Murder Suspect's Rampage Stops Traffic In Ohio!

Kimberley Thomas and her son were murdered by her former boyfriend. That boyfriend caused a major traffic collision on Interstate 75 near Cincinnati. Terry Froman is the suspect.

Since this is been a week of major events in the state I reside, I happen to hear this one through the junk food media. A man from Kentucky murdered a woman and her teenage son. The suspect managed to self inflicted himself with a firearm.

This happened in the city of Middletown, a midway point between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio.

This event tied up an eight lane (and heavily traveled) Interstate 75. It took over eight hours for the highway to open. That highway carries 350,000 vehicles a day.

Terry Froman, a 41-year old man from Illinois was on the run after he murdered his girlfriend's son.

The girlfriend Kim Thomas was held hostage during this whole ordeal. Her life was sadly taken away. While being held hostage, Froman shot her and threw her out of the vehicle. He would take the coward's way out when confronted by the Ohio State Patrol (OSP).

The Kentucky State Police gave the tip that he was in the metro Cincinnati area. They knew he was a dangerous individual with suicidal intentions.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to family of slain woman Kimberley Thomas and her son Michael Eli Mohney.

I am guessing this is the young victim's YouTube profile. I can't confirm this but it looks eerily like him.



The OSP troopers around 12:30 p.m. learned a suspect was headed to Ohio north on Interstate 75. Using location data from his cellphone, troopers spotted the suspect's vehicle, a white GMC Yukon with Illinois plates, and initiated a stop at 1:14 p.m. in the area of the 31 milepost. The suspect continued a short distance before pulling to the right berm. When troppers got out of their cruisers, they heard shots fired inside the vehicle. The shots were not directed at troopers, who did not return fire, according to a release from the patrol.

Troopers took of secure positions and waited for backup before approaching the vehicle. The highway was shut down to ensure motorists' safety.

Troopers then approached the vehicle and were able to apprehend the suspect without further incident. The suspect suffered an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was taken to Atrium Medical Center in Middletown. His injuries are not life-threatening, the OSP said.

Crazed gunman Terry Froman shot himself. He is being treated for his injuries. He is the suspect wanted for the murder of his former girlfriend and her son. The crazed man held the woman hostage and killed her when he was being cornered by the law.

A deceased woman was found in the rear seat of the SUV. The cause, location and time of her death have not yet been determined.

Charges are pending further investigation into the circumstances surrounding in the death of Kimberley Thomas and her son.

Dayton Daily News and The Cincinnati Enquirer both covered this controversy and are getting all the facts on what happened.

One thing is clear, that the suspect will be treated for his injuries. The victims are dead.

What will tip off the racist right, the suspect is Black. The victims are White. Guess what happens?

The racist right will go right to town on this controversy. Asshat Colin Flaherty and Dickwad Charles C. Johnson will find ways to smear the president and the Black community.

[Michael] Eli Mohney and his mom Kimberley Thomas were killed by crazed gunman who was her former boyfriend.

Okay, I've peeped out the suspect's social network page. He has a profile that open for the junk food media to see.

One thing that sticks out for the racist right. He's a rapper. His Monoply (sic) Records Entertainment sticks out like a sore thumb.

When it come to the tales of Black on White crime, the racist right is carrying that on its sleeve.

I gotta admit that this stuff happens in America. I mean Black on other race crime does occur in America.

Murder is a colorless crime. It doesn't matter who the victim is. The suspect is a criminal, regardless or race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion or social standings.

But however, the way the media covers this is assured that conservative agitators will make this a political issue in the U.S. Midterms. Count on many of those Insurgent Republicans to make the case to say that it's our faults for the nation's woes.

The racist right sees Black America as worthless.

They don't give a f--- about us.

They rather see us lock-up in the iron college. They don't want us to vote. They want us to be broke and dead by our own hands.

In the age of Barack Obama, Americans are on food stamps, poverty is on the rise, unemployment is high, the world is spiraling into chaos and the Constitution is being ripped up by the lawlessness of this man and his cronies. This is the word vomit according to the racist right and their supporters.

This event will assure continuous agitation about how WE BLACKS condone this murder.

Michael Che Heads To SNL!

Michael Che is picked to lead SNL's Weekend Update.

The Daily Show contributor Michael Che, who just recently gave a scathing satire to officer involved shootings on Blacks is heading to 30 Rock.

