Monkeys with Guns 10: Police Taser Legless Man In A Wheelchair Right In Front Of His Daughter

The whole idea behind tasers are to prevent shootings and a safe alternative for taking a suspect down that will lessen the chance of injury to the officer and the suspect WHEN FORCE IS NECCESSARY.

I am pretty sure these cops are supposed to be using their mouths first to defuse a situation to get a suspect to cooperate, but once you put a taser in their hands it's as if they are given the green light to abandomn all procedure and act a damn ass.

The devices are being used as a first option in many cases and used as a torture device.

If we go strictly on the story of the victim here, and mind you it's just his side your hearing, than these monkeys sounded like they were looking to abuse some one.

And given his condition, his location and the fact they dropped the charges afterward, (funny how this reminds me of the episode with Dr. Gates up in Harvard), I am very much of the beliefe that these baboons are in the wrong.

Monkeys with guns man, I am telling you.

Monkey's With Guns 9

I'm all for gender and race equality but this is not what I had in mind.



Road rage is a hell of a thing but this right here is amazing.

Was it that serious?

You see stuff like this is why I don't Plaxico Burress from carrying a gun, you already have it tough as a black men from other murderous black criminals why the hell would we trust the cops to protect us?

Woman expelled after defending her boyfriend.

This is some Ole bullshit.



Fuck you to the University of Louisville.

Man was attacked by what is looking like a bunch of racist thugs who you admitted to your university.

Failed to provide adequate campus security.

Than have the audacity to expel her?!

I don't give a damn if she came out there with a gun how do you make sense of that?

Did they even investigate and expel the students involved?

Doubt it.

Big up to Ms. Jackson getting down like a champ.

Rocky Mountain Serial Killer update.

The news on the serial killer who is targeting black women in Rocky Mountain NC is that,(drum roll), that it has made the news.



Also that they are saying it is a serial killer, although I do not believe that is the official stance cause that should have brought in the FBI, I would think.

I wonder what the magic number is before they start calling a string of murders done by the same person to unrelated victims a serial killing?

What ever that is I am sure you would have to multiply that by 5 if the victims are black add another 5 if there women.

Public Service Announcement 10: MOMS

This is not about MILFs, (I'll save that for another time).

MOMS is actually a acronym for Missing Or Murdered Sisters, a group of residents in North Carolina has placed a digital billboard up in their community showing the faces of the the missing and murders of black women the city of Rocky Mountain (read here).

5 of the murders are connected which is a sign that there is a serial killer out there who is targeting black women with similar backgrounds.

The murders date back to 2005 and progress has been slow in solving the cases as well as very little public attention given to it.

There are a number of reason why this might be, first being that the women are all black.

In a society that sees very little value in the lives of blacks in general, even among our own, the sad truth is the lives of black women are seen as doubly cheap and thus expendable.

To add on to this the life style of the women, who struggled with drug addiction and engaged in prostitution, may have consciously or subconsciously allowed the public to dismiss the murders all together as something of a "natural" occurrence to people in that life style.

That type of thinking is cruel and dangerous.

These women were human beings first.

These women were someones mother, daughter, sister, cousin, and or friend.

Some one at one time or another loved them and will miss them.

No one can be certain what the circumstances in their lives were that led them down this path but I have learned over time a turn left instead of right, a choice taken or not taken, a choice forced upon you, can easily be the difference maker on whether you become a CEO or First Lady or a junkie and or worse.

What I am certain is that if given the right amount of time, attention, and help anyone can change, but these women were robbed of even that small opportunity, something they were at the very least deserving of having.

Surely their lives were worth that small price.

And despite the pattern who is to say that the next woman would not be a stand up citizen in society?

A single working mother on her way home from a long day at work.

A college student rushing to class to take her final.

A house wife shopping for the kids.

A young lady starting a job in the career she worked hard to get.

Whose to say it wouldn't be you?

That control is not in your hands, it's in the hands of a predator who sees you as prey.

He is the judge, jury, an executioner, playing God with someones life.

If not for their lives than what about yours?

I joke around about I thank God I was born a man but not really, it's hell out here for women and black women rank last in that category, that needs to change like yesterday.

Symphony from Essential Presence put me on this and has provided the links for contact info with the residents and to make donations to keep that billboard running.

I'm sure what ever you can spare would be more than appreciated, it could save lives.

That's all for now, back to our regularly scheduled debauchery.

