Washed Up Rapper Shot By His Nephew!

Some fun facts about washed up rapper Benzino

Born: July 18, 1965 (age 48), Boston, MA Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)

He's about the average height of a woman.

He released four albums and none of them are successful.

Washed up rapper and reality star Raymond "Benzino" Scott was known to shoot off his mouth. He often engaged in this braggadocio about how he's from the "Mean Streets Of Boston".

He was once the co-owner of the hip-hop magazine The Source. He and his partner Dave Mays ran the magazine into the ground. Black Enterprises sacked them over seven years ago. They relaunched Hip-Hop Weekly and continue to blow money fast.

He was the rapper who engaged in a feud with Eminem. Most people never heard of him. They thought of him as a buffoon for taking on a rapper who is pretty much a legend.

The dumb rapper probably pissed off more than Eminem. He spent nearly a decade feuding with him. He claims the feud is "over". But on ocassions, he'll drop diss on Em.

He's pissed off Kim Osario, the former editor of The Source. She successfully sued him and Mays for sexual harassment.

He's pissed off the police. For the numerous run ins for driving without a license and drug charges. Then he would go on television screaming racism.

Benzino pissed off the millions of readers (one being me) who didn't get their subscription in the mail. The Source went through bankruptcy. Those who spent that $24 for a two year subscription weren't given the magazine. They were given the run around. The run around led to its competitors (one being XXL) to take the spot as the number on hip-hop magazine.

Ja Rule with Benzino in the studio listening to their beats.

Nowadays whenever you're a washed up celebrity, you'll end up on reality television. Well Benzino is a fixture of Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta.

The Associated Press and Huffington Post reports that Benzino was injured after being shot by his nephew on a Massachusetts highway Saturday while riding in a funeral procession for a family member, according authorities and Benzino's hip-hop magazine.

Benzino, whose real name is Raymond Scott, is a cast member of the VH1 reality show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" and CEO of Hip-Hop Weekly. The magazine confirmed on its website Saturday night that Benzino had been shot.

The 48-year-old Benzino was traveling on Route 3 south of Boston just before noon when 36-year-old Gai Scott pulled alongside and fired several shots into a red SUV driven by Benzino, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Officials say there had been growing tension between the two.

Benzino, of Mansfield, Mass., got out of the SUV after being struck and was taken by a passerby to the Duxbury Police Department and then transferred to a hospital.

Hip-Hop Weekly said he was shot in an arm, and his back was grazed by a bullet.

He was listed in good condition, a spokeswoman for South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth said Sunday morning.

The magazine said Benzino was in the area to bury his mother. He was heading to a church in Plymouth at the time of the shooting, the District Attorney's Office said.

Police responding to the scene found the red SUV in the middle of Route 3 with bullet holes and a reddish brown substance believe to be blood inside the vehicle. Officials said shell casings and projectiles also were found at the scene.

Gai Scott, of Randolph, Mass., was taken into custody and charged with assault with intent to murder. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in the Plymouth District Court.

The "Love & Hip Hop" series is known for its over-the-top drama and fights — making it a ratings success, but also a target for criticism. The fourth season of the show's New York series ended in January. The third season of the Atlanta spinoff debuts in May.


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Loserville Sics "Uncle Juan" On Ebony!

The right hates Ebony magazine because one of their editors criticized Black conservatives.

I've said it too many times.

Why should I continue beating it into the heads of our critics here on Journal de la Reyna?

I've posted every article about an issue that involves the community, the government and junk food media.

I've criticized Republican, Democrat, progressive and conservative respectively.

Way too many times, I've talked about how reactionary conservatives are when it comes to race. Often conservatives look at race with dark sunglasses. They believe that "racism is over", "Trayvon Martin was a thug", "Barack Obama is a....." and "Republicans freed the slaves".

They believe "us Black folk" are stuck on the "Democrat plantation" because we love "brotha Barack".

Republicans can barely break the 10% on Black members.

In the 21st Century, the Democratic Party nominated twice the first Black president. The American people elected the first Black person to ever reach that highest office.

Today in America, here in 2014, there are some who refer to the first Black president as a dictator. There are some who believe that every racist email, photo about the president is actually a joke. There are some who think that America is on a downward spiral because of the first Black president. These individuals believe that minorities benefit from "da gubmint". There are some who question the first Black president's birthplace, religion and stances on social and economic issues.

That's perfectly fine. They can do so at their discretion. For you see for every time a conservative acts out like this, Blacks tend to look at them as racist.

Ebony editor gets into a spat with the communications director of the RNC. Her company apologized over the weekend for the misunderstanding. The damage is done though. Republicans are going to make a case against the magazine and their favorite target President Barack Obama.

In 2014, the Republican Party is mostly White. There's probably less than 25 Republican Congressional lawmakers who are minorities. One clearly visible figure is Tim Scott, the Black Republican senator from South Carolina. Then there's Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, two Hispanic Republican senators from Florida and Texas, respectively.  Then there's Susana Martinez, the Latina Republican governor of New Mexico. Yeah, Brian Sandoval, the Latino Republican governor of Nevada.

You have Florida representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Barlart. And of course Raúl Labrador, the representative from Idaho. Jaime Herrera Beutler, she is a Republican lawmaker from Washington. They are Hispanic lawmakers.

And who couldn't forget Native American representatives Tom Cole and Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma.

