Million Man March 2015

The Revolution will NOT be Televised!!!!

Oh you thought they were playing? The 20th anniversary of the Million Man March took place in Washington DC over the weekend and received minimal coverage from the media!!! Yes you read that correctly. Aside from C-Span, it seems the media had better things to do than to show black people come together in peaceful union. Even more insulting, BET of all networks went to sleep on the event as well. Around the clock coverage for the riots in Ferguson, Baltimore and elsewhere but only one station, I saw, actually followed this peaceful event. Are you surprised? I hope not. As a matter of fact I hope this awakens you from your deep sleep as well.

Using the phrase, Justice or Else, was an awesome way to gain people's attention. However, I felt the lack luster speech Minister Louis Farrakhan gave didn't even touch on half the topics that needed to be discussed. There are far more important issues that black people are dealing with as a whole and as I listened I kept asking but what about this and what about that? Don't get me wrong, Farrakhan had some valid points and did an awesome job promoting unity and boosting moral as a whole but I had a hard time locating the revolutionary "or else" part of his speech. At times, rambling on, the 2 hour speech felt like he winged it a little in my opinion. Welp! I won't spoil it any further and go into anymore details. You can listen to the full speech below. You can also check out photos from the event below.

[Baltimore Under Fire] Looting and Fires Engulf the City in Wake of Freddie Gray's Death!

A very similar scene in Baltimore as that in Ferguson after the no indictment decision was made in the case of  Michael Brown. Here we are again, Freddie Gray, another black man dies in police custody.

According to CNN:

Gray was arrested on a weapons charge in a high-crime area of Baltimore known for drugs. He "gave up without the use of force," according to Baltimore Deputy Police Commissioner Jerry Rodriguez.
An officer apparently took his Taser out and was prepared to use it on Gray, but he never deployed it, Rodriguez said. And none of the six officers involved in the arrest describe using force against the 25-year-old.
Gray was placed inside a police van and was able to talk, said Rodriguez, who described Gray as upset.
Gray was taken into custody a week before he died of a spinal injury.
"And when Mr. Gray was taken out of that van, he could not talk, and he could not breathe," according to Rodriguez.
It's unknown what caused the spinal cord injury that led to his death a week after the arrest, and it's also unknown what, if anything, happened inside the van.

Court documents allege that Baltimore Police Department Officer Garrett Miller arrested Gray after finding a switchblade in his pocket. The Gray family attorney called the allegation a "sideshow." Gray was carrying a "pocket knife of legal size," attorney William Murphy told CNN.
Police never saw the knife and chased Gray only after he ran from them, the attorney said.
The court documents also say that Gray "fled unprovoked upon noticing police presence."
"The officer noticed a knife clipped to the inside of his front right pants pocket. The defendant was arrested without force or incident," the documents say. "The knife was recovered by this officer and found to be a spring-assisted, one-hand-operated knife."
Maryland law makes it illegal to "wear or carry a dangerous weapon of any kind" -- including switchblades -- "concealed on or about the person."
It's not clear that simply having a knife is a crime, said Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. "It is not necessarily probable cause to chase someone. So, we still have questions," she said.

Segments of cell phone video shot from two different positions appear to begin after Gray has been arrested and show officers dragging Gray, who is handcuffed, to a van. He can be heard screaming.
"He was dragged a bit," said Rawlings-Blake, "but then you see him using his legs to get into the van, so he was able-bodied when he was in the van. And we know that when he was finally taken out of the van, he was unresponsive."
Officers placed more restraints on Gray inside the van, police said, while surveillance video recorded him conscious and talking. That was at 8:54 a.m.
At 9:24 a.m., police called an ambulance for Gray. Police say Gray requested medical attention, including an inhaler, and an ambulance later took him to the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center.
Baltimore's mayor, for one, thinks the arresting officers made "a mistake" by not requesting medical attention immediately after Gray asked for it.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake thinks police made a mistake by not requesting medical help sooner.
What we don't know: It's unknown why Gray screamed, and the video doesn't capture the entire incident, start to end. It's unclear what happened between 8:54 a.m. and 9:24 a.m. And it's unclear why police didn't call for an ambulance sooner.