RIP Vernon Forrest

Boxing has a special spot in my heart when it comes to sports so when I hear things like this it cuts a little deeper.

I followed Vernon's career since he was an Atlanta native and watched his professional highs in wines over Sugar Shane Mosely, and lows in his loss to Ricardo Mayorga.

It hurts even more since the man gave back to the community with his Destiny's Child charity which assisted mentally challenged adults, another sticking point for me.

He will be missed.

This marks the third time in less than a two months that an athlete has died by violence and all of it was preventable on their part.

Vernon didn't have to chase those thugs but for what ever reason he did and now his community will be robbed of his light for it.

He will be missed, my condolences to his family.

R.I.P. Steve McNair

February 14, 1973 - July 4, 2009

Man, not him, not like that.

I always rooted for him no matter who he played for against.

He was one of the good guys.

Random Thoughts Of Cerebral Violence 3

****They make video games about Rape? Damn! I cant let this slide.



I am of the opinion that the Japanese don't have a clue, no cruel intentions behind what they do I don't believe, (although I have noticed that they do show a lot of rape going on in their older movies at least) but this and the Resident Evil video game set in Africa which is a KKK/Neo-Nazi wet dream,........

[Trailer] Resident Evil 5
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........shows a serious lack of sensitivity, (would it have killed them to make the hero look black or better yet make the female counter part look black too instead of a white woman with a bad tan?).

Neither of those games should hit the market anywhere a kid can get his hands on it.

I ain't saying they racists.......but they could use some teaching........and maybe a smack or two.

****WTH?


Now I wonder were those two learned to do that?

Kids have to run around here like it's Never Never Land to survive.

Cold world out there, no one is safe to be around.

**** Finally some one using there head!!!


There going to do it anyway people you cant stop it!!!!

Instead of us spending money on chasing users and pushers and destroying communities by snatching men out of their homes and throwing them in the penitentiary make the money work for society.

Build schools, create jobs that is not based on locking people up for a damn plant, fund health care, turn the economy around and save everybody a headache.

**** This is racist.

Clear and simple.

You can point the incident were a chimp mauled the woman and the cops had to shoot it.

True and that's exactly what the NY Post and the cartoonist would like you to believe when they put this out.

But that reference went out the window the moment the cartoonist, Sean Delonas, put that caption up.

That tied it to the POTUS, who the stimulus bill represents.

The NY Post called him a monkey and said he should be shot.

That is pretty clear to me.

You cant hustle a hustler I know what they were REALLY saying.

Were talking about a cartoonist, like the NY Post, who has a history of social baiting.

Now not everyone has the stomach for this kind of stuff.

They would rather not deal with it.

I can respect that, do you.

What I cant respect is some one trying to convince me that I have no reason to be upset about this.

Now you can say you don't want to think about it (stick your head in the sand while the rest of Rome burns, if your lucky your ass wont catch on fire).

You can say it doesn't bother me because I know don't look like a monkey (yeah but they think you do Bobo).

You can say it means nothing (nothing to you but something to the coward who spray paints nigger on your car or house at night).

You can say there are other things more important in the national news, (true, but this will have an affect on you like).

What you cant say is people shouldn't be upset and take action against a bias rag and artist that continually takes a piss on you and swears it's raining.

You do have all the right to look away.


****BTW you know this Sean Delonas writes children books?

You want this dude in the head of your kids?

Not even books are safe.

**** And another thing I like Al Sharpton, at least he gets up and does something while every one else complains and don't do squat.

Than get mad when the cameras are in his face?

He was elected spokesman for black by default, everyone else stayed home and kept their mouths shut while your brothers and sisters got screwed over.

You'll miss him when he is gone.

But he do need to change up that perm though.

Beating Up Women.

I haven't said anything on my blog about the Chris Rhianna fiasco cause I figure it was pretty much an open and shut thing.

If he beat her butt he goes to jail.

If she put her hands on him than he should get a pass,( I don't believe in taking butt whippings for free, keep your hands to your self people and there wont be any problems).

Besides every one else has taken up the issue and are more familiar and knowledgeable about the topic than I am.

I have never put my hands on a woman.

As much smack talking I do I just cant see my self getting in a situation were that would happen in my right mind and I got the type of slick mouth that would make a woman want to put hands on me you can ask some bloggers about that.

Not that I don't think I am capable of putting my hands on a woman, there was the time I broke up with an ex and she took up with some one while we were still talking things out.

