He just won’t let go. Donald Sterling Sues NBA For $1 Billion Just hours after news broke that Donald Sterling is legally incompetent , the racist former LA Clippers owner filed papers suing the league, alleging that he was wrongfully pushed out of his position after his private conversation was illegally recorded and publicized. …Good luck with that. Via TMZ : Donald Sterling has filed a lawsuit against the NBA for more than $1 BILLION, claiming he was unconstitutionally bullied out of the league. Sterling filed a federal lawsuit Friday afternoon … claiming the NBA booted him from the league based on what he called an illegal recording that was widely publicized … painting him as a racist. As you know … TMZ obtained the recording and posted it on the website. Sterling also claims the $2.5 million fine was baseless and a violation of antitrust laws. Shelly Sterling sold the team late Thursday to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. The deal will almost certainly be ratified by the NBA. We thought this old racist signed over all his legal rights? How is he able to file suit, ESPECIALLY for such a large sum of money, if he’s not even competent enough to put the correct shoe on each foot?
Still arresting minorities by the thousands over mary-crumbs … NYPD Continues Low-Level Marijuana Arrests Mayor DeBlasio promised that forces would no longer focus on low-level mary jane violations and prevent cops from pulling “stop & frisk” searches that clearly target minorities. But an NY congressman is pointing out that it’s all business as usual in NYC, and it’s sending more Blacks and Latinos to jail than anyone else. Via HuffPost : At a press conference outside One Police Plaza in Manhattan on Tuesday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pointed to recent data showing that thousands of New Yorkers are getting arrested for possessing pot, most of them minorities. “The new administration promised change, but instead we got more of the same,” Jeffries said, referring to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign pledge to lower arrests for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Data released earlier this month from the New York state Division of Criminal Justice Services shows that from January to March, more than 7,000 individuals were arrested in New York City for possessing small amounts of marijuana, and 86 percent of them were black or Latino. That number of arrests, Jeffries said, puts New York City on track to have just as many low-level marijuana arrests in 2014 as it did in 2013, when nearly 29,000 New Yorkers were busted for low-level marijuana possession. The number of arrests in the first three months of 2014 are higher than they were in either of the last two three-month periods of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration in 2013. The vast majority of marijuana arrests in New York City are for the lowest misdemeanor charge — criminal possession in the fifth degree — in which the arrestee either possessed less than two ounces of marijuana, or had the drug “in public view.” Since 1977, possession of less than 25 grams of marijuana — a little less than an ounce — has been decriminalized in New York state. Under the law, those caught with such a small amount of weed are subject to a $100 violation for a first offense. However, since the late-1990s, NYPD officers have been asking the hundreds of thousands of people they stop on the streets each year empty their pockets. In 2013, 85 percent of those people were black or Latino. When pot comes out of the pocket, it becomes “in public view,” thus allowing police to make an arrest for misdemeanor criminal possession in the fifth degree. Arrestees can face up to three months in jail, and a criminal record. SMH! Yes marijuana is illegal…but this system seems to be in place specifically to place (and keep) Black and Brown people in the justice system over trivial nonsense. What are your thoughts?
