South Carolina Democratic state senator Clementa Pickney is one of the victims of a horrible mass shooting.
South Carolina state senator is one of the many killed in a mass murder in Charleston.
This is a breaking update. Nine people were killed in this horrific tragedy.
The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest AME church in the South was rocked by a mass massacre. This act of terrorism was done by a man who had no care for the lives of those who wanted the right to congregate in a church.
Charleston city police are searching for a suspect in this horrific tragedy. World News Today send our condolences to those killed in this tragedy.
The incident happened around 9pm. The city police prompted a large response. At least six ambulances were at the church.
The governor of South Carolina, Republican Nikki Haley and the White House were informed about this tonight. Haley releases a press statement on this.
Mass shooting in South Carolina church.
“Michael, Rena, Nalin and I are praying for the victims and families touched by tonight's senseless tragedy at Emanuel AME Church. While we do not yet know all of the details, we do know that we'll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another. Please join us in lifting up the victims and their families with our love and prayers.”
The suspect is a White male in his 20s. The man was clean shaven, slender build and wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots.
This historically black church attracts hundreds of worshippers. The church has one of the largest congregations south of Baltimore.
Clementa Pinckney is the lead pastor. He is an elected Democratic state senator from the Charleston area.
The church was doing Bible study and the alleged shooter starting firing on worshipers.
Early a young man was apprehended, but he was later released. People from the scene posted on the social media that the man apprehended isn't involved.
Tragedy in South Carolina.
The police confirmed that the shooter is at large. This will require the FBI and South Carolina's A.I.M. involvement.
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley confirmed in a statement there have been fatalities.
“We’re still gathering information so it’s not the time yet for details,” he said. “I will say that this is an unspeakable and heartbreaking tragedy in this most historic church, an evil and hateful person took the lives of citizens who had come to worship and pray together.”
Riley said city police were being assisted by sheriff’s deputies, the State Law Enforcement Division and the FBI.
A bomb threat reportedly called in to a nearby hotel prompted authorities to close Meeting Street to traffic.
Republican contenders Jeb Bush and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have issued statements on the tragedy. The White House will release a statement shortly.
And before we jump into the blame game. We first want to say that the shooter (or shooters) are responsible for this. The junk food media often wants to look into the partisan views of a criminal.
Say if the criminal is a White guy. Liberals want to assume that the guy is a die-hard conservative who relishes in guns. The shooter has hatred towards progressive views, race, gender, sexuality, religious beliefs and social beliefs.
Conservatives want to assume that the guy is a liberal. If it's a Black, Hispanic, Muslim or White guy, they will automatically blame President Barack Obama. Conservatives tell stories of what they could have done if they were armed, complain about the media jumping to conclusions, and say that the suspect is a liberal activist.
A.I.M. is active in manhunt.
We can't confirm if the suspect is a White extremist! But some are declaring this to be a hate crime.
The city of Fairfield, Ohio is located 14 miles from Cincinnati. The city is under fire for a major controversy.
The police are under fire for a brutal beat down of two teens. A 12-year old girl had her face and ribs broken by police.
The Dayton Daily News reports that two adults and two children were arrested that day on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a large fight at the city-run pool on Augusta Boulevard. The individuals arrested refused to leave the premises after one youth was asked to leave because he was not wearing the proper swimming attire, according to police.
Fairfield police contend officers did nothing wrong.
Hilton disputed Fairfield officers account of the incident and showed a video of the family’s encounter captured by someone at the facility.
In the footage, where loud screams are heard throughout, an officer is seen pulling a young girl away from the crowd with his arm around her neck and arm as he puts her against a vehicle and pulls her arms behind her back. The girl screams throughout before finally saying, “Ok, Ok.” Another male officer is seen using pepper spray on a young girl who is clinging desperately to an iron gate as a female officer grabs her around the neck in an attempt to dislodge her. The officer can be heard shouting, “Just let go of the gate…Get off the gate.”
The incident is the latest of several across the nation that have called into question the conduct of officers towards African-Americans.
“I never want to be known as one that stands against police officers. I do my best to honor law enforcement as much as I possibly can. When I find there is a controversy between the truth and what individuals are saying, I must stand on the side of truth, no matter where that truth is,” Hilton said.
That day at the pool, Krystal Dixon, 33, took her children and some nieces and nephews to the pool, as they had done for many years. Dixon left and the kids, a total of eight, started swimming.
It was at that point that pool employees stopped one of Dixon’s nephews, saying he did not have proper attire on. Signs posted at the pool state that swimmers must wear proper swim attire. The nephew and Dixon’s daughter called Dixon and informed her they were told to leave. Krystal told the kids she was coming back and had the nephew’s swim trunks with her.
Hilton said it was only the nephew that did not have swimming attire; the other kids did.
