Entertainer Jamie Foxx as Ugly Wanda from In Living Color.
Obviously, the entertainer Jamie Foxx meant no harm. He was roasting controversial celebrity Bruce Jenner. His jokes lead to an outcry by some on the social media.
The patriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan has decided to transition into a woman. Jenner, a former Olympic gold medal athlete and occasional actor told his wife Kris about his transitioning to becoming a woman. This sparked a major feud between them and they went through a divorce.
Jenner is also under investigation for vehicular homicide after his SUV plowed into two vehicles killing a driver. It was on the Pacific Coast Highway and LAPD are trying to determine if Jenner was on the phone when this occurred.
At the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Foxx hosted it and got a little bit of flack for this video.
Foxx hosts The Foxxhole on SiriusXM . He is a comedian, singer and director.
He's pretty tolerant of the LGBT community.
The LGBT community is not having any of it. They call upon Foxx to apologize.
Just recently Indiana's Republican governor Mike Pence got his share of controversy.
Jenner is transitioning into a woman.
The governor passed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The law is a backdoor for openly discriminating against someone based on religious grounds. The LGBT community is pissed that this law could generate into businesses in the state turning away customers because of their sexuality.
Pence had just recently announced he will call upon Republican lawmakers to specifically eliminate any traces of anti-gay rhetoric in this law.
Pence is floated as a potential clown for the nomination.
The law is trying to figure out how a woman died in a carbon monoxide poisoning.
A woman who lived in Vandalia, Ohio died over the weekend. According to the law, she was a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. Of course, this ends the month of death. Three young girls died in this situation earlier this year. The carbon monoxide gas this odorless, tasteless and colorless and it kills. It doesn't discriminate on who it kills.
We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Patricia Bolden.
Many don't even know it. But the symptoms of illness, dizziness, nausea and finally the permanent sleep come forth when you're exposed to carbon monoxide.
Many in the emergency agencies always recommend a CO2 Alarms. The CO2 alarms can detect a odor. It's also recommended that you change the batteries of CO2 alarms and smoke detectors whenever you flip the hours during Daylight Saving Time.
Apparently the woman's estranged husband found her body after hours of failed contact.
Bryant Bolden, the husband is grieving over this situation. He and Patricia were separated and were in the possibility of reconciling.
The Brookfield Apartments where Patrica lived are within a few blocks of the Vandalia City Courthouse and police station.
The local gas company determined that it was a furnace. The Montgomery County Bag 'Em haven't concluded its investigation. They have not ruled out foul play in this tragedy.
Somehow, I am getting that feeling like this isn't just a simple accident. More details on this soon.
Stallmigo Marco Rubio (R-FL) confirms that his intentions on running. But for what?
Confirmed, the Stallmigo Marco Rubio (R-FL) could make a run for the clown car. He's going to put his makeup on and jump into the race for the Republican nomination.
Rubio, 43 is probably going to use his swagger to win them crucial Black and Latino votes. He's probably the only Republican who can relate to the younger voters.
Rubio will make a run in April. If he's going to run for the clown car, he will contact his staffers to formally announce he will retire from the U.S. Senate. Then he will officially announce his intention to run for president. This will mark a first, two Hispanic men (both of Cuban decent) running for the Republican nomination.
Rubio must retire from his U.S. Senate seat. By Florida law, a lawmaker can't be on the ballot twice.
That assures Democrats an opportunity to pick up a seat that is pretty damn difficult given that Florida does swing in elections. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-FL) has formally declared he's running.
Both are unaccomplished lawmakers who are first term senators. The thing about it, they will claim that President Barack Obama as their excuse when the junk food media attacks them for being inexperienced.
The Republican Party's officially trying to find the candidate who will complain about all things "Obama" and maybe everything "Clinton".
The Stallmigo had booked the Freedom Tower in Miami on that date for an undisclosed event, Rubio said he had not reserved a specific site yet, "but I will announce on April 13 what I'm going to do next in terms of running for president or the U.S. Senate."
Pressed on whether he would announce a White House bid, Rubio said: "I'll announce something on April 13."
His website, marcorubio.com, promised: "A big announcement is coming! Will you be there?"
Among other Republicans, Stallmigo Ted Cruz of Texas announced his bid for his party's nomination last week, and Stallmigo Rand Paul of Kentucky plans to make his intentions known on April 7.
Pitbull endorsed President Barack Obama in 2012.
Rubio's fellow Floridian, former Republican Governor Jeb Bush, has formed an exploratory committee but has yet to make his White House bid official.
Rubio, a Cuban-American lawmaker who was first elected to the Senate in 2010, said on a Loserville program: "It's really important that we move in the right direction as a country by not just confronting the challenges of this new era but embracing its opportunities.
"So again, I'll be very excited about April 13 and talking more about that with my friends and supporters," he added, referring people to his website for "more details in the days to come."
Rubio is a huge fan of hip-hop music. He's familiar with Miami rappers Flo Rida, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Plies, T-Pain, Trina and Trick Daddy.
He's grew up listening to them. He also can rap with you on legacies Tupac and Biggie Smalls.
But what makes him a long shot is the fact he's a fan of hip-hop music. A genre the older generation isn't so hip to. Matter of fact, they often use it as a weapon.
Jay-Z was one of the most notable rappers to endorse a presidential candidate. Jay-Z endorsed Barack Obama for president in 2008 and 2012. He and his wife Beyonce were invited to the White House to see the inauguration.
This makes two so far.
Others who have thought about jumping into the clown car include:
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Former governor Oops of Texas
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey
Carly Fiorina
Benjamin Carson
Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin
Governor John Kasich of Ohio
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana
Former governor George Pataki of New York
Former governor, perennial loser and Loserville host Mike Huckabee
Former senator, perennial loser Rick Santorum
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana
Donald The Clown Trump
The field is not weak. Not inspiring, though.
I mean c'mon, you have candidates with bullhorns instead of microphones. Most of the mention have been on television more and more than the Democrats.
Can it be done? Rubio thinking about taking a chance at running.
If you ask me, I believe they all are running for the AM dial. They would make great talk radio hosts. They can't go a day without bringing up Obama in a sentence. They get favorable coverage on outlets and the junk food media seems more interested in Republicans now. After all they've lined up two weak candidates and they sent them to the slaughter.
They can rant about how they're not Obama all they want, but let them win the presidency. I betcha that on Day One, the Democrats will devote their time to destroying the legacy of the Republican president.
Comedian Trevor Noah is the new host for The Daily Show.
Jon Stewart is stepping down from The Daily Show later this year. Who's to replace him?
One who just joined the Comedy Central program is already getting major buzz as the predecessor.
Trevor Noah is getting some major buzz. The South African actor/comedian joined The Daily Show and took off.