I saw her in bed with the dude and I went nuts, I tried to get at them through the door but it wouldn't give.

I don't know what I would have done if I got in, but I thank God I didn't find out, no need to test the Lords affinity for children and fools I say.

But that is the only time I ever wanted to hurt a woman.

Hell the moment a woman starts getting loud I am looking for the front door, that's one of my flaws.

I have left a lot of women over minor disagreements just so I wont have to do the arguing that is sometimes required to get through somethings.

That way I wont be reminded about my mother and father and how they argued and how they fought.

I am not sure what effect it had on me other the usual broken home story but they say people who grew up around violence reach for it as an solution to problems.

So I do what a lot of men do when the topic pops up, condemn it quickly and get the hell out of dodge.

That way I don't have to give it much thought other than to crack a joke when opportunity arises.

And the Chris and Rhianna incident is no different, file it away under that's messed up........ oh well back to business.

But for a dude that doesn't beat on women the issue seems to pop up quite a bit in my life.

I can recall at least one incident of domestic violence I have seen or know about every years since I came to Georgia ten years ago at least.

The latest one to pop up one me is courtesy of my Ex.

I talked briefly about her experience here.

A year ago "Frosty", her ex after me, beat her over the head with a night stand in front of her child, she escaped by jumping over a balcony rail to a neighbors house and called the police.

I have no doubt in my mind the way she described it that night if she didn't get away he would have killed her.

He winds up getting arrested after awhile and serves time on an unrelated warrant violation.

Now her case is coming up and she is nervous about being in the same room with him despite it being in the court house.

She called me Thursday to ask me to go with her when they call her to testify next month.

I was going to make an excuse or wait awhile to say no but she met up with me Friday to show me something she had of his.

She had gone through his things when he was on the run and found a journal from a previous ex of his and wanted me to read it.

Sobering is what I can best call it.

This other woman had kept a journal of the beating he had given her, the very first page she said that she wrote the journal to leave behind evidence in case anything happened to her.

In case he killed her.

What I read was very uncomfortable, she described in detail how this dude would lose his temper over the slightest thing and she was made to pay for it.

He locked him self out the house when she wasn't there and beat her by holding her down and punching her in the leg.

There was the time she accidentally broker his gold chain and he punched her repeatedly in the chest.

The night her brother called her and he flew into a jealous rage and beat her unconscious.

Than there was the time she accused him of trying to sleep with her sister and he beat her with a belt.

The last page was how he actually beat her sister so badly for trying to defend her, he tore a portion of the sisters upper lip off.

That was the end.

Through out the journal she kept wishing she was dead, even documenting a time she took 15 pills of some 500mg medicine but failed at the suicide attempt.

She got beat for that too.

You could teach domestic violence class off what she wrote.

All the signs were there, isolation, depression, unbalanced temper everything they tell you as warning signs of a perpetrator and victim were there, including including blaming her self.

I don't know how this dude got his hands on her journal or if she is alright, or if the cops investigated at all after my ex showed it to them.

But I felt ill at ease after reading it.

So I told my Ex I would go with her when the time comes partly to support her and partly to get a look at this dude.

Not that it matters, I know men and have called some friends who have done things to women.

They don't have horns growing out of their heads, no tails, some of them were really cool.

But I guess that's what is most disturbing about it, you cant tell by looking at them.

And now the Chris Brown incident takes a twist in my head.

When I first heard about it the first thing that popped in my head is, what did she do?

What did she do to set him off.

I know I wasn't the only one thinking it, hell people were out right saying it, we wrote are own scenarios of what happened, she hit him first when he got a call from another woman, he find out he got herpes from her, she spit in his face, on and on.

Grasping onto something that would rationalize what happened and both unintentionally or intentionally providing a way out for him and the issue of violence against women.

Every one including me had something to say or are scared to say something about it.

Even now I am unsure how to feel about it, or what should be done about it, this is a matter for cooler heads than mine in my opinion.

But what I do know is that the issue of domestic violence has taken a back seat to sensationalism and celebrity watch with those two.

The teaching moment is quickly being lost, and yes there is a teaching moment here for little girls and boys and men as well.

A lot of times when men become the topic of discussion for wrong doing by women the one step on the path of solving the problem is rarely taken.

And that's talking to men about it.

Men are the ones doing it and men should be addressed about it.

