Showing posts with label domestic violence in the Black Community. Show all posts
Showing posts with label domestic violence in the Black Community. Show all posts

Sunday, April 07, 2013

Teen Carjacking Victim Stuffed In The Trunk!

Margaret E. Smith, 89, was allegedly tossed around in the trunk as the teens drove like a "roller coaster ride."
You do the right thing for others and yet they still take advantage of your goodwill!

An 89-year old Delaware woman is counting her blessings that she survived a horrible ordeal. She was giving two young teenage girls a ride to town. Didn't expect her kindness would end up nearly killing her.

In the junk food media, conservative agitators and the White supremacists are looking at any teenager of color being "natural born criminals" and "thugs by birth". They never expect it to happen to their kind!

Well you'll wait for a moment and then you hear about the next mass shooting in a suburban town.

The teenagers photos are released to the public. They're being charged as adults. These two young girls and their passengers, two 17-year old boys are going to be spending time in the "juvie school" before a trip to the "iron college".

Junia McDonald, 14 and Jackeline H. Perez, 15 asked the woman, now identified as 89-year old Margaret E. Smith for a ride down the road.

Ms. Smith was at a local restaurant and had thought that these young girls look needy.

She gave them a ride. Soon the ride turned into a carjacking. The girls grabbed the keys and wrestled Ms. Smith into the back of her trunk. For nearly two days, the young girls were riding around town with their new whip and the elderly woman in the trunk.
Two teen girls from Delaware carjacked an elderly lady and drove around for more than 24 hours with her locked in the trunk, police have said. Pictured here are 14-year-old girl as Junia McDonald and the 15-year-old girl as Jackeline H. Perez.
Junia McDonald and Jackeline H. Perez at age 14 and 15 will be likely seeing the iron bars instead of high school proms.
The New York Daily News reports that a lift from a Milford Chicken Man store to a home in Lincoln some four miles away on Tuesday morning.

But when they arrived at their destination, they are accused of forcing her to hand over the keys to her Buick, stealing $500 from her coat pocket and bundling her into the car’s trunk.

Driving off, they are said to have kept her locked in the confined space as they cruised around town — even picking up two 17-year-old boys along the way.

Ignoring her screams for help, Smith's frail body was thrown around in the trunk — as the teens drove like a "roller coaster ride."

They eventually dumped her at a cemetery close to Seaford, more than 20 miles from where she had picked them up, late on Wednesday afternoon.
The two 17-year-old boys picked up along the way were identified as Phillip L. Brewer and Rondaiges A. Harper.
Phillip L. Brewer and Rondaiges A. Harper are both 17 year old. They were accomplices to two young girls carjacking an elderly woman.
Smith, whose family had reported her missing at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, was taken to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital for treatment.

She had since been released.

The two girls were charged with robbery, carjacking, kidnapping and conspiracy and were detained on $122,000 cash bonds.

The two boys were charged with kidnapping, conspiracy and receiving stolen property and are being held on $27,000 secured bonds.

Another teen, who is still a juvenile and cannot be named, was charged with receiving stolen property and is on a $2,000 secured bond.

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Rick Ross Raping The Microphone! [NSFW]

Rick Ross is once again creating another controversy. The rapper's verse was controversial. He claimed he's date raped a woman. Atlanta based rappers Future and Rocko were featured on the single where he made an inflammatory verse.

To all reading: Understand that rape is rape! There's nothing funny or creative about it!

Again, Atlanta-based rapper Future came to the hip-hop scene as the guy that done the auto-tune hooks on some of the most popular rapper's songs. He broke on the scene with his various mixtapes and features with big name rappers. His biggest break came through his collaboration with pop singer Rihanna.

After releasing Pluto last year, the rapper is becoming a mainstream act. He and his crew the Freebandz Gang are attracting the Stans. The rapper is working on his sophomore album, The Future Hendrix which its lead single is Karate Chop which features Casino and the remix with Lil' Wayne. The album is slated for summer release.

But every time Future comes out with a new song, the featured guest causes controversy for him. Last month, Lil' Wayne attracted a bit of controversy by saying on the Karate Chop Remix that he'll "beat that p***y up like Emmett Till". Civil Rights groups demanded that Epic Records pull the verse off the radio.

They've succeeding in getting the verse off the song. Lil' Wayne's representatives had no comment about the issue.

Nowadays, you're hearing Future, Lil' Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, and Rick Ross, get frequent radio spins on the hip-hop stations. Most pop stations are saturated with their songs and features.
Rapper Rocko with veteran R&B singer Monica. The two have children together .
It's a part of the business cycle in hip-hop: If you're hot, you're hot!

The new song U.O.E.N.O. is another banger. The single features Future, Rick Ross and Rocko.

It appears on Rocko's newest mixtape and it's available for download on DatPiff.com (Rocko: Gift Or Gab 2 Mixtape).

Rozay once again puts his mouth in the wrong place! The Maybach Music Mafia boss runs his lyrics similar to Lil' Wayne.

In a way, Rozay's lyrics come off like he had drugged a woman and took her to his home (to rape her).

That nigga sold you that re-rock, you ain't even know it
I die over these Reeboks, you ain't even know it
Put Molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it
I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain't even know it
Got a hundred acres I live on, you ain't even know it
Got a hundred rounds in this AR, you ain't even know it
Got a bag of bitches I play with, on cloud 9 in my spaceship
Zoned out but he stay fresh from Zone 1 through Zone 6
Bricks all in my blood, birds all in my dreams
Boats all in my yard, lemon pepper my wings
I’m bout to get you fuck niggas wacked, you ain't even know it
Your main nigga bout to turn his back, you ain't even know it

Well some women's groups and the conservative/White supremacist bubble are disturbed by this lyric. Some are demanding that Reebok drop the rapper from the sponsorship.

Doing some serious damage control, the rapper does even more stupid shit.

He goes to the social networks to apologize for his lyrics.

Rick Ross had went to Twitter tweeting, "I dont condone rape. Apologies for the lyric interpreted as rape."

The apology wasn't heartfelt and it begging itself for even more agitating from the junk food media.

Even veteran rappers said on print that Rick Ross and Lil' Wayne have taken their verses a little too far.

Still, the criticism of Ross has continued to mount, with many underwhelmed by his apology. Rapper Talib Kweli called Ross "a misguided 40-year person" during a segment on HuffPo Live, adding: "Rick Ross condoned rape in that song and he shouldn't, and he should apologize, and the apology that he offered was unacceptable."

Kweli also took Ross to task on Twitter, writing: "Its clear from Ross apology that he doesn't understand u don't need to say 'rape' to condone rape . . . Ross needs love and education on this issue. He has a platform that can be used for good, especially if he takes responsibility here."

