Can you imagine how HUGE this story would be if Mel Gibson had beat his wife while drunk in public?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson_DUI_incident
Compare how the two people have been vilified in public and youll see, Mel Gibson was given way more bad publicity over his DUI than Chris brown is getting over beating a woman in public.
Its amazing when you compare how the two cases were handled to the public. There are news articles right now asking for chris brown to "be given a break"
If Mel Gibson had done the exact same thing, youd see a man in jail