But the reaction seems to be to huddle up among women, curse the men out, swear not to have anything to do with them and shoot dirty looks at men when they walk by.

Men mean while shake our heads and pretend were are born with out eyes, ears, or mouths.


Ain't me and ain't nobody I know so not my problem, that's usually the thinking.

I am no scientist but I am pretty sure that wont solve anything.

Think about it, do you think a man on the street who has been surrounded and experienced violence in his life and has accepted it as a problem solving solution cares were a woman is from, who she is with, what degree she has, what her preferences are, if he gets it in his mind that she is asking for it?

If a man plays nice with a woman, showing no signs of violence, until she has committed emotionally and mentally to him you think she is going to be able to walk out just like that?

My Ex saw signs with Frosty and she stayed with him till he almost killed her.

The woman in the journal documented day after day of abuse and I didn't read one thing about her trying to leave.

No, this is a matter for men to speak on openly and honestly in order to get answers and solutions, but you can just feel how things are going are going that the opening for that is quietly being closed again till the next time it makes the front page news about two people we all think we know and don't know us.


Other posts with similar topics I have done.

Street Harassment

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Violence against women: Mildred Beaubrun

Do Not Drink The Kool Aid 4 : Rape and Politics.

PFC Lavena Johnson

Random Thoughts Of Cerebral Violence 2

*****If there was ever a holiday that I was glad I am working on it's this one.

I got out of three dates tonight cause of it, now some might think well that's what you get for messing with three woman.

WRONG!

They were really good friends that I have been flirting with and feeling out yet some how they were completely available tonight and were hinting at going out.

I just got my car out the shop and I am tapped out any way.

This was a God send.

*****Speaking of cars since when have mechanics tried to play men for fools?

I have been getting hesitation out my truck at high speeds and couldn't figure it out why myself so i took it to the mechanic last week to have them check it out, I am thinking it's may be the transmission.

This dude tells me that's he is going to have to take the tranny out and take it apart to find out what the problem is and that it will cost $900.

This of course wont include the price for actually fixing what ever the problem really is.

Say what?

Dude didn't even look at the rest of the car he just went off what I thought it might be.

I am staring at this dude like are you serious?

I mean for real I am supposed to be cool with that?

So I take my joint to another spot and they tell me it's the distributor and fuel injectors and it will run $400.

That other bastard doesn't have to worry about getting my business again.

*****Back to V-Day, I got over like a fat rat this time around in terms of keeping my money, three cards $12, three dozen roses $36, one wine and country Godiva Collection Gift Basket retail $50 I get it for free (it's good to work for a company that likes to treat it's workers right).

Total $46.

What I spent last year?

$375 and change, I don't even have the cheap ass gifts that were passed off on to me anymore.


***** On another note who loves a catfight?


YOU KNOW I DO!!!!

I gave one of my lady friends a ride to the Dekalb county jail, were one of her family members was being held, for visitation, (yeah, yeah I know keep the jokes to your self).

While there there is this cute little lady with a baby talking to her friend, loudly about why she has to wait 45 minutes to see her fiance.

I can tell she is getting hot by the second.

She than goes on about how that "bitch" better not be up there, you get were this is going right?

Well the door opens up to let the visitors out..... the lady hands her kid to her friend......I tense up......a bigger girl walks out through the door........BAM!!!

That little woman dropped the hell out of her!!

She is beating the hell out of this chick, I mean this isn't even a catfight this is a straight beat down.

Everyone in the room is just stunned frozen except the guards who jumped her after what seemed forever to me.

She is cursing up a storm the other girl is on the floor bloody as hell, I know her nose is broke.

This nut went and beat up a girl in a prison waiting room while her kid watched.

One kid with mom and dad locked up.

Loving couple sharing the same prison yet still cant see each other.

Guards with a short trip to go to lock her ass up.

I fully entertained.

That's your people.



****Speaking of people......my people, my people.......

....no damn that, Mimi and Wynsters come get your cousin.

I hope everyone had a good one and if not there is tomorrow, now excuse me I got to pretend to do some work.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

I was unaware of this months dual role of breast cancer an awareness as well as domestic violence awareness.

I did something for breast cancer, and was going to skip over DVM but that would be unfair since i have no experience with breast cancer but i have first hand knowledge of domestic violence.

Very early first hand experience.

You see I don't remember much about being kid other than some memories of abuse towards me or some one close to me.