Freddie Gray was laid to rest and the city was turned upside down in protest and riots. People throwing bricks and rocks at the police and the police fighting back. So far several police officers have been injured and a State of Emergency has been declared for the city of Baltimore. Curfews have also been enforced.

Streets in Baltimore looked like a war zone Tuesday morning after a night of riots, fires and heartbreak.
"Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who -- in a very senseless way -- are trying to tear down what so many have fought for," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said.
Buildings and cars across the city were engulfed in flames. About a dozen businesses were looted or damaged. At least 15 officers were wounded, six of them seriously, the police commissioner said.
All this came just hours after the funeral for Freddie Gray, who died of a severe spinal cord injury while in police custody.
The destruction across Baltimore brought more agony to the grieving family.
"I want y'all to get justice for my son, but don't do it like this here," Gray's mother, Gloria Darden, pleaded Monday night.
Gray's twin sister, Fredericka, said the chaos was no way to honor her brother.
"I don't think that's for Freddie," she said. "I think the violence is wrong."
The destruction was so bad that children can't go to school Tuesday. Baltimore City Public Schools canceled classes for the day.

Here are a few pics of the aftermath. You can check the full gallery over at CNN! Please keep Baltimore in your prayers!!!!

 

Fuck your breath!!!! Says Cop to Eric Harris Moments Before His Death [Graphic Footage Inside]

Reserve Deputy Robert Bates said he intended to Taser Eric Harris, a black man who was running away from him during  a police sting operation. Instead, Officer Bates drew his gun and fatally shot him. Bates said "I shot him" then "I'm sorry"! As Eric Harris struggled to breathe another officer is heard saying “Fuck your breath...Shut the fuck up!”  Eric Harris, another unarmed black man, was dead an hour later at the hands of a police officer! 

NY Daily News Reports:

It was a mistake.
That’s the blasé explanation Oklahoma officials gave after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white deputy who accidentally pulled his gun when he meant to use his Taser.
The botched encounter was captured on a disturbing video released by police on Friday — nine days after the fatal Tulsa shooting.
“He shot me! He shot me, man. Oh, my god. I’m losing my breath,” Eric Harris says as he struggles on the ground following the April 2 shooting, which flew under the radar until video emerged a week later.
“F--- your breath,” a callous officer can be heard saying. “Shut the f--- up!”
Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 73, (below) shouted “Taser! Taser!” before pulling the trigger on his gun, firing a round into Harris.
“I shot him!” the former policeman says, dropping his gun. “I’m sorry.”
Bates was assisting other deputies who were trying to take Harris into custody after the felon fled from police during a sting operation, the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office’s said.

Robert Bates, 73, shot to death suspect Eric Harris in Oklahoma after pulling out his gun instead of his taser, authorities said.
“You shouldn’t have f-----g ran!” another deputy screams, as Harris is held down by his neck and head.
Harris, who was in his 40s, was pronounced dead about an hour after the shooting, authorities said.
He had bolted from officers who were trying to arrest him for selling a 9 mm. semiautomatic pistol and ammunition to undercover cops.
Harris, who was unarmed, had reportedly done time for assault and battery on an officer.
He was “absolutely a threat when going down,” Tulsa Police Sgt. Jim Clark said at a news conference.
Sheriff’s Capt. Billy McKelvey claims the arresting officers were not aware Harris had been shot, despite the gunshot noise and Bates’ admission. They called paramedics and firefighters, and rendered aid when they realized, McKelvey said.

Really? Fuck your breath tho? If that doesn't speak to you I don't know what will. #repulsive

Strange Fruit: Black Man Found Hanging from a Tree in Mississippi

So how sick is this? Like a page of out the 1960s in Mississippi a black man is hanging from a tree. 

If this isn't ridiculous I don't know what is? 

