Former rookie cop Peter Liang got served in the involuntary manslaughter of Akai Gurley.
In 2014, former NYPD officer Peter Liang was working a housing unit in Brooklyn. He was patrolling the dark stairwell of a public housing complex when he was spooked by Akai Gurley.
Liang would put a slug in Gurley. The slug would kill him instantly.
Well he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday. The verdict sealed his fate. He was immediately fired from the NYPD and will face up to 15 years in the iron college when he faces sentencing in April.
Liang, who is of Asian-American decent would be the first NYPD officer in long time being convicted of a criminal charge.
Liang said during trial said that he drew his pistol as he and his partner patrolled the darken 8th floor of the Louis H. Pink Housing Comple in Brooklyn. He said he flinched when he was startled by a noise, which he said caused the gun to discharge.
In a tearful testimony, Liang said that he claimed that his finger never touched the trigger.
"I was panicking, I was in shock, in disbelief that someone was actually hit," he told jurors.
Prosecutors said that pressure being applied to trigger was caused by Liang. The judge allowed jurors to test the trigger of the firearm.
Liang and his partner testified they didn't realize anyone had been shot for several minutes and said they didn't perform CPR on Gurley because they felt untrained.
The family of Gurley was not fazed by the emotional testimony of Liang.
Akai Gurley was unarmed. The NYPD shot him in cold blood. One of their officers paid the price.
"Peter Liang, my son was no accident," said Sylvia Palmer, the victim's mother. "You murder my son. I need justice for my son. I need a conviction of Peter Liang."
Mayor Bill de Blasio who is currently feuding with the Patrolman's Benevolent Union president Patrick Lynch carefully chose his words. He said Gurley's death was a tragedy.
"The jury has now spoken, and we must respect the decision." said de Blasio. "We hope today's outcome brings some closure to the Gurley family after this painful event."
Lynch on the other hand, was full on dickhead. He said in a statement, "This was a terrible and tragic accident and not a crime. This bad verdict will have a chilling effect on police officers across the city because it criminalizes a tragic accident."
Again justice was serve. Regardless of the event, this was a reckless decision by Peter Liang. He should pay for his crime. In split decision tactics, you don't know. But for him to fire his service weapon in the dark was a bad move. Regardless of it being an "accident", his decision to not render CPR and ask for a union rep the moment he fired his service weapon showed the callous actions that led to his death.
And for the racist right to justify Akai Gurley's death by bringing up his mugshot and his past criminal history is totally pathetic. The fact that his criminal history doesn't justify his death. He was unarmed and he was shot by a reckless man who operated a gun and tried to protect himself with a badge.
The scum that Rupert Murdoch owns (i.e. The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, Roger Ailes and Fox News) wrote that Gurly had prior arrest for minor events including drug charges. That got spread around to the racial asshat on social media. One being Colin Flaherty, a defender of White extremists and provocateur of Black on Whatever criminality.
World News Today continues to send our prayers to the family of Akai Gurley.
Black Lives Matter activist MarShawn McCarrel passed away.
The Black Lives Matter movement have went to social media to show condolences to a member of their team. He went to social media to tell the world that he's struggled for many but he felt failure came upon him.
MarShawn McCarrel who was a high profile activist in the wake of the John Crawford and Tamir Rice shootings in Ohio, was found dead. He died of a self-inflict slug. He was found on the steps of the Ohio statehouse.
"We don't have any evidence to know the reason why he did it," a State Highway Patrol rep tells the Columbus Dispatch. But the Washington Post notes McCarrel's social media posts "oscillated between joy and despair." "I love y'all," the 23-year-old tweeted Monday morning. At noon came his final tweet: "Let the record show that I pissed on the statehouse before I left." Then this Facebook post around 3pm: "My demons won today. I'm sorry."
A former teacher describes McCarrel as the student he was proudest of in his 27 years on the job. "I saw him as a shining star in the future of civil rights." Indeed: McCarrel was named one of just 15 Radio One Hometown Champions, attended the NAACP's Image Awards on Friday, helped organize Black Lives Matter protests in Ohio after the shooting of Michael Brown, founded a youth mentorship program, and worked with the homeless. "He had so much to do," his mom tells the Dispatch. "He forgot to take time for himself." A fellow activist says "the statehouse was no accident. We've been working so hard, and yet the conditions for the people in our community ... are still so hard." McCarrel was "an activist to his soul," a friend adds on Facebook. He "fought tirelessly in Ohio and beyond for the rights of oppressed people … Brother—we'll keep fighting. You rest, now."
World News Today sends our condolences to the family of MarShawn MacCarrel.
DeRay McKesson decided to run for mayor to stop the potential nomination of former mayor Sheila Dixon.
Civil Rights activist DeRay McKesson formally files for the Democratic primary in the Baltimore mayoral race. The race is fielded with 13 candidates and one of them is scandal plagued.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has declined to run for re-election. Leading candidates include former Mayor Sheila Dixon, state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh, City Councilmen Carl Stokes and Nick J. Mosby, lawyer Elizabeth Embry and businessman David L. Warnock.
Knowing he's a long-shot for the nomination, DeRay wants to make a statement to corruption in the Baltimore police, the rampant homicide rate and potential of Sheila Dixon returning.
Dixon served as Baltimore's mayor before Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took over. Dixon was appointed to mayor after Martin O'Malley became governor of Maryland. Dixon would end up resigning after she was caught up in a bribery scandal. She took kickbacks and tried to hide it from state auditors.
Mckesson, 30, a Baltimore native and former public school administrator here and in Minnesota, is part of a team called Campaign Zero, which seeks to end police killings in America. The group wants to end "broken windows" policing, increase community oversight of police and limit use of force, among other goals.
He has met with top White House officials and presidential candidates in recent months to discuss civil rights. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called him a "social media emperor."
McKesson who rose to fame as apart of the #BlackLivesMatter movement has attracted much attention during the 2014-15 peak. He was there protesting throughout a list of high-profile incidents involving law enforcement.
McKesson has been rewarded for his actions and scrutinized by them. I started to acknowledge him when he appeared on that annoying conservative agitator's right wing carnival. He appeared alongside some conservative Black extremist Kevin Jackson. The interview between the two was heated. Jackson played dirty by called McKesson a "race pimp".
Since his appearance, McKesson rose in social media stock. Today he has 308,000 followers on his Twitter account and I am guessing some of his detractors are there too.
DeRay runs for mayor.
McKesson ignored the critics and kept pressing forward. His ground work also includes his #CampaignZero project which expands from police reform but protection of those in the LGBT community.
McKesson came out last year as a gay man.
Other candidates include Nick Mosby, the husband of state prosecutor Marilyn Mosby. She rose to fame when she indicted the six cops who were involved in the killing of Freddie Gray. Nick also appeared on that right wing network and told the reporters and Geraldo Rivera that their divisive coverage of the 2015 riots were biased.