The controversy has also begun to affect Ross' endorsement deals. Reuters reports that the women's rights group UltraViolet planned to protest outside a Reebok store in Manhattan today, bringing petitions with more than 71,000 signatures demanding the company cut their ties with the rapper. The group's co-founder Nita Chaudhary said Ross "is pushing the idea that if you don't use the word 'rape' it doesn't count. We are fed up and disgusted with Reebok."

Rappers who continue to hold on this mentality of sexism, commercialism, homophobia, and embracing crime and the gun culture are getting hurt in their record sales. The Game learned that lesson after picking a fight with 50 Cent and the conservative turd flipper.

The criticism mounts Rick Ross and it's likely going to take a hit on his "street cred".

Since the Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke incident to the Steubenville rape trial, many women are calling out the sexism. Even President Barack Obama wasn't immune from criticism.

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent.

Victims of rape can be severely traumatized; in addition to psychological harm resulting from the act, rape may cause physical injury, or have additional effects on the victim, such as acquiring of a sexually transmitted infection or becoming pregnant. Furthermore, following a rape, a victim may face violence or threats of thereof from the rapist, and, in some cultures, from the victim's own family and relatives.

There are several types of rape, generally categorized by reference to the situation in which it occurs, the sex or characteristics of the victim, and/or the sex or characteristics of the perpetrator. Different types of rape include date rape, gang rape, marital rape, incestual rape, child sexual abuse, prison rape, acquaintance rape, war rape and statutory rape.

"Victim blaming" is holding the victim of a crime to be in whole or in part responsible for the crime.

Rape is a Class 1 Felony in most states. It carries a punishment that could land you in the iron college for life.

In some countries, you could lose your life if you're convicted of rape. And yes, the American justice system has the death penalty for rape in some states.

Rick Ross appears on Def Jam. He is affiliated with Maybach Music Group and Slip-N-Slide Records.
Future appears on A1/Freebandz/Epic Records.
Rocko appears on A1/Freebandz/E1 Records.

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Chris Brown Agitates Feud With Drake!

Hip-hop singers take their feud into the studio.

Chris Brown told the public to "not judge him" but yet he's on the microphone rapping a verse going after his foes in the hip-hop community.

Tighten your tight jeans, it's a celebrity feud.

Aubrey Graham known as Drake is a the hottest MC in the game.

Drake, Lil' Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, 2 Chainz, and Future are the must have entertainers to spit a verse. They seem to be in constant radio rotation.

Most rappers of the 1993 - 2004 era are entering the late 30s and 40s. Their music isn't selling so well.

Frank Ocean accepts a Grammy while Chris Brown done a silent protest. Adele sitting nearby engaged in a discussion about Brown's antics in the public.
In order to keep themselves relevant they need these entertainers to revive their image.

Chris Brown on the other hand, is spiraling downward. He and Rihanna (born Robyn Fenty) are very annoying entertainers. Besides the reconciliation, it's the antics both entertainers carry when they're in the public or in the studio.

Brown, 23 was the teen idol of the mid 2000s. Ladies love him, because he was on his "cool"!

He and Rihanna came out around the time when hip-hop music reached its peak. The rap music industry is still around, but it's struggling. Not many rappers make it to Platinum. If you're not Eminem, Drake, Lil' Wayne, Nicki Minaj or Jay-Z, you're Gold  or you just suck!

He was riding high at the peak of his career. All that changed in 2009, when he let that explosive temper get the best of him. While attending the Grammy's, Brown gets into it with Rihanna and they ended up fighting. Brown hit Rihanna and injured her. He was arrested and sentenced to community service. Since he's been on community service, he's lashed out at the media. He throw a tamper tantrum at Robin Roberts of ABC News when she asked him about the situation.

He got into a fight at a New York nightclub in which he, Drake and another rapper named Meek Mill got into a fight and the bottles thrown. Broken glass and the mini-riot injured Tony Parker, a NBA star.

Brown makes his presence known for all the wrong reasons. He started a feud with Raz B over allegations that boy band creator Chris Stokes when the singer was accused of homosexual acts while on tour. The book came out revealing Raz B was molested by Stokes.

Brown got into a heated Twitter fight with comedian/writer Jenny Johnson. The celebrity feud managed to hit the internet. Brown was attacking Johnson by "slut-shaming" and calling for "tragic events" to happen upon her. Johnson criticized him for the tattoo of a battered woman on his face.

British singer Adele confronted him after the Grammy's because of his antics during the acceptance speech of Frank Ocean. Brown didn't stand in applause for Ocean. Brown got into a heated confrontation with the rapper/singer after he argued over studio time and a parking space.

Recently he got into it with a parking valet attendant in Los Angeles after the singer refused to pay a tip.

Now here he goes again, talking smack about Drake and Frank Ocean.

On the remix of Young Jeezy's R.I.P., Chris Brown raps a verse that seems to take a dig at Drake and Frank Ocean.

In the verse, Brown states:

R.I.P. to the V.I.P.
I got my lil' niggas in the club, fuck I.D.
My niggas kill at will, give you black eyed peas
And the molly make the white girl look Chinese
Always Bre, my niggas out here ballin'
And all these fake ass artists, y'all niggas out here drawin'
Ok now dearly departed I bought a plane, I departed
And if you started from the bottom gon' and come out the closet
You problematic, I bought them rachets and automatics
Clip hold 32, I make you feel the Magic
You gon' see the flashes, like you in a pageant
All black suits, and them long Caddys.

Drake did respond back. On 5am in Toronto, the latest single on Drake's upcoming album.

The part I love most is they need me more than they hate me
So they never take shots, I got everybody on safety
I could load every gun with bullets that fire backwards
You probably wouldn't lose a single rapper
Niggas make threats, can't hear 'em over the laughter
Yeah, that's cause I'm headed to the bank, nigga
Sinatra lifestyle, I'm just being frank with you
I mean, where you think she at when she ain't with you?
Wildin', doin' shit that's way out of your budget
Owl sweaters inside her luggage, you gotta love it
Damn, this shit could go on a tape
Bitches lovin' my drive, I never give it a break
Give these niggas the look, the verse, and even the hook
That's why every song sound like Drake featuring Drake
Str8, Y pree? Why is it always me?

For one thing, Drake doesn't dye his hair blonde. Two, there's no accusations of homosexuality in Drake (unlike the accusations thrown by Raz-B towards Chris Brown). Three, Drake dated Rihanna. Rihanna racked up many boyfriends like Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift and Jennifer Lopez.

Chris Brown wasn't Rihanna's first boyfriend. And he will not be her last.

Brown is washed up and his career is tanking. Look at him now, he's getting his paper (by means of lawsuits and restraining orders)!


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For the single R.I.P. Remix - Young Jeezy appears on Def Jam. Kendrick Lamar appears on Top Dawg Records/Aftermath Entertianment. Y.G. appears on Def Jam.

For the article Drake appears on Young Money/Cash Money Records. Rihanna appears on Def Jam. Chris Brown appears on RCA Records. Frank Ocean appears on Def Jam/Odd Future Records.

