Yeah, Kisa Jackson here is going for her pat on the head by Fox News and her 2 minutes of fame. That is all this is about. But, we’ve found out that this “mother” is a stripper and not really equipped to be passing judgment on anyone’s kids. Jackson was arrested herself in 1997 for forgery of financial instruments. Kisa starts the video by saying she was on “Lunch Break,” turn the pages and see what she does for a living.
Taye Diggs Raps And Dances In Offensive Dockers Khaki Commercial There is another “c” word that describes Taye Diggs PERFECTLY, but we’ll just call him a f***ing cornball… Let’s trade Taye Diggs. What is he worth? Can we get anything useful for him? Image via YouTube
Taye Diggs Raps And Dances In Offensive Dockers Khaki Commercial There is another “c” word that describes Taye Diggs PERFECTLY, but we’ll just call him a f***ing cornball… Let’s trade Taye Diggs. What is he worth? Can we get anything useful for him? Image via YouTube
Kevin Allen Shot Dead By Cops Inside New Jersey Public Library You buyin’ what the cops are selling? Via NJ.com The man shot and killed by police at the township library Friday was armed with a large knife and couldn’t be subdued by non-lethal force, authorities said. Chief of Police James O’Connor said 36-year-old Kevin Allen “menaced” police with the utility knife before they shot him around 1:30 p.m. in the library’s top floor. “He was aggressive towards them….he charged at them with [the knife],” O’Connor said Friday night. Allen was wanted by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office for failing to appear at a work release program last month and for contempt of court, spokesman Anthony Cureton said late Friday. Earlier, a law enforcement source said local police engaged Allen when he was spotted outside the library because he was wanted. O’Connor said officers first tried to subdue Allen using non-lethal force, including using pepper-spray and a baton on him. Allen continued to charge at the officers with the large utility knife after police tried to stop him. “They exhausted all means, to include pepper spray and their baton,” the chief said in an interview. Considering that the police were not willing to give the full account of what took place inside the library for several hour following Kevin’s death, in addition to their long history of finding any and every way to justify the fatal shooting of a black man, forgive us for being a bit skeptical about this whole story. Image via Shutterstock/Bergen County
One of my favorite, thought-provoking podcasts is Another Round and one of the episodes a few weeks ago was about disconnecting from all of the depressing and triggering news about Black boys and girls getting killed by police. It’s an important lesson to remember: sometimes we need to remove ourselves from the news. Because every day it seems like we get a new video of a child being killed by a cop – or an announcement of that cop’s exoneration. It’s tiring. It’s stressful. It’s…debilitating. In order to combat this war on our psyches, we need to get away from social media and the news so we can get some sanity. On Another Round , Tracy and Heben discussed what they do to disconnect – going to the movies or the park or an art show or something. It really made me think about what I do to disconnect, because I’d never really thought about my need to get away or how I get overwhelmed by the news of the war on Black lives. I took some time and tried to find a pattern of behavior for when I get overwhelmed by dead black boys and girls. And I realized how I’ve been coping. I get away from my kids. That realization hit me like a ton of bricks. I just can’t look at my son in the face when I’m overwhelmed by the constant reminder that there’s a gun pointed at his head at any given moment. Because sometimes I feel less like I’m raising a boy to become a man and more like I’m bringing him closer to an inevitable moment when he’s murdered by a cop. The feeling leaves me with the thought that parenting is futile. That my son is less my son and more cattle being lead to an inevitable slaughter. I feel guilty for raising a child to believe in hope in a country that wants to take it away. This is how fear and American violence against Black lives affects my mind. This is how depressing it gets sometimes. You know that feeling in your stomach when your kids do something slightly dangerous? You know, try to get as high on a swing as possible or climb something a bit higher than before? And you want to grab them and make sure they don’t fall even when the danger isn’t necessarily present. And while your first instinct is to grab them so they are safe, you know that it’s best for you to let them challenge themselves and be brave. So you just watch and get that feeling in the pit of your stomach; that nervous