The city of Baltimore already have 23 homicides this year.
Actor Nate Parker directs and produces a movie based on the life of rebellion leader Nat Turner. The Birth of A Nation is coming to theaters and it's already getting praise. Given the situation surrounding the Oscars and the lack of diversity in the entertainment industry, many see this movie as a perfect timing.
The movie was not inspired by the KKK-theme movie produced by D.W. Griffith.
Parker who plays the role of slave-turned Baptist leader Nat Turner. Turner lead a revolt across Virginia killing White slave owners and led many slaves to the North. The Southampton revolt (known as the Nat Turner Rebellion) in August 1831. Led by Nat Turner, rebel slaves killed anywhere from 55 to 65 people, the highest number of fatalities caused by any slave uprising in the Southern United States. The rebellion was put down within a few days, but Turner survived in hiding for more than two months afterwards. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831.
There was widespread fear in the aftermath of the rebellion, and White militias organized in retaliation against the slaves. The state executed 56 slaves accused of being part of the rebellion. In the frenzy, many non-participant slaves were punished. At least 100 African Americans, and possibly up to 200, were murdered by militias and mobs in the area. Across the South, state legislatures passed new laws prohibiting education of slaves and free black people, restricting rights of assembly and other civil rights for free black people, and requiring white ministers to be present at all worship services.
Turner eluded capture by hiding in the woods until October 30, when he was discovered by a farmer named Benjamin Phipps, where he was hiding in a hole covered with fence rails. While awaiting his trial, Turner confessed his knowledge of the rebellion to attorney Thomas Ruffin Gray.
Nate Parker plays the role of Nat Turner, the rebellion leader of the Southampton massacre.
On November 5, 1831, he was tried for "conspiring to rebel and making insurrection", convicted and sentenced to death. Turner was hanged on November 11 in Jerusalem, Virginia. His body was flayed, beheaded and quartered. Turner received no formal burial; his headless remains were either buried unmarked or kept for scientific use. His skull is said to have passed through many hands, last being reported in the collection of a planned civil rights museum for Gary, Indiana, despite calls for its burial.
In the aftermath of the insurrection there were 45 slaves, including Turner, and five free blacks tried for insurrection and related crimes in Southampton. Of the 45 slaves tried, 15 were acquitted. Of the 30 convicted, 18 were hanged, while 12 were sold out of state. Of the five free blacks tried for participation in the insurrection, one was hanged, while the others were acquitted.
Soon after Turner's execution, Thomas Ruffin Gray took it upon himself to publish The Confessions of Nat Turner, derived partly from research done while Turner was in hiding and partly from jailhouse conversations with Turner before trial. This work is considered the primary historical document regarding Nat Turner.
The film The Birth of a Nation will be released to select theaters. The 2016 film uses the same title as "the title of D.W. Griffith's 1915 KKK propaganda film in a very purposeful way", said The Hollywood Reporter. Nate Parker said his film had the same title "ironically, but very much by design".
It's gotten praise for the graphic and historical take on Turner's rebellion. It is written, produced, and directed by Nate Parker, who also stars as Nat Turner. Parker wrote the screenplay and petitioned financiers to invest in the film. It ultimately had a $10 million production budget and was filmed in the U.S. state of Georgia in May 2015. Along with Parker, the film features Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller, and Gabrielle Union.
The film premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016. Fox Searchlight Pictures bought worldwide rights to the film in a $17.5 million deal, the largest deal at the film festival to date.
Hollywood conservatives speak out against #OscarsSoWhite and Jada Pinkett Smith's boycott of the Oscars.
Did you know that some entertainers in Hollywood are conservative?
Chuck Norris, Ted Nugent, Patricia Heaton, Kelsey Grammer, Clint Eastwood, Jenna Jameson, Rob Schneider, LL Cool J, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Shannen Doherty, Adam Corolla, Dennis Miller, Vince Vaughn, James Woods, Jon Voight, Adam Sandler, Stacey Dash, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Melissa Joan Hart are notable Republicans celebrities.
Hollywood does have celebrities who are dye in the wool Republicans. They happened to be some on the A-list all the way down to the D-list.
Many of these celebrities have spoken on the boycott against the Academy Awards.
Even some in the nomination committee sparked a tad bit of outrage.
Lionel Chetwynd a member of the Academy board said, "It's shortsighted that people are making these accusation and, frankly it's insulting. He added, "I'm quite capable of judging and marveling at a performance without being conscious of the actor's skin color, What's wrong with you all? It's not the Academy of Diversity."
Chetwynd, believes that the votes weren't inspired by bigotry.
"Sometimes it takes a long period of time for culture change to be reflected the time, and they're going to be replaced by a new generation of artists But that doesn't happen overnight. And it shouldn't," said Chetwynd.
Actor Michael Caine an Oscar winner himself found himself catching some heat. The British actor said that Black actors should be "patient" for Oscar nominations and that he wouldn't vote for a Black actor solely based on his race.
"There's are loads of black actors; I think in he end you can't vote for an actor (just) because he's black. You can't say, 'I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's Black, (so) I'll vote for him.' You've got to give a good performance."
British actress Charlotte Rampling fought back tears when she went on record to say that the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag and the boycott was "racist to White people." She went as far to say that Black actors aren't good enough for a nomination. By the way, Rampling is nominated for an Oscar for the movie 45 years.
"One can never really know, but perhaps the Black actors did not deserve to make the final list," said Rampling. Asked if the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should introduce quotas, a proposal which no current advocate of increased diversity has mooted, Rampling responds with this tepid response: "Why classify people? These days everyone is more or less accepted. People will always say 'Him, he's less handsome'; 'Him, he's too Black', 'He is too White'.... someone will always be saying 'You are too [this or that] ... But do we have to take from this that there should be lots of minorities everywhere?"
Truly sad and pathetic that we have people who continue to undermine the real message to why the Academy Awards have to change. When will they realize that this issue has been active for years.
Rap duo release a single that touches a nerve. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis release "White Privilege" off their sophomore album, The Unruly Mess I've Made.
Grammy award winning rap duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are dropping a single that will have people talking. The duo released White Privilege II, a sequel to the White Privilege single from Macklemore's 2005 underground release The Language of My World.
The song gets the nation's attention.
The Huffington Post spotlights the single. Believe me that the song singles out Iggy Azalea, Miley Cyrus and numerous other White entertainers who embraced Black culture.
The duo's lyrics to the song touch on racial tensions, the Black Lives Matter movement and the toxicity of being passive in one's own white privilege. The nearly nine-minute song, which features Jamila Woods, points out that too often white people stand up against racial injustice when it is convenient for them.