Noah had a major role on the South African soap opera, Isidingo in 2002, when he was 18. He then began hosting his own radio show Noah’s Ark on Gauteng’s leading youth radio station, YFM. Noah then went on to host an educational program Run The Adventure from 2004–06 on SABC 2. In 2007 he hosted The Real Goboza, a gossip show on SABC 1, and Siyadlala a SABC's sports show. In 2008 Noah co-hosted alongside Pabi Moloi on The Amazing Date (dating game-show) and was a Strictly Come Dancing (celebrity dance competition) contestant in Season 4. In 2009 he hosted the 3rd Annual South Africa Film and Television Awards (SAFTA Awards) and co-hosted alongside Eugene Khoza on The Axe Sweet Life (reality competition series) at the 15th annual South African Music Awards. In 2010 Noah hosted the 16th annual South African Music Awards and also hosted Tonight with Trevor Noah on MNet (in the second season it moved to DStv's Mzansi Magic Channel).
In 2010, Noah also became a spokesperson and consumer protection agent for Cell C, South Africa's third largest cellular provider.
Noah dropped his radio show and acting to focus on comedy, and has performed with South African comedians such as Riaad Moosa, Darren Simpson, Marc Lottering, Barry Hilton and Nik Rabinowitz, international comedians such as Paul Rodriguez, Carl Barron, Dan Ilic and Paul Zerdin, and as the opening act for Gabriel Iglesias in November 2007 and Canadian comedian Russell Peters on his South African tour.
Noah has performed all over South Africa in The Blacks Only Comedy Show, Heavyweight Comedy Jam, the Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour, the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Jozi Comedy Festival, and Bafunny Bafunny (2010).
His stand-up comedy specials in South Africa include The Daywalker (2009), Crazy Normal (2011), That's Racist (2012), and It's My Culture (2013).
Noah became the first South African stand-up comedian to appear on The Tonight Show and became the first to appear on Late Show with David Letterman.
He's in the running. With Larry Wilmore running The Nightly Report, Jason Jones and his wife Samantha Bee leaving, Michael Che joining SNL, Jessica Jones out ruling hosting duties, Stephen Colbert jumping to CBS and John Oliver moving to HBO, we can't determine who's going to replace an icon of comedy, politics and sanity.
Everyone is speculating that Comedy Central may appoint an insider. The outsider speculation includes: Tiny Fey, John Fugelsang, and Patton Oswalt being named as potential picks.
But all eyes are on Trevor and the media is buzzing about him.
Confirmed.
Trevor is the new host of The Daily Show. Comedy Central broke the news today.
Actress Taraji P Henson had to own up to the Glendale Police after she accused them of rousing her son.
Taraji P Henson is on fire. Her breakout role as Cookie Lyon in the hit series Empire has made her a household name.
Henson's rise to fame came from the her feature role in Hustle & Flow, with fellow actor Terrance Howard. They both are the stars of the Lee Daniels' musical drama.
Henson is also a mother. Her son is always a top priority. Henson praises her son regardless.
But something came into the news this past week and it's sparked some major controversy.
Henson claimed that her 20 year old son (Marcel Johnson) had been racially profiled by police and that his car had been illegally searched during a traffic stop on October 18, 2014 in Glendale, California.
In the beginning, Henson felt the law was harassing her son for being Black. Her son dropped out of the University of Southern California to attend Howard in her hometown of Washington, DC.
Henson told the junk food media, that who could you trust in this world, if a young Black man minding his business is harassed by the police.
Well the folks over at the Los Angeles Times wanted to obtain proof of this incident. They got some proof and then some.
A video obtained by the Times showed that Johnson had driven through a lighted crosswalk while a pedestrian was crossing, that he had given verbal consent to search his vehicle, that he had admitted to smoking marijuana two hours before going behind the wheel, and that hash oil, marijuana, and a knife were found inside his car.
Henson immediately suspended her social media profiles. She went on to apologize for overreacting and for making unsubstantiated claims, Henson said in an Instagram message that, "A mother's job is not easy and neither is a police officer's. I would like to publicly apologize to the officer and the Glendale Police Department."
Henson's apology was heartfelt. But unfortunately to the racist right, they will continue to denounce the BlackLivesMatter movement. They will now attack her for sparking "racial outrage" over nothing.
The racist right will place her in the box where they often hold President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, Rev. Perm and Cut His Nut Off Jackson in.
this edition of East Dayton Slumlords Live in Perfect Harmony is in the area where this video link was taken at and the spray painting on the window about No Copper was hilarious.
City of Boston praying for a speedy recovery of one its own. Boston officer John Monyihan was critically injured in gunfire after a suspect got the drop on him. He was praised by President Barack Obama for his heroism.
Boston is dealing with a tragic situation. An officer who gained national recognition was critically injured by a suspect after a police stop.
We here at Journal de la Reyna send our prayers to the Officer John Monyihan. We pray for a speedy recovery.
Monyihan is fighting for his life. He was a former Army Ranger who decided to live to public service. The officer is 34 years old and has a girlfriend and children. He served for six years as an officer for Boston. He was also an officer who aided in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and shooting event where Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev planted two explosives near the finish line. The bombs killed three and injured hundreds of people. Monyihan gained national recognition from President Barack Obama after he assisted a fellow officer who was injured in gunfire.
The brothers managed to kill a MIT officer before the law put Tamerlan down. Dzhokhar was eventually caught and now is in court. The young Tsarnaev will get the GAS if found guilty on federal mass murder charges.
The gunman shot him in the face and the bullet was lodged in the right side of his face by ear. They placed him into a medically induced coma.
President Barack Obama was notified of the situation. Of course, Boston residents are sending their prayers to him. Democratic mayor Marty Walsh and Republican governor Charlie Baker have both expressed their prayers as well.
The suspect is 41 year old Angelo West. West has a history as a criminal. He was apparently being stopped by the law for some infraction.
West was stopped by Monyihan. West would jump out of his vehicle raise his arm and put the Magnum .357 in position. He would fire it at point blank range hitting the officer.
West would eventually try to escape. The moment he flashed that firearm, the law put the lead salad in him. West would die of his injuries. The passengers in his vehicle were not injured but later arrest. They may face charges. Even though the passengers weren't the shooter, the law can make them accomplices in the firing on an officer.
A witness was grazed by gunfire from police. Those who shot the witness would be place on administrative leave. Standard procedure when an officer shoots his firearm.
Angelo West shot at Boston police. He paid the price with a lead salad.
Angelo West has given the racist right a reason to denounce the BlackLivesMatter movement. The movement was sparked by the anger bubbling in Ferguson, MO by the police shooting of unarmed resident Michael Brown. Brown's death led to national protests and international outcry for better policing. It also gave the opponents something to go after. The opponents slander the name of the Brown and called the protesters "misinformed" and even raised their anger at President Barack Obama for citing his experience being Black in America.