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Teens Caught In GA Baby's Murder!

Innocence lost. 


Two teenagers one being 17-years old and the other being 14-years old are charged with first degree murder in the death of an innocent toddler. We at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Antonio Santigo-West, the little innocent child lost in this unbelievable tragedy.

It was reported that this wasn't the first time mother Sherry West lost a family member. Her older son was 18 years old when he was murdered in New Jersey.

CNN reports that the two teen boys in this coastal city were caught Friday, accused in the fatal shooting of a 13-month-old boy who was in a stroller being pushed by his mother.

Aided by a description and a check of school attendance records to determine who was not in classes Thursday, officers searched for the young suspects and took them into custody, police said.
The mother told reporters the shooting occurred when one youth demanded money.

Police expressed confidence they would find the weapon, believed to be a handgun.

Spokesman Todd Rhodes, who described the shooting as "horrific," told CNN's "The Situation Room" on Friday evening that search warrants were being executed in three locations.

Chief Tobe Green identified the older suspect as De'Marquise Elkins, 17, and said he will be treated as an adult in criminal proceedings. The 14-year-old was not identified because of his age. Both have been charged with first-degree murder, police said.

"We are turning every stone to get a motive," said Green.

Police said they received a suspect description from Sherry West, the baby's mother.

No other suspects are being sought, according to Rhodes.

De'Marquise Elkins
Authorities were tight-lipped about the investigation, which was aided by helicopters and police dogs.

West earlier told reporters that the incident occurred at 9 a.m. Thursday as she was walking home from the post office, pushing her son, Antonio, in a stroller. She said she saw two boys.

"A boy approached me and told me he wanted my money, and I told him I didn't have any money. And he said, 'Give me your money or I'm going to kill you and I'm going to shoot your baby and kill your baby,' and I said, 'I don't have any money,' and 'Don't kill my baby.'"

The boy tried to grab her purse and opened fire when she said tried to tell him she had no money, West said, with the shot grazing her head. She said the boy then shot her in the leg.

West continued, "And then, all of a sudden, he walked over and he shot my baby in the face."

West said she tried to perform CPR on her son and that the police took over when they arrived, but to no avail. "We lost him," she said.

During the incident, the smaller of the two boys was hiding behind the larger one, she said. "I don't know whether it was his brother or a friend."


West had said she hopes the boys will receive the maximum sentence possible. "If they can use a gun like an adult, then they can be charged like an adult," she said. "I want to see lethal injection or at least life in prison. This child did nothing to him. He was innocent and helpless."

Louis Santiago, father of the baby, told CNN later Friday: "I'm doing OK. I'm holding on."

Police offered a $10,000 reward for information and have received more than 30 leads. They were still following them Friday afternoon.

Though no one has reported seeing the shooting, several people called 911 after hearing it, Rhodes said.

Rhodes said crime is not common in the residential neighborhood where West said her child was shot. "It's a nice area, it's a clean area, it's an area where law-abiding citizens not only live, they also work and play.

"Much like every other city in these United States, from time to time we will have a glitch. Unfortunately, this happened here in Brunswick, Georgia."

The city's website describes Brunswick, with a population of about 15,000, as "one of the most unique, historic and visually stunning places in the world." It boasts 19th century Victorian-style homes, century-old oaks and magnolia tree-lined streets.

CNN's Nick Valencia reported from Brunswick and Tom Watkins and Phil Gast reported and wrote from Atlanta. CNN's Chandler Friedman, Jim Kavanagh and Dave Alsup contributed to this report.

Saturday, March 02, 2013

Man Poses With Murdered Mother's Head! [NSFW]

How could someone do something to his mother and smirk about it?

A sure guarantee for the conservative/white supremacist bubble. The conservative agitating media will quickly blame President Barack Obama, the Black community, Trayvon Martin, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Attorney General Eric Holder, and all African traditions for one sick individual.

No man should hit a woman let alone his own mother. But it's a theme that's common among our young individuals.

How could anyone (i.e. Adam Lanza, Bashid McLean and others) kill their own mother?

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Tanya Byrd and other woman killed by abuse men.

Before we go into the details of this senseless tragedy, I share with you an incident of a few years back.

I remember in March 2011, my friend Glenn Walker, Jr. was accused of killing his mother. Walker, was once a former co-worker who went through the same personal demons my best friend Charles Barrett suffered.

Walker wanted to be a rapper and script writer for movies. He also was the charmer. He always seems to win over women with his smooth talk and bravado of his private parts.

He dated two of my friends and spurned them during a period where all of them were dating other people.

Walker was struggling to find a job. He was into drugs and frequently would space out over things.

Walker was implicated in the murder his mother Michelle Walker on March 16, 2011. The FBI and U.S. marshals were searching for him. They managed to catch him at the public library nearby on the computer posting comments to others on Facebook. His family and friends stated that he suffered from a mental illness and felt compassion for his own mother. It took a year for the trial and eventual conviction.

After a grand jury found Walker guilty of the murder of his mother, he was sentence 15 to life without a chance of parole.

This individual today makes it clear that for every incident that involves Black men, it's certain that it's agitation for conservatives and white supremacists.
Smiles: Byrd, pictured, met a grisly death and her son, Bashid McLean, 22, is the only suspect at this point in the investigation
Tanya Byrd was murdered by her son Bashid McLean. He decapitated her head and posted it on social networks via his cell phone. The police arrest this individual.
The New York Daily News and other media outlets report on 23-year old Bashid McLean murdering his mother 45-year old Tanya Bryd. A man walking his dog discovered the dismembered remains of Byrd at a park.

The break in the case came when the son Bashid McLean appears in a photograph he shared on social networks being "almost gleeful" holding the severed head of his mother.

He has reportedly confessed to the charges and has been placed on suicide watch.

Friends and family say that McLean developed some jealousy over his mother giving preferential treatment to his other siblings. Byrd who worked as a home health aide and was described as a "beautiful mother" and a "hard worker" by her sister.

McLean however, has been said to have been troubled for some time.

His lawyer says McLean's been off his medication for days, and according to the Daily News, McLean is schizophrenic.

McLean scouring the Internet for how to tips on covering up a murder and that he later created a MySpace page called 'Kill the b**** Tanya.'

Police say McLean murdered his mother because she 'wanted him to grow up and move out and be a man.'
Beautiful woman Tanya Byrd was murdered by callous son Bashid McLean.
McLean's father discussed his son's history of violent tendencies and said, "He did destructive things. He set fires. Nobody could control him."

DNAinfo reports McLean allegedly fatally hit his mother while she was sleeping before stealing money from her to purchase a saw to cut up her corpse.

McLean was placed in a foster home while his mother was battling a drug problem. He came back to live with her when he was 18. He was also suspected of abusing his younger brother, whose body began displaying bruises.

His friend, William Harris, 26, allegedly helped him get rid of the body. The pair were reportedly caught on surveillance video at a nearby hardware store where they bought a power saw with cash.