I'm funny that way still, if you asked to pull a favorite holiday memory out of my head I cant do it.

But I can tell you exactly what the guy who molested me looked like, the first time I saw a dead body, or the first time I saw my mother cry.

My father was responsible for the last one, it was the first time I ever saw a man hit a woman.

My father hit my mother for ignoring a letter he had tossed on the table for her.

In front of my brother an aunt and I he hit her hard on top of the head several times.

I remember cradling her head in my arms as she cried, not saying anything.

I remember that as clear as day.

I recall dating a woman who was verbally abusive to me no matter what I did till I finally told her to kick rocks.

A year later through the rumor mill I found out she was dating a man who beat on her and that made her happy.

I had a friend who was so shaken by her ex that she asked me what would be a good gun that she could get to protect herself.

There was the ex of mine who was beaten by her boyfriend at the time with a leg of a night table in front of her daughter.

She escaped by leaving the daughter behind, jumping over a balcony rail and running to the neighbors to call the police.

The blood was still all over the carpet when I visited her later that week.

I can tell you more and more, about some real dysfunctional people, relationships both men and women, but that's the problem right there.

There is more and more.

I have seen a lot of it up close and personal from both sides, and I wonder what made me different.

I don't know how come I never gave in and hit a woman, because believe me boys and girls there were plenty of women I came across who I wanted to give some free rhinoplasty work to including the same ex who jumped the rail.

But I never bit.

Always said to hell with it and walked away.

I thank God for that.

Now I have no idea what makes people act the way they do in this matter, I can recite the stuff I learned in books to you but that would be all it would be a recital, because I do not understand the motivation for it.

What I can do is give a little information out for anyone who comes across this blog and is unaware of what October is or who might be looking for answers.

So here we go.

From Prevail.

Did you know that perpetrators of domestic violence act in ways that are predictive of their violent personality? Below is a list of behavioral characteristics that are common in men who abuse their partners.

Abusive of a previous partner

Jealousy

Controlling behavior

Pushes for an immediate commitment

Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde personality

Sexually aggressive

Abusive or disrespectful gender roles

Hypersensitive

Blames others for his feelings or behavior

Unrealistic expectations

Cruelty towards animals or children


These are the signs that some one you know may be in an abusive relationship.

Gives up favored hobbies or activities.

Changes in dress or appearance due to partner’s disapproval.

Increasing isolation or withdrawal from family and friends.

Sudden changes in mood or personality.

Hypervigilence.

Signs/ symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Fear of partner or fear of discussing relationship.

Increase in alcohol or drug use.

Unexplained injuries such as scratches, cuts or bruises (or a story that is inconsistent with the injuries).

Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence: Helping the Survivor-

Reassure them that the abuse is NOT their fault and they have done NOTHING to deserve this treatment.

Validate their feelings.

Recognize their right to make their own decisions, even if they decide to stay in the relationship. REMEMBER, only the person in the relationship knows when it is safe and appropriate to break away.

NEVER tell someone to leave.

Do not attack the batterer.

Support them, no matter what.

Educate yourself and the community.

If you are familiar, provide resources for them to seek help if and when they are ready.

Addressing the Batterer-

Do not confront the batterer directly as that may put the survivor at greater risk.

Hold the batterer accountable for his actions.

For more information or help call the Domestic Violence Hot line: 1-800-799-7233

Police Lieutenant in Taser Case Commits Suicide

I posted about this Taser death hear.

This is what happened to the cop who gave the order.


Police Lieutenant in Taser Case Commits Suicide

A New York City police lieutenant who gave the order to fire a Taser stun gun at a man who then fell to his death in Brooklyn committed suicide at Floyd Bennett Field early on Thursday, law enforcement officials said. The lieutenant, Michael W. Pigott, a 21-year veteran of the force, had been placed on modified assignment without his gun and badge after he gave the order to a sergeant to fire the Taser at a Bedford-Stuyvesant man, Iman Morales.
Mr. Morales, naked and with apparent signs of emotional disturbance, fell to his death from a building ledge after an officer shot him with the Taser, at the instruction of Lieutenant Pigott. Mr. Morales had been yelling at passers-by and swinging a long light bulb tube at officers before he fell.

Now I am not sure how I feel about this, lets say I believe that there is not some other issues involved in Pigott's life that led him to take his own life, (and I dont believe that, he must of had other issues going on), should the cop still be alive?

Yes but so should Mr. Morales.