Just after a few months as the contributor for The Daily Show, he was chosen to be the lead anchor for Weekend Update. The Weekend Update is a common fixture that weekly outlook to the national events in the news. It gave Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon national acclaim.

Che will sit at the Weekend Update desk with Colin Jost, who made his debut on Weekend Update back in March.

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T.J. Lane Heading Back To The Iron College!

He marked himself as a killer on the tee. Now he can mark himself as the fugitive caught.

The Associated Press reports that fugitive T.J. Lane was caught by the Ohio State Patrol aided with the U.S. Marshals after breaking out of the iron college. He's a high profile figure in the Ohio law system. The teen was a mass shooter in the 2012 Chardon massacre. He killed three teens and inured one so badly he can't move physically anymore.

This escape may have him spending more than a few years in the I-SO (isolation). He's already got LIFE.

Authorities say they have apprehended the convicted killer of three Ohio students who escaped from a prison.

Nineteen-year-old T.J. Lane escaped Thursday night with two other inmates from the iron college in Lima, about 80 miles south of Toledo. One was captured quickly.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol and police in Lima said around 1:30 a.m. Friday that Lane had been caught. No further details were available.

It was not known if the other inmate, 45-year-old Clifford E. Opperud, had been apprehended.

Lane pleaded guilty last year to shooting three students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Prosecutors say he took a .22-caliber pistol and a knife to the school and fired 10 shots at a group of students. Lane was given three life sentences.

The Dayton Daily News reports that Opperud was also caught near his hometown of Carlisle, Ohio.

Clifford Opperud, of Carlisle, was apprehended this morning.

He is serving a 15-year sentence, court and records show.
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He was arrested after he pretended to be collecting money for charity, and then pulled out a gun and went inside a couple's home. Renee Belcher of Hamilton used to work for the victims and told Opperud which items to steal, according to court reports.

Mass Shooter T.J. Lane Breaks Out!

The 2012 mass shooter T.J, Lane escapes the iron college.

The Chardon, Ohio mass shooter escaped the iron college and the U.S. Marshals are looking for this dangerous suspect.

The now 19 year old man and another man escape from the Allen State Lockup. Thomas Michael Lane III (aka T.J. Lane) was the man who launched an attack on the Chardon High School in 2012 in which he killed three of his fellow classmates.

Although police were initially hesitant to publicly identify the juvenile after he was apprehended, by the evening of February 28, authorities confirmed that the suspect was Lane.

The weapon Lane used in the shooting was a .22 caliber handgun. At an initial court hearing, the prosecutor revealed that he admitted to shooting 10 rounds of ammunition from the gun during the shooting, which began in the school cafeteria at approximately 7:30 a.m., shortly after school began. Although Lane told police that he did not know the victims and that they were chosen randomly, witnesses stated that it appeared he targeted a specific student and the group he was sitting with in the cafeteria.

After the shooting occurred, Lane reportedly left the building. Witnesses stated he was chased from the building by a teacher, and was arrested a short time later in a location outside the school. Lane was ultimately indicted on three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of aggravated attempted murder, and one count of felonious assault. He was initially detained as a juvenile pending further court action.

Reaction to the event prompted a statement from Ohio Governor, John Kasich. Several prayer vigils were held and a fund for the victims was established. Thousands of people attended one of the vigils, at which the Governor spoke, the night after the attack. President Barack Obama gave his condolences to the school principal in a telephone call following the incident. Analysis of the crime and comparisons to similar attacks began immediately following the shooting.

Lane received three life sentences on March 19, 2013. I guess he couldn't take the lockup so he built a plan to break free.

Lane escaped with a 45-year-old man named Clifford E Opperud, who was also at the facility.

Post by Lima Police Department.

Both men are wearing prison blues.

An all-out search is under way for both men.

Police want to make sure people know: Do not allow anyone into your residence; do not pick up hitchhikers. Call police if you see something suspicious.

Columbus Bus Driver Under Fire For Allowing Woman To Get Raped!

Central Ohio Transit Authority is under fire after a driver booted a woman off. That woman would become a victim of rape.

College rape is real. It's not funny and it's not a badge of honor. Many adults who are often raped never even knew it happen because of the atmosphere of drugs and alcohol.