After all, since he's came into the White House, you've heard an influx of Black criminal stories coming from the racist right. The outlets such as Loserville, the conservative Craigslist, The Daily Nothing or even asshats like Colin Flaherty and Charles C. Johnson have flourished in this stuff.
They give White America a reason to hate Blacks. Even though criminal acts are colorless, the way these outlets magnify suspects causes Whites to always suspect Blacks, Latinos, illegal immigrants, Muslms and foreign nations as being the reasons for this country being fucked up.
There's blogs like Sissyirishman, DailyWhateverFuckKenn, and Angry White Wuss that are sites that give credence to Black on everyone crime. These extremists would make their blogs flourish in local stories that spin criminal acts by Blacks.
See Fred101 is an example of the extremism that flutters into our comment section. This anonymous commentator appears frequently in stories I've posted focusing the three key elements: race, politics and crime.
In my response to the anonymous trolling, I've posted the six things to attract them. Give them a topic that they seem to obsess over. Kind of like, if I said something about a product in negative way, expect the criticism from someone who spins it in a positive light.
No one seems to understand that we reserve the right to remove comments we deem offensive or unproductive. I mean it's not productive to read word vomit.
Blogging about politics is often regarded as controversial. I understand that some do not agree with the views of me, S. Baldwin and the other contributors post here. I mean we're no different.
We are often here to post and we're not going anywhere.
So if you're not comfortable with the opinions or stories posted here, you have a right to view a blog of your choosing. We're not holding a gun to your head telling you to read our blog.
Floyd Dent was taken down by three officers. He was beaten and tasered. He was charged with cocaine possession and resisting arrest. He denies that he done wrong. He says he was set up.
The Michigan Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Justice Department are going to look into the brutal police beating of Floyd Dent, of Detroit.
Dent was arrested in January in the suburb of Inkster. He was held on the charges of cocaine possession, resisting arrest, and assault on a police officer. All these charges could carry over 10 years in the iron college.
But the 57 year old Michigan man is denying that he's done such things. He believes that he was set up by the law and according to some, it seems like it may be the case.
Yeah, Dent was a motorist with a suspended license. That's a minor misdemeanor. Punishable act may results in fines and at least a year in the iron college.
This will be the first thing that our friends on the racist right will justify for the arrest and brutal beating.
According to the law, they observe him leaving an area that's known for drug activity. They saw him make an illegal stop and pulled him over. You have a right as a motorist to be in any area as you please. The law can't deny you a right to be in area because of assumption of drug activity.
The video shows Dent being stopped by the law. According to the law, Dent was struggling, shouting offensive language, and biting at the officers.
The law can liewhen they can justify a pull over, a citation, an arrest, or a discharge of their service weapon and use of physical restraint.
The Supreme Court has given them "pass" on lying.
Not truly being a pass, but say if the law was doing a sting operation in which vice cops pose as prostitutes or johns, they can lie. They can allow a suspect to enter a place or vehicle and coach them into committing an act of crime.
So what are you into tonight? If you're willing to party I got the cash. The suspect will say the questions? Are you a police officer. Say if the law says he's not a cop, trust me. That's a lie. They are allowed to make that case in order to arrest the suspect.
So why is this important in a court case?
Police can't enter a home without a judge issuing a warrant. They can enter if they smell the smoke of marijuana or notice an odor that appears suspicious. They can't not enter a vehicle without probable cause. Say if you're allegedly under the influence and they observe behavior of a motorist. The police have a right to justify a pull over to see if the motorist is under the influence of alcohol and narcotics. The police can enter a vehicle if they observe a solicitation of drugs or prostitution. That's in regards of public safety for suspicious odors or potential threats.
Inkster PVC Dodge Charger.
AGAIN: The law can lie to justify a pull over, a citation, an arrest or use of force by service weapon or physical restraint.
The law says that they've seen the suspect (Dent) leaving an area they've observed doing an illegal activity.
Yeah, but if the suspect is following all rules of the road, why observe? He could be hugging a friend, taking groceries into a home, dropping his child off.
To an arresting officer, they see you as the one who doesn't belong in this area. They see you as the guy who just shows up out of nowhere. They see you as a criminal act in the making. They will proceed to follow you to see if you're up to no good. They will pull you over.
Two scenarios.
1) If you believe that you're not doing anything wrong, you can waive your right to have your vehicle searched. Do not believe the officer when he says you may get a warning for the traffic infraction. Always believe that you can be cited for a ticket. If you allow a search and was given a ticket, it may not hold up in traffic court.
2) If you believe that you're not doing anything wrong, you can tell an officer you "I don't consent to my vehicle being searched". See the police do not tell you if you're pulled over, you have a right to not have them search your vehicle. They will let you make a mistake and force a probable search.
They will advocate other officers to monitor your movements, if the officer has no dog assistance.
They will tell you that you're being searched by the dog. They do a pat down of the motorist and may place the motorist into the back of a police vehicle. They warn the motorist if the dog detects a hit and they find something, you're going to county lock up. But stand firm and tell them that you do not consent to searches. And if you're feeling pressured, you can ask the officer, if you're free to leave the area.
If you're not hiding an arrestable offense, the officer will ticket you and tell you that you're "banned" from that area. Again, the officer can lie to make you fear they'll pull you over again. The judge is the only person who can ban you from an area. The officer is not a judge.
If you're allegedly hiding an arrestable offense, clam up and ask for a lawyer. Because if they done a probable search without your permission, you can use that in court as a defense.
The law and courts are aware of the Fourth Amendment and the right of search and seizure. They can't just take your vehicle if you're not allowing them to.
Floyd Dent got served a court charge of possession. He claims he was set up.
See the bombshell in this story is that one of the arresting officers got off the hook for a federal crime.
William Melendez comes to question. He was one of the eight officers who was fired from the Detroit Police. He and those seven others were on trial for civil right abuses. There are claims that Melendez plants evidence on motorists to justify an arrest. He was acquitted of charges. But he somehow lands back on the police force in nearby Inkster.
The officers that pulled Dent over where White. Dent was a Black motorist. He was unarmed.
The law says that Dent was struggling, shouting offensive language, and biting at the officers. The lawyer for Dent denies that occurred. Dent claimed that he stopped after the officers claimed that he ran a stop sign.
Dent was kicked in the head and thrown to the ground. He was placed in a chokehold by the arresting officer. He even had a service weapon shoved into his head.
Dent who was retired Ford worker has no serious criminal history.
Melendez and two other officers are placed on desk duty. The charges for assault on an officer were dismissed on Dent. But the charge of cocaine possession will land Dent in court.
Some may point out that one of the arresting officer Melendez claimed that cocaine was found under the passenger seat. He was dubbed "ROBOCOP" by some residents.
Now to the readers of Journal de la Reyna. If this case justifies a probable search and arrest of the subject, why was the physical restraint used on the suspect?
There are good police officers and not so good ones. See the ones who are not so good are defended by the likes of that annoying conservative agitator, FRED101, and the racist right. The law is given blaring support from White conservatives and their images splashed on the conservative Craigslist.