CNN Reports:

The hanging death of an African-American man who had been missing since early this month and was found Thursday by local authorities in Mississippi has drawn the scrutiny of the FBI and the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
The sheriff's office in Claiborne County, Mississippi, had organized a search for the man, who had been missing since March 2 and was reported missing March 8. Authorities said the man's body was found with a bed sheet tied around his neck and a skull cap on his head, hanging from a tree. The man's hands were not tied up.
FBI Supervisory Special Agent Jason Pack said that it's unclear how the man died, and "it is too early to say what happened and speculate."
"We don't know what happened out there, if it is a suicide, a homicide, that is why we investigate these types of cases to determine exactly what happened," he told CNN affiliate WAPT.
Law enforcement believes that Otis Byrd is the man found hanging in Mississippi.
The FBI and Mississppi Bureau of Investigations have not released the man's name, but a law enforcement official said he's believed to be 54-year-old Otis Byrd, and both the Claiborne County chapter of the NAACP and family members have confirmed his identity.
The body was found hanging from a tree 500 yards southwest of a house belonging to Byrd's family.
According to a family member who did not want to be identified, Byrd was a "good, hard-working man" who had held various jobs, including on an oil rig, since his release from prison. The family member acknowledged that he served time in prison for murder, but said had been upstanding citizen since his release.
He was churchgoer who occasionally went to the casino, the family member said.
Claiborne County Sheriff Marvin Lucas said, however, that though the family believed it was Byrd, they hadn't been allowed near the crime scene.
The body of Otis Byrd was found 500 yards from a house belonging to his family.
The sheriff told CNN affiliate WAPT that he had instructed the Fish and Wildlife search and rescue team to search the part of the woods where the man was found, and "they found a deceased person."
"This is the first time I have witnessed anything like this in Claiborne County," he said.
According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Byrd was convicted in 1980 for murdering a woman. He was paroled in 2006.
At this point there are two parallel investigations: one by local authorities into the death, and one by the FBI into whether there may be any federal civil rights violations. The FBI has a forensics team on the scene in Mississippi in part because the bureau has responsibility for federal civil rights law.
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi are also investigating the death, according to a spokeswoman for the Justice Department.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is also on the scene, according to a statement from the FBI.
"Earlier in the day, the Claiborne County Sheriffs Department and the Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks conducted a ground search for a man who had been missing since early March. Officers located a man hanging in the woods near Roddy Road a half mile from his last known residence," according to the FBI statement.
"The sheriff's department contacted the MBI and FBI for forensic and investigative assistance. Investigators are currently processing the scene for evidence to determine the cause and manner of death​," according to the FBI.
The state NAACP is calling for a full investigation into the death.
"Considering Mr. Byrd's body was found hanging from a tree, we are calling on federal authorities to immediately investigate to determine whether his death is a result of a racial hate crime," stated Derrick Johnson, state president Mississippi NAACP.

Suicide or murder? Hmmm
Looking forward to these results.

Disturbing News: Dekalb County Officer Kills a Naked Man Obviously Suffering From Some Form of Mental Issue!!!!

I totally have a problem with this story. Police responded to a suspicious nude unarmed male frolicking around his apartment complex. Now if that alone doesn't scream mental illness I don't know what does. The man was killed after he charged at an officer and ignored the officer's commands.

Delkab County police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting.

The shooting happened at an apartment complex just after 1 p.m. Monday on Chamblee Tucker Road.

Witnesses described the bizarre and unexplained moments that led to this shooting.

Channel 2 Action News has obtained exclusive video of the man who was shot. Video showed him hanging naked from a balcony and walking around before police arrived.

"He was doing weird movement. He was crawling on the floor, lying down on the floor," said one witness, who asked not to be identified

The officer was responding to reports of an unarmed and unclothed man banging on doors and crawling on the ground.

“He tells me, ‘I'm OK, I'm OK.’ That's what he was saying,” the witness said.

The witness said he told the man, identified as 27-year-old Anthony Hill, to go inside or he was going to get arrested.

"He was acting crazy but he was calm like he didn't know where he was. He was like kind of lost in his face," the witness said.

The responding officer, who is described as a seven-year veteran, confronted Hill.

Some witnesses and the chief of police say Hill was aggressive and lunged at the officer.

"When the male saw the officer, he charged, running at the officer. The officer called on him to step back, drew his weapon and fired two shots,” said DeKalb County Director of Public Safety Cedric Alexander.

Hill died at the scene. Some believe the shooting was justified while others aren't sure.