It's known that women are likely raped when they're under the influence. A victim would be taken advantage of whenever the perpetator uses advances of weakness.

In Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University officers and Franklin County sheriff are investigating an incident near the campus. A young woman got raped after she was booted off the public transit for having one of her shoes fall apart. The attacker preyed upon her naivety to find shelter from the weather.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that Central Ohio Transit Authority is facing a scandal. The scandal gotten some major airplay in the city.

The young woman said she was kicked off a city bus because of a broken sandal before she was raped about 1:50 a.m. on Saturday near the Ohio State University campus, according to a Columbus police report.

Sexual predator raped college student.

The woman, 21, told police she was taking a southbound Central Ohio Transit Authority bus from Worthington when she noticed that her flip-flop was broken. What transpired between her and the bus driver is unclear, but she said the driver told her she was required to wear shoes on the bus.

“She said the bus driver told her she had to get off the bus,” detective James Ashenhurst of the police sexual-assault squad said Saturday night.

She got out on N. High Street near 12th Avenue and went to a nearby United Dairy Farmers store to get something to fix her shoe. It is unclear whether it then was too late for her to connect with the bus Downtown that would have taken her the rest of the way to Grove City.

She got something to eat in the area, and while there she met Randy M. Graham Jr., Ashenhurst said.

When it started to rain, Graham suggested taking shelter in empty garages in a nearby alley. He then forced her into one of the garages and began raping her, she told police.

The garages, which are more like a row of attached carports, open on the alley behind 30 E. 12th Ave.

Two Columbus bike patrol officers were checking the alley and came upon a man and woman having sexual intercourse in one of the garages, police said. The woman told them she was being raped.

Graham, 36, was charged with kidnapping and rape. Graham, who is homeless according to court records, was being held in the Franklin County jail and was scheduled to appear in municipal court today.

Court records show Graham has a lengthy list of convictions dating to 2000, including several disorderly conduct charges, menacing, aggressive panhandling, assault and soliciting for prostitution.

“There was a big police presence in the area because of the (Ohio State-Virginia Tech) game, and the officers were doing their due diligence checking the alley and the garages,” Ashenhurst said.

“The officers intervened early in the assault,” Ashenhurst said. “I’m sure it could have been a lot worse if they hadn’t.”

He said Graham did not resist arrest and the woman, who is not an OSU student, was taken to a hospital to be examined.

COTA’s policy requires riders to wear shoes, but “we would never ask operators to enforce a policy ... if the customer was going to be placed in an unsafe situation,” said Marty Stutz, COTA spokesman.

Buses are equipped with video cameras and audio near the driver’s seat. Stutz said those devices would be reviewed to determine what transpired.

Graham got to fork out $200k for the get outta free card.

COTA is one of Ohio's largest bus lines. It has over 60 routes and it operates within the metropolitan Columbus area. It extends into Franklin County and portions of Delaware, Fairfield, Union county and Licking Counties.

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"Witness" Who Saw John Crawford With Weapon Changes Tune!

This guy sparked the controversy in Dayton, Ohio. He called 911 telling the law that John Crawford III was in a Beavercreek Walmart with a gun loading it and pointing it at children. He saw the video and now changed his story.

You may end up being one of the most hated individuals. This revelation of Ron Ritchie, a white shopper who tipped 911 about John Crawford III.

Crawford was shot twice by the law in Dayton, Ohio Walmart. He along with his girlfriend were shopping in the Walmart when he was carrying an air rifle.

Ritchie pictured above tipped the law. Now after he saw the video, he's has a "change of heart".

It may reveal the negligence by Beavercreek, Ohio officers and also the reactionary judgement of a person who may have a history of being a trouble maker.

Many news outlets said that this ex-Marine was the focal caller who started the chain of events that led to Crawford who was "unarmed" being killed by the law.

The Guardian had interviewed this witness and it revealed a bombshell.

"He’s, like, pointing it at people, Ritchie told the dispatcher. Later that evening, after John Crawford III had been shot dead by one of the police officers who hurried to the scene in Beavercreek, Ritchie repeated to reporters: "He was pointing at people. Children walking by."

One month later, Ritchie puts it differently. "At no point did he shoulder the rifle and point it at somebody," the 24-year-old said, in an interview with the Guardian. He maintained that Crawford was "waving it around", which attorneys for Crawford’s family deny.