The song also tackles the exploitation of black traditions, calling out Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea and Elvis for cultural appropriation. “We take all we want from black culture, but will we show up for black lives?" Macklemore, who's been accused of appropriation himself, raps.
In anticipation of the follow up to their smash album The Heist, the duo releases The Unruly Mess I've Made in February.
The song, which is free on iTunes, is the result of the artists' ongoing dialogue about race in Seattle and across the country as they seek to engage with and invest in black-led organizations like Black Lives Matter and Black Youth Project 100.
"[W]e will continue to find ways in which we can leverage our platform and network towards strengthening the work of organizers and initiatives framed by genuine racial and social equity," the artists said in a statement. "We wish to support direct organizing and be led by the expertise and experience of those on the front lines as we proceed."
Macklemore is passionate about #OscarsSoWhite and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
He released the song to show solidarity to Jada Pinkett Smith.
Jada called upon a boycott of the Oscar Awards and it's managed to gain traction.
Some individuals in the industry have spoken against the boycott. Besides Janet Hubert, you have two others involved in the controversy. Gerald Molen and Charlotte Rumpling have called the boycott bullshit and blast #OscarsSoWhite as racist.
Tweet, tweet...Twitter takes a stance against online trolls.
The second largest social media website has decided to find reasonable ways to take on the ever so annoying internet troll. The internet troll is a person who is often seeking attention by causing disruptive discourse.
The social media website Twitter has decided the time is now for an abrupt overhaul of negativity.
What's being done is purely simple. Twitter wants the elimination of hate speech, links to terrorism, abusive trolling and inciting language wiped off the site.
Today, as part of our continued efforts to combat abuse, we're updating the Twitter Rules to clarify what we consider to be abusive behavior and hateful conduct. The updated language emphasizes that Twitter will not tolerate behavior intended to harass, intimidate, or use fear to silence another user's voice. As always, we embrace and encourage diverse opinions and beliefs. But we will continue to take action on accounts that cross the line into abuse.
So therefore, if a Twitter troll engages in contact with me if I post a video about a Black child being burned badly getting facial recognition, and a racial agitator starts throwing the NIGGER comment around, it should be easy for Twitter to spot it.
Leelah Alcorn was a pretty face lost to the ignorance of trolls. The young transgender teen killed herself after being tormented in school and rejected by her family.
In case of an account being called out, the Twitter people could suspend the account for a period of time. They will notify the user if they're in violation of the rules. But in case of them creating more accounts, they may be forced to have a number verification. They may be asked to verify their phone number and be directed to delete the offensive tweets in order to have access to their accounts.
Facebook is trying to work on eliminating the trolling and negativity.
In memos to employees, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had taken responsibility for this.
Many of the social tweets may come from groups the West deem a threat to society. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has taken to social media to promote their message against Western forces. They often show graphic videos and post messages threatening the United States and Europe.
The Twitter rules now will deal with potential attacks upon a person's race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or disease.
It's going to be a needle in a haystack to find the ones who cause the trouble, but Twitter is devoted to getting rid of it.
Facebook troll got fired out the cannon for posting racially charged insult towards BlackLivesMatter protesters.
Did you know that a man who posted on Facebook about BlackLivesMatter got fired out the cannon?
This jackass Brad Schultz from Minnesota went to the official BlackLivesMatter website posting his feelings about the group's protest at the Mall of America. Schultz went into the website to complain about the protests.
"You dumb fuckin niggers. Get out of town with your bullshit protesting. The loser (Jamar Clark's) life deserved to get shot for not cooperating with police. You make yourselves look worse. Get off your ass, get a job, do something....Just leave, white people don't like you"
Someone captured his screenshot. They found out that he worked for Archer Daniels Midlands Company. The blog RacistsGetFired made contact with his employer.
He quickly apologized for his comments. He was pretty upset that the junk food media got a hold of his comments.
"I'm very sorry for the rude comments I made. It was cruel, and I didn't mean it. In no way is my workplace affiliated with these comments. Please delete them. Again, I'm truly sorry if I offended anyone".
The apology wasn't well received. Schultz was fired out the cannon yesterday by his company. They took to Twitter to formally state that this type of behavior is unacceptable and the person in question no longer works for the company.
This marks a year since the death of Leelah Alcorn, the transgender teen who committed suicide on Interstate 71 in South Lebanon, Ohio after she was being taunted in school and rejected by her family.
Her story told the tales of being shunned by the internet and being rejected by her family.
I also heard Erick Erickson isn't too happy about it. The notorious Twitter troll left his blog RedState to focus on TheResurgent. The conservative agitator filled in for that old fart Rush Limbaugh today.
Erickson complaining about liberals "forcing down Americans throat" political correctness.
Florida woman was removed forcibly from the hospital. She would die upon the removal.
It seems like those in law enforcement continue to get a bad rap. And it seems like every time a Black person is killed in police custody, the concern trolls often blame the victim for their deaths. Conservatives often claim that #BlackLivesMatter is a group that supports the murder of cops. They claim that the deaths of Blacks at the hands of other Blacks is ignored by the protesters. They even concern troll the protesters and try to gin up faux outrage over issues that weren't covered by them.
In the case of the Knoxville, TN teen who killed in gang violence, conservatives started this concern trolling about the president and BlackLivesMatter/Campaign Zero activist DeRay McKesson arne't concerned with the deaths of Black victims. Zaevion Dobson became the topic of the week when he sacrificed himself to a hail of bullets saving his teenage friends. The president will likely address Zaevion in the State of the Union in January.
The deaths of many Blacks in the custody of police give the sense of no hope. It gives Blacks the notion that even in the hands of the law, they're in danger. The law doesn't see a Black person as a victim, they see them as suspects. Conservatives and White extremists are often like this as well.
They concoct statistics about Black criminal behavior. They run this nonsense every time a Black is killed by a White person or law enforcement. It seems like that's the new norm beside the ongoing gun violence that plagues the country.
Okay, in Tallahassee, a woman who was apparently disruptive in a local hospital is restrained. A few hours later, she would die of heart failure.
The law says that 57-year old Barbara Dawson was being treated for breathing difficulties. According to the AP reports that Barbara collapsed Monday while being escorted in handcuffs from the Liberty Calhoun Hospital, where she sought treatment for breathing difficulties, Blountstown police Chief Mark Mallory said Tuesday. An officer had arrested Barbara for disorderly conduct and trespassing, Mallory said.
Autopsy results should be released Wednesday, Mallory said. Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials have been called in to investigate, department spokesman Steve Arthur said. He declined to comment further.
The law restrains a woman . She dies of heart failure.
Mallory said the officer who arrested Barbara removed the handcuffs after she collapsed and escorted her back into the hospital.