Okay there are minorities in the political party. However, the party is still struggling to win over minorities.

The Republican Party is mostly ideologically conservative. It's most WHITE, MALE and OLD.

Benjamin Carson is the right's newest toy.

The party elects people who come off as condescending bigots. They have put their political gambles on failures like perennial losers Mitt Romney.

The Republicans have failed the Black community so much it's nearly impossible to gain a strong turnout.

Ebony Magazine is part of the Johnson Publishing Company.

It was founded by John Johnson in Chicago, Ebony cover photography has since its inception focused on African-American celebrities and politicians, such as Dorothy Dandridge, Mariah Carey, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Carol Moseley Braun, Barack Obama, Zoe Saldana, Tyrese Gibson and Tyler Perry. The magazine has evolved over the years, in 2010 starting an obvious and persistent redesign with an end goal of updating and enlivening the age-old brand.

In the past, the magazine was persistently upbeat, much like its generic contemporary Life. Ebony, edited by John H. Johnson, has striven always to address African-American issues, personalities and interests in a positive and self-affirming manner. Advertisers have for decades created ads specifically for the pages of Ebony that featured black models using their products.

Ebony frequently makes headlines in the blogosphere and in the mainstream press.

Well the editor of  Jamilah Lemieux made some criticism of former neurosurgeon and Black conservative Dr. Benjamin Carson over his attempts to reach out to Blacks with his own magazine.

 “I have drinking games in mind already,” quipped Lemieux, regarding Carson’s tendency to communicate in outrageous talking points, like his comment that Obamacare is “worse than slavery” or when he said that women need to “re-educated” so they won’t “get all riled up” about abortion.

Okay, she has an opinion. She's not a fan of Carson.

"Uncle Juan" Williams' son Raffi worships Saint Ronald. He's gotten into a spat with the editor of Ebony over her criticisms of him and those so-called "freed" Negros.

But here comes the folks over at Loserville getting riled up over it. "Uncle Juan" Williams, a fixture on the network is none too happy about it. He's also steamed over the fact that Lemieux called his son Raffi a “white dude”.

Raffi Williams is the director of political outreach for young and minorities for the Republican National Committee. He was appointed to that position by Reince "Find The Rainbow" Priebus.

The Raw Story reports that Lemieux got onto Twitter to criticized Carson.

Someone asked Lemieux if she didn't want to know more about the publication, to which she replied, “I 100 percent do not want to know more, I wish I knew less!”

Then Raffi Williams — who wears his hair in loose waves and poses in front of a painting of Pres. Ronald Reagan in his Twitter profile photo — tweeted at Lemieux, “Wish you knew less? Hoped you would encourage diversity of thought.”

@JamilahLemieux wish you knew less? hoped you would encourage diversity of thought. @BETpolitichick @SistahScholar @orlandowatson
— Raffi Williams (@Raffiwilliams) March 27, 2014

@Raffiwilliams @BETpolitichick @SistahScholar @orlandowatson Oh great, here comes a White dude telling me how to do this Black thing. Pass.
— Jamilah Lemieux (@JamilahLemieux) March 27, 2014

Merry Christmas... My dad & BO tried to convert me but that wasnt happening pic.twitter.com/u02QzcUfoH
— Raffi Williams (@Raffiwilliams) December 20, 2013

“Oh great,” Lemieux replied, “here comes a White dude telling me how to do this Black thing. Pass.”

The faux pas set off an immediate firestorm among users of the conservative Twitter aggregator Twitchy.com and other conservative media outlets, who branded Lemieux a racist and proceeded to hurl insults and invective.

“I hear you like to judge people by the color of their skin,” wrote one.

Loserville sics their favorite son on Ebony.

“‘Go away?’” said another, “I think you’re confused about how this twitter thing works. Also, you’re a racist.”

RedState.com commentator Aaron Gardner wrote, “This morning a news editor from Ebony decided to show her ignorance and racism to the world.”

Lemieux apologized to Williams, but for Gardner that wasn't enough.

“Quite frankly, Lemieux can take her apology and cram it,” he wrote. “I find it hard to believe that Lemieux’s apology was from the heart considering she is the daughter of a former Black Panther.”

By Thursday morning, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus was joining the fanned-up outrage and demanded an apology on Williams’ behalf from Ebony. Williams appeared on Fox News, complaining about how he’d been treated by Lemieux.

Thursday afternoon, even as Lemieux supporters kicked off an #IStandWithJamilah hashtag on Twitter, Ebony complied, issuing a stiffly-worded apology for what the publication called Lemieux’s “lack of judgment.”

The right’s heated reaction to the Twitter spat strikes some as spectacularly overblown and more than a little bit hypocritical. Clutch magazine’s Britni Danielle wrote, “The hypocrisy of Fox News, Reince Priebus, and several Conservatives is astounding.

While many Right Wingers have no problem pandering to extremists in their party like Ted Nugent who regularly spew on racially charged rhetoric (i.e. calling President Obama is the “Food Stamp President” or a Kenyan-born Muslim Socialist or a “subhuman mongrel”), the moment someone, particularly a Black person, does not subscribe to their views (or chooses to not engage as Lemieux did when she told Williams she wasn't interested in anything he had to say), they cry reverse racism and cloak themselves in victimhood.”