Out of the woodwork, asshats like Colin Flaherty and Charles C. Johnson will make the case for every police brutality on people of color, there's hundreds of Blacks committing acts on White people.
Dent would be smeared by the racist right. No question will be left unturned if the racist right observe even a sliver of incrimination. Say if Dent had a Facebook posting of him drinking a beer on the front porch with a middle finger. Automatic criminal in the minds of the racist right.
Obviously FRED101 will come up with some stupid reaction to this story by linking some bullshit in the comment section of this story.
Police brutality is an ongoing issue. Black and Latino men are often looked upon as natural born criminals in the minds of the racist right and the law. About 38% of Black men and 40% Hispanic men all aged 18 - 39 have been pulled over by the law.
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced his retirement. He will finish his term as the Senate Minority Leader.
This latest development may have given the Republicans an opportunity to pick up a crucial swing.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced he's pulling out. He declared his retirement.
This along with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) and possibly Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) are exiting the stage.
Republicans are hoping to hold on to Indiana, Louisiana, and Florida. They hope that pickups in Nevada and Colorado could boost their majority.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) is the most vulnerable Democratic member of the Senate.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) are the most vulnerable Republican members of the Senate.
Reid's exit may help the Democrats get more of a backbone. Reid may have fought for the majority, but he let the conservative agitators tear him apart and make him more evil than the devil. He and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) were sent to the status of Minority Leader after Republicans swept to victory in 2010 and 2014.
Reid had suffered a serious eye injury in 2014 after falling on his exercise equipment. The injury could permanently blind him in the eye.
The race for the White House began when Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced his intentions to run.
He is the first declared clown running for the Republican nomination. The insurgent senator is off to a rocky start. He declared his intentions to repeal Obamacare despite him signing up for it. He caught a lot of flack after admitting that the "federal exchanges" were the only thing good about the law.
So some of his most staunchest supporters are scratching their heads and also quietly whispering.
They wondering what the fuck just happen? They were so excited, and now this!
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) another member of the insurgency is thinking about jumping into the clown car.
Reid's exit is good for America. We can't have a Koch sucker like him in the Senate. I rather let the stupid ass Republicans have it then let them spineless Democrats continue to protect it.
Indiana governor signs a law that may discriminate people based on religious grounds.
Holy Water, the state of Indiana passed a controversial law that can discriminate on religious grounds. The Republican governor Mike Pence signed it into law and its expected to be challenged in courts. This "religious freedom" law isn't telling you that religions are outlawed. It's a law that gives the business owners and they may have the right to deny a customer based on religious beliefs.
I can't figure out whether we're in America or them "evil" countries these cable news agitators bitch about.
C'mon friends. The United States Constitution (via The Bill Of Rights) advocated a section that devoted to all citizens the freedom of religious indoctrination.
That traitor and Black loving playboy Tommy Jefferson wrote the Establishment clause and the Free Exercise clause. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
So why are the Republicans and possible clown running Mike Pence passing a law that goes squarely against the Constitution?
The Indianapolis Star reports that the measure, Senate Bill 101, could allow business owners to refuse services to same-sex couples and has set off a firestorm of controversy. Supporters say it's needed to protect those with strong religious beliefs from government overreach, but opponents say it would allow discrimination, particularly against gays and lesbians.
Pence has been under intense pressure from opponents. In the past two days, two major Indianapolis conventions have threatened to look elsewhere if Pence signed the bill, and a group of technology executives, including the CEO of Salesforce, have written to the governor to oppose the measure.
Mike Pence, the Republican governor of Indiana signed this bill despite threats of an economic boycott. Pence is talked about by the agitators as a possible candidate who might jump into the clown car.
Also Pence almost immediately began defending the law, saying at a news conference that the law was not a consolation prize for conservative groups who failed to pass a bill last year to add an amendment to the Indiana constitution banning same-sex marriage.
""I think there's a lot of misunderstanding," Pence said about the religious freedom law. "This has never undermined anti-discrimination laws."
When asked by one reporter whether sexual orientation should be a protected class, the governor answered that the matter was not on his agenda.
The governor spoke for about 30 minutes about the religious freedom bill during the news conference, which also addressed his temporary needle exchange program to stop an HIV epidemic in Scott County, before it came to an end.
"Today I signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, because I support the freedom of religion for every Hoosier of every faith," he said in a statement. "The Constitution of the United States and the Indiana Constitution both provide strong recognition of the freedom of religion but today, many people of faith feel their religious liberty is under attack by government action."
He cited as an example the University of Notre Dame's objection to a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring insurance coverage for contraceptives.
Pence took issue with accusations that the measure would allow discrimination.
"This bill is not about discrimination, and if I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have vetoed it," he said. "In fact, it does not even apply to disputes between private parties unless government action is involved. For more than twenty years, the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act has never undermined our nation's anti-discrimination laws, and it will not in Indiana."
Many believe that this law is backdoor discrimination. The governor can say that he doesn't support a bill that denies service. But why the hell would he sign it?
Now Pence is probably going to hear talk about boycotts from the non religious, Muslims, LGBT activists and atheist community. Even the NCAA which is hosting the National Basketball Championship in Indianapolis is concerned that the law could damage tourism and revenue.
Is this a gateway for him to take his leadership further?
I mean he was once a lawmaker in Washington, DC. He was the former House Majority Whip before he decided to run for governor. Then he became immediately presidential buzz. Pence and neighboring state governor John Kasich of Ohio both have acknowledge their interest in it.
Another thing. Pence is dealing with a crisis in his state. He's calling upon the federal government to assist him in treatment of residents in Scott County. There's a rise in HIV cases after reports of residents being infected by needle sharing. This is spread by heroin and prescription medication being shot through needles.
Scott County is 40 miles from Louisville, KY and 70 miles from Indianapolis.
The sickening poisoning of Black women needs to go especially with the events with the fraternities and the calling out of Mone' name by a "man" recently.
Lifetime greenlights movie based off the Cleveland kidnapping case.
In May 2013, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escaped the horrors of a West Cleveland home. The three women were kidnapped by Ariel Castro, a retired bus driver.
He held them captive for nearly 10 years and used them as his sexual fetishes. He would rape and physically abuse the young girls. He would bore a child with Amanda.
The day that Castro dropped his guard, Amanda broke out and warned the neighbors about him.
He was arrested and sentenced to LIFE in the iron college. A few months into his time he hung himself. This tragedy affected these three women. Now as they try to adjust to life, Lifetime is spotlighting this case in a movie.
The Lifetime Movie Network released the trailer for the TV movie Cleveland Abduction.
It's told through the prospective of Michelle Knight. Knight who would later write a memoir of her survival and Lifetime bought the rights to the novel.