"We were told by a doctor once she got back in the hospital that her vital signs were good and it was their decision to readmit her," he said. He said dashcam footage from the officer's car does not show the incident but does pick up the audio.
Hospital officials did not return telephone calls from The Associated Press on Tuesday night. The Tallahassee Democrat reported that Ruth Attaway, administrator and CEO of the 25-bed hospital, said staff did everything they could for Barbara.
"They did their best trying to save her," Attaway said. "Our staff was very aggressive with her treatment."
While doctors initially thought Barbara was stable and should be released, she felt as if she still had breathing issues and wanted to stay, said Tallahassee attorney Daryl Parks, who is representing Barbara Dawson's family.
"The most reasonable thing to do is to let her sit there and be able to settle down until she felt well. Instead, she is forcibly removed and put in cuffs," Parks said. "The early facts of this case should cause a great concern for everyone."
The Calhoun-Liberty County chapter of the NAACP held an emergency meeting Tuesday. Dale R. Landry, who is the regional vice president for the Florida State chapter of the NAACP, met with local leaders and the family.
Landry said he and others are glad state law enforcement officers are getting involved, "but we strongly believe the death was due to negligence by the police department and hospital."
World News Today sends our condolences to the family of Barbara Dawson.
The calls for a cannon fire grow for embattled Democratic mayor Rahm Emmanuel. The mayor is facing heavy scrutiny over his handling of the Laquan McDoanld controversy.
Now this recent event may have the #BlackLivesMatter activists back out protesting the law's killing of unarmed citizens.
A Chicago cop is in the freezer after he shoots and kill a teen and his grandmother.
The Huffington Post and AP report that Quintonio Legrier, 19 was acting erratically at his home in the neighborhood of Garfield Heights. The teen was acting pretty damn crazy. He was swinging a metal bat around.
The law arrives on the scene. The family said that the cop failed to calm him down. So as the teen swings the bat, the cop puts seven in him. He immediately drops.
Somehow the cop's slugs ricocheted into the neighbor's home. It went into the neck of a woman who lived next door. The mother Bettie Jones, 56 opened to the door after she heard massive shots. She dropped after the slug got her in the neck.
Now the Illinois State patrol and Chicago police are investigating the incident.
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Chicago Police for potential violations. The possibility of brutal force is often called into question.
Protests continue.
The cop didn't have a body camera or a Taser on. The name of the officer isn't released yet.
#BlackLivesMatter has went all out this holiday weekend. They've done disruption and peaceful protests on the Miracle Mile. The Michigan Avenue entertainment district has been often a site for protesters.
In Minneapolis and Los Angeles, protesters have called into question of deadly police encounters of two recent events. The death of Jamar Clark and Nicholas Robertson became national stories.
The events were sparked by allegations of the law bucking a suspect on the run. Kind of like the shooting of Walter Scott....
World News Today sends our condolences to the family of the Bettie Jones and Quintonio Legrier.
Conservatives don't care about Zaevion Dobson. They care about how Blacks don't discuss violence in the community.
Well that didn't take long.
Conservatives are concern trolling yet again about gang violence, "Black on Whatever" violence, and the usual "Where's the outrage?" narrative from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, President Barack Obama and #BlackLivesMatter.
Here's an example of the nonsense pandered through the conservative agitating media:
This was a shot at Campaign Zero/BlackLivesMatter spokesperson DeRay McKesson.
According to Breitbart News, McKesson didn't seem too concerned about Zae. They sneak dissed Mckesson's recent tweets about going to Star Wars. They claim that DeRay McKesson and others involved in the movement are too busy rousing cops and not focusing on Black on whatever violence.
Newsflash: Black America has talked about violence in our community. It doesn't generate ratings for the agitators in the cable news.
And another thing, since when do someone has to speak out against ever freaking event where a person of color lost his or her life to gun violence. DeRay McKesson isn't the person who keeps tally of deaths by guns. His job is to protest law enforcement not being held accountable for killing unarmed civilians.
He can't be everywhere where the media is!
As soon as the story of Zaevion Dobson went viral, many Americans took to social media praising the teen for his self-sacrifice. The Knoxville teen shielded his friends from a hail of gunfire.
A group of domestic terrorists aimed upon a neighborhood where Zae and his friends were. The suspects were shooting at everything.
Zae was hit in the head by the slugs. He would die on route to the hospital. The suspects didn't know the victim. They were in the area where they believed a rival lived. The rival shot at one of the suspect's family member.
One of the suspects met his fate at the hands of rival. Brandon Perry, one of the alleged shooters was killed by gunfire later that night.
Zae's death will likely become a talking point in the last State of the Union Address for Obama.
Obama is getting really frustrated with the inept Congress not passing gun control legislation. He believes that his legacy is tarnished by the lack of action on mass shootings.
He may issue executive orders in the final years to curb some of the easy loopholes.
What is often ignored is the fact that gun violence is everyday. Conservatives only see this a reason to have more guns and less regulations. The San Bernardino shooters had legal access to firearms.
Matter of fact, their former neighbor was a strawman for some of the firearms used in the December massacre.
Of course, conservatives play this "good guy with a gun" nonsense.
That tired argument won't work when the mass shooter has a partner watching you plot a counter attack. The law doesn't see a "good guy" trying to stop a "bad guy". They see an active shooter. You being the "good guy" could be mistaken by the law as an active shooter. You could be killed by the suspect or law enforcement if you try to stop an active shooter.
Zae's death became a national story for the fact that he was a standout football player who many said was a "leader" who took action in situation.
Here's one reason to why I believe conservatives just don't get it.
In the outskirts of Cincinnati, Ohio lies iHeartMedia studios. On Ronald Reagan Drive in Sycamore Township is America's oldest AM radio station, WLW-AM.
WLW is probably one of the most listened radio station in the country.
During the day, the station's frequency can be heard from Cincinnati. Its broadcast can be reached to regional metros such as Columbus, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago and Indianapolis.
WLW boasted that at night many Americans can hear the station from New York City all the way to Salt Lake City. WLW called itself the world's highest fidelity radio station.
Great history comes with a price.
One in particular is a concern troll who panders in the faux outrage of "Black on Whatever" violence.
On that station is a controversial talker who is good friends with two certain agitators who I've mentioned frequently on this blog. I've often mentioned that Matt Drudge and Sean Hannity are racial agitators. The Drudge Report and almost everything surrounding Sean Hannity is basically racially charged. I've said Sean Hannity is by far the most annoying conservative agitator to ever host a radio or television program. Hannity is the biggest concern troll out there. He will go through leaps and bounds to bring up a racial story. His right wing carnival hosted this agitator on many times.
Hannity and this agitator share one thing in common. They claim they're "Great Americans".
This character is a part of that machine that gives White extremists a reason to plot domestic attacks against the Black community.