Ritchie told several reporters after the August 5 shooting that he was an "ex-marine". When confronted with his seven-week service record, however, he confirmed that he had been quickly thrown out of the US marine corps in 2008 after being declared a "fraudulent enlistment", over what he maintains was simply a mixup over his paperwork.

Crawford, 22, turned out to be holding an unloaded BB air rifle that he had picked up from a store shelf. After Ritchie said Crawford appeared to be "trying to load" the gun, the 911 dispatcher relayed to an officer that it was believed the gunman "just put some bullets inside".

The Crawfords’ attorneys told the Guardian that they had learned the preliminary findings of an autopsy were that he was shot in the back of his left arm and in his left side, supporting their claim that he was turned away from the police officer who shot him.

They have pleaded with Mike DeWine, Ohio’s attorney general, to release the store’s surveillance footage of the shooting to the public. Having viewed it, they say that it disproves Ritchie's version of what led to the deaths of both Crawford and 37-year-old Angie Williams who collapsed and died in the ensuing panic.

“It was an execution, no doubt about it,” alleged Crawford’s father, John Crawford II. “It was flat-out murder. And when you see the footage, it will illustrate that.”

DeWine has said that releasing the footage would be "playing with dynamite" and prevent any trial from being fair. He has assigned a special prosecutor from the neighbouring Hamilton County to handle the case. A grand jury will begin hearing evidence on it later this month. A Beavercreek police spokesman said in a statement: “Preliminary indications are that the officers acted appropriately under the circumstances.”

Following the opening of a federal inquiry into the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the Crawfords' attorneys have also urged the Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation into the Ohio incident, only the second fatal police shooting in Beavercreek’s history. A white officer has been placed on administrative leave following Crawford’s shooting.

The attorneys said that they would also be lodging a complaint with DeWine after Ritchie told the Guardian that he, too, was shown the surveillance footage by officials in the attorney general’s bureau of criminal investigation, who are investigating the shooting.

While this is an ongoing scandal, we here at Journal de la Reyna want the answers to how a man who has no criminal history being shot by Beavercreek officers.

The family of John Crawford III wants the Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine to release the surveillance tape of what happened.

I went into the Beavercreek Walmart a few weeks ago. I usually go into the stores at dark.

I walked around the area where the situation occurred. I noticed that the section where they have their firearms. It was a well lit and protected area. One could wonder how the heck one man with a pellet gun touching off this!

My thoughts will come in the next installment of Black Men vs. Niggas!

I will work on a YouTube video as soon as I get a chance.

The Racist Right's Obsession With The 20th Century!

This is what the racist right does for a living. They fixate on the past and not the future of America.

In a nutshell, no matter what President Barack Obama does, the racist right will complain about it.

Listen to the racist right. The word vomit they're spewing is overwhelmingly stuck on the past. They put the fear into the minds of those who already have a hatred of race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, political and economic standings.

If America elects a Republican president, the condescending liberals will find ways to destroy the legacy like the racist right's attempts on Obama.

They will often dig out their asses some theme of the previous century. No matter what is done, the junk food media will compare it to something done by a previous president or liken it to some major event in history.

We're coming up to the 13th year and second year of September 11. The first disaster happened in 2001 when Americans witnessed the first commercial airplane go into the World Trade Center setting off a chain of events that led to the rise and fall of George W. Bush.

The racist right is still fumed up over the condescending liberals constant attacks on Bush. They figured if they can take Bush down, they can do this to Obama.

Unaware that if the next president is a Republican, the Democrats will continue the obstruction and even create more condescending liberals on radio and television bashing the Republican president.

According to some of the racist right agitator's is the first Affirmative Action president. Cause in their minds, Obama cares only about Black people.

In the word's of that jackass on radio, "I hope he fails!"

An unaccomplished politico who earned the title of being a powerful force in the insurgency.

The racist right believes that the president executive actions are kind of like being a dictator. So far they believe that he's done things like Adolf Hitler. He could be like Fidel Castro.

Hell they compare him to some of the 20th Century's past presidents. According to the racist right, Obama is like Jimmy Carter on domestic policy. He is like Richard Nixon on presidential powers.

He is a socialist according to the agitators.

He's a racist say the Black conservatives who think his radically liberal policies destroyed Black America.

He's this. He's that.

He's Obama (not Barack) according to the most annoying conservative agitator on television and radio.