Is it a fair trade?

There is no fair trade when it comes to the loss of life.

Could have been prevented, maybe, I dont believe a New York city cop is going to feel that much shame that he offs himself knowing his friends in blue get away with murder all the time.

So I say he had other concerns, but again I dont know the man.

What I am pretty sure is that if Mr. Morales was alive than Officer Pigott might still be here to, and that all goes back to the Monkeys with Guns not doing there jobs.

RIP to both Morales and Pigott, and peace to both there families.

Would Sombody Please Beat The Black Off This Boy!

I'm Talking about borderline child abuse beat down, the type to make Rev. Arthur Allen proud.

News From Planet "Duh" 6:Breast Ironing

I thought this was a joke at first I kept waiting for some one to jump up and say "Gottcha!"


***Warning this is graphic***


Africa Practices Breast Ironing To Reduce Teenage Pregnancy


What the $%#&?!

I don't even know where to begin on this one.

Lack of education, preying on young girls by men, child abuse, you can attack it from all angles.

Now I have a problem when people try to place their values and beliefs on other cultures, but when that other culture is practicing harmful traditions, than the situation should be addressed.


BTW so you don't believe in sex education do you Gov. Sarah Palin?

Monkeys With Guns:Police Beating In West Palm Beach Florida

I dont know whats more amazing the fact that this idiot cop beat this dude down in front of his own squad car camera or that the guy who caught the beating is white.

The dude did rob a store but thats no excuse for this ish.

5-year-old's revenge: 'Gonna kill grandma'

From the Newy York Daily News

5-year-old's revenge: 'Gonna kill grandma'

A 5-year-old was critically injured in a Brooklyn fire he set Monday as revenge on his grandmother for not letting him go to the park with friends, police and fire sources said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/07/07/2008-07-07_kid_critical_after_setting_brooklyn_fire.html

5 years old trying to take out grandma?

Grandma?!

And she still tried to go in their and save the little plotting murder, but I would have to just so I could kill him my self.

It's a cold world when grandma is not safe, there has to be something mentally wrong with that kid.

Violence against women: Mildred Beaubrun

Symphony, from Essential Presence wrote about a viscous crime committed against a young girl, Mildred Beaubrun, for having the good taste of refusing to give her number out to some man. For her trouble the young lady was shot:

http://essentialpresence.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-bother-with-calling-me-bitch-when.html

I remember growing up chasing girls with zero game in my pocket you did and say what you could to get attention, any attention, and if you were with your boys the ante was way high.

A rejection in front of your crew especially a bad one can hit you in that spot called pride and for the idiot who can not handle it, the response is always something that you know you can hold over a woman's head to attemp to show power, the threat of violence if not the act of it.

FU, B&%* with a menacing look daring her to say something in response, not even knowing were that would lead those can be the precurser to something more serious, like flying bottles and rocks.

When I was a kid though there was checks and balances for that type of behavior, there were brothers, cousins, uncles, father, friends that would come looking for you if you started talking sideways out of your mouth to to one of their own.

Not any more, a combination of guns to even the score and the idea that women are no longer worth it, has put a tarnish on the knight in shinning armor.

The rule of today is Bros above Hos, or Sistas above Niggas.

Cat calling, pulling numbers were all part of growing up back in my day, boys figured out what worked and what did not and girls learned to turn their nose up and be selective.

Now a days these kids out here, are born into violence, it's all around them and they are expected to partake in it or become victim of it, and some where along the line women have become fair game.

I couldn't even tell you why there is this loss of respect.

I could sit here and say it's the teaching to boys that "you don't love anything that can be taken away from you"as a self protection mechanism that still pops in me at my age is what did it, or that it is a class thing, or products of a broken home, a relic of slavery, or that it's women who brought it about themselves.

But those are half truths, and does little to explain the out right lack of respect for life that is a virus in the black community.

But can tell you is that I am not looking forward to is walking down the street and having a black woman clutch at her purse and cross the street when she sees me coming, or locking the car doors, follow me around the store, calling the cops because I am in her neighborhood.

And you can call it a day if my flirting with a pretty woman is more likely to strike fear in her heart than put a smile on her face.

And that is exactly were we are heading.

What women with half a brain in her head would not get nervous, after reading something like that, when approached by a black man.

She would have had to been surrounded by positive black men all her life to recognize one low life for who he is and not condemn us all.