Wow… Robert De Niro Reveals His Father’s Homosexuality In a new documentary film Robert De Niro is producing on the life of his deceased father, the Oscar-winning actor reveals the secret that led to his parents’ split when he was only 3 years old. Via RadarOnline : Robert De Niro says his father was gay. The legendary actor makes the personal revelation in an upcoming documentary which he “felt obligated” to make about the late artist Robert De Niro Sr., who died 21 years ago after a bout with cancer. “It was my responsibility to make a documentary about him,” the Taxi Driver star tells OUT magazine, admitting a pang of regret over the wall of silence surrounding his patriarch. “I was not aware, much, of it. I wish we had spoken about it much more — my mother didn’t want to talk about things in general, and you’re not interested when you’re a certain age.” The Cape Fear star, whose parents split when he was just 3-years-old, said he figured his father probably had inner turmoil over his sexuality, due to the social climate of his day, “being from that generation, especially from a small town upstate.” Goes to prove that Black gay men are NOT the only ones down-low living ! It’s great that De Niro is working through his own issues with the information and telling his father’s story…but if that was something he wanted hidden in life, should it be revealed in death? Photo: YouTube
Wow… Robert De Niro Reveals His Father’s Homosexuality In a new documentary film Robert De Niro is producing on the life of his deceased father, the Oscar-winning actor reveals the secret that led to his parents’ split when he was only 3 years old. Via RadarOnline : Robert De Niro says his father was gay. The legendary actor makes the personal revelation in an upcoming documentary which he “felt obligated” to make about the late artist Robert De Niro Sr., who died 21 years ago after a bout with cancer. “It was my responsibility to make a documentary about him,” the Taxi Driver star tells OUT magazine, admitting a pang of regret over the wall of silence surrounding his patriarch. “I was not aware, much, of it. I wish we had spoken about it much more — my mother didn’t want to talk about things in general, and you’re not interested when you’re a certain age.” The Cape Fear star, whose parents split when he was just 3-years-old, said he figured his father probably had inner turmoil over his sexuality, due to the social climate of his day, “being from that generation, especially from a small town upstate.” Goes to prove that Black gay men are NOT the only ones down-low living ! It’s great that De Niro is working through his own issues with the information and telling his father’s story…but if that was something he wanted hidden in life, should it be revealed in death? Photo: YouTube
Did you know Swizzy was living that #dormlife? Swizz Beats Attending Harvard Business School All the music moguls want a degree these days! Swizz Beatz is currently enrolled in Harvard Business School’s Owner/President Management (OPM) Program, a curriculum designed especially to sharpen the skills of chief executive officers, chief operating officers, presidents, and managing directors of companies with annual sales of at least $10 million. The program takes three years to complete, requiring managers to live on campus and complete group projects while classes are in session. Bosses need education too! Swizz looks like he couldn’t be happier to be there. Hit the flip to see Swizzy’s Instagrams about his journey to graduation. Photos: Instagram/@therealswizzz
Did Draya’s words chase the chubbiness out of the newest basketball wife? Brittish Williams Showcases Dramatic Weight Loss Teased on the show as “the chubby one” for most of the season, Brittish Williams has been spotted out and about looking quite a bit slimmer than we last saw her during the BBWLA reunion special. She told us exclusively that she feels Draya’s whole obsession with taking her down a notch stems from the fact that she’s the new young Basketball Wife on the court…perhaps this weight loss in an attempt to come for “the top spot” on the show? Check out her new figure in this before and after pic: We’ll let you be the judge. What do you think? Did Brittish pull a Shekinah Jo and slice away the pounds in an effort to dethrone Draya next season?
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. TMZ: : Kylie Jenner helped tattoo her initials on the hand of Lionel Richie’s son … which is both stupid and not entirely legal … and TMZ has the video. It all went down at a recording studio in Hollywood on Friday night. According to our sources, Kylie was there with sister Khloe Kardashian, French Montana, Mally Mall and Miles Richie. We’re told Miles (who is 19) was getting ink from John Petro, who has tatted up the likes of Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne … when Kylie decided she wanted to help out. Sources say Kylie threw on some gloves and put her hands on top of Petro’s as he administered the tat — sorta like when a father lets his kid sit in his lap and “drive” a car. TMZ
Tank puts a DL pastor on blast! Tank Posts Screenshots Of Down Low Pastor On Instagram Don’t ever send unsolicited pics to someone because they might not want them! Singer Tank recently exposed an alleged “man of God” recently and said the pastor had been sending freaky pics to him on Instagram. Tank posted a screenshot of a man who he claims is a Church of God in Christ minister: Tank’s picture caused so much drama on his social networking pages that he had to eventually delete the pic. Moral of the story? Stop sending NSFW pics to people who don’t want them. Isn’t that was Snapchat is for?? IG