Bill Cunningham is a longtime fixture of Cincinnati AM agitation. Cunningham is a nationally syndicated host who has a local weekday show on WLW at 12pm and a national Sunday show at 10pm.
On his Sunday show, he covers controversial issues from that landed on The Drudge Report.
Cunningham is considered the start of a Republican talking point. He often reads off the week and often reads from the website, the most read stories. Most of the stories that come off The Drudge Report are race-based or stories that are likely political attacks on liberals, President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Cunningham is very close to Drudge on that level. He took over for the reclusive agitator in 2007 after Drudge hung it up for full-time agitation on his website.
Cunningham is a former attorney hosted the gig at WLW for over 30 years.
During his time, he's been a controversial figure in the conservative media. He's notorious for making jokes about Barack Obama's middle name being "Hussein" at a John McCain campaign stop. It was a play for the "Obama's a Muslim" conspiracy. McCain condemned the comments and rejected the endorsement from Cunningham. Cunningham mocks McCain and Obama for being "soft" and "not willing" to let "Hussein" be a political issue.
Cunningham is a notorious birther as well. He and many others in the conservative media have demanded the president show his long form birth certificate. He inspired Donald Trump to get into birther movement.
Cunningham was a huge supporter of Steven Roach, the former Cincinnati cop who bucked Timothy Thomas. The incident sparked a riot in the city in April 2001. Cincinnati's Black leaders issued a boycott of the city.
Race-baiting agitators Hannity and Drudge.
He also mocked the death of Nathaniel Jones. Jones was arrested after workers at White Castle called the law on a panhandler who was acting erratically in the business. He was taken down by the law brutally. He ended up having a heart attack. Cunningham was played an offensive parody song mocking the situation.
Cunningham got into a heated debate with fake liberal agitator Tamara Holder on Fox. He told Holder to "know her place" and "shut her mouth". That controversy got him temporarily banned from that right wing network.
Cunningham has big concerns about Black America not addressing violence in our community.
Cunningham will allow a bunch of extremists talk about how Blacks are being brainwashed by the "Democrat Party". He would put on Black extremists like Milwaukee County sheriff David Clarke, Jesse Lee Peterson, Kevin Jackson, and Deneen Boreli to debate these issues.
When these screwballs aren't available, he'll put on White extremists Wayne Allan Root, Colin Flaherty and now Republican Kentucky governor Matt Bevin to discuss Black criminals and Obama's upbringing as a Black man.
Cunningham has been going on for years without being mentioned by Media Matters for America, the Daily Kos and the official Black Lives Matters debunking squad. He keep pushing even further on Black criminality to rile up White extremists.
Cunningham is now rewarded with his own daytime talk show. He follows the formula of his old buddy Jerry Springer. His show is talking about taboo topics. When he's not hosting in Cincinnati, he hops on a plane and heads to New York City to do a taping for his CW-syndicated show.
Cunningham plays the role of a consoling talk show host. He puts on Black guests who have issues that are just utter coonery.
He plays this "father figure" when he have Black guest argue and fight over issues that shouldn't even be put on television. And he's been doing this for three seasons.
Now I am not one for boycotts but I want you to know that this agitator is putting on an act for ratings.
I find it funny that he would be so concerned about violence in the Black community when he's the biggest provocateur of it on his radio and television show.
Zaevion Dobson's death was tragic. His story is heartbreaking. But he's one of hundreds of other young men and women killed in senseless gun violence.
GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.
It would take a long time to figure out the names all the victims lost to gun violence. Cunningham, that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, Drudge, and the rest of the agitators in the conservative media aren't concerned about Black lives.
The Knoxville community mourns the life of Zaevion Dobson.
They cheer on when Blacks, Hispanics and Muslims kill one another. They scream into their microphones when these groups kill White people. They are only concerned about gun control when Blacks, Hispanics and Muslim obtain them. When Whites obtain guns, they look the other way.
When a mass shooter happens to be White, the junk food media says its a person with mental issues.
When a mass shooter is a Black person, the person is a thug.
When a mass shooter is a Muslim, the person is a terrorist.
When the motive is politically motivated against a group, conservatives say it's not about politics.
When the motive is inspired a rivalry or a systematic oath of loyalty, it's about gang violence.
When the motive is inspired by religion. They automatically single it out to be Islam. Or rather their definition of "radical Islam". That's the newest word vomit being spewed by conservatives and Republican lawmakers.
The mothers of a movement. Black Lives Matter co-founders Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tome.
I often see the conservatives attack the #BlackLivesMatter protesters for being:
Not focused on Black on whatever crime
Anti-cop
Anti-White
A liberal front group
A bunch of thugs.
A bunch of NIGGERS
That right wing network and AM agitators are the biggest threat towards the movement. The conservatives are trying to derail the group by using the four D's of destruction.
Divide, Deceive, Disengage, and Destroy. The tactic is common among anti-protesters.
Let's do a scenario.
If members of Black Lives Matter would grab a White person from his home, beat him senseless, gouge his eyes out, break his fingers, shoot him at point blank range then toss him into the river, I guess I would believe the group was racist.
But unfortunately, its not what Black Lives Matter stands for. And the person mentioned was Emmet Till. Emmet was abducted from his home in rural Money, Mississippi, dragged to his death after he was accused by harassing a local shopkeeper. The shopkeeper claimed he harassed her and whistled at her.
Here's another scenario.
If a Black teen lived with a wealthy family, steal beer from a store, drive drunk and kill motorist in an accident, would he get off with in-house?
No.
I can imagine his face would be splashed across the junk food media the moment they leak his name.
So I don't understand why the conservatives continue to label #BlackLivesMatter anti-cop, anti-White and a puppet of liberal billionaires.
Protesting unfair treatment by law enforcement isn't threatening cops. Holding law enforcement accountable for using deadly force upon unarmed suspects isn't wrong. Holding peaceful marches and sit-ins aren't hurting the economy. Demanding leaders to change course is a part of civil rights.
The official Black Lives Matter website has release a compilation of truths. They want to set the record straight after hearing the bombastic rhetoric from conservative agitators. Deneen Boreli, Kevin Jackson, Bo Dietl, Greta The Ambulence Chaser, Megyn the Outrage Princess, old fart Limbaugh, Milwuakee County sheriff David Clarke, Michelle Malkin, that annoying conservative agitator, and Jesse Lee Peterson are prime examples of the noise that speaks mistruths and diversionary tactics to paint this group as the "enemy".
World News Today thanks Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tome for setting the groundwork.
We also thank DeRay McKesson, Shaun White and Bree Newsome for being the forefront activists in this movement.
It's time for a change. We must demand Congress to pass police reform and gun control.
William Porter isn't a free man but he's certainly walking out the courtroom feeling a little bit free.
