Your rant sure sounded that way - if it wasn't your intention to defend him I apologize

Agreed - (I was referring to the op's comment not yours)

I think the media coverage is great - and that we need to get the outrage to this level when white celebs beat women not try to defend a fucking violent misogynist just cause he's black.

You realise the victim is also black? Where's all your outrage about what happened to her? And about the disproportionate amount of domestic and systemic violence that black women suffer?

I'll get off my "high horse" when people stop apologizing for spousal abuse.

And somehow apologizing to the kids who he let down is going to get his football career back? Sorry, don't buy this as anything more than a PR stunt.

I think I made my point quite well. You, of course, are entitled to your opinion. Rice didn't do jail time because first-time offenders in Atlantic City don't typically do jail time. He was treated the same way other offenders are treated, and yes that absolutely includes "people with fewer social privileges". …

I completely agree that black men are held to a different standard, but you went about making that point terribly. Is he being judged more harshly than Charlie Sheen or Sean Penn? Absolutely. Do I think Sheen or Penn are any more deserving of forgiveness? Fuck no. I would very much like to see the public treat them…

If he shows that he's genuinely changed as a person, he could be forgiven, sure, but it's up to the person. No one has to forgive anyone for anything.

How's about you apologize to YOUR WIFE for beating the shit out of her, instead of to your fans for letting them down?

I'm not about to let go of such an act when the offender didn't serve a day in jail. When this sort of violence escalates to the point that you think you can knock your partner out in an elevator (In Atlantic City) then it's been going on for some time or you think you're immune to prosecution.

Either way, forget all…

Still does not justify trying to shoot him 59 times, there are other ways to deal with a man that has a taser in his hands. Police in other countries that do not have guns have to deal with trying to take down people without guns.

59 times are fucking kidding me, as a Brit i will never understand it. British citizens are around 100 times less likely to be shot by a police officer than Americans (in 2013 British police officers fired their weapons all of three times. No one died), i know cops in America will never be gun free but they need to…

I'm pretty sure "what did she expect?" is not the appropriate reaction to a woman facing sexism in the workplace.

Um, no. Try again. What planet do you live on?

I always thought it meant that women have no reason to leave the house because of all the domestic stuff they gotta do so shoes are pointless. Or it makes it harder for them to escape....

As a nearly middle aged white guy I can tell you old white guys are pretty much the worst people on the planet. It's really strange at times to be in their presence when they assume they can "really speak their mind in like minded company" (in essence surrounded by other white dudes). The entitlement and privilege…

I think it's to imply they should never leave the house? I don't know, I try not to think too much about it or my head will explode.

State senators are a whole other level of wackjobs. I bet attending a state senate meeting is a lot like reading the comments under a Youtube video, but in real life.