The film stars Raymond Cruz ("Breaking Bad") as Ariel Castro and Taryn Manning ("8 Mile," "Orange Is the New Black") as Michelle Knight. The film also stars Pam Grier and Joe Morton.
The movie release will be on April 25.
Also, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus will release their book in late April.
The Cleveland Police, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff and the FBI all are trying to sort out what mistakes were made. The Cleveland Police is already facing heavy scrutiny for the shooting of Tamir Rice, the Anthony Sowell situation and of course numerous accusations of police brutality.
This is a British documentary spotlighting the Cleveland kidnapping case.
Mo'ne Davis is willing to walk it off. A college baseball player said some offensive words about her.
Now here's a young woman willing to forgive the unrepentant ignorance of NCAA baseball player.
Joey Casselberry was benched after he called Little League World Series star Mo'ne Davis, a nasty word on the social media.
She is a 14 year old phenom and the news agitators are envisioning big prospects for her.
Casselberry, an attendee of Bloomberg University was kicked off the team and may face disciplinary actions if the school president finds anymore offensive themes.
Casselberry has since apologized and Mo'ne accepted it. But here's the real kicker, she and her coach asked the school president to put him back on the team.
“I know right now he’s really hurt,” Davis told ESPN of her forgiveness. “Everyone deserves a second chance.”
Big dummy got benched after he called a teenager a slut.
The fool went on a social media rant that got him removed from the team derisively referred to Davis as a “slut” and mocked her for losing to Nevada during the World Series. Casselberry apologized over the weekend a now-deleted message: “I please ask you to [f]orgive me and truly understand that I am in no way shape or form a sexist and I am a huge fan of Mo’ne. She was quite an inspiration.”
This school stands firm in this.
He is off the team and there's nothing else we can do about it. The player violated the social media policy, he must face the consequences.
We here at Journal de la Reyna wish Mo'ne well on her journey.
The dice are rolling. When will the snake's luck run out?
Just when you thought it was over, here comes this asshole. George Zimmerman's back and he's telling his side of the story. The Orlando Sentinel releases a video of Zimmerman talking with his lawyers about his experience being in the limelight. About three years ago, Zimmerman brought himself into the limelight when he gunned down unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.
Trayvon Martin was leaving a local store in Sanford, FL and heading over to his father's home. He goes through the housing complex where Zimmerman was staying. Zimmerman was apparently a neighborhood watch member. He was in the area and saw Martin walking. He calls the law telling dispatchers that he thinks the guy is suspicious and is up to no good. The dispatchers tell him to stay in his vehicle. He chose not to stay inside his vehicle. He would confront the teen and they get into a scuffle.
A gun goes off and Trayvon Martin is dead. Zimmerman tells the law he was attacked and he was by Martin. The law believe him and lets him go. This touches off the controversial "Stand Your Ground" law. If you're life is threatened by anyone, you can legally use deadly force. After pressure, Florida governor Rick Scott called for a special prosecutor to charge him.
This earned Zimmerman a courtroom visit. The legislative law helped Zimmerman beat a murder rap. And with new found freedom, he spent some of it in the county lockup after physically assaulting his wife Shellie.
Shellie served him with a restraining order and divorce papers. His other girl has got the restraining order on him. And he's beaten a serious charge of domestic violence that would have netted him 20 in the iron college.
What a lucky son of a bitch!
Now as he's facing the cameras again, he vents off at President Barack Obama for being the reason for his turmoils. He escaped federal civil rights charges after the Justice Department put the breaks on their investigation.
The Raw Story reports that Zimmerman bitched about Obama's meddling in this.
“I feel that now is the perfect time to speak my mind without fear of retaliation by the president, the attorney general, the federal government etc.,” Zimmerman explained. “Initially I was extremely alleviated. Quickly that turned into realization that the Department of Justice finding that there was no basis to pursue [federal] charges was just the beginning of a journey — my personal journey — to correct the wrongs that the federal government did. To ensure that it never happens to any innocent American ever again.”
The former neighborhood watchman insisted that he had a “clean conscience” after he was found to be not guilty.
Sybrina Fulton isn't amused by that asshole's comments about her son. Zimmerman made her an activist and gun control advocate.
“I believe God has his plans, and for me to second-guess them would be hypocritical, almost blasphemous,” he said when asked if he wished the encounter that ended Martin’s life would have turned out differently.
And according to Zimmerman, “Barack Hussein Obama” was the government official who was the most unfair to him “by far.”
“President Obama held his Rose Garden speech stating if I had a son he would look like Trayvon,” he explained. “To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty pitting Americans against each other solely based on race.”
Trayvon sparked the BlackLivesMatter movement.
“He took what should have been a clear-cut self-defense matter, and still to this day on the anniversary of the incident he held a ceremony at the White House inviting the Martin-Fulton family and stating that they should take the day to reflect upon the fact that all children’s lives matter,” Zimmerman continued.
“Unfortunately for the president, I’m also my parent’s child and my life matters as well. And for him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution he by far overstretched, overreached, even broke the law in certain aspects to where you have an innocent American being prosecuted by the federal government, which should never happen.”
Zimmerman argued that instead of “making racially charged comments and pitting American against American,” the president should have told people not to “rush to judgement.”
“Ask for the Martin-Fulton family and their attorneys not to incite violence and asked for calm from the entire community,” he remarked.
Zimmerman concluded by saying that it was “up to God” if he would ever be the person again that he was when he killed Martin.
“It’s up to God and I put it all in his hands and I do have faith that whatever he has planned out for me is what’s best for me. So whatever he’s determined whatever he has planned out for me I am along for the ride and I just hope to be strong enough to see his will be done.”
What Zimmerman created was activism. Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin hasn't stopped. She is determined to keep pressure on lawmakers to repeal these lapse gun laws.
The Republican Party and its friends of the racist right have aided and abetted Zimmerman throughout his turmoils. The extremists have used it as a rally call to make unarmed Black suspects worthy of their deaths. The conservatives have claimed victory in watching an unrepentant asshole walk away from murdering an unarmed teen.
I will say this for Zimmerman, the dice are rolling. Give it sometime. He will screw up again. And when that day will come, he's going to find himself either in the ground taking a dirt nap or catching a case. Maybe then he will finally end up in the iron college.
Mother of the year, April Corcoran and the local dope boy are going up the creek without a paddle.
The mother hailing from Pleasant Plain, Ohio, a town about 35 miles from Cincinnati, traded her 11 year old daughter for heroin.
I will use some drug slang in this. Heroin is also known in drug slang as "Boy", "Smack" "Fix" or "P-Boi".
Hamilton County prosecutor Joe Deters and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine are planning on laying the smack down on the 31 year old mother and 41 year old Shandell Willingham.
These two could get LIFE in the iron college if they are found guilty of nearly 30 felonies. Some of these felonies could be bumped into federal charges if the U.S. Justice Department gets involved.
I am betting that DeWine is looking to the DOJ for federal charges.