Where's his birth certificate?

When will he admit that the IRS targeted the insurgency?

When will the president admit that he wasn't prepared to handle ISIS?

Why isn't the American people getting answers on Benghazi?

Why is the president bowing to foreign leaders?

Why does Obama continue to support criminals like Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown?

What happen to the "Summer of Recovery"?

"We're right," scream the pompous assholes who whine on the blogs.

This is the Republican Party's most powerful ally, An old man who spends a few hours on radio bitching about America's future under a Democratic president. He and a few others are obsessed with Obama. They can't go one minute without dropping his name.

Okay we're less than a few months from the U.S. Midterm elections. The Democrats despite their attempts to get things done are going to suffer. The president is a real drag on them. They have little chance of holding on. They can't get things done. And the policies that could help the middle class are getting blocked by the Republicans.

The potential for a sweep in the U.S. Senate is likely. The Republicans need at least seven seats to win back control of the Senate and overall the full impact of Congress. The insurgency isn't as powerful as they used to be. They're just a nuisance to the establishment. But overall, the enthusiasm gap is very wide for the Republicans. They are more enthusiastic in voting because they just can't stand Obama.

The inept House of Representatives will still be in control of the Republicans.

The morons in the U.S. Senate will continue to block policies by the inept House.

The insurgency is running to cameras instead of to their constituents.

The Stallmigos and the old guards of the Establishment get more coverage on television, radio and the blogs and yet the racist right complains and bitches about the media being liberal.

The dark horse money is being poured into shadowy groups that paint a candidate like an enemy of the state.

Loserville and one of its chief resident's Steve Doocy have driven the narrative of conservative outrage.

Conservative outrage is overwhelming. It's a compulsive disorder caused by the very agitators of the junk food media saying things to piss off Americans who just view things so narrow minded, facts are liberal lies according to them.

If you look at the outcome, Republicans can smile. But overall, the American people hate them.

They hate them so much, at this point, they don't care whether they run Congress or not!

That's what got the Democrats in a vine. The Democrats failed on the message of working for the middle class. They could fix the problems despite having a few months of a super-majority.

THE DEMOCRATS HAD 153 DAYS AS A SUPER-MAJORITY. THEY DIDN'T HAVE A LONG STANDING MAJORITY. 

LESS THAN THREE MONTHS OVERALL!

Politics is so toxic in Washington. The threats of a government shutdown are happening over again.

The threats of impeachment to Obama are growing.

The threats of rolling back progress is likely happening cause of the Supreme Court being to the racist right and the state governors are mostly Republican.

My question to you.

What has the Republican Party done overall as elected members of Congress?

Ray Rice's K.O. Scandal Has NFL Under Fire!

Longtime commissioner to the NFL may soon shake after it was revealed that the knockout punch on Janay Palmer by ex-NFL runner Ray Rice was seen by some higher ups.

The scandal surrounding the NFL "not knowing" about running back Ray Rice's assault on his then fiance (now wife) at an Atlantic City casino is the talk of the nation.

The junk food media is picking sides once again in this debate over domestic violence in the sports industry with some agitators calling pairing it with  "O.J. Simpson" and "the bitch deserved it".

Earlier this year, Ray Rice and his girlfriend Janay Palmer were arrested and charged with assault after a physical altercation at Revel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Celebrity news website TMZ posted a video of Rice dragging Palmer's body out of an elevator after apparently knocking her out.

The celebrity agitators obtained even more damning video of the punch that could be felt across the bandwidth. The blow knocked her unconscious. The incident became a prominent controversy after TMZ released a video of the encounter, which led to an NFL policy change regarding how it handles domestic violence cases.

Janay Palmer-Rice and Ray Rice speak out on the scandal. Janay stands by her man.

At first the NFL suspended Rice for two games during his term with the AFC Baltimore Ravens. It soon was revealed that the NFL's call to suspend him for such a few was scandal enough.

When the video hit the internet, the world was lit up. The NFL had no choice but to lay the hammer on Rice. First his contract with the Ravens was terminated. The league suspended Rice indefinitely.

The grand jury had indicted Rice on third-degree aggravated assault, with a possible jail sentence of three to five years and a fine of up to $15,000.

Roger Goodell the commissioner of the NFL talked to CBS News agitator Norah O'Donnell about the revelation of the video.