A blade and a box were found in the apartment McLean shared with his mother while the saw - 2-foot-long Black and Decker jigsaw - was found at Harris' home, sources said.

Cassandra McLean labelled the 23-year-old a 'monster' who had been plotting his mother's murder. 'My nephew is a monster,' she told the Daily News. 'This murder was premeditated.'

Looking gangsta! Friends and family feared that McLean would harm people.
She said he deserves the death penalty. 'He took away one of God's angels, and for that he deserves to go to hell.'

Even his father said he was a bad egg.

A photograph on his Facebook page shows him burning a scarf.

His sister, Porsche Lovett, said he wasn't remotely sorry for what he'd done. 'He looked me in the eyes and told me he did nothing wrong when he killed her,' she told the Daily News. 'I don't know who he is.'

McLean confessed to the sickening crime after police found a shower curtain missing at his apartment, which wreaked of bleach. The shower curtain was later found wrapped around his mom's body parts in one of the bags dumped on the curb for collection.

McLean was charged yesterday with second-degree murder and he and Harris were also booked on charges of hindering prosecution and the unlawful dissection of a human body.

When they were questioned they both blames the murder on the other. Harris, who has been arrested 12 times prior to yesterday's booking, told police McLean confessed to the slaying on the subway and begged for his help. Meanwhile, McLean, who was on probation after attacking two police officers with a knife in 2010, said Harris killed the woman at their apartment.

'Bashid had a problem controlling his rage,' a neighbor told the New York Daily News. 'He had creepy eyes. Didn't like to look you in the eye — but when he did, they went right through you.'

McLean confessed to the crime late on Tuesday after cops found the electric saw and other carving implements.

Police were overwhelmed by the stench of bleach when they entered the apartment Bahsid McLean shared with his mother and little brother. He was led out of the house in handcuffs.

Byrd's body parts were found strewn around at least four different curbside locations within a half-mile of the pair's Morrisania home in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

The pieces - which include her head, torso, right leg and hands - were found zipped into travel bags or stuffed into plastic garbage bags.

McLean, who suffers learning disabilities, admitted to the crime during questioning by NYPD officers.

Investigators spent Tuesday scouring through piles of trash in the South Bronx neighborhood after a horrified dog-walker discovered the human remains in a travel bag at around 4:30am and called police.
NYPD arrest man who axed his mother.
One-by-one, Byrd's decapitated head, right leg, torso and hands have been unearthed in the area around Eagle Avenue, 158th Street, 156th Street and Cauldwell Avenue.

Some of Byrd's body parts were still wearing the clothes she was in when she was slaughtered, police sources told the Daily News.

A neighbor told the paper: 'I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Bashid killed her. She was afraid of that boy... He was a hellion.'

Byrd's sister, Cassandra McLean, initially defended her nephew, believing Byrd's allegedly abusive ex-boyfriend was responsible for her ghastly murder and dismemberment.
Police confirmed Byrd's son reported her missing at the Bronx's 40th precinct station.

He found a photograph of her, which they matched to the decapitated head found in one of the bags, when police showed up at his house. This is when they discovered the carving equipment.

He reportedly told police he hadn't been able to contact his mother for at least a day.

Cassandra McLean said her nephew suffered learning difficulties from an early age.

She said Bahsid McLean told her Byrd's former boyfriend dropped by on Monday and that was the last time he saw her.

'He (the ex-boyfriend) came over yesterday and walked out with her in the morning, yesterday morning,' McLean said on Tuesday. 'That’s what her son told me on the phone just now.'

She told DNAInfo that Byrd's ex-boyfriend was trouble.

'I told my sister to stay away from him, but she said he's harmless and not to worry.'

McLean added of her sister: 'She was a loving mother and very devoted to her son. That's what she lived for. That's her joy in life.'

Friday, March 01, 2013

Mississippi Mayoral Candidate Killed! | Las Vegas Shooting Kills Inspiring Rapper!

Marco McMillian (left) and Kenny Clutch's (right) lives were gunned down by individuals who didn't care about their inspiring careers. These two made the national news.

Another twofer. Two urban tragedies in a week made the national news.

Of course these stories made it to the national circuit. The conservative/white supremacist bubble practically saw two individuals who happen to be Black. One being a rapper and another being a gay man running for office.

The conservative/white supremacists thoughts of a Black murder victim.

In the conservative/white supremacist bubble, you'll expect the word vomit of hate to flow down a comment section. The usual word vomit includes racial slurs, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Trayvon Martin, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson. They insert political warfare and the usual blame the Niggers not the guns excuse. 

And there you have it, a reactionary bigot responding to a tragedy in the Black community.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to Kenny Clutch, Michael Bolden, Sandra Sutton-Wasmund and Marco McMillian. Each of these victims died in senseless tragedies.

First we'll start with the victim of the Las Vegas shooting. Kenny Clutch, born Kenneth Cherry, Jr. was a 26 year old inspiring rapper who was gunned down. His shooter and person of interest were finally caught.

Clutch and the shooter were in a high speed chase and the gunman shot at his Maserati. The Maserati crashed into a taxi cab killing the driver and a passenger.

Ammar Harris was caught by the FBI.
CBS News reports that Ammar Harris, suspect in a Las Vegas Strip shooting and subsequent fiery car crash that left three dead, has been arrested in Los Angeles, according to police.

Las Vegas police Capt. Chris Jones says Ammar Harris, a felon, was arrested Thursday by a team of police and federal agents in Studio City.

The 26-year-old is a self-described pimp who was the subject of a multi-state manhunt following the Feb. 21 gunfire and chain-reaction crash that killed three and injured at least five.

Police say he fired at least five shots into a Maserati sports car, killing aspiring rapper Wayne Cherry Jr. who he argued with earlier in the valet area of a Las Vegas Strip resort.

Mortally wounded, Cherry accelerated and slammed into a taxi cab that burst into flames, killing cab driver Michael Boldon and his passenger, Sandra Sutton-Wasmund of Maple Valley, Washington.

According to CBS Miami, Harris was arrested in Miami Beach last December for reckless driving. Police say he was also cited for driving without a valid license.

The FBI is also looking into Harris' history as a "self-proclaimed" pimp. He is also under investigation for child abuse, sexual assault and weapons possession.


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Yeah, another tragedy. An openly gay mayoral candidate was gunned down near his home. This is a controversy brewing down in Mississippi. The mayoral candidate by the name of Marco McMillian was found dead. The prospect of this individual running for higher office was shattered by a gun tragedy. The shooter was caught and the FBI and Coahoma County Sheriff are wondering what inspired this individual to kill a man with a promising career.

CBS News reports that a 22-year-old man (assuming McMillian's boyfriend) was charged with murder Thursday in the death of a mayoral candidate in the Mississippi Delta.