When Dixon, who is pregnant, returned to the pool, the kids were “off the property” as had been demanded. Dixon went into the Aquatic Center to find out what was happening. She was told the nephew did not have proper attire, but got in the pool anyway.
What they done to that young girl was brutal. The press conference from
“Krystal looks at the young man, and there is not a drop of water on him,” Hilton said. It’s at this point that someone began recording video.
Dixon asked pool staff if she could have her money back and was told no. As she walked toward the pool area to get the kids, an officer attempted to grab Dixon and ask what she was doing. Fairfield police said one of the city’s park rangers was on site at the time. That ranger had handcuffs.
On the video, one of the kids asked, “What are you going to do with that?” The ranger responds, “I’m going to arrest you for not leaving.”
As Dixon was heading back out, a police officer asked her for an ID. Dixon said she didn’t have one, because she was wearing swimming attire. The officer grabbed Dixon by the arm, and that’s when the incident escalated, Hilton said. Multiple officers responded to the scene.
Hilton said a police officer grabbed the 12-year-old female “by the neck, slam her up against a police car, and this young lady, 12 years old, sustained multiple injuries,” Hilton said, though he would not specify what those injuries were.
Dixon told our news partner’s WCPO 9 On Your Side that her daughter sustained a broken jaw and three broken ribs.
Hilton said the video “clearly” shows the 12-year-old not assaulting an officer.
Hilton spoke at the Word Family Life Center, with Krystal and her sister Maya Dixon, of Columbus. Fairfield police arrested both of them, charging them with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Police also arrested two juveniles, charging a 15-year-old boy with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and charging a 12-year-old girl with assault and resisting arrest.
The Dixons are expected to answer to the charges in Fairfield Municipal Court Wednesday. One of their attorneys is Clyde Bennett, who represented controversial Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter.
After investigating the case and looking a the video, Bennett said Tuesday it is “crystal clear Ms. Dixon did nothing wrong.”
“People will believe that if the officer tells you to do something, you automatically you must do it in the state of Ohio. The fact is that is not the law in the state of Ohio,” Bennett said. “Resisting arrest is when you resist a lawful arrest, so the police have to have a lawful reason for the arrest … In this case, there was no legal reason whatsoever to arrest Ms. Dixon.”
Some of the images that were captured by camera phone shows the police using forced restraint.
Bennett added: “If you don’t do anything illegal, and you don’t do anything wrong, then police do not have the right to arrest you. So if the police try to arrest you and that arrest is an unlawful arrest, you can resist actually.”
Bennett said he is not saying that is what happened in the Dixon case, but it is a part of law people do not understand.
Fairfield Police Chief Mike Dickey has watched the videos shown at the press conference Tuesday, and he said the videos support his contention that the officers did nothing wrong.
“I think those videos only reinforce the statements we made earlier. Our officers were in a difficult situation, and they handled it with restraint,” he said.
Hilton said the officers did not use restraint.
“Where did the officers show a lot of restraint? … This mother wasn’t out of control. She wasn’t over there cursing and refusing to make their kids leave .. she was prevented from leaving. Had that officer not grabbed her at that point, this incident would not have happened. Can police learned how to deescalate instead of escalate situations. This angers me,” he said, his voice rising.
Dickey countered that the videos show officers “being mobbed by individuals while trying to make an arrest after the folks they’re trying to deal with wouldn’t leave as directed … the accusations are not based based on what we’ve seen in the videos.”
The chief also pointed out the videos do not depict the entirety of the incident.
“We do know that some of the stuff that took place that prompted the entire incident was before the mother ever arrived,” he said. The video shown at the press conference begins with Krystal Dixon approaching Aquatic Center staff after she returned to the pool.
Court time for Krystal (left) and Maya Dixon. They claim that the law used unnecessary roughness towards them. They face a court date for disorderly conduct.
Hilton also decried public response to the incident, saying commentators were calling the family “lowdown names. We’re sick of it … now every black teenager is some scary bugaboo.”
Hilton said this incident doesn’t just affect this family.
“It affects kids all over this county, all over the state, and all over this nation, and it needs to stop,” he said. “That’s why we need community policing reform. That’s why we need criminal justice reform.”
Hilton challenged people to look at the video.
“Please tell me where the kids are acting so bad. Please tell me where this mother, who’s pregnant, is acting so horrible,” he said. “They feed into this narrative that causes this to yet be a divided nation, and we have no business being divided by race.”
Hilton said when officers go to court to testify, “their word has always been taken over and above a defendant’s.
“But we have too many officers lying. Those officers knew these things were being videotaped, and they’re still going to report to you such lies,” he said. “This bothers me. I’m saddened and I’m hurt.”
Dickey said his department will review the incident, as it reviews all incidents regarding use of force.
