming. NOT AT ALL LETS BE MORE REALISTIC..... MYLES VANCE- SGLAM

AGAIN, IT'S FAKE RETARDS! DO YOUR RESEARCH. DEAR GOD, WE AS A PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING IGNORANT THAT IT UPSETS ME...

I never bought any of Chris' music cause over the age of 21 but I doubt I'll watch any of his movies or anything else he does. It's a wrap.