The Coahoma County Sheriff's Department said in a news release that Lawrence Reed of Shelby was charged in the death of Marco McMillian. McMillian, 34, was a candidate for mayor of Clarksdale and was well-known in the community and beyond.

An investigation began Tuesday when a man crashed McMillian's SUV into another car on U.S. Highway 49 near the Coahoma and Tallahatchie county lines. The candidate wasn't in the car.

McMillian's body was found near the Mississippi River levee Wednesday morning between Sherard and Rena Lara, Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith has said.
Lawrence Reed, 22, is charged with the murder of Marco McMillian
Lawrence Reed was arrested in the death of Marco McMillian
The body was sent for an autopsy, and the cause of death hasn't been made public.

"There's a lot of people upset about it," said Dennis Thomas, 33, who works at Abe's Barbeque.

"Why would somebody want to do something like that to somebody of that caliber? He was a highly respected person in town," Thomas said.

The sheriff's department has not released a possible motive for the crime.

Campaign spokesman Jarod Keith has said McMillian's campaign was noteworthy because he may have been the first openly gay man to be a viable candidate for public office in Mississippi.

McMillian, who was black, had forged ties while serving for four years as international executive director of the historically black Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Photos on McMillian's website and Facebook page show him with a younger Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and with U.S. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat.

McMillian was CEO of MWM & Associates, described on its website as a consulting firm for nonprofit organizations. In addition to his role at the fraternity from 2007 to 2011, McMillian had previously worked to raise funds as executive assistant to the president at Alabama A&M University and as assistant to the vice president at Jackson State University, according to his campaign.

A statement from the fraternity said he had secured the first federal contract to raise awareness about the impact of HIV and AIDS on communities of color. It noted that Ebony Magazine had recognized him in 2004 as one of the nation's "30 up-and-coming African Americans" under age 30.

Supporters say McMillian — a 1997 graduate of Clarksdale High School who graduated magna cum laude from Jackson State and held a master's degree from St. Mary's University in Minnesota in philanthropy and development — had big ideas for Clarksdale, a town of about 17,800 people.

The town is well known to blues fans as the home of the crossroads, where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil for skills with a guitar. Academy Award-winning actor and Mississippi native Morgan Freeman is part owner of the Ground Zero Blues Club in town. Clarksdale also is hounded by the poverty typical of the Mississippi Delta.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Law & Order: SVU Spins Chris Brown/Rihanna Incident!

What we do is nobody's business! 

It's been over four years since the incident in Los Angeles where Chris Brown and Rihanna got into it.

The domestic violence incident pretty much ruined Chris Brown's career as an entertainer. Everything he does now is subject to scrutiny. Chris Brown had got into heated feuds with Drake, Raz-B of B2K, Jenny Johnson, and Frank Ocean.

Even Rihanna suffered some form of scrunity. Many were figuring that she'll move on but I guess Rihanna still loves Chris Brown. They've ended up hooking back up!

Many in the music industry figured that Rihanna is sliding down the path that lead Whitney Houston to her untimely demise last year.
Law & Order: SVU takes a spin into the Chris Brown/Rihanna incident. The character is pop singer Caleb Brown played by Eugene Jones.
The NBC hit drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit  is taking a spin on the controversy. The show is is an American police procedural crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention. Created and produced by Dick Wolf, the series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1999 as the first spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama, Law & Order.

The program features Dann Florek, Danny Pino, Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, Richard Belzer, and Ice-T. "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct, New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual assault and child molestation, as well as any crime loosely connected with any of the three, such as domestic violence, kidnapping and child abandonment.

This incident of Chris Brown and Rihanna is going to be on Wednesday night's program.

The New York Daily News tells the tale of “Law & Order: SVU” stories as often do, however, it veers off to its own ending — which, in this case, is not happy for one of the characters.

The central players in “Funny Valentine” are Micha Charles-Green (aka Robyn Fenty/Rihanna), played by Tiffany Robinson, and Caleb Brown (aka Chris Brown), played by Eugene Jones.

He regularly beats her, which leads Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) to wonder why she stays in the relationship.
The facial bruises of a singer. Tiffany Robinson plays Micha Charles, a character loosely based on Rihanna.
She also refuses to cooperate in prosecution despite the efforts of assistant district attorney Barba (Raul Esparza) to built a case.

Micha says it’s complicated, and the story plays out from there, focusing on domestic violence and the ways in which abusers manipulate victims.

In real life, Brown was arrested in 2009 after a picture surfaced of Rihanna with a swollen and battered face.

He pleaded guilty to felony assault and received five years probation plus community service and a restraining order. He made several public apologies and also blamed the media.

Last month Rihanna confirmed the pair are back together.

“He's not the monster everybody thinks,” she said. “He's a good person. He has a fantastic heart. He's giving and loving. And he's fun to be around.”

On “SVU,” Jeffrey Tambor plays Brown’s flamboyant media hound attorney. Talk show host Wendy Williams plays herself.

Chris Brown appears under RCA Records.
Rihanna appears under Def Jam.


Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Chicago: New Mom Killed In Urban Warfare!

Janay McFarlane was killed a few hours after her sister attended President Barack Obama's event.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Janay McFarlene.

The president was told about another incident in his hometown. One of the children who was onstage with the president just lost her sister to another tragic gun incident in Chicago. With this being one of the 50 confirmed deaths in a two month period, the need for gun control is necessary.

The third largest city in the nation is on the verge of losing its ranking. The population of Chicago is decreasing by the negative news coverage. Gang violence is a huge problem there.

Once again, gang violence is domestic terrorism.

Since this made it through the conservative/white supremacist bubble, I already assume there will be a lot of racial slurs, Obama name dropping and blaming the Democratic Party for the woes of gun violence.

It's 24/7 for arm chair generals online. They'll figure that since it's Chicago, conservatives/white supremacists are rooting for the urban warfare. They rather see Blacks kill one another.

Mom Angela Blakely and sister Destini Warren.
President was condemning at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago.

McFarlane, of the 8900 block of South Lowe Avenue, was visiting friends and family in North Chicago when she was shot on her way to a store in the northern suburb, her family said.

She was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m., shortly after sustaining a single gunshot wound to her head, according to the Lake County Coroner’s office.

North Chicago Police officials did not return calls for comment Saturday.

Angela Blakely, the mother of both girls, said that the family had been anticipating the President's visit to the school where Destini is a freshman.

Leading up to the visit, McFarlane frequently mentioned the recent death of Hadiya Pendleton, 15, whose own shooting death a mile from the Obama's home spurred the President's visit.

Janay and her son Jayden.
“It's terrible, it's terrible the only thing I can remember is my daughter telling me, 'Mommy, it's so sad about Hadiya. That makes no sense,'“ Blakely said. “She always asked me a lot of questions about death.”

Blakely said that McFarlane was still trying to make sense of the violence that claimed Pendleton’s life. She kept questioning why someone so innocent could die from violence.