“Every police officer receives conflict resolution training at the police academy, and every year there is in-service training on various topics … I can’t say we’ve had any kind of specific training of our officers on how to de-escalate in the middle of a fight while you’re trying to settle things down, but if you look at the officers’ conduct objectively, there is every effort being made to get this situation under control,” he said.
Hilton said when the family went back later to the police to make a report, they were told they could not make a report and had to talk to Dickey. It was at that point the family approached Hilton, he said.
When one of the pool’s employees called 911, she said, “They’re videotaping, trying to make it look like a racist thing, and it’s not at all. They were breaking our policies. We told them they couldn’t be here anymore, and it’s really scary and I don’t feel safe.” The employee then begins to break down and cry during the call.
Hilton said he heard the call and “people will look at situations and walk away with their own conclusions. Would she have had the same conclusion if all of them were white? I doubt it.”
The civil rights leaders and public are demanding answers to what happened.
Cue, the annoying conservative agitator. The biggest concern troll to ever exist in the media gathers his deck of cards and decides to pull out either Jesse Lee Peterson, Kevin Jackson, David Webb or Deenan Boreli.
These dancing fools are fixated on blaming the victim. If you're Black and you're brutalized by the police, expect the conservative agitators to automatically blame the president, the civil rights leaders and Black America.
The U.S. Treasury announced a new design for the $10 bill. The bill will feature a woman.
Who will get blamed now that the conservatives found out this bit of historical news?
A. Barack Obama
B. Hillary Clinton
C. Michelle Obama
D. Women's Rights Groups
E. Liberals
F. All of These Above
Guess who's on the $10 American bill?
Okay, I give you a hint..... He was the first U.S. Treasury Secretary and a statesman. He was assassinated in a duel. He was a founding member of this great country.
Give up.
Okay, his name is Alexander Hamilton. He's not a president. He and founding father Benjamin Franklin are on American currency. Hamilton and Franklin are not presidents. But they are honored respectively for their achievements.
Benjamin Franklin is on the $100 American bill. That is the highest domination to exist. There are rare higher domination bills. But the United States mandates that no amount shall exceed $100.
Alexander Hamilton is on the $10 American bill.
When the year 2020 comes, the U.S. Treasury will be kicking him to the curb.
It was announced by current U.S. Secretary Jack Lew that a woman would be featured on a redesigned ten-dollar bill by 2020. The Department of Treasury is seeking the public's input on whom should appear on the new bill.
So who's gonna get the prize?
My top choices for nomination.
1. Michelle Obama (living)
2. Nancy Reagan (living)
3. Hillary Clinton (living)
4. Harriet Tubman
5. Susan B. Anthony
6. Jacqueline Kennedy
7. Betsy Ross
8. Martha Washington
9. Mary Todd Lincoln
10. Shirley Chisolm
11. Claudia Alta Taylor "Lady Bird" Johnson
12. Coretta Scott King
13. Rosa Parks
14. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
15. Sacagawea
Rachel Dolezal and her two sons. In an interview with Matt Lauer, Dolezal says that no matter what anyone says about her, she's "Black" and her family matters than someone's opinion.
If Black women dye their hair blonde, red, hazel, or different color, they're still Black. If a White woman dyes their hair, tan their skin and talks in a matter of being Black, then they're Black.
This is what the former president of the NAACP is considering herself as and she's defiant about it.
In damage control, Rachel Dolezal appears on the junk food media outlets to dispute the charges hurled at her. This became a talked about story.
Her biological parents came out and told the junk food media that Rachel's been estranged from them for nearly a decade. She was outed by her parents for being trapped in the wrong skin. Basically she's a Black woman trapped in a White woman's body.
The media has found out that she tried to sue Howard University, a historically Black college because she felt that she wasn't getting her dues because she was a White woman.
Her ex-husband had promised to spill the dirt for $$$$$. The conservative Craigslist linked a Radar story about a mysterious sex tape circulating online. It shows Dolezal in it. Did he leak it?
Dolezal resigned as the president of the western branch of the NAACP.
What Black women think about it?
Mostly in a negative way.
She's a white woman who disguised herself as Black woman. She tries to act Black and use a Black woman's beauty as an excuse. This managed to become a national discussion on White privilege.
Many believe that she should be called out for being a fake to the cause.
It's a shame that despite all the good she's done, this one incident tarnished it.
I've said this time after time, the NAACP is not a Black group. It's devoted to civil rights and equal rights for all. It accepts anyone of color. It doesn't matter if you're Black, Brown, White, or other.
You support their cause, you're welcomed with open arms.
The racist right is aiming at the NAACP and of course President Barack Obama. They see the oldest civil rights organization and the president as the biggest racists to ever exist.