The whole run down came from the junk food media. The mother of the year would travel to Cincinnati to an upscale apartment off Colerain Avenue in Camp Washington. She would often visit her local dope boy for that fix. That fix was starting to get very expensive. So in order to get a little more hits, she would get this idea.
She would give him collateral.
Willingham would get collateral if Corcoran couldn't muster enough to get boy. That collateral would be her daughter who rode along. I am guessing this was a mom who looked at her daughter like she's her best friend. And seeing their best friends, mom would convince her daughter to get a fix in.
See in the human trafficking game, the pimp (or madam) would convince the young girls to be their friends. They would offer them opportunities (i.e. money, gifts, acceptance, or drugs). They would try to convince young girls that you could make easy money if you just do this "lil' favor for them".
Corcoran's family lives here. They are shocked that she would trade their grandchild for the fix.
This lil' favor would be child prostitution. This would eventually bring the girls into a world of sex, rape, unwanted pregnancy, drug addiction, sexuality transmitted diseases, and eventually a hole that six feet deep.
The Enquirer went to the sleepy town of 160. Many of the residents know April and found this to be quite disturbing.
The curtains were drawn on Corcoran's former Pleasant Plain residence Monday afternoon, although three cars were parked in the driveway. Two pieces of paper were taped to the front door of the home. They read: "No comment," and "talk to lawyer."
Corcoran's home is located on a sizable lot in a sparsely populated rural area. The residence looks out onto acres of farmland. To the immediate left and right of the residence sit two empty homes.
Dope boy busted for sex with minor and dope hustlin'.
Corcoran's nearest neighbors were two houses down in both directions.
James Bogen, Corcoran's court-appointed attorney, said he's been in contact with Corcoran's family.
"They tell me before she became hooked on heroin, she was a very loving and attentive parent," he said. Corcoran had very few interactions with law enforcement and the court system before Monday's indictment.
She has no criminal record in Ohio. In Hamilton County, the only cases against Corcoran include a disagreement with Discover Bank and a traffic ticket. The Warren County Sheriff's Office told The Enquirer that Corcoran had never been in their jail and that they'd had no dealings with her.
Warren County Juvenile and Family Services confirmed they had a closed case with Corcoran, but it was not clear what was the nature of the case. Warren County Juvenile and Family Services is responsible for child welfare, food stamp, child support and many other types of cases.
County officials were reviewing the case to see if it could be released to The Enquirer.
Officials says Willingham raped the child at an apartment complex at 3301 Colerain Ave. in Camp Washington.
However, City Center Properties, the company that manages the property, said they had no record that Willingham was a tenant at the complex.
The Camp Washington neighborhood is a real grimy area. Cincinnati residents are trying to push the problems out. That problem is the drugs, prostitution and vandalism. There are some long and short term fixes toward gentrification but it's happening and the streetcar will pave over these problems.
The inept Congress can't pass a bipartisan human trafficking bill because some dumb ass Republican senator from Texas (uh John Cornyn) slipped the Hyde Amendment into it. This amendment would deny taxpayer money to help women of rape get a termination if they become pregnant.
Congress is so fixated on trying to undermine the progressive agenda of President Barack Obama, even common sense is a partisan event. They are delaying the appointment of Loretta Lynch in this racial and spiteful attempt to have the president drop her as a nominee.
Yeah, by the way. I do know a few people who are addicted to "boy" and "girl".
In drug slang, girl is "crack/cocaine".
This 28 year old woman is a known drug addict and prostitute. She was coming from a loving family in Miamisburg, Ohio. She was a kind of shy kid who wanted to fit in. I guess getting hooked up by those "friends" got her addicted to the boy. Now as she slowly deteriorates, she figures that the best way to get a fix would be selling her body.
I am pretty sure that eventually the fix will either earn her a trip to the iron college or a place in the ground.
Who knows?
But I can only hope that she would get the help she needs or just continue to be a hard head and let the world roll over her.
She and this woman I previously dated named Jennifer are some of the tragedies unfolding in America. You may know someone who is addicted to pain medication, household materials, crack/cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine. They find these drugs as an outlet from the rejection.
We here at Journal de la Reyna send our prayers to the victim of this senseless tragedy. I send my prayers to Jennifer. It's not easy to overcome drugs. This is not a local problem. It's an international problem and it's a loss...
A moment in history could be stripped away if the Supreme Court rules against the Affordable Care Act. It celebrates five years and the Republicans are even more determined to repeal the law.
This is a big f--king deal, says Vice President Joe Biden when he was caught on the hot mic.
As the Supreme Court decides on the Affordable Care Act, the signature law of Barack Obama's presidency celebrates five years in action.
The Supreme Court could rule on the rule that deals with healthcare incentives. About 2/3 of the country haven't participated in healthcare incentives.
King v. Burwell is closed watched by observers. If the Justices side with the plaintiffs, then over 10 million people could lose their healthcare coverage. The conservative wing includes Chief Justice John Roberts, Anton Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Anthony Kennedy.
The liberal wing includes Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Most of these decisions came down on 5-4 decisions with Kennedy or Roberts being the swing.
The challengers argue that the text of the ACA only allows for subsidies on state-run exchanges, and that the regulation as implemented by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), providing for subsidies on state-run exchanges as well as federal exchanges, exceeded the authority Congress granted to it. All of the "v. Burwell" cases were originally titled "v. Sebelius" until Kathleen Sebelius was replaced by Sylvia Mathews Burwell as United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Competitive Enterprise Institute is providing support for the challengers, including financial support for the King plaintiffs' challenge.
Timothy Jost, a health law professor at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, has written that if the challenge is successful, approximately 5 million Americans who obtained coverage through federal exchanges could lose their tax credits and, in all likelihood, their health insurance coverage. According to Jost, the individual mandate, employer mandate, and tax credits for employers to provide health-insurance coverage might also be overturned in states with federal exchanges. However, insurers would likely still be required to cover all applicants regardless of pre-existing conditions, which could destabilize the insurance market in states with federal exchanges and lead to rapid rises in premiums and the possible collapse of the insurance market in those states.
The Urban Institute estimated that a decision in favor of King would result in 8.2 million more uninsured people in 34 states.
Only 14 states have set up their own exchanges.
If the mandates and subsidies are struck down in the other 36 states, many think that the economic foundation of the ACA would be undermined, putting the entirety of the legislation at risk.
Supporters of the plaintiffs, as well as some politicians, argue that the effects of striking down the mandates and subsidies would be mitigated by government action (including the possibility of states setting up their own exchanges in response to a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs).
The highly contested law has been the Republican Party's fixation for the last six years. They've tried and failed to repeal the law. They've tried to repeal the law over 55 times.
It's funny though. For every attempt to repeal the law, Obamacare, as its called by the junk food media continues to enroll millions of Americans. They couldn't repeal in Congress, so they've taken it to court and hope the Justices could strike it down.
