A drunk Chicago cop who punched and licked the crap out of a tiny female bartender got two years probation because according to the judge, it wouldn’t really deter this kind of behavior to try to punish the behavior. I think the judge called it a “drunken bar fight.” Unbelievable. Like the bartender was egging it on or something.

NOW has been MIA for years, but they recently reported on Dave Letterman also so we can hope they are waking up to the obscenities after ignoring them for years. Is there any group of men protesting this outrage?

The decision in the trial was just this week. He was found guilty and sentenced to probation and no time in jail. for beating up a petite woman who had the temerity to deny him any more drinks. The photo I saw this morning showed
him walking out of the courthouse holding hands with his wife – who resembled the victim (in my eyes).

Because he had “no other complaints against him” and
she did not sustain serious injuries, he will walk. I guess in Illinois, you actually have to kill a woman – on tape – for it to be seen as a serious crime.

I am boiling mad. (and so is the Illinois chapter of NOW who is planning to fight against this judges reelection to his judgeship in the coming elections.)
I’m still not impressed with NOW. But at least someone is doing something.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-abbate-24-jun24,0,5965992.story

We are human beings, not just receptacles of seminal fluid. We think deep thoughts and wonder about the meaning of life, how things work. We appreciate great art, music and literature. Without opportunity for education, we are denied the growth assessable to the other half of the population.

Without the right to have control over our own bodies, we become domestic servants, reduced to cleaning toilets, having babies, making sure dinner is on the table when the master comes home. See the shock on the faces of male guests at a gathering when a woman expresses an opinion or wants to join a conservation on the economy or life on Mars.

We were dependents, supplicants, prisoners denied the right of equal pay or good jobs. We were/are left with an unequal partnership choosing to marry because it was expected, cheated out of a true friendship marriage should be.

Is it any surprise then, young women have allowed themselves to acquiesce and play the role assigned to them? Frankly and speaking for myself alone, I’m pretty tired of hearing about the irresistible sexual urges of some of the male population. If they think only with their penis, they shouldn’t be in charge of anything.

BTW the McNaughton rule for criminal insanity:

“…it must be clearly proved that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.

This sounds very much like the argument you are using.

i’m just saying this case is not the same as the years of domestic abuse some people endure because they can’t get out and to compare it to that is a disservice to women/men who truly are victims of a horrible situation and clouds the outrage people should feel over those situations. she could get out and chose to go back to him over and over. she even asked the judge to not be so harsh on the restraining order. she’ll be back with him before his probation is over.

Just tell the nurse, you slipped and fell
It starts to sting as it starts to swell
She looks at you, she wants the truth
It’s right out there in the waiting room
With those hands
Lookin just as sweet as he can
Never Again

Seen it before, but not like this
Been there before, but not like this
Never before have I have
Seen him this bad
She’s just a woman
Never Again

Father’s a name you haven’t earned yet
You’re just a child with a temper
Haven’t you heard “Don’t hit a lady”?
Kickin’ your ass would be a pleasure

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Unfortunately, too many mothers excuse the inexcusable behavior of their sons toward women and our whole culture now accepts first-date or acquaintance sex, the only hurdle being how to prevent pregnancy so the man won’t be inconvenienced. That’s the post-feminist world.

I’m afraid that ’70s feminists were mainly concerned with fighting to try and prove they WERE men instead of fighting for the kind of society that is beneficial and protective to women. I was sorry to see so many women take the stance that equal rights meant they could go out and be promiscuous and irresponsible just like so many men.

And as for the provocative dress, it’s too bad younger women can’t realize that men are carnal animals for the most part and if you flaunt what you’ve got in front of the world, there are lots of men out there who can’t control their primordial sexual urges. This, in my opinion, is where girls need education about men. They don’t look at thinking, “What a cute girl, I’d like to marry her.” No, they look at you think SEX!

Perps always use the she started it line to make the woman feel responsible so he can keep her and discourage her from testifying.

And I can be just as positive that Dave didnt know it was the 14 yr as you can be that Brown WILL do this again. It’s not always a case of once an abuser always and abuser. I think they got into a 2-way fight that she was on the losing end of… if she thought he was cheating then leave, don’t snoop and badger.

Education in homes and schools is a start. It isn’t enough to tell girls and women they can leave a relationship unless boys and men are taught respect. Male abusers should be ostracized by other men. At the risk of being labeled a trouble maker, I will say the problem is men, not women.

There’s a long list of male celebrities in music, sports and every other entertainment industry who have walked away unscathed after beating/killing or raping women. If OJ, Robert Blake, Kobe Bryant, Bobby Brown, Chris Brown, football players @ CU and so many other so called role models can get by with this, why wouldn’t a high school boy think it’s ok?

Why don’t other men who claim to be outraged by the violence, refuse to boycott abusers and instead turn the victim into the guilty party? If you can answer that question, perhaps you will understand why women don’t leave.

Most people loath the abuse of animals. Michael Vick went to prison and his career is over because he abused dogs. Forgive me if I don’t understand. I believe more women are killed every year by their significant others than animals murdered by their human companions.