McFarlane, who attended Hyde Park Academy before she became pregnant with her son Jayden — 3-months-old — and dropped out, was excited that her younger sister was able to attend Obama’s speech.

Destini said that during the days before the President arrived to Chicago, her sister would come by and talk to her about the visit. Destini said she last spoke to her sister on Thursday night before the younger girl went to sleep.

“She was like 'Just tell me how it's going to be.' She was excited for me,” said Destini. “ (The violence) was really wracking her because she was talking to my momma about Hadiya.”

Destini said she was sitting on a bench about two rows behind the President on stage listening as he spoke about gun violence.

“I could relate to it because that's been happening to a lot of people,” said Destini.

The speech resonated even more when her family got the call from McFarlane's father in North Chicago, who told Destini that her sister was dead, she said.

“It was like real painful,” said Destini, her voice choking back tears.

Since President Obama's speech on Friday, two people have been killed and six injured by guns in Chicago.

csadovi@tribune.com

Freelance reporter Ruth Fuller contributed.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Two Caught In Hadiya Pendleton's Murder!



First Lady Michelle Obama, personal adviser Valarie Jerrett, and Education secretary Arne Duncan all attended the funeral of slain teenager Hadiya Pendleton.

As she was being laid to rest, a break in the case. The Chicago Tribune and Associated Press report that two men were arrested in the death of the young teenager who was recently a participant in the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

The parents of the Hadiya will be invited as guest on behalf of First Lady Obama. They will be in attendance of the president's state of the union address.

These individuals mistaken her and another group of teenagers as gang members. So they ambushed them.

The Gangster Disciples is a notorious street gang. They're a domestic terrorist group. Besides Hadiya, they've targeted rapper Rick Ross this month in an apparent shooting in Florida.

The two men, Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, are charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in the attack that also left two other teens wounded in Harsh Park late last month, about a mile from President Barack Obama's Kenwood home.


Williams and Ward targeted Hadiya and other teens in the park Jan. 29 because they believed, mistakenly, they were members of the gang responsible for the shooting, he said. Ward fired the gun, police said.

Hours after Hadiya's funeral, attended by first lady Michelle Obama, police stopped Ward and Williams as they were on their way in separate cars to a friend's birthday celebration at a strip club in Harvey Saturday night, McCarthy said at a news conference at Area Central police headquarters this evening.

Hearing news of the charges, Hadiya's father Nathaniel Pendleton said this is the first time since the shooting he's had a "legitimate" smile on his face.


"I'm ecstatic that they found the two guys," he told the Tribune by phone from a Washington, D.C. restaurant, where he was with his wife, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, and other relatives. "(I'm) thanking God that these two guys are off the streets, so that this doesn't happen to another innocent person."

Pendleton and his family were in the nation's capital to be guests of Obama during the State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Still, Pendleton said true closure won't come until the men are convicted. "Right now, I can say to you that the healing can start," he said.
Kenneth Williams, 20, left, and Michael Ward, 18, right, charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton. Charged with first degree murder, 2 counts of attempt first degree murder, 2 counts of aggravated battery/discharge firearm. (CPD handout)
Kenneth Williams and Michael Ward are charged in the killing of Hadiya Pendleton.
Hadiya was shot in Vivian Gordon Harsh Park, about a mile north of President Barack Obama's Kenwood neighborhood home on the South Side. Her slaying took place a little more than a week after the honor student performed with the King College Prep band in Washington during inauguration festivities.

The shooting in the 4400 block of South Oakenwald Avenue happened after classes were dismissed for the day during finals week at King. Hadiya, a sophomore at King, was at the park with a group of teens, primarily other students from the school, when a gunman climbed over a fence, ran to the group and started firing, police have said.

The shooter escaped in what has been described as a white Nissan vehicle, possibly driven by a getaway driver.

While police and neighbors have generally described Harsh Park and its immediate surroundings as safe, there has been an internal gang conflict brewing in the area between factions of the Gangster Disciples, police said.

The playground where Hadiya was shot was the setting for an amateur rap video posted to YouTube. The video, which also highlights the intersection at South Oakenwald and East 44th Place, uses the moniker of a local gang in an opening credit and features a rapper shown leaving the Cook County Jail, then threatening to shoot down his foes.

The video ends at a house party with a smiling teenage girl flashing gang signs at the camera.

Ward and Williams are members of the Gangster Disciples, sources said.

Ward pleaded guilty early last year in a 2011 aggravated unlawful use of a weapon case and was given two years probation, according to court records. After an arrest on criminal trespass to a vehicle last summer, he was held without bond for a few weeks, but was released after a Sept. 9, 2012, hearing.

Williams was arrested on a misdemeanor retail theft charge in October 2011, but the charge was dismissed.


Also reporting that White extremist and aging rocker Ted Nugent on behalf of Republican congressman Steve Stockman of Texas. They will be in attendance. This will be discussed shortly.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Chris Brown & Rihanna Are The New Bobby & Whitney!

Four years ago they had a major fallout. This year they're back together. One year ago another troubled pop star died in a tragedy. The media thinks these two are following her footsteps.

Could Rihanna and Chris Brown be the new Bobby and Whitney?

Okay, tomorrow marks the first year of the death of Whitney Houston. The legendary R & B/pop singer died on February 11, 2012.

Whitney Houston rose to fame with the golden voice. Her start from the New Jersey church propelled her to the limelight and reached it all the way to the motion pictures. Her troubles began when she found love.

She eventually married fellow pop singer Bobby Brown. Brown being a father of three met Houston at the Soul Train awards. They spent three years together before eventually tied the knot.

The media always speculated that Bobby Brown assaulted Whitney Houston. This lead to her frequent use of cocaine and prescription drugs.

Her troubled history with drugs finally taken a toll on her.

Subsequent toxicology reports showed that she had accidentally drowned in the bathtub due to the effects of chronic cocaine use and heart disease. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards and featured prominently in American and international media.

Houston was found unconscious in Suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub; she was later pronounced dead. The cause of death was not immediately known.

It was later ruled by the coroner to have been an "accidental drowning". Beverly Hills paramedics arrived at approximately 3:30 p.m. and found the singer unresponsive and performed CPR. Houston was pronounced dead.

Local police said there were "no obvious signs of criminal intent."

The Los Angeles County coroner's office reported the cause of Houston's death was drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". The office stated the amount of cocaine found in Houston's body indicated that she used the substance shortly before her death.

Toxicology results revealed additional drugs in her system: Benadryl, Xanax, marijuana and Flexeril. The manner of death was listed as an "accident".

The media is now concluding that Rihanna (Robyn Fenty) and Chris Brown being back together rings echos!

Chris Brown is a washed up R & B/pop singer.

Four years ago, these two got into huge argument and it lead to Brown assaulting the pop singer.

The troubled singer apparently crashed his vehicle after being chased by paparazzi. The Associated Press reports that the pop star was nominated for a Grammy.