Goodell denies that he's seen the video and hopes that this experience along with numerous other scandals will eventually die down. He is drafting new rules for NFL stars, coaches, owners and fans.

What's your thoughts on this scandal?

Be warned the video is disturbing.



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Bruce Levenson And The Rest .......

Royal Too!

Royal couple goes for the second.

The United Kingdom's most popular couple is going for a second bundle.

Prince William and Princess Kate are going for the second round. According to the junk food media, the couple announced that The Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her second child and being treated for severe morning sickness, royal officials said Monday.

The couple's Clarence House office said they and their families were "delighted" with the baby news.

The former Kate Middleton was being treated at Kensington Palace for severe morning sickness, Clarence House said.

She was hospitalized for the same condition, hyperemesis gravidarum, during her first pregnancy with Prince George, who was born in July 2013.

The illness means the 32-year-old duchess may need extra hydration, medication and nutrients.

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "delighted by the happy news that they're expecting another baby."

The new baby will become fourth in line to the throne, pushing Prince Harry to fifth. Toddler Prince George is third and likely to become Britain's monarch one day.

The Associated Press also adds that Britain had changed its laws before George's birth so that the couple's first born would be in line for the throne regardless of its sex. Before the change, a girl would have lost her place in line if a boy was born later.

William and Kate have often expressed an interest in having a larger family.

Britain's Press Association reported that Kate's pregnancy hasn't passed the 12-week stage, which is when she became ill in her first pregnancy.

Royal officials said it wasn't clear if the duchess will be able to carry out planned official engagements, including a trip to Malta on Sept. 20 and 21 that would mark her first overseas solo trip.

Decisions on events would be made on a "case-by-case" basis, officials said.

Atlanta Hawks Owner Blows The Dog Whistle!

God damn it, this year is getting worse for Black America. The ignorant White conservative man continue his pursuit of hatred and total bigotry towards Blacks.

Now the NBA once again has an owner who was caught on tape or through the social networks saying something disrespectful towards Blacks.

Bruce Levenson, part of owner of the Hawks is giving it up after the uproar.

As expected the racist right will claim this guy is a Democrat cause he may have donated a few thousands to group that associates with the party. The racist right will say that NBA stars say NIGGA like it's an everyday thing. The racist right will acknowledge that White men are off limits to political correctness.

No one is stopping the White conservative man from being a condescending bigot. You have the right to say ugly hurtful and downright racist things about the president, the Black community and those who aren't White. You can do so at your peril, If you own a business or have media impact, you can get the hammer laid on you if you speak hateful words.

The Associated Press reports that less than one month after the Clippers' sale ended Donald Sterling's ugly downfall, another NBA team is on the market following a racially charged disclosure from its owner.

Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson said Sunday he is selling his controlling interest in the team, thanks in part to an inflammatory email he wrote two years ago.

NBA owner goes off on Blacks at his game in an fiery email.

Levenson said he wrote the email in an attempt "to bridge Atlanta's racial sports divide." Instead, he offered his divisive comments, including his theory that Hawks black fans kept white fans away.

Levenson said he regrets the email sent to the team's co-owners and general manager Danny Ferry in 2012 as "inappropriate and offensive." In a statement released by the team, Levenson said he sent the email due to his concerns about low attendance and a need to attract suburban whites.

He says he later realized the email made it seem white fans were more important. He voluntarily reported the email to the NBA.

"I have said repeatedly that the NBA should have zero tolerance for racism, and I strongly believe that to be true," Levenson said in the statement. "That is why I voluntarily reported my inappropriate email to the NBA.

"After much long and difficult contemplation, I have decided that it is in the best interests of the team, the Atlanta community, and the NBA to sell my controlling interest in the Hawks franchise."

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Sunday the league will work with the Hawks' ownership group and CEO Steve Koonin, who now will oversee all team operations.

Silver said the league's independent investigation "regarding the circumstances of Mr. Levenson's comments" in the email was ongoing when he was told Saturday night of Levenson's plan to sell his share of the team.

Silver said he supported Levenson's decision.

"As Mr. Levenson acknowledged, the views he expressed are entirely unacceptable and are in stark contrast to the core principles of the National Basketball Association," Silver said. "He shared with me how truly remorseful he is for using those hurtful words and how apologetic he is to the entire NBA family — fans, players, team employees, business partners and fellow team owners — for having diverted attention away from our game.

