seriously, i’m done with you racist pricks. thanks to those with integrity who are willing to evaluate their own prejudices and how they may affect the liberty of others. jezebel is normally the place i go to have thoughtful discussions with like-minded people. but what is happening with your reactions to this story…

HAHAHAHA. refuting the allegation is “pretty classic abusive behavior”? with that logic, every single man accused of abuse cannot defend himself without being further incriminated. the facts you are basis your opinion on are HER facts. but im not surprised you’re comfortable calling him an abuser, most people are…

it is about race. white people never see it when it’s right in front of their faces. that’s why this site is turning me into a real life black panther.

it’s not? damn. i can’t believe i’ve been doing it wrong the whole time! thanks for the tip, cracker.

yeah i was hardcore bragging. i was not simply supplying your racist ass with facts. take off the pointed white sheet so you can see the screen better, sweetheart. choo choo

brown, nyu law, the federal government, and my bank account disagree.

you fuckers are really testing my patience this evening. no, i do not know it. black men are falsely accused all the time. he certainly could have been defending himself, which he is entitled to do. even the way she describes the incident, she does not say that he attacked her first. she says violence ensued, which is…

black man accused of hurting white woman. immediate rush to judgment that black man is guilty. no trial necessary. if it walks like a duck...

good one, Klansman. wish i could say you were the first person on jezebel baffled how my black ass could be a lawyer! your people have tried long and hard to shake the confidence of my people, but we are too strong, too resilient, and too tired of your racist bullshit for it to work. better luck next time, boo boo!

how does background research on baker have anything to do with it? he could be the most awful person in the entire world, and he still deserves a defense. especially in the court of public opinion, which has clearly already made up its mind. you shouldn’t be convicted of dv or assault because you’re an asshole, you…

it’s hard for me to believe you’re serious, but i’ll humor you. there was video evidence, he was not defending himself. she seems to be coming towards him, but she did not attack him. the law is different in each state, but in my state, a self-defense requires the other person to have initiated actual violence (not…

yeah “shitty luck” that a black man has the common sense to NOT call the cops 1) because of a deeply ingrained cultural aversion to getting others in trouble with the law (aka snitching) 2) because of a deeply ingrained cultural distrust of the police and 3) because of the common sense that no police officer will…

i have sons. if anyone attacks them-black, white, male, female- and they feel that they are in real jeopardy (not just taking a slap, for example), they are fighting back. society finds it impossible to see white women as capable of harm. i dont understand how “don’t hit women dont hit women dont hit women” views…

because he’s an asshole he pretty likely hit her? that’s hilarious. thanks for reminding me why Im a criminal defense attorney.

I’d love to know what is misogynistic about what I wrote. The nerve of a black woman to defend a black man before the white mob has all the facts but has already started tying the ropes up the tree. this is why white feminism is such a fucking joke.

you are free to make whatever assumptions you would like, but that will not change them into facts. if someone was hitting me, i would choke them if I had to. my life is valuable. i know society does not agree, and also wants this black man to hate himself and not defend himself either, because he is presumed to be…

thank you, i was about to lose my mind.

how is he an abuser??? everyone on here has already presumed his guilt. i am genuinely confused. if she hit him first, why is he painted as the abuser, even if he was just trying to defend himself? or are all white women dainty flowers who pose no real threats to men, especially black (read: violent, strong) men? WTF…

We must not have read the same documents. There was a physical altercation and we dont know who started it. She was injured. If she started it, he had a right to defend himself, in that he could have tried to restrain her, and was injured as a result. If he was the one with the messed up chin and she had no injuries,…

Is it really telling, though? What it tells me if that she is really playing up the well-meaning white woman as victim role (whether intentional or not) and he is already cast as the angry black male for passionately defending himself against a charge that could fuck up his entire professional career. we don’t even…