Chris Brown, Gunfire at the Mansion, and the Pattern Nobody Wants to Name

Gunfire outside Chris Brown‘s Los Angeles mansion on Friday. Police swarming the gates. And in the background, the Rihanna assault case from 2009 still trailing him like a shadow that won’t quit. The internet did what the internet always does. Diagnose the monster. Pick a villain. Crack jokes. Move on. But sitting at the table…

Gunfire outside Chris Brown‘s Los Angeles mansion on Friday. Police swarming the gates. And in the background, the Rihanna assault case from 2009 still trailing him like a shadow that won’t quit. The internet did what the internet always does. Diagnose the monster. Pick a villain. Crack jokes. Move on. But sitting at the table…