"He ran to the police. He runs wide open with the hands up," the witness said.

Hill was black and the officer is a white male. The chief says he wants a transparent investigation in light of officer involved shootings in other parts of the country.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has taken over the case to investigate. The officer who was involved in the shooting is on paid administrative leave as they investigate.

Ughhhh that really makes me feel some type of way. I feel like this and many other cases that we have heard of shows that police officers have little to absolute no training whatsoever when it comes to dealing with people and mental illness. Another unarmed young black man is dead when he could have been shot in the leg and in the hospital recovering from his injuries and getting the help he obviously needed. Anthony Hill did not need to lose his life and the police are completely reckless. Can someone get them new training asap because this is beyond ridiculous!!!!

RIP: VH1 Star Ahmad 'Real' Givens Passes Away At Age 33

If you haven't heard the news already VH1's Real Chance of Love, reality star,  "Real" passed away over the weekend due to complications with colon cancer. He was one part of the dynamic duo that included his brother Chance that got their big break on the reality series I Love New York. They were freakin hilarious.

Vibe Online Reports:

Ahmad Givens, also known as “Real” from VH1’s I Love New York and Real Chance of Love, has passed away last night (Feb. 20) at the age of 33. Diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer in 2013, the reality star’s diagnosed seemed to look up after he underwent surgery that year. But things took a turn for the worse after Givens suffered a fall earlier this year and was bedridden, according to TMZ.
The site reports that on Friday night, Givens was showing signs of troubled vision and speech, and succumbed to his battle against the disease hours later. His brother, Chance, who star alongside him in their reality shows, took to Instagram in mourning of his brother.
“We love you forever bro I'll see you one day soon we shall dance again in God's kindom forever and ever,” he wrote.

Such sad sad news, gone far too soon. This makes me feel some type of way because of how close I am with my sister. I can't imagine what his brother and family are going through. ughhh
May he rest in peace.

She said YES: Adrienne Bailon Engaged to Longtime Boyfriend Lenny Santiago [Details and Video Inside]

AwWww. LOVE is in the air.  Just in time for Valentine's day, Adrienne Bailon's longtime beau, Lenny Santiago, popped the question during an intimate dinner with family and friends. The ex Cheetah girl and current talk-show co-host on The Real kept it a secret from them until now. #sneaky
The Big Announcement show will air on Monday, but you can check out a preview of it below!!!

E! Online Reports:

The 31-year-old celeb revealed during The Real (airing Monday) that she's engaged to longtime love Lenny Santiago! But of course she didn't just blurt it out. She had a plan when it came to announcing the big news to her fellow co-hosts and the audience, and E! News has the exclusive sneak peek!

Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, Tamar Braxton, Tamera Mowry and Bailon were flipping through magazine pages looking for the latest news about Hollywood when Adrienne exclaimed that there was a very important story that wasn't in included.

"It's not in here, you know why? Because no one knows," Bailon began and gave a sneaky look at her gal-pals that got everyone wondering what she's about to say. That's when Adrienne propped her left arm on the desk to reveal the major (and beautiful!) bling on that finger, which instantly drew gasps from everyone.

"I'm engaged," she announced, and the reactions from her co-hosts were so sweet (and kinda hilarious...we could watch Tamar's shocked face on loop).

While being hugged by the other ladies, Bailon explained that while on a visit back home in New York recently, her beau of almost six years convinced her to get out of her pajamas one night and go to a nice dinner with the family. When they got to the empty restaurant in upstate New York, Santiago gave a speech to her parents about how much he loves their daughter and said he had a gift for everyone.

The surprise present—wait, it's not what you think—was supposed to show the family that he knows Adrienne is worth it and will be able to give her everything she deserves in due time. Bailon continues to share that she ripped through the tissue in the box to find...carrots. Yep, carrots.

"Was this like the harvest of our love?" Bailon joked, and explained that she expressed her appreciation and love for the carrots, regardless. Then, Santiago says, "Well, since you said yes to those carrots..." and gets on his knee to propose with that gorgeous sparkler.

Lenny Santiago is Senior Vice President of A&R, Artist Management at Roc Nation and manager to hip-hop artist, Fabolous. He's been in the business for decades, and is also a renowned celebrity photographer under the moniker KodakLens.

