Why can’t police behave the same way for Black protesters as they do for White post-game rioters? Five thousand students took to the streets and rioted near the Cal campus after a football game was either won or lost, and of course lots of alcohol was consumed. Fires were started and cars were destroyed. But how did cops react to this violent crowd? “Did they roll in the tanks like they did in Ferguson, and they do in other minority communities? No. No use of force by the police…” “In Ferguson, in other places, don’t they usually come out and go ‘this community, what are they doing, why are they rioting…’ when it’s White people, ‘no, no, you can’t blame all White people…’” “I’m glad the cops didn’t overreact. Can we just then take that standard and also apply it to Black people where you go after the people who actually committed the assaults and not pepper spray and baton everybody and then blame it on them?” YouTube
Apparently the Hollywood Film Awards have been around for quite a while since they celebrated their 19th annual ceremony last night and many of the honorees have impressive bodies… of work! Hit the jump for more pics and info…
Redskin’s Receiver DeSean Jackson Selling His $1.8 Million California Home Look-at-me-now NFL baller DeSean Jackson is ready to raise up out of his $1.8 million Tarzana, California crib. The Los Angeles native is currently catching passes for the Washington Redskins after being run out of the Philadelphia Eagles organization in 2014, and is looking to leave his old west coast life behind. Not for nothin’, this is definitely NOT the type of house we expected a flashy baller like DeSean to be living in, but we digress. Hit the flip to see photos of how D-Jax was livin’ on the westside. Images via CRMLS
T hese gay guys of LHHH are really making the most out of their newfound fame. It seems that we can’t escape the gay-escapades of Miles and Milan and their whirlwind romance with women and rap involved.
Black Man Arrested For Burning Down Black Churches Last week, we reported that someone was running around and setting fire to a number of Black churches all around Ferguson , Missouri, the site of Michael Brown’s murder at the hands of the police. Given the city’s racial tension following last year’s unrest, authorities weren’t ruling out the possibility that a racist was behind the church burnings. But as it turns out, the arsonist may have been a Black man. Via The Atlantic: St. Louis-area police have arrested David Lopez Jackson, a 35-year-old black man, in connection with the burning of churches around the area. Jennings has been charged with two counts of second-degree arson. There have been seven fires in St. Louis and nearby Jennings over the course of October. The arsons struck a range of denominations, but mostly black churches. A sixth church was racially mixed, while the seventh was predominantly white. The fires ran the gamut from minimal to serious damage. Because of the long history of arson attacks on black churches—including several this summer and a long spree in the mid-1990s—and because of the tense race relations in St. Louis since the death of Michael Brown in August 2014, the fires immediately raised the specter of hate crimes. Indeed, the suspect arrested Thursday is black, and authorities didn’t offer any indication about a motive during a news conference Friday afternoon. Police have only charged Jackson with fires at the New Life Missionary Baptist Church and Ebenezer Lutheran, but they said he’s a suspect in the others. His car was spotted near the New Life, and forensic evidence tied him to Ebenezer; there were also gas containers in his car, police said. All seven fires were similar in type and location, generally around doors. Plot twist like a mofo! Will be interesting to hear his reasoning for burning down Black churches and adding fuel to to the city’s racial tension. Twitter
Birmingham Nightclub Accused Of Denying Entry To Black Girls Despite Reservation If you thought DSTRKT was bad, wait until you hear about Bambu. This week London based blogger Jess Gregory took to her Facebook to describe an incident that occurred last when she, along with a group of 10 friends, drove 100 miles to Birmingham to celebrate a birthday at a club called Bambu, where they’d made their reservation for the evening (long but worth reading in its entirety): So last night myself and of group of friends drove to Birmingham for a birthday celebration! Very excited we spent money on the travel, hotel and in the week the birthday girl booked us on a guest list for a bar/club called BAMBU (as it says you should below) We got dressed, we got 2 taxis (there are 11 of us) and we got to the queue. We were then told we were NOT in the guest list – then told that the owner had changed something and said something: Then told actually we can’t come in. On questioning they had no real reason as the Birthday girl confronted them with the confirmation she received of our booking. I found it off that despite me questioning and