Dolezal appears on Melissa Harris-Perry and the Today show to discuss the controversy.
The NBA's Golden State Warriors win the NBA Championship.
In over 40 years, the Golden State Warriors managed secure a NBA Title in a thrilling Game 6.
The Warriors lead Stephen Curry overpowered Lebron James. Despite the praise from his disgruntled fans, the high scores and cheers, James and his team couldn't beat a strong offense the Warriors offered.
They clobber the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals. 105 - 97 was the final score.
The Warriors lead throughout the series beating Labron James. James now has a nasty stockloss in this final.
Congratulations to the Warriors coach Steve Kerr on leading the Western Conference champions to the NBA Title victory.
They promised the fans there will be no more embarrassments.
Great victory for Stephen Curry, Harrison Barnes, Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and David Lee. You guys deserve the title.
Oakland, San Francisco will celebrate their team's victory.
The Cavs were defeated on home turf and I am expecting that the fans will riot.
Will the junk food media call it "upset fans" or "thugs"?
Donald Trump is a business mogul and reality television star. Now you can add a presidential candidate to his roster.
Trump declared his intentions to run face first into the clown car.
Today at the Trump Enterprises, the mogul decided the time is now for him to jump into the clown car.
"Our country needs a truly great leader," says Trump. He added, "We need a leader that wrote The Art of the Deal". That was plug for his book.
He declared that the Republican candidates are worthless. He said that the Democrats and Republicans are not doing enough for America and he said that he would love to "fire" them.
The Donald wants to fire everyone in Washington.
He saved his best for President Barack Obama. He banned the president from his properties after Obama mocked him during the White House Correspondence Dinner. Since the president takes up time doing the golf courses, Trump went right into him.
He would lift the ban only if Obama would leave office effective immediately.
He took a populist form. He told that the need to save Medicare and Medicaid are essential. He said that the ACA (Obamacare) is a disaster and he wants it repealed. He declared that China is a threat.
Trump also made it clear: "If I get elected president, I will bring it back, bigger and better than ever".
Trump is a notorious birther. He has attack the president on this for years. He was a headache for the Republicans. They were looked upon as a joke. And now this carnival barker is in the race.
It's going to be a real cabal of candidates now that Trump is in.
Democrats are well aware of that network. They often warn candidates running for higher office to make sure you ignore them. They make stuff up.
Democrats should go onto the network. They shouldn't ignore the network. I mean they should actually go on these programs and combat the bullshit. They need to call out each and every agitator who dares calls them by name. Since the network loves to yell and scream about how the media is bias against Republicans, the Democrats should first say your network is profiting very well off this partisan bias.
In closing words they should tell those agitators that their network is the campaign arm of the Republican Party.
In the first run, Barack Obama told his staffers that that network has no place for him. Obama knew that John Kerry didn't stand up to the network when they ran all them smears against him. He had to hit them back. And hit them hard. He froze them out after they ran a story that claimed Hillary Clinton camp found out he attended a madrassa. It turns out to be false and that network ran that.
He called them out when they were running the Jeremiah Wright controversy nonstop. Campaign staffers called out some agitators for false and misleading lies.
Now as president, Obama knew that the network is devoted to taking his legacy down. Since 2009, the White House had feuded with the network. This feud continues to this day. Obama doesn't often appear on that network for interviews. He often gets into a hostile interview with a supposedly non-partisan reporter.
The network that scares White folks with stories of Blacks stealing from a liquor store is now devoted to scaring them with stories of a woman in a pantsuit.
Hillary Clinton pissed off Ed Henry. As often, Henry is a piece of shit. He tried to push another ridiculous loaded question at her while she was greeting supporters.
Ed Henry pissed that Hillary Clinton ignored his questions about her popularity and Benghazi.
He often spars with White House Press Secretary Josh Ernest. The network is labeled by the White House without the "news".
Henry was close to the press pool and he wanted to bum rush her with questions about her likability and her challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gaining an advantage in Wisconsin.
Clinton ignored him. The U.S. Secret Service told him to bounce.
Now Henry is pissed and he's poo pooing on his network about how Hillary is not willing to face tough questions. Where does he go to bitch about Hillary.
That annoying conservative agitator spends his whole time trying to find accomplishments that she's done. He's doing his part to help her win by obsessing over her.
Back then he had that turd Dick Morris on the network. Morris would often run the gossip about her being in a huge feud with the president. That annoying conservative agitator was demoted and Morris was fired out the cannon after reporting numerous times that Barack Obama would lose in a landslide.
Then he puts on lack of accomplished lawmakers Stallmigos Rand Paul (R-KY), Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) for a sit down. He doesn't ask them what accomplishments they've had since they've been in the Senate. Matter of fact, establishment member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has no accomplishments too.