How sweet!?!?! Congrats to the happy couple. Adrienne looks smitten and that ring!!! #loveit

Being Mary Jane Season 2 Episode 1

Yessssssss. It's back people and with a [bang] of course. Picking right up where fine ass David left her ass, Mary Jane wants some closure and is actively seeking it. I feel her pain. We've all been there, in Love, it's slipping away and you're trying to find creative ways to hold on to it and/or to numb the pain. Drinking, lashing out on friends, embarrassing yourself. Yep been there done that! We all knew she's wasn't gonna leave David's ass alone!!! Oh no, not Mary Jane! lol Can't wait to see how this season unfolds!

Check out the full episode below:

Being Mary Jane Season 2 Episode 1

Bill Duke's Documentary [Light Girls]

So I finally got the chance to watch this documentary that premiered on OWN a little while ago. "Light Girls", the sequel to critically acclaimed "Dark Girls" is a good watch. (No surprise there because I loved that one as well) Tackling, the pink elephant in the room, colorism:

From the creator and director of the critically acclaimed documentary Dark Girls, award-winning filmmaker Bill Duke continues the conversation on colorism with Light Girls. Sharing the untold stories and experiences of lighter-skinned women, Light Girls dives deep into the discussion of skin color, preference, privilege, pain and prejudice. The documentary features interviews with Russell Simmons, Soledad O'Brien, Diahann Carroll, India Arie, Iyanla Vanzant, Michaela Angela Davis, Kym Whitley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield and more. 

What can I say? This is extremely relevant to the world we live in now. As a black woman of lighter skin tone I can definitely relate to the stigma and stereotypes of how light is right and dark is wrong. We tend to forget or ignore the fact that we too as black people, as well as other cultures, discriminate against our own. Colorism is a real thing and I can't stand it!!!! It's very disturbing to me because I've seen some of the most beautiful women in ALL shades of color. Melanin is in hunty, no matter the shade of pigment! #youarebeautiful

If you missed "Light Girls", you can watch it in its entirety below.

Light Girls

Desperate Act or Nah? 40 Year Old Houston Woman Marries Her DAMN Self!!!

You know the old saying "If you can't find someone to marry you, marry yourself." Oh you didn't know that one? Hell me either. That's a new one to me. LOL So this lady here decided if she wasn't married by the age of 40 she'd marry herself. What in the psychotic hell? Now I'm all for self love but this just takes the cake.

Madame Noir Reports:

With her 40th birthday approaching and no potential husband in sight, Yasmin Eleby chose to gift herself with the elaborate wedding she’d always dreamed of. However, instead of vowing to love, forgive and honor a significant other, the Houston resident made the lifelong promises to herself.
The ceremony was held at the Houston Museum of African American Culture on Saturday, January 3 and included 10 bridesmaids and three ministers, who assisted with the spiritual ceremony. She was walked down the aisle and given away (or as Black Art in America put it, given back to herself) by her mother. Entertainment for the evening included live music provided by guitarist Ben Black, poet Deidra Smith and singer Rennette E. Lucien. The ceremony was coordinated by event planner Darrell Colone.
“I really don’t have the words to adequately describe the plethora of emotions that I’ve felt over the past few weeks, particularly on Saturday, January 3rd,” the bride gushed on Facebook. “I was overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and support that was shown to me during my celebration of love and life. Shana, Sandra, James, Deidra, Rennette, Brandy, Ben, and Darrell: every word that was said and sung was absolutely perfect for the occasion.

Hmmm now that's deep. Congrats to the happy....hmm can't say couple so what do you even say? LOL
Anyway What do you think ladies? Self love or Cray Cray?
You can check out the full article via Madame Noir.

When Gangsta Rap Gets Real: Bobby Shmurda Arrested!!! Pleads Not Guilty to a long list of Charges!

Last night, Mr. Hot N*gga himself, Bobby Shmurda was arrested on gun, drugs and other gang related charges. Ackquille Pollard, the rapper's real name, was arrested among several other members allegedly associated with his crew "GS9", in a sting operation that authorities had been investigating for some time now. 