questioning security didn’t say anything. No eye contact no voices just simply looked away like they were embarrassed about what was about to happen…….We were pushed out of the queue to aside only to be told that we were too black. A security guard explained they do not allow groups of black people ( we were a mixture of black & mixed girls ). He explained the club simply won’t let us in because of the colour of our skin and there being 11 of us would mean too ‘many’ black people. It happens all the time and was recently on the news following a similar situation at A club in London. I have had it happen before but never ever so blatantly. Never ever so obviously and quite as shamefully. Between us we would of spent £110 on entry fees and then no doubt a huge amount in the bar. Despite Us having the same ‘paper’ as our fellow humans in the queue; Our money is too black. I have never felt so embarrassed and ashamed. We were looked down on (literally – the door ‘host’ looked us each up and down over the barrier and then said ‘how many of ‘you lot’ are there’. She was rude. Unbelievably and after being shunned out of the queue another group of 3 black girls and a black guy were then told they were ‘not on the guest list’ either. I guess it’s hard for them to determine by NAME who is black and who isn’t when people are making booking. So they simply lie to you at the door instead. I am asking people please DO NOT invest their money in clubs that run this way. To add insult to injury – we were all dressed as their dress code outlines however a white gentleman who had on CONVERSE (white ones that were high tops) WHICH GOES AGAINST there dress code; He was allowed to go in despite them even saying no at first. He was white enough to bend the rules. BAMBU didn’t just loose customers tonight it has lost customers forever. and no maybe our little contribution won’t make a dent in their business or their profits but it doesn’t matter. It’s the principle. We didn’t kick off. We simply walked away and spent our money elsewhere. BAMBU you are a disgrace. Especially to a multi cultural city like Birmingham. Your door host was a shambles, she isn’t a very good liar and quite frankly was a bit of a b***h. So do NOT go to BAMBU IN Birmingham. I am asking promoters, DJ, friends and anyone else who may be darker than an Essex fake tan to AVOID BAMBU!! Spend your hard earned money elsewhere and have a lovely evening. Please share if you can… I debated for a while whether to even post, is it worth it? No one cares. I won’t make a difference BUT you know what? I will. I will say something because it wasn’t fair. It was disgraceful, discrimination and unfair. So please share or tell someone to tell someone else. Another club to add to the avoid list!!! It’s definitely worth posting Jess! Since posting last week Gregory’s post has gone viral and been shared thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter, where Bambu released the following statement denying any wrongdoing. pic.twitter.com/f019adNRQj — Bambu (@BambuBirmingham) October 26, 2015 Nice try, but there is quite a bit of documentation on the discrimination that has happened at this place. Hit the flip to see some evidence of racism, more from Jess Gregory and other reactions from social media. Instagram/Facebook/Twitter
Caitlyn Jenner Costume Hits #4 Best Seller At Spirit Halloween Store Despite much controversy Spirit Halloween stores across the nation stood by their decision to sell Caitlyn Jenner costumes this year. While many people vowed to boycott the retailer along with any others who felt the mocking of transgender people was okay, it doesn’t seem like those who boycotted were all that effective. According to Forbes , major retailer, Spirit Halloween announced that the Caitlyn Jenner costume is actually amongst the 4 top selling looks for adults. After receiving backlash the company did release a statement calling the Olympic champion “the most important real-life superhero of the year.” Hmmm, with this wide of success we sure do hope she’s collecting her coins for them using her image! What do you guys think? Will you be rocking a Caitlyn costume this year??
Caitlyn Jenner Costume Hits #4 Best Seller At Spirit Halloween Store Despite much controversy Spirit Halloween stores across the nation stood by their decision to sell Caitlyn Jenner costumes this year. While many people vowed to boycott the retailer along with any others who felt the mocking of transgender people was okay, it doesn’t seem like those who boycotted were all that effective. According to Forbes , major retailer, Spirit Halloween announced that the Caitlyn Jenner costume is actually amongst the 4 top selling looks for adults. After receiving backlash the company did release a statement calling the Olympic champion “the most important real-life superhero of the year.” Hmmm, with this wide of success we sure do hope she’s collecting her coins for them using her image! What do you guys think? Will you be rocking a Caitlyn costume this year??