Conservatives launched a purported boycott against Ebony last September for its series of covers in the wake of the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed unarmed teenager in 2012. The publication’s covers featured black male celebrities and their families dressed in the type of “hoodie” sweatshirts that Martin was wearing when he died.

The magazine’s sales figures rose in the wake of the conservative initiative. As Daily Banter blogger Bob Cesca said, “You can’t boycott something you've never purchased.”

You Can't Win!

Mom got busted by the law. She had a job interview and she decided to leave her children in the car. Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn't play that. The no-nonsense Maricopa County Sheriff's department doesn't care about you being homeless. It cares about the suspect putting the lives of children in danger.

A homeless woman who lives right out of her car was busted by police after she took advantage of an opportunity for a job.

One thing that comes to the law enforcement's mind, why didn't she call a friend to watch her children?

The Huffington Post reports that the homeless single mother in Arizona who struggled to make ends meet is in jail after she allegedly left her children in her car while she went on a job interview.

Shanesha Taylor was arrested on felony child abuse charges after Scottsdale police discovered her two kids, aged 2 years old and 6 months old, in a locked car.

Scottsdale police responded after a witness reported a child crying from inside a Dodge Durango parked at an office complex on March 20. Police said that two children were left along in the car with the engine off and the windows slightly cracked. The car was left parked in the sun and all the doors were closed.

AZFamily reports that the kids had already been in the car for 30 minutes when police arrived. Police said 35-year-old Taylor returned from her job interview about 45 minutes after officers came to the scene. She said she didn't have anyone else to care for the kids while she was on an interview at an insurance company.

"She was upset. This is a sad situation all around. She said she was homeless. She needed the job," Scottsdale Police Sergeant Mark Clark told KPHO. "Obviously not getting the job. So it's just a sad situation."

Taylor was arrested on two felony counts of child abuse. She remains in jail, and her children have been put in the custody of Child Protective Services.

Taylor's arrest has spurred an online fundraising drive to help with her legal expenses, according to WTOP. At time of writing Friday, it had more than 975 supporters, and had raised more than $27,000 -- three times more than its $9,000 goal.

The fundraising sight acknowledges that Taylor made a "terrible mistake" but urges compassion.

"There are a lot of us who feel she was just a victim to what an economy like this is putting struggling families through," Amanda Bishop, who organized the fundraiser, told KMGH.

CBS 5 - KPHO

Conservative Outrage Over Stephen Colbert!

Comedy in bad taste?

The Comedy Central satirist and fake anchor of The Colbert Report is facing criticism over an apparent knock at Asian Americans. One in particular is a conservative agitator who doesn't even acknowledge her heritage as a Filipino-American.


The turd flipper and her blog finally found racism. There's a movement online to cancel the comedian's show.

The hastag #CancelColbert is springing up on the social networks because apparently Stephen Colbert said something that pissed off the Asian American community.

Let's take a look at the controversy.

ANNOUNCEMENT: @StephenAtHome and @ColbertReport deleted tweet. They caught on, but we have evidence. #CancelColbert pic.twitter.com/n5pwW0bLSy
— Suey Park (@suey_park) March 28, 2014

Suey Park is the creator of the Cancel Colbert movement. She is a well known internet activist and her impact has got the junk food media involved. The feud is ongoing because she felt that even though he's entertaining the audience, his mention of Asian stereotypes have crossed the line.

I used to respect and enjoy your work, @ColbertReport. Fuck you.
— Suey Park (@suey_park) March 27, 2014

This seem to grab the attention of the conservative agitator who is known throw racial slurs and insults in the direction of those she disagrees with. The turd flipper continues to be the gadfly of the racist right.

Co-sign! RT @suey_park I'm sick of liberals hiding behind assumed "progressiveness" #CancelColbert
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 28, 2014

Colbert then addressed the firestorm from his personal Twitter account, and the official "The Colbert Report" account later clarified that Comedy Central, not Colbert or anyone who works for his show, managed that account.

#CancelColbert - I agree! Just saw @ColbertReport tweet. I share your rage. Who is that, though? I'm @StephenAtHome http://t.co/e0Pqz7U7i9
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) March 28, 2014

The official Colbert Report tweeted also

For the record @ColbertReport is not controlled by Stephen Colbert or his show. He is @StephenAtHome Sorry for the confusion #CancelColbert
— The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) March 28, 2014

This is a Comedy Central account, with no oversight from Stephen/show. Here is quoted line in context http://t.co/UFnaFfOSpn #cancelcolbert
— The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) March 28, 2014

Any thoughts on this controversy?

Do you believe the turd flipper is just meddling or Stephen Colbert is a flaming liberal racist as she calls him?

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Road Rage Left Florida Redneck In The Dust!

After he flipped the bird, the crazed driver lost control in this video.

A viral video that's circulating around YouTube and its caught the eye of the international media shows the filmier of the video being pursued by a big Ford truck.

During a few moments that man gives the filmier a middle salute.

As he tried to take the lane, he lost control and crashed in the opposite lane.

Huge laughs.

A lesson learned?

Check out the video for yourself.

The Secret Service Screws Up Again Putting President Obama's Life In Danger!

The most discipline law enforcement agency still regrets its error. They've vowed never to let that happen again. Unfortunately some didn't get the message. Some members of the president's entourage was booted after they were caught partying and drinking while on duty. 