The jury in the involuntary manslaughter case ruled in a mistrial. The Baltimore Police officer who drove the van where Freddie Gray sustain the fatal injuries
The trial started back in November and it ended with a hung jury. The jury informed Judge Barry G. Williams that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on any of the four charges, including the most serious charge of manslaughter. Williams declared a mistrial. An administrative court hearing will be held on Thursday to schedule a retrial date.
Legal experts told The New York Times this month that the verdict in Porter’s case could possibly set the tone for the trials of the five other officers. Prosecutors seek to use Porter as a material witness against at least two of them.
Gray sustained a spinal cord injury while riding in the police van in April. During the ride, his feet and hands were shackled, but he was not buckled in with a seatbelt. Medical experts who spoke with The Baltimore Sun about Gray’s injuries likened them to those seen in “victims of high-speed crashes.”
The prosecution has argued that Porter's failure to buckle Gray's seatbelt before the van pulled away makes him partially responsible for Gray's death. Porter admitted that he did not buckle Gray into the van because he had never seen another officer do so in approximately 150 other arrests during his time on the force.
Porter and his attorneys maintained that Officer Caesar Goodson, one of the officers charged and the driver of the van, ignored Porter’s advice that Gray needed medical assistance.
Porter took the witness stand on Dec. 9 and informed the jury of seven women and five men that he has never discharged his firearm, or used mace or a taser while on duty.
“People had negative views of police,” Porter said. “I wanted to give people a different view to police … I was always fair.”
A father of three was killed by the LAPD while on his knees.
The Los Angeles Police Department once again faces another fatal encounter with a suspect. The suspect was shot and killed by two lawmen 33 times. Many say that the suspect was on his knees crawling when they kept firing on him. He would die on the scene.
The LAPD was called to the Lynwood neighborhood on reports of a man firing a firearm in the air.
When they responded to the threat, they noticed that Nicholas Robertson was heading in another direction. They confront him on the suspicion of having a firearm.
According to the LAPD, the deputies told him to drop his piece.
They said that he pointed the piece at them. So they had no choice but to fire upon him.
It seems like the lawman may face some heat. A witness decided to whip out the camera and record the encounter. It seems like Nicholas was walking away from the suspects.
The witness zoomed in on the suspect as the LAPD starts plugging.
KTLA reports that once on the ground, the camera panned to focus solely on the man, who crawls next to the gas station and away from the gunfire.
The law starts plugging.
After a pause in audible gunfire, at least a dozen additional shots are heard.
The camera then panned back to two deputies, who both had arms raised and were pointing guns in the man's direction.
At least one of the deputies then fired additional shots before the video ends.
It was not clear from the video if both deputies had fired their weapon, but when slowed down, more than 30 shots can be heard.
Hernandez could only confirm multiple shots were fired.
Investigators were aware of at least one video that recorded the fatal incident.
On the ground and they're still plugging.
"My understanding is the suspect does, is in one of the frames, but it's not very clear what the suspect's actions are," LAPD lieutenant Eddie Hernandez said. "The video is just one piece of evidence that's going to be examined as a part of a comprehensive, protracted, long investigation, and that'll be analyzed against the physical evidence, the witness statements and the deputies’ statements."
Many residents are crying foul. They believed that the lawmen used excessive force.
Now the Los Angeles prosecutor has placed the lawmen on ice pending a preliminary hearing.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Nicholas Robertson.
Fox's Family Guy takes on the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman controversy.
Peter Griffin, Cleveland Brown, Joe Swanson and Quagmire become neighborhood watch volunteers. They were riled up over Peter's street couch being stolen by thieves. So in order to make Spooner Street more safer, Peter gets the gang firearms and begin patrolling the streets.
One night, Peter sees a person trying to break into Cleveland's home. The person was wearing a hoodie. Peter was armed with a firearm and he gave the individual a warning to stop what he was doing. When the individual flashed something, Peter shoots the individual.
It turns out that Peter shot Cleveland, Jr. The teen was told by Cleveland to go through the window because he didn't want the heat from the home to escape. Cleveland, Jr. said that he had his earbuds in his ear and didn't hear Peter's calls.
Peter was extremely apologetic to Cleveland, Jr. but it didn't sit well with Cleveland and Donna. The Browns would ban Peter and his family from their property on the account that they believe the incident was inspired by racial angst.
The city of Quahog turned on Peter after the Browns accused him of being a racist.
Cleveland, Jr. from The Cleveland Show/Family Guy.
Peter would try to his best to make up to Cleveland. Peter tried to share a Vodka with Cleveland and ended up burning down his home.
Peter would recruit Lois' father Carter Pewterschmidt to help him beat an iron college bid. Carter's lawyers would create the narrative that Cleveland, Jr. instigated the incident and they tried to paint him as a "thug".
Carter's lawyers played on the naive Cleveland, Jr. and ended up putting him in contempt of court.
Peter would have second thoughts about the incident. As the town turns on the Brown family, Peter confronts the townspeople confirming that bias may have contributed to the shooting. Peter admits that he was stupid and reckless in his decision.
In the end of the show, Cleveland and Peter made peace with one another. Cleveland, Jr. on the other hand warned Peter to watch his back because he threatened revenge on him for the whole ordeal.
Seth MacFarlane and Mike Henry. MacFarlane is the executive producer of Fox's Family Guy. Mike Henry with MacFarlane co-executive produced the canceled The Cleveland Show.
The episode completely made note of the controversy with George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman was the Florida neighborhood watch member who called 911 on a suspicious person walking through his gated community. He was warned by the dispatchers to not follow the individual.
Zimmerman ignored it and went on to confront the individual. They get into a fight and all of sudden, a gunshot. There lies a person bleeding from a gunshot to the chest and a bloodly Zimmerman.
It turns out that the individual was Trayvon Martin. He was heading to his father home wearing a hoodie in the rain. Zimmerman claimed he had to use self-defense and cited the "stand your ground" law that Florida passed.
Zimmerman was at first let go on premise that he used self-defense. It didn't become a criminal case until the state hired a special prosecutor to see if Zimmerman's deliberate ignoring of a dispatcher may have contributed to the fatal encounter.
Family Guy takes on the Sanford controversy.
Zimmerman would be indicted on second degree murder. He would face trial in June 2013. During his trial, many in the junk food media were devoted to making the case about Trayvon Martin and not Zimmerman.
Many conservatives were trying to tarnish the image of Trayvon instead of Zimmerman.
Zimmerman was eventually cleared of murder. He would be set free to create more havoc.
The president spoke on this by saying "If he had a son, he'll be like Trayvon". Those words became a rally call for the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the rise of concern trolling by conservatives.
Now every time an unarmed Black person is killed by law enforcement or a vigilante conservatives will make the case against the individual. They will bring up "Black on whatever" crime and say that President Barack Obama's policies destroy the Black community.