Police in Beverly Hills say Chris Brown escaped injury after crashing his Porsche into a wall while being chased by paparazzi.

Lt. Lincoln Hoshino said the collision occurred around noon Saturday. Brown told police that he lost control of his black Porsche during the chase.

A call to Brown's lawyer was not immediately returned.

The crash came a day before the Grammy Awards, where Brown is up for best urban contemporary album.

Brown was just in court for apparently not finishing his community service.

Friday, February 08, 2013

Family Affair!

Jury found Ohio mother guilty in the death of her son. Michelle Mooty and Joe Watson are going to the iron college for the death of Levi Barrett. The child's father is a friend.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Levi Barrett.

A personal take on a local woman being sentenced in the death of her son. The purpose of this story allows me to clear the air and address why Black Americans will be a subject of the conservative and white supremacist ire. This type of stuff ignites the word salad of racial slurs, mentions of these individuals being one of "Obama's children" and the "gubmint" parasites uttered by the likes of conservative agitators in the media. 

The callous actions of this woman and her boyfriend has brought my friend to his senses!

Years of reckless behavior from my friend have finally taken its toll. Now realizing that he'll never have an opportunity to see one of his children grow up in the future has finally brought him to his senses!

It's time for him to be a father.

This week, the Ohio court found bad parent Michelle Mooty, guilty in complicity of allowing child abuse to occur. She will be sentenced to prison shortly.
Wiping tears. Mooty reacts to jury decision.
This kind of hits close to home. Charles Barrett, Jr. is the father of the deceased child, Levi. 

The child was killed by Mooty's boyfriend (at the time) Joe Watson, IV. 

The incident happened in December 2011. After a year of deliberations and a jury trial, the court found these irresponsible parents guilty in murder. Watson who has a child with Mooty was sentenced to 15 to life in prison.

Mooty has other children with other men besides Barrett and Watson.

The reason why this comes to head is that I know the father of the deceased child.

For over 10 years, I've known the father of the child.

Charles Barrett fought personal demons in his life. None so than losing his child. 

Barrett has two other children. Barrett has one from another woman and the other from Mooty.
Charles Barrett with his three children. The youngest child Levi (top right) was killed by Joe Watson, the boyfriend of the child's mother Michelle Mooty.  

I've distanced myself from my best friend (and two others I've previously associated with)! 

I can testify that lives were changed that night when I've found out that his son was dead!

My friend isn't perfect. 
Joe Watson was convicted of murder and sentenced to the iron college for life! The girlfriend Michelle Mooty will be there soon. They were responsible for the death of Levi Barrett. 
Through the good times and often bad times, I've tried to be there as much as I could! He didn't need my help, so we moved on!

My friend has a perennial habit of moving from home to home, job to job, from a girl to another girl, and from jail to court!

Barrett's personal demons began when he became a first time father! He met a woman near one of his jobs and fell in love. A few years later, he became a father to his first child. He would eventually bailed out on his responsibilities as a parent.

He would later have two other sons by Michelle Mooty and eventually bail out on them. Although he loved his children, he wanted to venue into dead ends like drug dealing, selling stolen property and making enemies with friends and family. This all came to head when he realized that day he would never see his youngest son alive ever again!

As his first child grows up to become a teenager and his second child begins to understand life itself, my friend has to "get his ass" together to better himself for the sake of his children.

Now I've haven't spoken to him in nearly a year. I can only assume he'll have more children and keep a memory of his son either through his part-time career as a rapper or tattoos on his body. Something symbolic.

My other two friends are struggling as well. They also have perennial problems with family and friends as well.

Barrett's first child comes from one my friends. She struggles as a mother of two with thoughts of her mother. Her mother was killed in a domestic violence dispute when she was very young and it permanently scarred her for life.

The last friend explained is former ex-girlfriend. This one comes from a troubled home. Being a rape survivor and a shooting victim, about seven years ago hasn't changed her from the reckless behavior. 

She nearly died in 2005, after her former boyfriend shot her in the chest.

Each of these individuals are troubled. They've relied on me for years for personal advice and constant help in crisis after crisis. Each of them had opportunities as I to move on with success. Yet, we're still here with the burden of our personal demons.

I've concluded that it's time to move away from them! I have figured that problems may come and go from time to time, I figured that I exhausted my options and will no longer be a reliable friend.

I wish them all well! For as long as I live on this earth, their issues aren't my problems anymore! I've got my own problems to deal with!

Monday, January 28, 2013

LAPD Investigate Fight Between Chris Brown And Frank Ocean!

Washed up singer Chris Brown is under investigation for a fight in a studio parking lot that involved him and rapper Frank Ocean.

Just like Rihanna, her on and off boyfriend, washed up pop singer Chris Brown can't keep his dumb ass out of trouble. This morning I check the Huffington Post, and yet again I see his silly ass mug once again in the news.

For the simple fact that Breezy and Ri Ri both appearing in the news for all the wrong reasons, I am starting to wonder if limelight will ever fade for these two!

Apparently the singer got into a huge fight and it involved rapper/singer Frank Ocean. Ocean is a member of the hip-hop collective Odd Future. Last year the rapper came out as bisexual.

Authorities are investigating allegations that Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown assaulted a man in a West Hollywood parking lot.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says deputies responded to a report Sunday night of six men fighting.

Witnesses told deputies that the brief fight was over a parking space.

The department says the "altercation allegedly led to Chris Brown punching the victim."
Grammy nominated singer/rapper Frank Ocean got into a fight with Chris Brown. LAPD investigating the incident.
The "victim" wasn't identified but the celebrity website TMZ, which first reported the incident outside a recording studio, says the fight also involved Frank Ocean, a nominee in the upcoming Grammy Awards. He later tweeted that he "got jumped by (Brown) and a couple guys" and suffered a finger cut.

The department says it will contact Brown later.

Brown's attack on singer Rihanna on the eve of the 2009 Grammy awards overshadowed the show. He was injured in a June 2012 brawl with members of hip-hop star Drake's entourage at a New York nightclub.

Brown is currently on a five year probation. Why would he violate this now?

Ocean was pulled over in Los Angeles last month. He was accused of driving while under the influence of marijuana.

Rihanna was spotted in Hawaii with a blunt and a middle finger to those who caught her.

Chris Brown appears under RCA Records.

Frank Ocean appears under Def Jam Records and Odd Future Music.

Rihanna appears under Island Def Jam Records.

Thursday, January 03, 2013

GOP: Take That Hit To The Face, Bitch!

Democrats are angry at the Republicans right now! The 112th Congress matches the 80th Congress in lackluster progress. This is the modern day "DO NOTHING CONGRESS". Over 2,500 bills and only 219 of these bodies became law.

The DREAM Act, gun control and the debt ceiling will be another round of partisan gridlock by Republicans in the House of Representatives. Filibuster reform, treaties, possible nominations to federal courts, a Supreme Court pick and confirmation of cabinet members will be stalled by Republicans in the Senate.