Three members of the president's entourage are off the job after they gotten drunk and allowed a few girls over. Again this is the disrespect towards the first Black president.

Even his own personal security team is so stupid, they could have allowed a threat enter the circle.

Now because of this and the incident in Colombia, the U.S. Secret Service will now have agents stay in their rooms and do nothing. Because if you're overseas and you end up getting involved with prostitutes (some who could be working for an enemy agency), you're jeopardizing the president's

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. Secret Service arrived in the Netherlands last weekend for a presidential trip, managers were already on high alert to avoid any further embarrassing incidents involving agents.

The agency’s director had admonished supervisors after two counter-sniper officers suspected of drinking were involved in a March 7 car accident during a presidential visit to Miami, according to several people with knowledge of the incident. The driver passed a field sobriety test and was not arrested.

Secret Service supervisor George Hartford had the Miami incident in mind when he issued a warning to a group of agents gathered for dinner: Go out if you want, but stay out of trouble.

By the next morning, Hartford was pounding on the hotel door of a 34-year-old junior agent who had passed out drunk in a hallway and later had to be lifted into his room by several hotel employees, according to a hotel spokesman and two other people familiar with the incident. The agent claimed to have no memory of the events.

That night on the town has created another highly public embarrassment for the elite Secret Service, which is still attempting to recover from a tawdry drinking-and-prostitution scandal two years ago during a presidential trip to Cartagena, Colombia.

The new incident — which unfolded in the hotel where President Obama was scheduled to arrive the following day — prompted immediate condemnation Wednesday from lawmakers in Washington. Sen. Ronald H. Johnson (R-Wis.) said the agency has a “systemic” problem of rowdy and inappropriate behavior by its agents, who are sworn to protect the president and other senior officials from harm.

White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters flying on Air Force One on Wednesday that Obama had been briefed on the Netherlands hotel incident. The president believes “that everybody representing the United States of America overseas needs to hold himself or herself to the highest standards,” Carney said, adding that Obama retains confidence in Secret Service Director Julia Pierson.

After the unconscious agent was found in the hall Sunday morning, the hotel staff alerted White House staff that it had relayed the news to Secret Service managers, according to the people familiar with the incident. After a series of interviews, agency managers concluded that the passed-out agent and two others who went drinking with him had violated new rules meant to prevent improper conduct on official trips.

In Amsterdam — a city of 1 million with an international reputation for partying, open drug use and legalized prostitution — the trio had stayed out drinking until about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, though all were scheduled to start work at 10 a.m., according to a preliminary investigation. The time frame would put them in violation of a ban on drinking in the 10 hours before an assignment.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said one of the agents involved was sent home Sunday afternoon and the other two went back early Monday morning; all are on administrative leave. Pierson, who traveled with Obama aboard Air Force One to the Netherlands, signed off on the decision, he said.

The alleged misconduct did not jeopardize the president’s visit or cause “operational issues,” Donovan said. Obama’s safety was “not affected by the three getting sent home.”

The men, all members of the agency’s Counter Assault Team (CAT), had to be temporarily replaced by other agents in the country until additional agents could be flown in to meet up with Obama’s entourage at his next destination, Brussels, the people familiar with the matter said.

Those with knowledge of the internal investigation said the incident infuriated managers because it came less than three weeks after the traffic accident in Miami, which led to the two officers involved being sent home. Local police gave one of the officers a field sobriety test on suspicion of drunk driving but released him with a citation for the accident and no additional charges, those familiar with the incident said.

The two officers, who serve in the uniformed division, notified their superiors of the accident. They were ordered to return to Washington under Pierson’s “no tolerance” policy, an official familiar with the matter said. The two men continue to work for the agency.

It was one of several times in her year-long tenure that Pierson reiterated to her senior aides the need for all personnel to abide by agency rules of conduct, the official said.

The pivotal events in the Netherlands played out at the Huis Ter Duin hotel, a 254-room facility facing the North Sea in the resort town of Noordwijk, between Amsterdam and The Hague. Hotel officials initially denied an incident involving a drunk Secret Service agent after it was first reported by The Washington Post; by late Wednesday, a spokesman had confirmed key details.

Huis Ter Duin spokesman Stephan Stokkermans said the three guests involved in the incident, whom he declined to identify, under hotel privacy rules, arrived in an apparently intoxicated condition at the hotel early Sunday morning by taxi.

“They came in, they waved to the team at the reception desk,” Stokkermans said. “It was clear they had a good time, but they didn’t need any help.”

Later that morning, he said, a hotel employee discovered one of those guests sleeping in the hallway about 10 feet from his room, which had a key-card-style lock. It was about 30 feet from the nearest elevator, and the employee summoned co-workers for assistance.

“In the end, there were two persons helping the man back to his room, plus the employee who found him,” Stokkermans said.

It is a common enough event at the Huis Ter Duin that the hotel has protocols for guests that are found sleeping in hallways or on couches, which happens every two or three weeks, Stokkermans said.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the Netherlands case was the first report of potential misconduct he and colleagues had heard about since Pierson assumed leadership of the Secret Service a year ago. “But for a person charged with protecting the president to be found unconscious in a hotel hallway puts a real question mark in the minds of a lot of people as to whether or not those rules have been understood,” Thompson said.