It seems like Family Guy played it well.
Seth MacFarlane plays Peter Griffin, Quagmire, Stewie, Carter Pewterschmidt, and Brian.
Mike Henry plays Cleveland Brown and Ralio Tubbs.
Kevin Michael Richardson plays Cleveland, Jr. and Cleveland Brown on occasions.
Jermaine McBean was killed by a Broward County sheriff deputy. The deputy was charged with his murder.
Case of similarity. In 2013, a man who was walking down a busy street with an air rifle was fatally shot by a Broward County deputy. The deputy who put down the man is now facing a court date.
This story happened in July 2013. In July 2013, that was the peak of the George Zimmerman verdict.
One year before the media rushed upon the Michael Brown and John Crawford shootings, you may have not heard of the fatal police shooting of Jermaine McBean.
In 2013, a White guy calls 911 to report a Black man walking with a firearm. A South Florida deputy fatally shot and killed Jermaine McBean after calls were reported of a man walking with a rifle. Jeremaine was walking to his apartment from a pawn shop after he purchased an air rifle.
Ex-deputy indicted on involuntary manslaughter.
Broward County deputy Peter Peraza opened fire on him. Peraza claimed Jermaine didn't listen to his orders and lunged at him.
Jermaine was a Black man who was a computer systems engineer who had no criminal history was shot on sight by Peraza. Jermaine's family says he was listening to music on his phone and that could have prevented him from hearing commands to drop the air rifle.
Peraza and fellow deputies were trying to make the case that Jermaine went towards them fell through. The sheriff of Broward County, Scott Israel didn't buy the story.
Peraza was iced without pay. He was facing a state and federal probe.
Now two years later, the Florida prosecutors has indicted Peraza for involuntary manslaughter and police misconduct. He surrendered to the law this morning. He will face a court date.
Peraza is innocent until proven guilty. If he is convicted with involuntary manslaughter he could face 10 to 25 years in the iron college.
Graphic photo showing Jermaine shot in the chest. He was wearing earbuds.
This incident happened before the junk food media started covering the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Did you know that Florida is an open carry state?
It seems like if you're a Black man carrying a firearm (real or fake), the law perceives you as a threat. You may not even have a second to put the firearm down. The law will plug you full of holes the moment you turn your head.
John Crawford III of Hamilton, Ohio lost his life in a Dayton area Walmart after he picked up an air rifle. He as carrying it through the store. A white shopper called the law on him saying that John was pointing it menacing at people. The law arrives and within two seconds, he was shot in the stomach and arm. He would die of his injuries. Another shopper Angela Williams would die after being spooked by the gunfire.
John Crawford's death made national news. In the state of Ohio, you are allowed to carry firearms in a public place such as Walmart.
Many Whites believe the fault solely falls on John. For what?
Having the legal right to have an air rifle and carrying it in the store.
Yeah, some of my co-workers are blaming him for his untimely demise. I bet they would have the same thoughts about Jermaine and Tamir Rice. Matter of fact, they probably would say Darrien Hunt shouldn't have wore an anime outfit looking like a samurai. Darrien was killed by the law in 2014 after he was allegedly lunging his toy sword at Saratoga Springs, Utah lawmen.
The Ohio prosecutors decided to not charge the officer Sean Williams for involuntary manslaughter.
Williams is still in the freezer because of a federal probe into his handling of this and a previous encounter with another resident which resulted in the killing of the suspect.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Jermaine McBean, John Crawford, Michael Brown, Darrien Hunt, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Rekia Boyd, Jamar Clark, Laquan McDonald and every other victim of gun violence at the hands of police officers.
Ex-OKC officer Daniel Holtzclaw found guilty of rape.
The former Oklahoma City Police officer who ran a pimp game was served. He was found guilty for first-degree rape. An all White jury listened to the testimony of victims who were raped by this crooked piece of shit.
He got fired out the cannon after his superiors seen evidence of misconduct. This misconduct may hurt the relations with the Black community.
The victims were Black women who were on the stroll. The jury saw that Daniel Holtzclaw was guilty of rape and forcible oral sodomy on Thursday.
Holtzclaw faced a total of 36 charges. He got teary eyed when the jury ruled his fate.
This controversy touched the nerve of the community. It dealt with race, policing, and the blue wall of silence.
This situation wasn't getting much attention in the junk food media.
Holtzclaw played the "I'll look the other way" when it came to the criminal activity around Oklahoma City. He had a beat on the stroll. The stroll was Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City. The stroll is notorious for ladies of the stroll to make $$$$$$$. It's a notorious area for human trafficking and pimping. The ladies were either low level drug offenders and some the ladies may have been HIV-positive. Some ladies would "honey trap" tricks into an area where the pimp or gang members would rob or brutalize the trick.
Prosecutors alleged that Holtzclaw would try to use his badge and charm to con ladies into sexual acts. Some of the women were violators of the road. He would look the other way if they would let him get a feel or a top off.
He told a victim that he get them off their drug charges if they promise to just look the other way and disappear for awhile.
Brian Bates, the Video Vigilante of Oklahoma City. He and his cameramen go through the streets of Oklahoma City to shame men who pick up prostitutes.
When Holtzclaw got off work, he would tell the victims to meet him at a location of his choosing and he would take them home and forcibly rape them.
The junk food media gave Holtzclaw a glaring spotlight before his downfall. He grew up Enid, Oklahoma. He was a star middle linebacker for Eastern Michigan University's football team. He graduated with a degree in criminal justice. He has family involved in law enforcement.
Holtzclaw is born half White and half Japanese. He was accused of raping 13 women, all Black, while he was on duty. Courts says that he identifies himself as "Asian".
Question: Would they give a Black criminal a glaring spotlight?
Well all that shit isn't relevant. What's relevant is the fact that this dangerous man is off the streets.
What's relevant is that this man is charged with rape, sodomy, stalking, sexual battery, robbery, burglary, indecent exposure, forcible oral sodomy, and misconduct as an officer.
The Video Vigilante films two ladies of the stroll. The one who wearing the boots is a notorious geeker named "Sweets". She is a "honey trap" who sets up her tricks.
RAPE IN OKLAHOMA COULD CARRY LIFE IN THE IRON COLLEGE. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THE RAPE CHARGES. NOW THE SAME JURY OR ANOTHER JURY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDING HIS SENTENCE.
I am guessing this sorry excuse for a human being is on "suicide watch" and will appeal his conviction.
Brian Bates, the Oklahoma City Video Vigilante dealt with this stuff for years. On his YouTube page and his website JohnTV.com, he takes the opportunity to shame tricks who use his city as a sexual playground.
Brian may have had a part in bringing down Holtzclaw. I am guessing he's aware of those lawmen who engage with the ladies of the stroll.