The Associated Press reported:

NEW YORK (AP) — Up-and-coming rapper Bobby Shmurda has been arrested in New York City in a gun and narcotics investigation.
Authorities said Wednesday that Shmurda was apprehended after leaving a Manhattan recording studio. Several others were also taken into custody.
They are named in an indictment that will be unsealed after their arraignments Thursday.

Hmmm I guess he wasn't playing with his infamous line "Mitch caught a body 'bout a week ago"!!!
O_o I guess we'll have to wait and see how this one plays out.

Update:
After a long list of charges filed against him and his Shmurda team, Bobby pleads no guilty. You can check those out below....smh

GS9 Indictment Redacted

Yahoo News Reports:

NEW YORK (AP) — An up-and-coming rapper pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he moonlighted as a gun-toting member of a New York City street gang responsible for several shootings during turf wars over drug trafficking.
Ackquille Pollard, who performs under the name Bobby Shmurda, was ordered held on $2 million bail at a hearing in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. His attorney, Howard Greenberg, failed to convince a judge that his client should be released without bail because he was framed and had no reason to run.
"He is a legitimate entertainer," Greenberg said. "He is rich. He is busy. He is always on tour."
The Brooklyn-born Pollard is best known for the hit song "Hot Boy." He also put out a music video that popularized a dance craze called the "Shmoney dance," and reportedly signed a lucrative record deal with Epic Records.
Greenberg claimed Epic had agreed to help Pollard make bail. A spokesman for the label declined to comment.
Police arrested Pollard on conspiracy, reckless endangerment and gun possession on Wednesday after he left a recording studio near Radio City Music Hall. Police found two handguns and a small amount of crack cocaine in a car in which he was riding, authorities said.
View galleryLeslie Pollard, left, is escorted from court after …
Leslie Pollard, left, is escorted from court after a hearing for her son Ackquille Pollard, also kno …
An indictment naming Pollard charges more than 15 defendants with a variety of crimes including murder, attempted murder, assault and drug dealing. The gang's gun play left one rival dead, injured an innocent bystander sitting on folding chair outside a Brooklyn home and caused pandemonium outside a nightclub in Miami Beach, Florida, authorities said.
Police seized 21 guns during the investigation, 10 of them while making arrests on Wednesday.

Damn Shmurda...Damn! Please read the full article via Yahoo News.

So Darn Sad: Titi Cree,Co-Founder Of Miss Jessie’s Hair Care Products has Died! #RIP

The Washington Post reports that Titi Cree Branch, one part of Miss Jessie's magic duo passed away December 4th as the result of an apparent suicide. On no!!!

Details via TWP:

Titi Branch, one of the co-founders of the wildly successful natural hair care line, Miss Jessie’s, died Dec. 4, according to an obituary by NV Magazine. The magazine said it was an apparent suicide but there was no independent confirmation of that. A family friend confirmed to the Washington Post that Branch, a graduate of the University of Maryland, had indeed died. She was 45. With her sister Miko, Branch ran a popular New York salon. Tweets from Miko and the Miss Jessie’s Twitter account appeared to be small tributes to the fallen entrepreneur.

Such a tragedy. Prayers up to her family. To read the full article please head over to The Washington Post.

Beyonce shares with us the Price of Fame in Intimate short Film [Yours and Mine]

Surprise!  Well not really lol because Beyonce is always working on something. Anyway she released a short film on her YouTube page discussing the naked truth of the business and the effects it's had on her lifestyle. #deep

Rapper Beanie Sigel Shot in Pleasantville!!

According to 10 NBC Philadelphia local news the rapper was shot after an altercation and is currently in critical condition, undergoing surgery. Dwight E. Grant, better known by his stage name Beanie Sigel, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a former member/artist of Dame Dash Music Group and Roc-A-Fella Records where he had formed a close association with rappers Jay-Z, Freeway and other former and current artists on the Roc-A-Fella roster.

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel has been shot after an altercation outside a Jersey Shore home.
The shooting happened around 9:45 a.m. along the 800 block of Spruce Avenue in Pleasantville, New Jersey, officials tell NBC10.
Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was hit in the stomach, police said. He was taken to a local hospital and is currently in surgery.