In the Netherlands, the scandal spread quickly and local media devoted reporters to calling lists of Amsterdam watering holes. And in Noordwijk, drivers puttering in the Huis Ter Duin lobby said they had been besieged with text messages from friends asking about the incident. But none said they had heard any gossip about it until the news broke.

Young Lifers!

Juwan Wickware is the first juvenile in Michigan to be sentenced to life in the iron college.

The Huffington Post is one of my favorite websites. I often check some of the stories and this one happen to grab my attention.

Did you know that the United States is the only country in the world that will charge a juvenile as an adult and put the individual in the iron college for LIFE without the possibility of parole?

I knew.

Lionel Tate rings a bell, don't it?

Well there's a big controversy up in the state on how this juvenile (although a criminal) is being sentenced to the iron college on the merits of capital murder.

Do you actually want to explain to the family of that pizza delivery driver Juwan Wickware killed on that night?

Do you believe that even though a killer, should the American justice system have sympathy for the young?

Also since we're living in the days of President Barack Obama, would the racist right make noise about this?

After all, the racist right will make this young teen another "Ttayvon" and "Jordan".

Michigan Live reports that Juwan Wickware's life in prison without the possibility of parole is monumental.

This is the first-of-its-kind sentencing hearing following a U.S. Supreme Court decision banning mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders.

Genesee Circuit Judge Archie Hayman issued the sentence Tuesday, Aug. 20, for Juwan Wickware following two hearings that explored Wickware's mental status, criminal history and upbringing.

Wickware, 19, was convicted of first-degree felony murder in August 2012 in the 2010 shooting death of 33-year-old pizza delivery driver Michael Nettles on the city's north side. Wickware was 16 at the time of Nettles' death.

"I think the judge made the correct ruling," Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said.

State law calls for a mandatory sentence of life without parole for those convicted of felony murder. However, the Supreme Court ruled in June 2012 that mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles are unconstitutional.

Wickware was the first juvenile facing the possibility of life without parole in Michigan since the Supreme Court's ruling.

Hayman conducted the multiple hearings, which included testimony from a mental health professional, school official and police officer, in an effort to comply with the Supreme Court's decision that calls on judges to individually tailor sentences for juvenile offenders.

The Supreme Court said that life without parole sentences can be handed down to juveniles as long as the sentencing judge analyzes the circumstances of the case and the juvenile's prior history and decides that the punishment is appropriate for the defendant. The hearings were part Hayman's analysis.

Hayman said that a number of aspects of Wickware's past led him to believe that a sentence of life in prison without parole was appropriate, particularly a June 2007 carjacking.

Authorities say Wickware was one of five people to approach a car and order a man, woman and their children out of the vehicle at gunpoint. Hayman said one of the suspects fired off a round from an AK-47 rifle before the group fled.

Wickware was later caught by police running away from the stolen vehicle. Wickware pleaded to an amended charge of receiving and concealing stolen property. The charge was dismissed after he successfully completed probation.

Hayman said that Wickware was a "threat to society to some extent" and that he was a member of a "very dangerous gang."

Wickware admitted to joining the Merrill Hood gang and began carrying a gun when he was 15 after dropping out of school. He also admitted to illegally using marijuana, ecstasy and Xanax.

Authorities say that Wickware attended 9-10 different schools and was suspended a total of 14 times -- mostly for assaulting and fighting other students. His final suspension was for 120 days for striking a school security guard.

"I'm disappointed with the court's ruling," said Wickware's attorney, Jodi Hemingway. "Some of the evidence that went against Juwan was actually favorable to him."

Hemingway pointed to testimony that showed Wickware had difficulty adjusting to life after being all-but-abandoned by his father and raised by a mother who struggled to provide for him and his three other siblings.

"He's not responsible for the circumstances of his childhood," Hemingway said.

Officials said that Wickware struggled academically, has an IQ of 71 and is functionally illiterate.

Witnesses testified during the trial that one teen who was charged but eventually acquitted by a jury fired a .40-caliber pistol and Wickware fired a .22-caliber rifle at Nettles April 7, 2010, near the corner of Sonny Avenue and Sterling Street.

A .40-caliber bullet was found in Nettles and .22-caliber bullet casings were found at the scene.

Testimony showed that Nettles was shot eight times.

Nettles was robbed and killed while delivering a pizza that was ordered by Quantageah Penegar, who was with Wickware and the other teen at a home next door to where the shooting occurred. Penegar said Wickware and the other teen are the two who robbed Nettles.

A woman who was in Nettles' Jeep with him as he delivered pizza said that Nettles was initially shot in the back outside of the vehicle. He then made it back inside the Jeep, where he was shot again.

Nettles managed to drive away from the scene before his vehicle came to a rest after crashing into a fire hydrant.

Hayman said Wickware was "in the thick" of the "very egregious" robbery and murder.

Leyton said Hayman handled the case appropriately and that it was watched by other prosecutors and by legislators trying to get the state's mandatory sentencing statutes to comply with the Supreme Court's decision.

State Rep. Joseph Haveman, R-Holland, has introduced legislation that would provide judicial discretion when it comes to sentencing juvenile offenders.

"The judge has a better handle on things than the Michigan Legislature," Haveman said, adding that not all cases are clear-cut and that sentencing should not take a one-size-fits-all approach.