But to hear every one else say it positive and black men are quickly becoming an oxymoron.

What happened to Mildred Beaubrun, should open flood gates in communities all over the country, to say that is enough it's time we all had a talk.

But I doubt that, she'll just be chalked up as one of many victims of violence no big deal.

And that is sad.

Do Not Drink The Kool Aid 4 : Rape and Politics.

From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

King Pardons Gang Rape Victim

Tuesday, Dec 18

In Saudia Arabia a 19 year old gang rape victim known as "Girl of Qutif" after her home town, was pardoned from her six month prison sentence and 200 lashes for being alone with a man who was not a related to her, by the Saudi King. The woman who met the man to retrieve a picture of her self because she had recently married, was pulled out of the car by seven men and raped.

The sentence of the men ranged from 10 months to 5 years, which was raised to 2 to 9 years after an appeal.

(But here is were it gets interesting.)

International outrage over the sentence prompted unusually strong words from President Bush, who said if the same thing had happened to one of his daughters he would be "angry" at the government that didnt protect the victim. The White House called the sentence "outrageous". (outraged huh?)

National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the king "made the right decision" by pardoning the woman.

"Certainly we are pleased that the action occured" said State Dept. Deputy Tom Casey. "I think every was rather astonished by the initial verdict, and I hope this puts this case to rest"

Saudi Officials have been wary of hurting there image in the eyes of the United States. (Is that some type of joke?)



Now throw in some race and add that up with this from the same paper the next day:

Wednesday DEC 19

Prosecutors closed their investigation of the disappearance of American Teenager Natalee Holloway. This after (get this now ):

"Police, Soldiers, and hundreds of volunteers combed the hillsides and beaches of this 75 square foot island. Investigators partially drained a pond. Divers with searched the sea bed off shore. Dutch F-16 fighters with search equipment conducted overflights. Dogs sniffed for the body. Investigator interviewed hundreds of potential witnesses and re-arrested several suspects. At times it seemed that Aruba it self was on trial as some U.S. politicians and journalists assailed its ability to investigate the case". (All that for one little white woman).


Also the same day same paper:

Gang Rape Victim Case in Limbo.

Wednesday Dec 19

A Texas woman who says she was drugged and gang raped by Halliburton-KBR co-workers in Iraq was to testify Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee about safety of Americans working over seas for U.S. contractors. The Victim, Jamie Leigh Jones, claims that after the attack the company kept her under guard inside a shipping container and warned her she would lose her job if she reported the rape.

Rep. Hank Williams a Ga, Dekalb county Democrat and member of the committee is demanding answers on behalf of Jamie Leigh Jones . Since military as well as the Justice dept have no jurisdiction to purse criminal charges against private contractors in Iraq the only course of action of the victim is to file civil law suit against the company. (So the rapist walk?)


Now add those up with:

Dunbar Village.

Megan Williams.

PFC. Johnson.

And what do you get?

Mean while back on Planet Earth.

Did not hear squat from the White House on these older cases.

I wonder why is that?

Maybe if Megan Williams, Pfc. Johnson, The lady of Dunbar, and now Jones had the brains to hold a can of oil while being raped they too could get the attention of the White House like the "Girl of Qutif".

Or how about being white in a foreign country? (Jones could be white)

Or maybe having influential parents?

Oh wait did I take it to far?

My bad.

You know me I tend to think people see what I see and when they do not I can get emotional.

I really should care less, just let the band keep playing.

Reminder: Do Not Drink The Kool Aid.

R.I.P: Ike Turner

Ike Wister Turner (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer, best known for his work with his then wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner duo. Spanning a career that lasted half a century, Ike's repertoire included blues, soul, rock, and funk. Alongside his former wife, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and in 2001 was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

First I would like to say R.I.P and my condolences to his family.

And the truth is I do not know how to feel about an abusive man who gave so much to American music.

Does one out weight the other?

Can you separate them?

If so what about others who are in similar categories like R.Kelly?

Beats me.

R.I P. Sean Taylor

Pulled from Rymes with Snitch blog.

R.I.P. Sean Taylor

When I first heard about this I thought it was a joke, if true he was going to pull through. It wasnt and he did not.

At 2 AM I put up on this blog the incident light heartedly thinking at the least there would be jokes for days about it.

This brother did not make it.

Jemele Hill of ESPN wrote this article about violence and black men.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=hill/071127

My condolences to the Taylor family.