This obsession with repealing Obamacare is one of the themes of Stallmigo Ted Cruz (R-TX).
He is the first declared clown for the Republican nomination.
By law, you must enroll for health insurance or face a penalty on your taxes. The federal government offers reasonable health insurance through their exchanges. The Healthcare Marketplace is officially on after a year of delay. It's operational and offering the best coverage for those who can't afford the national brands.
Put a cork in it! The Republicans can't fix the stupidity that plagues their party.
The sports agitator has let his mouth slip once again. This time he's putting on his political analysis hat and the righties are eating it up.
He has his nerve. This is the very guy who advocates for physical assault on a woman if she doesn't shut up. He's a real Black leader....yup, a REAL Black leader.
Anyway, Smith says that all THE BLACKS should vote for once Republican.
What I dream is that for one election, just one, every black person in America vote Republican....
Black folks in America are telling one party, ‘We don’t give a damn about you.’ They’re telling the other party, ‘You’ve got our vote.’ Therefore, you have labeled yourself ‘disenfranchised’ because one party knows they’ve got you under their thumb. The other party knows they’ll never get you and nobody comes to address your interest.
He wants Black America to stop thinking of the Republican Party being the enemy.
He thinks that the lesser of evil, them spineless Democrats took advantage of Black America.
Yeah, those once powerful Democrats put that Black man in the White House. Now they're scared to death of being associated with the Black man. They pretend to be your friends, but they'll stab you in the back as well.
The Republican Party isn't my friend. They don't hide their hatred. They relish in it. They can't get it through their "shit for brain" skulls that the grievances of income inequality, police brutality, and institutional racism is real.
They undermine Black America. They are the party that is stuck in the past.
A relatively unaccomplished lawmaker who gets favorable press coverage is going to formally announce his intentions to jump into the clown car.
It's speculated that the controversial insurgent Texas senator may formally declare his intentions to run for president. The controversial stallmigo will be the first openly declared candidate.
The Canadian born politico, Ted (aka Rafel Edward) Cruz is favorite among conservatives and the junk food media. He will head to Virginia. Cruz will be at Liberty University to formally announce his intentions.
He is 44 years old and currently lives in Houston and Washington, DC. He was born in December 1970. He is the most recognizable face of the Republican Party.
The conservative agitators are hoping for this inept (legislatively unaccomplished) lawmaker to be the fire starter to wake up an uninspiring field. The Republicans believe they can win the White House, despite them being morally bankrupted and extremely isolated.
The Republican Party is 90% WHITE and 10% OTHER.
Could Cruz make a difference?
He will be the first high profile Hispanic to announce his intention. If elected, he could be the first Hispanic president.
Since Cruz was born in Canada, commentators for the Austin American-Statesman and the Los Angeles Times, have speculated about Cruz's legal status as a natural-born citizen. Because he was a U.S. citizen at birth (since his mother was a U.S. citizen who lived in the U.S. for more than 10 years as required by the Nationality Act of 1940), most commentators believe Cruz is eligible to serve as President of the United States.
Cruz spoke at the Freedom Summit, an event organized by Americans for Prosperity, and Citizens United.
The event was attended by several potential presidential candidates. In his speech, Cruz mentioned that Latinos, young people and single mothers, are the people most affected by the recession, and that the Republican Party should make outreach efforts to these constituents. He also said that the words "growth and opportunity” should be tattooed on the hands of every Republican politician.
Cruz is married to Heidi Nelson and has two daughters. Cruz met his wife while working on the George W. Bush presidential campaign of 2000. Cruz's wife is currently head of the Southwest Region in the Investment Management Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and previously worked in the White House for Condoleezza Rice and in New York as an investment banker.
As a child, his mother told Cruz that she would have to make an affirmative act to claim Canadian citizenship for him, so his family assumed that he did not hold Canadian citizenship.
In August 2013, after the Dallas Morning News pointed out that Cruz had dual Canadian-American citizenship, he applied to formally renounce his Canadian citizenship and ceased being a citizen of Canada.
Cruz will launch a presidential bid outright rather than form an exploratory committee, said senior advisers with direct knowledge of his plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made yet. They say he is done exploring and is now ready to become the first Republican presidential candidate.
Question: Would Latinos and Black voters see Cruz as a minority candidate or another White man in the Republican Party?
Richard White went on an attack at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. A Louisiana parish sheriff put this guy down hard. He died and the FBI and local authorities are wondering why he slipped their radar.
At Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, a crazed man terrorist attacks the TSA officers at the gate. He is swinging a machete and armed with bug spray. In the five minutes of terror, a Jefferson Parish sheriff puts the slugs in this guy. He goes down. He would die at the hospital.
A TSA officer was injured after the Jefferson Parish sheriff's discharge ricocheted. The Jefferson Parish sheriff save lives. Heather Slyve was the brave officer who managed to put this threat down.
Once again the safety of Americans traveling is coming to play. Also the issues with mental illness.
Mental illness caused this act of terror. The state of Louisiana and the federal government failed to
Richard White, 62, of Kenner is alleged to have approached a security checkpoint, spraying agents and travelers with wasp killer before drawing a machete from his waistband and chasing a security agent.
Louis Armstrong International Airport is located 11 miles from New Orleans.
White, who is believed to be a former taxi driver, was shot three times by a sheriff's office lieutenant who was stationed at the concourse.
"We don't know what his motive was," Col. John Fortunato of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Authorities said they believed White has worked as a taxi driver. A sheriff's news release said he had "a few minor arrests." Fortunato said investigators were continuing Saturday to check into his employment and criminal history.
White approached the security checkpoint at the airport's busy Concourse B shortly before 8 p.m.
Sheriff Newell Normand said White sprayed Transportation Security Administration agents and several passengers in line at the checkpoint with wasp killer. He then drew a large machete from the waistband of his pants.
Undated photo of suspect.
At one point a male TSA agent blocked the machete with a piece of luggage as White ran through a metal detector.
Lt. Heather Slyve of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office drew her weapon. White continued to swing the machete as she approached, and she fired three rounds, striking him in the face, chest and leg, according to Normand.
The TSA agent who was running from White was grazed in the arm by one of the rounds. Her wound was not life-threatening. The TSA agents' names have not been released.
Concourse B serves Southwest Airlines. Southwest flights were diverted to another concourse Friday night. Airport spokeswoman Michelle Wilcut said in an email that Concourse B reopened normally Saturday morning for its first departing flight.
The FBI, NOLA mayor Mitch Landrieu, the Jefferson Parish sheriff and the junk food media are wondering, could this have been an act of terror?
That day could come and the public wouldn't even know it.
It's hard to determine who's the bad guy! The Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security have a tough job. They are devoted to preventing acts of crime to happen in the United States.
Now I want to be clear, the suspect is Richard White. He is a 62 year old Black man with mental issues. He was known on the radar by the law for being a belligerent suspect.