Haveman said history shows that the philosophy of locking offenders up and throwing away the key has been a failure -- leaving nothing but large bills and continuously high crime rates in its wake.

"Some people -- let me emphasize, some people -- need a second chance," Haveman said.

Devin Schindler, a professor of law at Lansing-based Cooley Law School, said Hayman's ruling in this case could have an impact on similar cases across the state.

"Any ruling by this judge would not be binding on other circuit courts," Schindler said, adding that a binding ruling wouldn't be established until the state Court of Appeals rules on the issue. "But, the judge would provide a map for the other courts."

Marsha Levick, the deputy director and chief counsel of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center, said that Michigan is not the only state forced to respond to the Supreme Court's decision.

Levick, who filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case, said 28 states were affected by the court's ruling, but only nine or 10 have so far responded by changing their laws. She added there is a push under way to include standardized guidelines on how the individualized sentencing hearings should be conducted.

"We read (the Supreme Court decision) expecting life without parole sentences will be quite uncommon and rare," Levick said.

However, Amnesty International, a human rights group that also submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, issued a statement following Hayman's decision calling for a complete end to juvenile life sentences without parole.

"The sentencing hearings aren't enough to bring the United States in line with international law, which prohibits life without parole for anyone under the age of 18," the organization's statement said. "Amnesty International calls on the Michigan state Legislature to abolish life without parole for children, under all circumstances."

Haveman's legislation is slated to be discussed next week, but the legislator said he doesn't expect it to be passed into law anytime soon.

"We've got a long way to go," said Haveman.

Nick Cannon Dons Whiteface!

Mariah Carey's extra baggage emerges in whiteface.


It's kind of funny that a hapless talent like Nick Cannon continues to plague America. I mean don't get me wrong he's got at least a gig or two. But seriously, he's Mr. Mom to most people.

He's came a long way from Nickelodeon to the top.

After all he's got the baddest chick in pop music as his wife and mother of his children.

But is there anything that Cannon has that is worth value?

I'm actually shocked. His album will have a parental advisory warning on it.

The 33-year old actor, comedian, rapper, entrepreneur, record producer, radio, and television personality. On television, Cannon began as a teenager on All That before going on to host The Nick Cannon Show, Wild 'N Out, and America's Got Talent.

As he prepares for his newest album release, White People Party Music, Cannon runs this generic White boy image.

Going as Connor Smallnut, the entertainer reacts to the publicity by going even further into the suburbs.

ABC News reports that the entertainer's stunt will certainly generate a sure amount of controversy.

For one thing, Cannon took the social networks and posted:

"It's official... I'm White!!!" he wrote. "#WHITEPEOPLEPARTYMUSIC #Wppm in stores April 1st!!!!!!Dude Go Get It!!!Join The Party!!!! #GoodCredit #DogKissing #BeerPong #FarmersMarkets #FistPumping #CreamCheeseEating #RacialDraft "Bro I got drafted!!""

In response to any backlash, Cannon recalled another actor who changed his color.

"Shout out to @RobertDowneyJr This is one of my favorite characters of all time! Hilarious!!! There is a big difference between Humor and Hatred," he wrote.



Cannon, who is married to Mariah Carey and has two children Moroccan and Monroe, was referring to Downey's character in "Tropic Thunder," who wore a blackface as an actor in the movie.



Could you be even more crazier than Nick Cannon?

I mean the racist right is really pissed at the concept.




Do you actually believe that this whiteface donned by Nick Cannon is offensive?

Would you be upset if a White person dons Blackface?

Man Got Locked Up While Girlfriend Went Into Labor!

Macea Saunders holding his newborn son. He was pretty upset that the law declined his offer to escort him and his laboring girlfriend to the hospital. 

Over in Pittsburgh, a bittersweet happy ending for a man and his girlfriend. As he was riding in the nearby suburb of Pleasant Hills, the man knew his girlfriend was going into labor. He tried to flag down an officer for an escort to the nearest hospital.

He didn't think that the officer would check his status as a wanted suspect. So he got the cuffs on him and his girlfriend got a ride by ambulance to the hospital. Although she gave birth to a healthy boy, the father who was released hours later wasn't there to see the miracle.

He and his girlfriend are pissed and they want to know why the Pleasant Hills police wanted to be such dicks.

WPXI reports that Shayla Crews, gave birth to a son Monday, but her boyfriend, and father of the baby, Macea Saunders, was not there.

“I just thought about him being there, and he wasn’t there. I could start crying now.  Just thinking about it makes me emotional,” said Crews.

The Pittsburgh-area couple said they flagged down a police officer to escort them to the hospital.

“My contractions were so close together that I didn’t think I was going to make it to the hospital, so we pulled over and flagged him down.  He came up behind us and turned his lights on,” said Crews.

Saunders said the officer then took the frantic father-to-be in custody.

Shayla Crews and Macea Saunders together with their child. They have a memorable experience to say at least.

“He pulled me out of the car. Before he asked me what my name was, he pulled me to the back of the trunk and started questioning me,” he said.

Pleasant Hills police said, “Saunders was wanted out of Washington County for aggravated assault.  He became agitated and used profane language.  That's why he was taken into custody."

Police said Saunders was also driving with a suspended license.

Saunders said he wasn’t notified about an outstanding warrant.

He was released from jail a day after the birth, he said.

BROWN MEETS RED III!