The junk food media labels this drug lord the "most adorable" criminal ever to be arrested.
Me and S. Baldwin must have missed this one. But I will certainly address this turkey.
The daughter of a DEA agent is facing some federal charges for trafficking narcotics. She is a 19 year old woman who decided that "dope game" is the quickest way to make the $$$$$.
Sarah Furay is attracting junk food media attention. She was arrested after the law found cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy and methamphetamine in her apartment.
The Daily Mail reports that Furay faces felony charges for the manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and drug possession is also facing the wrath of her father Bill Furay, a supervising agent for the DEA's office in Beaumont, Texas.
He is currently serving as the DEA’s diplomatic attaché at the U.S. Ambassador’s office in Panama City, Panama, and was previously Resident Agent in Charge at the DEA office in Galveston, Texas.
Furay has been with the agency since 2008.
Furay’s mother, Shawn Creswell, is principal of Coulson Tough Elementary School in the Woodlands, Texas. She has been a school educator for 20 years, the past 15 of which have been served in greater Houston’s Conroe Independent School District.
Furay was busted in College Station, Texas and is being held on a $40,000 "get out free card".
She is innocent until proven guilty. She faces three felonies. Each charge could put Furay in the iron college for LIFE especially if the federal charges continue to stick.
Many in the junk food media see a privileged daughter getting off. She is the daughter of a no-nonsense agent who has no compassion for dope boys. Her mother is an educator who deals with troubled children.
In a world where most in the junk food media assume that Blacks, Hispanics, and Mexican drug cartels being involved in the dope game, they often ignore the obvious. They ignore the fact that White people are the biggest drug pushers in the world.
What pisses me off is the fact the junk food media looks at this criminal as "adorable".
There's nothing adorable about her.
This is a disgrace. This woman is peddling dope in the streets. This woman isn't showing an ounce of remorse for her actions. Matter of fact, the woman was happy in her mugshot.
Death and Taxes made it clear that this bit of hypocrisy is the reason to why #BlackLivesMatter exists.
The magazine made light of the situation in their posting. They realized the story attracted a bit of backlash and cries of racial bias. They quickly apologized.
The Black Lives Matter movement, among other criminal justice activists, called out the hypocrisy of the media's lighthearted approach to Furay's arrest. And for good reason.
Why?
As mentioned in our letter of apology for our flippant coverage of Furay’s arrest, you don't see 19-year-old men and women of color described in reports as "cute" or "adorable." For that matter, you don't see them smiling in mugshots. One needn’t wonder why. The criminal justice system and mainstream media are fixed in favor of profiles such as that of a lily-white, college-age girl — and particularly Furay.
The racist right tries to deflect, distract, discredit and disengage.
When #BlackLivesMatter denounces police brutality, conservatives are trying to turn the conversation into "Black On Whatever" violence.
That right wing network has declared war on #BlackLivesMatter.
Every agitator that appears on their lineups have openly attacked the group and President Barack Obama for embracing the grassroots movement.
After all, since he's the first Black president, according to the agitators he's a part of their movement.
Well one journalist managed to call out the bullshit deflection.
Raw Story and Mediaite have managed to catch the debate between Chicago Sun Times writer Lynn Sweet and two of that right wing network's agitators.
The syndicated writer Cal Thomas off the bat worrying his ass off about "Black on Black" crime.
Thomas and right wing network anchor Leland Vittert call out the junk food media for not questioning protesters on the names of the victims of recent violence in Chicago.
Chiraq is coming to the movie theaters. Spike Lee's movie talks about gun violence in Chicago.
Sweet decided to call them out on their concern trolling.
“There has been tremendous attention to crime in Chicago,” she said. “I don’t know how any person who is familiar with the situation says that there’s not.”
Sweet then pointed out that national news coverage of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s bid for reelection had focused on crime in Chicago.
“So I don’t even understand the premise of where you’re coming from on this one. Respectfully said,” she said.
Conservatives only concerns for gun control is taking the Second Amendment rights from Blacks, Hispanics and Muslims.
They fail to realize that gun violence is by far the biggest threat to the United States. Terrorism, Ebola, and HIV are deadly threats to the country. But none so than the firearm and the reckless actions by those who operate them. That's where the problem lies.
Three weeks in the murder of a Chicago boy. The law announced they made arrest in the murder of Tyshawn Lee.
A few weeks ago, the murder of a Chicago boy attracted the junk food media's attention.
Tyshawn Lee was murdered in cold blood. He was lured into an alley and then ambushed by an alleged domestic terrorist.
Corey Morgan is being held in the Cook County lock up on first degree murder. The second man is an active. Kevin Edwards is being sought by the Chicago Police and U.S. Marshals.
This cold blooded terrorist murdered the little boy after he was walking to his home. It was supposedly a gang retaliation. The man is 27 years old. The boy was 9.
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said investigators say "at least" three people were involved with the incident. In addition to charges against Morgan, an arrest warrant has been issued for Kevin Edwards. Another man is currently in custody on unrelated charges.
McCarthy said Morgan is a documented domestic terrorist and convicted felon. Investigators had been questioning Morgan in the case. He was arrested on an unrelated gun charge and was released on bail earlier this week.
Around 4 p.m. on Nov. 2, Tyshawn was lured into an alley near West 80th Street and South Damen Avenue and executed, police said. He was shot in the head and suffered several graze wounds.
Tyshawn's family said he loved to play basketball and video games. A basketball was found in the alley near his body.
Authorities said the child was executed in retaliation for his father's ties to domestic terrorists in an ongoing fight between rivals. Pierre Stokes, Tyshawn's father, has denied those allegations.
Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum are accused of murdering a little boy. These domestic terrorists will face LIFE if found guilty.
No one can tell you how many people are shot a day. If you did a list of the many Americans shot by a firearm it would probably be in the tens of thousands. A person is shot a day. A person is killed by a firearm a day. Over 2.345 people are shot a day by a firearm.
The biggest concern troll to host a cable news program is by far the most annoying conservative agitator to exist. He and many others in the conservative media like to distort the truth. They undermine the reasons to why #BlackLivesMatter continue to protest.
There was a protest rally in the wake of Lequan McDonald being shot by the now fired lawman Jason Van Dyke.
Catholic pastor Michael Pfleger was there at the rally and a reporter for the right wing network came up on him. The reporter asked Pfleger about the death of Tyshawn Lee. Pfleger did comment a little bit about him. Unfortunately, the annoying conservative agitator was obsessed with trying to bait Pfleger with the words of Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers.
As with Van Dyke, Morgan and Edwards are innocent until proven guilty. Each of these men could face LIFE in the iron college if found guilty. I'm not sure if Illinois has the gas house!
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Tyshawn Lee and Lequan McDonald.
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