The internet agitators are probably determining which political party the suspect belongs to.
The blame game spreads to "If the TSA had guns..." or "Because of the TSA bothering Americans..."
And of course, there's FRED 101.
This guy appears whenever we post a story about Black criminal acts. The racial extremists are often motivated by criminal acts committed by Black and Latino men.
Remember that disgusting moron from Austin, Texas who was looking for a date. The very same guy who believes that Black women are disgusting and the very mention of interracial sex is bestiality. It seems like he's back.
Okay, well he's not the one who slapped a sticker on the business. But I have this feeling that he's involved in this.
There were six businesses that got tagged with this.
Austin a heavily liberal city in an extremely conservative Texas is no exception.
The SXSW is being held there and many Americans come to Austin to show off their ideas and innovation.
One Austinite is not so keen on it.
The New York Daily News report the guy came forth to admit he's responsible for the tags.
“Why I did it is pretty clear,” Adam Reposa says in an expletive-laced video.
“The real problem is that people without money are getting f-----. They’re getting pushed out, and pretty quick, this area of town is turning into whites only — not by law like it used to be.”
The OG of disgusting.
The circular stickers, which bear the official logo of the Texas capital, say a “maximum of 5 colored customers” are allowed inside, but colored staff is “accepted.”
Stickers that say "exclusively for white people" popped up on nearly a dozen businesses in the Texas capital of Austin this week.
They mysteriously popped up on storefronts in Austin on Wednesday, sparking fury from residents and city officials, who called the signs “appalling and offensive.”
“Everyone’s going to jump on, ‘That’s racist, that’s racist.’ Man, this town, the way s--- works is racist,” says Reposa, who says he’s a lawyer.
The shirtless and tattooed man, who did not immediately return a call for comment, said he would strike again.
Adam Reposa appears to claim responsibility for the “Exclusively for White People” stickers that defaced Austin businesses, according to a video.
Adam Reposa is the man who claims responsibility.
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Adam Reposa appears to claim responsibility for the “Exclusively for White People” stickers that defaced Austin businesses, according to a video.
“It don’t make a f--- what I did. I’m gonna do it again. I don’t give a f---,” he says in the video.
The Austin Police Department had been on the lookout for the culprit. It’s unclear if Reposa will face any charges.
Austin officials are aware of the video, and police are still investigating, city spokesman Jim Wick said.
Me thinks Romeo Rose had something to do with it. But that's an accusation that I'm going to leave with those in Austin.
Anyway, the Black business owners who saw that sticker were not amused. In fact, they are hoping that this doesn't ruin their reputation.
Martese Johnson is suing the Virginia state bureau of Alcoholic Beverage Control and Charlottesville police after he was slammed to the ground by law enforcement.
The University of Virginia is doing a solidarity rally in honor of a student who was slammed to the ground at a Charlottesville bar.
Fresh off the rape controversy comes another one. Last year, UVA was reported by the RollingStone Magazine for allegations of rape on campus. Some of the witnesses had shady credibility and the racist right went off on it. Racist right agitator Charles C. Johnson went to the internet shaming one of the women who claimed she was raped by a fellow college attendee.
I am wondering if he's invested his time in shaming Martese Johnson. Obviously, Colin Flaherty is probably assuming this Black man was the one who started the confrontation.
But who's to say?
The law can lie to justify a citation, an arrest or discharge of their firearm.
I bet you that the racist right and the White extremists are wishing that Martese would have been shot. Obviously, they look at him as the type of NIGGER who too much lip on him.
See if they're unarmed, the racist right strongly believes that it's the person's fault if they are gunned down or arrested.
The allegations brought to Martese were misdemeanors. He was accused of having a fake ID was arrested after this scuffle and charged with disorderly conduct and misleading identification in lieu of underage drinking.
Johnson is filing a lawsuit against the Charlottesville police and Virginia state department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Martese who got slammed so hard to the ground, he ended up with a bloody head and nose. This required a strong amount of meds and stitches.
The president of UVA and Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe are promising that the Virginia Bureau of Investigation are going to get to the bottom of this.
The AP reports Charlottesville General District Court records show that Martese Johnson is charged on two counts: obstruction of justice without force, and public swearing or intoxication. The Alcoholic Beverage Control agent who made the arrest Wednesday morning, listed in court records as J. Miller, said in the arrest report that Johnson "was very agitated and belligerent."
This happened around St. Patrick's Day. The ABC duties are to enforce reasonable alcohol consumption. Their job also is to watch for underage consumption. They believe that Martese was trying to sneak in.
A statement from a group calling itself "Concerned Black Students" claims the arrest of Johnson was unprovoked and extreme.
"The brutish force used resulted in his head and bodily injuries," the group said in a statement. "His treatment was unprovoked as he did not resist questioning or arrest."
UVA student Bryan Beaubrun said he is friends with Johnson and witnessed the arrest.
Beaubrun said Johnson was trying to get into the Trinity Irish Pub when he was stopped by a bouncer.
After having discussions with the bouncer, Beaubrun said an ABC officer grabbed Johnson by the arm and pulled him away from the bar to speak with a group of police officers.
After about a minute, Beaubrun said Johnson asked the ABC officer to let go of his arm and tried pulling away from the officer. At that point, another ABC officer grabbed Johnson from behind and the two ABC officers wrestled Johnson to the ground, Beaubrun said.
He said Johnson hit his head on the ground when he was tackled and that police acted with unnecessary force.
"He didn't need to be tackled. He wasn't being aggressive at all," Beaubrun said.
Johnson did not immediately return an email seeking comment.
The injuries are real and they're scars of police brutality.
UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan said in an email to the campus community that she had "deep concern about an incident" and asked McAuliffe for an independent investigation.
McAuliffe's office issued a statement asking state police to investigate "the use of force in this matter."
The ABC issued a statement saying that "uniformed ABC Agents observed and approached" an unidentified individual "after he was refused entry to a licensed establishment" around 12:45 a.m. at an area of bars and restaurants near campus known as "the corner."
The ABC said the unnamed individual received injuries while being arrested and was treated at a local hospital before being released.
A photograph provided to The Associated Press by a witness shows Johnson lying on the ground with blood streaming down his face. The Concerned Black Students group said Johnson required 10 stitches.
The ABC said the agents involved with the arrest are being restricted to administrative duties while a state police investigation is underway.
ABC agents in Charlottesville have been accused of heavy-handed actions in the past.
The state of Virginia reached a $212,500 settlement last year with a UVA student who was arrested after her purchase of water was mistaken for beer.
Elizabeth Daly fled in terror outside a Charlottesville supermarket in April 2013 when her vehicle was swarmed by state ABC agents who mistook her just-purchased carton of sparkling water for beer.
Daly was charged with eluding police and assaulting a police officer after her SUV grazed two of the agents. The arrest provoked a public outcry, and the charges were dropped.