The team is on sale.

"I commend Mr. Levenson for self-reporting to the league office, for being fully cooperative with the league and its independent investigator, and for putting the best interests of the Hawks, the Atlanta community, and the NBA first."

Sterling was forced to sell the Los Angeles Clippers after a recording surfaced in April of the owner scolding his girlfriend for bringing black men to Clippers games. Steve Ballmer officially became the team's new owner on Aug. 12.

In the email sent in August 2012, Levenson said "southern whites" were uncomfortable at games.

"My theory is that the black crowd scared away the whites and there are simply not enough affluent black fans to build a significant season ticket base," Levenson said in the email released Sunday by the Hawks.

"Please don't get me wrong. There was nothing threatening going on in the arena back then. I never felt uncomfortable, but I think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority."

Levenson said Hawks crowds were 70 percent black, the team's cheerleaders were black and hip-hop music was played.

"Then I start looking around at other arenas," Levenson said. "It is completely different."

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Atlanta's population was 54 percent black and 38.4-percent white in 2010. For metro Atlanta, the ratio is 55.4 percent white and 32.4 percent black.

Levenson said he often heard fans say the area around Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta is dangerous.

"This was just racist garbage," Levenson said. "When I hear some people saying the arena is in the wrong place I think it is code for there are too many blacks at the games."

John Jenkins.

Though he said he disagreed with the conclusion, he said he told team executives to add white cheerleaders and music "familiar to a 40-year-old white guy."

Added Levenson in the email: "I have even (complained) that the kiss cam is too black."

Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed said the comments in Levenson's email were "reprehensible and offensive."

"The statements do not represent the city of Atlanta's history of diversity and inclusion, and we will be clear and deliberate in denouncing and repudiating them," Reed said. "I applaud the NBA's efforts to enforce a no-tolerance policy of discrimination. As a city, we will continue to stand behind the Atlanta Hawks organization as they work to find new ownership that reflects the values and ideals of a city that is too busy to hate."

The Rev. Al Sharpton released a statement encouraging Silver "to continue vetting all owners."

"The announcement by Bruce Levenson is welcomed and appropriate by those of us in the civil rights community, that raised the issue of Donald Sterling's need to be removed, and that other owners must be held accountable," Sharpton said.

Though the NBA investigation of the email was ongoing, Levenson apparently concluded he couldn't continue in his ownership role.

"If you're angry about what I wrote, you should be," Levenson said in Sunday's statement. "I'm angry at myself, too. It was inflammatory nonsense. We all may have subtle biases and preconceptions when it comes to race, but my role as a leader is to challenge them, not to validate or accommodate those who might hold them."

This is not Levenson's first effort to sell the team. In 2011, the Hawks' ownership group, headed by Levenson and Michael Gearon Jr., made an unsuccessful attempt to sell to California developer and pizza chain owner Alex Meruelo.

The group acquired the Hawks and the NHL Thrashers from Time Warner in 2004. The Thrashers were sold and moved to Winnipeg in 2011.

Simone Battle Of G.R.L. Passes Away!

A young talent passed away this weekend.


Simone Battle, a member of the five member group G.R.L. was found dead in her her Los Angeles home yesterday morning, and authorities think she hanged herself.

Battle first rose to national fame on the X Factor reality show in 2011. Though she got eliminated in the first live show in competition, she made an impression that helped her land a spot with GRL, a reboot of the Pussycat Dolls, reports the Daily News. "Simone was an exceptional young talent and human being, and we are all devastated to learn of her passing,” said a joint statement from RCA Records and two other music companies. As an actress, Battle appeared in episodes of Everybody Hates Chris and Zoey 101, notes Billboard.

The official social network for G.R.L. publicly released their statement:

Words cannot express the depth of our loss. Simone's incredible talent was only surpassed by the size of her heart.
— G.R.L. (@grl) September 6, 2014

We will carry her memory with us in everything we do.
— G.R.L. (@grl) September 6, 2014

Watch @GRL's chat w/ @KevinManno http://t.co/Vn6VmhsHU4 @GRLEmmalyn @GRLLauren @GRLNatasha @GRLPaula @GRLSimone! pic.twitter.com/NRYnUbb3Mi
— 1043 MYfm (@1043MYfm) September 3, 2014

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Simone Battle.