You can read the full story via 10 NBC Philadelphia!!!

#HowToGetAwayWithMurder N.Y. cop not indicted in chokehold death!!!

Cnn Reports:

A grand jury decided against an indictment Wednesday in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, who died after white police officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a chokehold, according to two law enforcement officials.
During his fatal police encounter, Garner raised both hands in the air and told the officers not to touch him. Seconds later, a video shows an officer behind him grab him in a chokehold and pull him to the sidewalk, rolling him onto his stomach.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Garner said repeatedly, his cries muffled into the pavement.
The cause of Garner's death was "compression of neck (chokehold), compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police," the medical examiner's office has said. The death was ruled a homicide.

No surprise there either. The decision comes as another blow a week after the grand jury in Ferguson came to the same conclusion in the Michael Brown case. #nowords


#CrimingWhileWhite:

CNN asks"Do white people get away with more crimes? #CrimingWhileWhite says yes" in a new article after trending topic set twitter on fire last night!

Very very interesting trend going on right now. White people that have gotten away with crimes from shoplifting, DWI, even as far as assaulting an officer tweeting their experiences with the police and how they weren't even arrested. #nosurprisethere You can read the full article about #crimingwhilewhite at CNN, however check out some of these tweets:

No Indictment in Ferguson causes #Mayhem

Live from Ferguson Missouri I present to you The Purge Anarchy!!!! #whoa

If you've been watching CNN, like I have, since the Grand Jury announcement last night  you have seen the images of the city in disarray. Looking like scenes right from a movie, Ferguson citizens took matters into their own hands after the decision was made not to indict Darren Wilson. The police officer shot and killed an unarmed teen Michael Brown back in August this year. While I don't condone violence and rioting is NOT the way I can't say that I don't feel the pain of Ferguson's people. I FEEL YOU! #blacklivesmatter #whatjustice

The Brown Family's Official Statement:

We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions.
While we understand that many others share our pain, we ask that you channel your frustration in ways that will make a positive change. We need to work together to fix the system that allowed this to happen.
Join with us in our campaign to ensure that every police officer working the streets in this country wears a body camera.
We respectfully ask that you please keep your protests peaceful. Answering violence with violence is not the appropriate reaction.
Let's not just make noise, let's make a difference.

Although I am not surprised by the Grand Jury's decision, I still held on to hope. Hope that another black life lost wasn't in vain. You kind of got the feeling from the delays to prepare the city for the presss conference that it wouldn't end well. Not to mention all the police, national guards and FBI called onto the scene "in case" the people decided to #turnup.  I believe they knew what the verdict was and had to delay it's announcement to get Officer Williams and his family out of dodge. #ontheruntour #comingsoon #backtosquare1 #thepurge

Take a look of the chilling aftermath below:

Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) -- This is what Ferguson looked like Tuesday morning.

Shattered glass from looted stores covered the asphalt. Shell casings from unknown shooters littered the ground. And more than a dozen buildings, including stores owned by local residents, had been set ablaze.

As protesters hurled bottles, batteries and rocks at police, officers in riot gear responded by shooting bean bags and tear gas.

"This ain't Iraq. This is the United States," Demetric Whitlock yelled to a line of police officers on South Florissant Road, in front of the Ferguson Police Department.

How do you feel about the Grand Jury's decision?

Random: Are you being Yung Berg'd???

Man listen.... LADIESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Don't let the dudes "Yung Berg" you!!!!! Don't be out here lookin dumb like Hazel-E. These dudes will play games with you for as long as you allow them to. It doesn't take no damn 8 yrs for a guy to want be in a relationship and ya ass shouldn't be waiting that long either. Dudes be knowing what's up within 3-6 months (if not sooner) of "gettin to know you" "dating" or whatever the hell you wanna call it these days and that's real!
DO NOT BE FOOLED......Men know what they want!!!

I say this every episode I watch....Berg is a piece of shit and honestly Hazel gets none of my sympathies. She is just as responsible for her role in their situationship as he is.
Phhhhhhhhht....I wish I might let a mofo "Yung Berg" me....nerpppppp ain't happenin! FOH