There is probably truth to this. However, it doesn’t change the fact that she murdered an unarmed man and needs to be held accountable for it. This is good news.

Betty Shelby is nothing but a low-life thug. Look at her record! She smokes marijuana and has been cited for domestic violence. Was only a matter of time when something like this would happen. Get her off the streets!

Shelby’s attorney revealed that she thought it was “strange” that Crutcher put his hands in the air without being instructed to do so.

So she didn’t just shoot him despite the fact that his hands were up. She shot him BECAUSE he put up his hands?

She thought it was strange that he put his hands up without her asking? Gee Betty, do you think it was maybe because he was actively trying not to get shot by an overreacting cop?

That’ll teach him to be unarmed and put his hands in the air.

Hmm, I wonder if they fly with their tutors (who I assume would also be mandated reporters).

Yes, making people feel ashamed and that they have to keep abuse secret is a marvelous idea. If it was 1952 and you don’t care if kids get knocked around a little, that is, otherwise it’s the dumbest thing I’ve read this morning.

It really bothers me that people try so hard to draw a real distinction between hitting a child directly and terrorizing them through acts of physical intimidation and crazed inebriation. The latter is still abuse, hands down, and it has potential to leave scars even deeper than the former. Hoping the kids are alright…

Yeah, dammit Angie, why’d you have to go and divorce someone just for being abusive to the kids.

It would be nice if later when the dust is settled she could support abused women and children who don’t have the same resources.

Every single middle aged guy I know who started boozing too much and smoking too much weed has also turned into an a hole with anger issues. I was never a big angie fan but if this is the case I’m proud of her for leaving.

Who would have thought we’d be nostalgic for Gwen and Chris’ “conscious uncoupling” BS?

That article was written before this story broke. Say what you will about Jolie’s media/PR strategy, but I understand her desire to immediately divorce if he did abuse one or more of their kids. And the fact that she asked for sole physical custody is telling.

It also is more clear as to why she just filed for divorce and didn’t issue a public statement at the same time, which is what celebs normally do “we love and respect each other...privacy during this difficult time...blah blah blah”. I was wondering about why she left it all up to our imaginations, but now it makes…

And that’s why you don’t mix alcohol and painkillers, kids! /wild speculation

If this is true, I can see why she moved swiftly with the divorce and her having physical custody. From my impression, her children are her priority and she would want to keep them safe.

I didn’t guess this exact event, but I suspected it had to be something very specific that would be pretty damning of Pitt. From the get go, it seemed surprising that Angelina would have said in her statement that the divorce was for the health of the family and the date of separation was also kind of telling. I mean…

When I was getting a divorce because my now-ex-husband went off the deep end with his verbal and emotional abuse, I read that a study showed that most mid-life divorces are initiated by the woman because the husband is “behaving badly” (their words). I was so impressed by this, I wrote it in my journal. Sounds like…