Carpetbagger Republican faces Senator Jeanne Shaheen. 

Former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown is back. He's declared he's running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in neighboring New Hampshire. He hopes he could shake up the state and beat the incumbent Democrat in a potentially toss up state.

He will face his former colleague current Democratic senator Jeanne Shaheen.

Maybe this is a test for a potential run for president?

After all, he's being floated around a serious contender for president.

Scott Brown is the Tea Party's first victory in 2010.

When Edward Kennedy died in 2009, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick ordered a special election.

That special election was underestimated by the Democrats. When the Democrats lined up Martha Coakley as their nominee, they saw that she didn't carry the fire in the belly as Kennedy.

Scott on the other hand was a political nobody  who managed to win over independents. He wasn't ashamed of his lifestyle. He drove around in a diesel powered Ford F-350 and wore Carrhart jackets. He was married to a local news reporter from Boston and one of his daughters is a songwriter and music producer.

Although a moderate by most Republican standards, his impact gave the Tea Party a motivation. His victory helped cause the wave of Republicans. The political party managed to win back the U.S. House of Representatives and many state governorships.

Democrats are fearing that they may lose their majority in the U.S. Senate. For you see, even though the Republicans are worthless in Congress, the voters seem to like them better than the Democrats.

The Democrats have tried and failed to capture the magic of 2008 and 2012. They couldn't muster the votes during a midterm. With an unpopular president, it makes it even harder for Democrats to obtain the magic.

Republicans lead this the growing campaign of opposition. And this opposition could gridlock the president's agenda for the remaining term.

Brown was the vote that destroyed the supermajority the Democrats had. Democrats had a supermajority of lawmakers and yet couldn't get nothing done with the opposition. For at least 133 days, Democrats couldn't muster enough courage to get the president's agenda done.

Now with the worst legislative body in 80 years running things, do you believe that Republicans actually have an agenda?

Barbara Lee: Bill O'Reilly Ain't Nothing But A Damn Race-Baiter!

California Democratic congresswoman Barbara Lee can tell you that she was once a single mother on food stamps. She can testify to how living poor was rough. 

California Democratic congresswoman Barbara Lee didn't take kind to the accusations being thrown at her by the conservative agitator. The agitator had Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) on to defend his controversial statements about intercity people being too lazy to work.

She devoted her time as a lawmaker to ensure that no child will never go hungry. She is a progressive voice who believes in the American safety net. She doesn't take kindly to people like Ryan and O'Loofus (both privileged White men) telling the public that "you're a parasite" if you're getting "gubmint" assistance.

Ryan, the former vice presidential nominee went on Bill "Abort Black Babies And Crime Will Go Down" Bennett's program to rant about how those "gubmint" parasites are not working and he had his "Path to Prosperity" plan on the come out!

He would say something that rang the bells. It's like he and his former running mate perennial loser Mitt Romney can't keep their traps shut. These two losers can't muster enough to go into an intercity neighborhood to at least talk to those who work at least two jobs a day.

Lee condemned the comments by Ryan. She asks for the condescending politico to apologize.

Ryan referred to the "tailspin of culture in our inner cities." Lee in turn called Ryan's comments a "thinly veiled racial attack."

“Let’s be clear, when Mr. Ryan says 'inner city,' when he says, 'culture,' these are simply code words for what he really means: 'black,'" Lee said in a statement.

On The O'Loofus Factor, Ryan said he has no bad feelings toward Lee, noting he's "a big boy" and understands that "if you challenge the status quo, sometimes you'll be misinterpreted."

Looks like she's not going to get that apology.

O'Loofus calls the poor and needy, parasites. Paul Ryan sits there and agrees.

O'Loofus decided to takes her to task by labeling her a "race hustler".

O'Loofus claims that Lee don't want to have a conversation and that they "get voted into office by portraying their constituents as victims."

"And it's all your fault and it's my fault and it's rich people's fault and the Republicans' fault," O'Reilly said. "It's everybody's fault except what's going on ... The race hustlers don't want to solve the problem."

Blow the dog whistle, cause we got another rabble rousing statement about Blacks yet again.



Now the conservative agitator and his network Loserville are the provocateurs of racial inst.

The congresswoman was pissed with the interview and decided to let O'Loofus know that she's not a "race hustler". But she added that O'Loofus and his network run ratings on racism. She issues a statement.

Unfortunately we’ve come to expect language like “welfare queens,” “food stamp president,” and now “race hustlers” from the right wing and Mr. O’Reilly. It is disgusting and divisive and should never be accepted in our national discourse.

For us to achieve the American dream for all, we must engage in this conversation that has been sparked about race and poverty, even if it is difficult for some. Racial discrimination, poverty, and income inequality remain issues that must be debated and addressed, and these kinds of ‘code words’ only get in the way of solving the real problems.

As members of Congress, we must come together to present a budget and funding priorities that create opportunity for all. We must make critical investments in job creation, education, and job training. Among many issues, we must address extending unemployment insurance, raising the minimum wage, enacting criminal justice reform, and securing voting rights for communities of color, so that we can truly find solutions to these critical issues.

Yeah, I agree with her. The conservative network is the heart of the racial extremism in America.

Romeo Rose Still Can't Find That Right Dope To Date Him!

Seriously, this repulsive man figures that women are too ugly to date him.

