Dre shyt happened in the late 80’s/early 90’s. News didn’t travel as fast or as wide as it did in the early 00’s with Chris Brown. On top of that he smacked Rhianna, America’s hip hop sweetheart. And if I recall correctly, it was right after the grammy’s. He just did everything wrong. Dre smacked Dee Barnes before hip hop was super huge, and smacking a woman was probably a misdemeanor. Different times and different punishments. It aint fair, but it’s life.