knot that won’t go away while fighting the urge to just hold your kid forever. That’s how I feel every morning my son wakes up and goes into the world as a Black boy in America. When I don’t disconnect, I feel police violence waiting on every corner. I have a recurring fear where I get pulled over by a cop while my toddler is sleeping in the backseat and he’s awakened by a cop and starts screaming, startling a cop who fires shots into the backseat of my car. Think this is outrageous? Ask Aiyana Jones’ family if I’m not justified. So how do I deal with the realization that I feel the need to get away from parenting when I’m overwhelmed by the omnipresence of police violence against Blackness? I defy my fear. I celebrate my children and my role as a parent. I’ve come to realize that raising a Black child and guiding them to adulthood is an act of radical defiance. The sole objective of police violence against Blackness is erasure. It’s an attempt to show that Black lives don’t matter. So I fight back by making sure my kids’ lives matter – and making sure they know their lives at least matter to me. Sure, sometimes I need to disconnect from my kids – as does any other parent. But I refuse to let fear be the reason I get away. I owe my kids more than being a parent afraid of the future – afraid of the present threats on my their lives. Every day they wake up, go to school and simply live, they’re standing in defiance of police brutality and in celebration of their Blackness. Every day I’m a parent and love my children, I act in defiance of what a trigger happy cop wants from me. I will disconnect, only to come back stronger, better and with more love to give my children. I refuse to be a scared parent. I want to give my children hope even when I feel like there is none.
Mitt Romney Throws In The Towel In Boxing Match Against Evander Holyfield Evander Holyfield has embarrassed himself in a variety of ways over his career as a boxer and washed-up celebrity, but this is a new low. Via CNN Call it the Quake on the Lake. Hopping around shirtless in a pair of red silk trunks, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced off against five-time world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield for a boxing match in Salt Lake City on Friday. Few would have predicted the spectacle three years ago, when Romney was looking more presidential and his opponent was President Barack Obama. The bout raised money for CharityVision, an organization that provides surgeries to heal blindness. For two rounds, Romney, 68, and Holyfield, 52, went head-to-head, each landing gentle blows that appeared more like a tickle fight than a boxing match. Although Holyfield took a tumble on the mat, Romney threw in the towel in the second round. That’s right. Mitt Romney “knocked down” the heavyweight boxing champ. The fight began with Money Makin’ Mitt basically throwing hi-5’s at Earless Evander Holyfield. Flip the page to see more of the “highlights”… Image via AP
Charges Against Baltimore Police Who Killed Freddie Gray Could Be Dropped Marilyn Mosby’s announcement that the six police officers responsible for Freddie Gray’s death would be brought up on homicide charges for their actions was a relief to many. But unsurprisingly, the Baltimore Police’s own investigation into the death of Freddie Gray doesn’t support the homicide charges brought forth by the state attorney — giving their attorneys grounds to move for dismissal. Via CNN : The Baltimore police investigation into the death of Freddie Gray doesn’t support some of the charges, including the most serious, filed by the Baltimore City State’s Attorney, potentially allowing lawyers representing the police officers the opportunity to undercut the prosecution, according to officials briefed on the separate probes conducted by the State’s Attorney and police. Already, defense attorneys are filing motions seeking to exploit differences between the separate state attorney and police investigations. Lawyers for two officers have challenged a key finding of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s case: that a knife found on Freddie Gray was legal in Maryland and therefore the officers didn’t have a right to arrest Gray. The police investigation found that the knife is illegal under Baltimore city code. Officials familiar with the probes also say the homicide investigation run by police investigators at most contemplated a manslaughter charge, not second degree murder as Mosby charged one of the officers, Caesar Goodson. To win conviction for murder, prosecutors must prove intent to kill. Manslaughter relates to unintentional killings. SMH! We knew it was only a matter of time before the police department tried to find a way to wiggle out of these charges…
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