The 113th Congress takes forth in 2013. As January 4, 2013 begins, many of the failed politicians are packing their bags and heading back to the private sector. The new class and a few perennials are welcomed to the circus. As of right now, Republicans have 234 members to the Democrats 201 in the House of Representatives. The Democrats will have 53 plus 2 independents who caucus with them and Republicans will have 45 in the Senate. President Barack Obama continues on into the second term in mid-January.

After bitter fights, a very important law to curb violence among women is dead in the water. Republicans blocked the reauthorizing of the Violence Against Women Act.

Despite pleas from the Democratic and some Republican women, House Republicans have blocked the Violence Against Women Act, making it the first time the bill has not been renewed since 1994. GOP legislators balked at the legislation's inclusions for Native Americans, immigrant women, and LGBTQ folks.

Now if you hear crap from Republicans being the party of Civil Rights, kindly tell them: They're full of shit!
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-New Hampshire), Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California), Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) warn Republicans the dire consequences if VAWA wasn't passed.

The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994. The Act provided $1.6 billion toward investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposed automatic and mandatory restitution on those convicted, and allowed civil redress in cases prosecutors chose to leave unprosecuted. The Act also established the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice.

VAWA was drafted by the office of Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware) (who would later become the current Vice President of the United States), with support from a broad coalition of advocacy groups. The Act passed through Congress with bipartisan support in 1994, clearing the House by a vote of 235–195 and the Senate by a vote of 61–38, although the following year House Republicans attempted to cut the Act's funding.

In the 2000 Supreme Court case United States v. Morrison, a sharply divided Court struck down the VAWA provision allowing women the right to sue their attackers in federal court. By a 5–4 majority, the Court's conservative wing overturned the provision as an intrusion on states' rights.

VAWA was reauthorized by Congress in 2000, and again in December 2005. The Act's 2012 renewal was fiercely opposed by conservative Republicans, who objected to extending the Act's protections to same-sex couples and to provisions allowing battered illegal immigrants to claim temporary visas. In April 2012, the Senate voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and the House subsequently passed its own measure (omitting provisions of the Senate bill that would protect gay men, lesbians, American Indians living in reservations, and illegal immigrants who were victims of domestic violence). Reconciliation of the two bills has been stymied by procedural measures, leaving the reauthorization in question.
Violence Against Women Act is a big effin' deal! Vice President Joe Biden was a senator when he sponsored the legislation that was passed by Bill Clinton in 1994.

So as of today, without passage, I am guessing that an abusive partner can obtain a firearm and proceed to killing a former lover!

So I guess it's fair to hit a pregnant woman in the stomach if she gets into an argument with her partner?

So I guess it's fair to attack a couple who is gay because you see them holding hands in public?

So I guess it's fair to attack Native Americans because you feel like they don't deserve property rights that were stolen by them in the imperialistic society America is looked upon as?

So I guess that an immigrant can be attacked because the person can't speak English?

This is what Republicans want! Republicans want drug testing of the poor, cuts to safety nets, probes of Muslims, Blacks, Hispanics, and LGBT groups.

The Republicans want to flex their muscles around Middle East, allow firearms in schools, movie theaters and on public transportation. They don't care about the issues that involve the rest of the world, they only care about themselves.

In their warped minds, their version of patriotism is the all out bigotry of a person's race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings. They believe that anyone who supports President Barack Obama is either too lazy to work or too stupid to vote!

They call the people who support President Barack Obama, low information voters. But yet these are the ones who can't tell you what the meaning of Communism and Socialism!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Game Over?

Rapper's album release was panned!

50 Cent and Michelle Malkin are going to clown on rival's disappointing album release.

Rapper Game's latest album Jesus Piece debuts Number 6 on Billboard with projected sales between 85,000 to 100,000 copies being sold. A big disappointment for the Compton based rapper who rose to fame under the whims of Dr. Dre and 50 Cent. The Game released his debut album The Documentary and it went to number one in the charts. After a bitter fallout between 50 Cent and members of G-Unit, Game was forced off Aftermath Records.

Soon after the rapper released The Doctor's Advocate, L.A.X., The R.E.D. Album and the recent album Jesus Piece. The rappers two albums post G-Unit went to Number 1 on Billboard charts but these last two were disappointments.

Game is rumored to sign to Cash Money Records. Although it's not confirmed, it's been the talk of the internet as of recently. The rap label is home to Lil' Wayne, Drake and Nicki Minaj. These entertainers also appear under Lil' Wayne's Young Money Records as well.

Game's ongoing feud with 50 Cent will certainly spark up again! 50 Cent usually attacks rivals for low album sales. The rapper has an ongoing issue with not only Game, but former members Lloyd Banks and Young Buck.

50 Cent also shares in disappointment too. His last album Before I Self Destruct didn't live up to expectations, even with help from Eminem and Dr. Dre producing most of his album. The next album release is Street King Immortal and it may be the rapper's last album. The album first singles are out. New Day with Dr. Dre and Alicia Keyes and My Life featuring Eminem and Adam Levine are the official singles.

Game and 50 Cent's feud has put a dent in both of their careers. Both failed to succeed in charting on the Billboard top list with their singles. Each entertainer associated with G-Unit hasn't lived up to their first releases. 50 Cent is maintain his image by investing in products. He contributed to his own brand of  energy drinks, headphones and taking up part time acting.

50 Cent engaged in feuds with Rick Ross, Ja Rule, Nas, Jadakiss, Fat Joe, Slim da Mobster, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Irv Gotti, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Young Buck, Game, Lloyd Banks, Benzino, Floyd Mayweather, Vivica A. Fox, Oprah, Bill O'Reilly, Cam'Ron, Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, and his the mother of his child.

Game engaged in feuds with 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ja Rule, Joe Budden, .40 Gloc, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, Michelle Malkin, Dr. Dre, Tony Yayo, Big Sean, Tyler The Creator, Memphis Bleek, Young Chris, and his former manager Big Fase his half-brother.

Both entertainers are professional agitators. 50 Cent and Game lyrics contain language that embraces criminal activity, gun violence, homophobia, sexism and commercialism.  In the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting, rappers, Ted Nugent, video games, conservative agitators and the gun lobbyist group the National Rifle Association are under fire for embracing the gun culture.

The gun control issue is back on the table. These individuals mentioned are entitled to their opinions and do have the right to freely express their music talents. However with the sales decline in most music genres, the rappers may have to reinvent an image in order to stay mainstream.

Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, T.I., Rick Ross, Rihanna, Lil' Wayne, Drake, Kanye West, 2 Chainz, Future, and Nicki Minaj are the most sought after rappers right now! The rest of them are still trying to stay relevant.

The video below is a homage to Eazy-E. Game records the Celebration Remix with Bone Thugs 'N Harmony.



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