According to City-Data, the hapless singer is looking for that perfect love. As long as you're not Black, fat, liberal, or a slut, you can be the only one for Romeo Rose.

Last year, this dope was on the international media making his pitch on the now defunct Sleepless In Austin website. Romeo Rose continues to promote his shitty videos on YouTube and still have an opinion about how life is as a single 39-year old douche who sings at bars and sidewalks.

He posted on City-Data last month telling the world that he's leaving the city of Austin, Texas, population 910,000. The hapless loser wants to go leave the ultra liberal city for redder pastures.

Hello,
I am in Austin, Texas. I have been living here for 4 years now.
And, I am thinking about moving soon.

I am wondering if Las Vegas would be better for me than Phoenix? 
I've never been to either city.

I am white.
Straight.
39 Years old.
Conservative.
Republican.

And most important, I am single.

My primary reason for wanting to relocate is to and have better odds at finding a girlfriend.

I will most likely be looking for call center work, customer service, tech support, or sales oriented, as I have about 15 years experience in that.

I have a GED, and no other skills.

I went to beauty school when I was 22 but dropped out half way through, and I went to real estate school and finished that in West Virginia but never got licensed.

I do photography, weddings & models, but at this point it has only been for supplemental income, but I would like to grow it into full time in the near future.

So jobs pay & availability are important to me.

If I move to Vegas, I might have an interest at working at a Casino at some point if it pays better than call centers. From what I read the pay starts pretty low, but there are tips, and there's a chance to move up to pit boss which is about 60k a year. I read you have to go to school etc to learn how to work the games before you can get a job at that. So that's something that might be in my future, but at first I would be looking for call center jobs.

I don't currently own a car. And when I do buy another car it will be a old one. I like old cars. I used to drive a 1987 BMW 325i convertible. I plan to buy a 1977 Corvette when I do get another. So old cars aren't always reliable.

With that said, I either ride the bus or walk.
Even when I get a car, I will walk if possible, I like to walk alot, I hate driving.
And if the old car isn't running I may have to go back to the bus anyway.

Yuck.

So the bus system is important.
So is ability to walk places.

It's important to me to live in a city that has low violent crime and low theft rates. I want to feel safe & I don't want to feel like I'm going to be robbed.

I do not want to live in any section of town that has a lot of Blacks.

I'm not racist, but I like White women, and I want to surround myself with plenty of opportunities.

I don't drink, unless it's a very rare occasion, and then it's only a beer to be social with a date, but most of the time it's Champagne, since I don't drink often, I drink good stuff like Dom Perignon when I do drink.

I don't like Sports.

I don't like Dive bars.

I like to go to a pretty park, or museum, or nice restaurant or wine bar.

My cost of living in Austin breaks down like this....

Rent for a 1 bedroom 650 sq ft apartment $631 a month
Monthly bus pass $33 a month
Water $57 a month
Electric $50 - $130 a month depending on time of year
Apartment Insurance $17 a month
Food & Water $225 a month
Phone $50 a month
Internet $80 a month

That's a breakdown of what it cost me to live in Austin each month. I've been here 4 years.

Last job I worked at here was Time Warner Cable at $13 a hour
Before that Minacs/General Motors at $12.15 a hour
And I also worked at Interactive Life Forms (Fleshlight) for $8.50 a hour when I first moved here

My photo is attached here to my profile.

I am attracted to THIN/Skinny girls.

I don't like tats or piercings on women.

Seriously repulsive man wants to date a conservative hot chick.

I am a very dominant, old fashioned man. I have traditional morals & values.

I am not a gambler, so I don't feel like Casinos are going to be a big deal to me if I move to Vegas unless it's to work in one.

Also, I may live in a motel for the 1st few months if I move there to avoid the initial expense of deposits & utilities.

Are there motels & apartments in similar price to the $631 a month that I pay now within walking distance to the Strip?

I'm not looking to live in a place that has bedbugs, roaches or a lot of crackheads waiting to rip me off or steal my stuff while I am at work.

So that's a little info about myself, so you can know a bit about me & my current situation.

What's the dating scene like there for people of my color & age?????

How does it compare to Austin? Phoenix?

Where do you recommend I move?

I've read in this forum that some threads describe Las Vegas as the worst city in the world, even Hell on Earth.... is this true?????

Austin seems to be more of a college town dominated by liberals.

Therefore I am thinking I may be too old for most of the women in Austin. Most people here are under 35 if you google the demographics. Also, 60% of the population is Hispanic here, and while I think many Hispanic women are sexy, they just don't seem to be very open to dating outside their race.

Also there seems to bee too many femi-nazis here, and I think women in a more conservative atmosphere may be more attracted to me.

I can take the heat. I would rather be hot than cold. And it's usually 100 degrees everyday here in Austin June, July & August.

Conservative agitator has an online dating website.

Let me know the pros & cons.

If you need more info from me to better know what I am looking for, just ask.

Romeo Rose

Uh, you say you're not a racist. Whatever, chump!

You have the nerve to compare Black people to monkeys. You're calling interracial sex with a Black person bestiality. You say that you'll never live in a town that has too many Black folks.

Could someone please send this loser back to the rock he'd crawled out of?

Seriously, would you be happy to date this individual?

I have an idea for the loser?

Can't he go to That Guy Who Helped Obama Win's website? That conservative agitator once had a dating website for White people to meet up.