Make Room in the Cell Wesley, Al Sharpton might be joining you!

Dang it Al!!! PLEASE get your “house” in order before you go out making a spectacle of yourself!

What am I talking about? Today it’s been announced that the good Rev. Sharpton owes about $1.5 MILLION in taxes and now his organization is being investigated (National Action Network or NAN).
He is definitely in Wesley Snipes territory with this mess.

BLACK WOMEN MATTER!!!- NYPD neglect leads to Lawsuit

The last time I read something this disturbing was the Dunbar Village case. In 2003 a young college student was kidnapped off the busy streets of New York, raped repeatedly tortured and beaten to death. She was bright, smart, dependable, conservative, shy and a good student. When she went missing, her mother practically begged NYPD to search, call a press conference, investigate, and look for the daughter. Instead she got this response.

NYC Sean Bell Protestors, Al Sharpton/Nicole Bell Arrested!!

In case you missed it, a peaceful New York protest against the Sean Bell verdict has ended in arrest. Civil rights activist Al Sharpton has been arrested along with Nicole Paultre Bell (Fiancee/wife of Sean Bell) and about 190 other demonstrators were arrested for “civil disobedience.

I’m Just Being Honest-Reflections on the Sean Bell Verdict

It’s been a day or two since I’ve posted any new news or opinion pieces. Partly because the cocoa colored news has been a little slow, but mainly because I’ve been a little down since the Sean Bell verdict. I’m not from New York; I don’t know Sean Bell, his Fiancée, Nicole Paultre-Bell or anyone associated with the case and I can’t say that I was truly shocked or surprised by the verdict. And yet it has burdened my spirit.

Cops Cleared in Sean Bell Case!!!

The three Cops have been AQUITTED in the Sean Bell Case!!!!

State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Cooperman said the charges could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.

“Questions of carelessness and incompetence must be left to other forums,” Copperman said.

WOW!!!
I know some folks have already written their thought under my Converstation Starter post. (either post you use is fine with me)

I just want to know who will police the police??
This was not a criminal, or an armed assailant. Just a man and his friends in a car.

If I shot at someone who was unarmed because I “thought” they may do something wrong I’d go to jail.

Contrary to what Mayor Bloomberg believes this is a case about race and class. The cops involved may have been black but that doesn’t mean that they don’t stereotype against their own culture. These Black cops saw, young black males and automatically assumed they were going to do a “drive by.” that assumption isn’t right even if the one doing the stereotyping is of the same ethnicity

I’m just in shock, and worried about safety the black men in my life. whose stereotypes might put them in danger??

Conversation Starter- The Sean Bell Verdict

Tomorrow is a big day for the people of New York. The Judge in the Sean Bell case is expected to reach a verdict. Will the three law enforcement officers be dealt a guilty verdict?

Do you Remember the Dream of Dr. King?- the 40th anniversary of the death of MLK

This Friday April 4th marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I want to urge you to spend the day reflecting on the work of Dr King, Malcolm X, Medgar Evers and others who sacrificed their lives and the safety of their families so that all people could truly be free in America. Now we need to ask ourselves if we a truly living the “Dream” of Dr. King? Black men are still being incarcerated at an alarming rate; we’re at the losing end of the gap when it comes to economics, education, marriage and black on black violence just won’t end. So are we living Dr. King’s dream? If the answer is no, what can we do to change that? What can WE DO to positively turn the tide in the Black Community????

Go sit down! please

I am outraged!! (This seems to be a permanent emotion that I’m having lately) Those of you who are my Facebook friends will remember the story that I posted about the savage rape and attack on a Haitian woman and her son down in Dunbar Village (West Palm Beach) by a group of teen boys (yes all black). Well the folk at “What About Our Daughters” have been following that story and searching for support and answers for months. They’ve been demanding to hear from our so called “black leaders” to support this woman and condemn the actions of these teens. Well A black leader finally spoke up… in support of the teens that are suspected of committing the crime!