Just when you thought #Ferguson police couldn’t go any lower, they pull this ISH!
White supremacy don’t give a damn how old or how young you are. Protect and serve is a myth. Ferguson Police aren’t out there protecting anyone. They’re targeting young black men and killing them.
Firing a few officers won’t cut it. Too much damage has been done.
Shut down the police department, DOJ! Trust is gone forever.
Police macing everyone on W Florissant. Insanity #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/3xRUPELsGL
— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) August 11, 2015
I rolled my eyes so hard….
(White) Massachusetts man assaulted 7 officers after traffic stop, ranted about Ferguson, saluted in mug shot: cops
He reported for duty — as a lunatic.
A Massachusetts man, who gave a salute in his shirtless mug shot, assaulted seven Revere police officers after what was supposed to be a simple traffic stop, police said in a statement.
Joseph Parker, 34, of Wakefield, was driving through a construction zone when police asked him to slow down at about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday morning, police said.
Instead, Parker allegedly jumped out of his car and punched one officer, Lt. Jeremiah Goodwin, in the head. He then headed towards a second officer. Goodwin fell on concrete after Parker punched him, and suffered a concussion.
That started a violent spree that included attacking three officers who tried to arrest him, and three more cops once he was booked at the police station, authorities said.
Police said Parker appeared to be on drugs during the alleged attack, screaming “F— you cops with your guns” and ranting about Ferguson, Mo.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/massachusetts-man-assaulted-7-officers-traffic-stop-article-1.2321921
Condola Rashad ‘Quiet, But Not Quiet’ in New Showtime Drama ‘Billions’ (Trailer)
*In the pilot episode of Showtime’s intense new drama “Billions,” Condola Rashad’s character makes a key discovery in a case involving her boss, U.S Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti); and his No. 1 target, hedge-fund king, Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis).
The information she passes on will chisel away at the big can of Federal whup-ass about to be unleashed on Axe, and Rashad says there’s plenty more where that came from.
“Whenever there’s a missing puzzle piece, she always seems to have the answer,” Rashad told journalists of her character Kate Zacker Tuesday at the Television Critics Association’s Press Tour in Beverly Hills. “She’s a problem solver, but quietly. She sees everything. She doesn’t comment on everything, but she sees everything.”
http://www.eurweb.com/2015/08/condola-rashad-quiet-but-not-quiet-in-new-showtime-drama-billions-trailer/
I got nothing.
Just pursed lips going Uh Huh.
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NC Lottery Winner Fontella Marie Holmes Posts $6M Bail to Free Boyfriend
Aug 11, 15 by EurPublisher
You would think that after winning the $188 million Powerball lottery she could easily do better. However …
North Carolina resident Fontella Marie Holmes is putting her lottery winnings to use with posting a $6 million bail for her live-in boyfriend Lamar McDow.
As EUR previously reported, Holmes hit the $188 million Powerball jackpot back in February. Now, StarNewsOnline is reporting that Jail officials confirmed that McDow, who was arrested in November on charges related to various drug offenses, was released from the Brunswick County, NC jail Wednesday (Aug. 5) after his bail was posted. Some of the offenses McDow served time for came from a drug seizure last summer of more than 8,000 bags of heroin.
According to the site, Holmes paid $3 million to bail McDow out of jail days after she collected her winnings in a lump sum. After taxes, Holmes was left with $88 million.
On July 23, Holmes was cited on marijuana possession charges while McDow, a confirmed gang member, was arrested the same day on a weapons charge, according to the sheriff’s office. Emily Flax, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office says deputies found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at the home Holmes and McDow share in the Rutledge community in Shallotte.
McDow was ultimately charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm after deputies found a gun during a search of the home.
https://www.eurweb.com/2015/08/nc-lottery-winner-fontella-marie-holmes-posts-6m-bail-to-free-boyfriend/
probably because he was a rookie; probably on probation
https://twitter.com/CBSDFW/status/631234892253114368
look at the design, from head to toe.
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…When a six-foot tall Nigerian model puts on six-inch heels then adorns herself with a head piece, she gets really tall.
I’d come to Eko Hotel in Lagos that morning to photograph Nigeria’s Fashion Week. The models were only just arriving in their jeans and t-shirts, looking surprisingly ordinary. The catwalk was being built. There was no way they’d be ready for that night, I thought.
Lagosians have a way of pulling these things together though. By evening, the models had become extraordinary and from the audience’s point of view, bar a few minor glitches, this was a great event of fashion and theatrics.
Backstage was a different matter altogether.
Out front, dozens of photographers and camera crews shot the procession of models strutting the catwalk. But I try to use my camera to capture a version of reality. Backstage seemed more real, and was where the action was—full-on frenetic energy, color, and chaos—a metaphor for Lagos as a whole…
http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/16/life-in-lagos-stepping-out-for-nigerian-fashion-week/?Source=photosite
A Photographer Is Taking Beautiful Photos Of Black Girls Getting Their Hair Done
Photographer Adama Jalloh is celebrating black British girlhood via the hair salons of south London in her “Identity” project.
posted on Aug. 2, 2015, at 7:57 a.m.
“Rarely do you go to exhibitions and see images of black people, especially when it’s in the UK.”
Adama Jalloh recently completed a degree in photography at the Arts University Bournemouth. “I went to a uni where it was predominantly white people and most of the projects they did tended to be things I wasn’t necessarily interested in,” she says.
So in her second year, she started a project that was personal to her, and would shine a light on her – and other black girls’ – beauty rituals. She began visiting black hair salons around Peckham in south London to find subjects, and named the project “Identity”.
“I thought the way I live, and the way other black girls have lived, should be shown in that same kind of environment, and in a positive light. Because most of the time when you see images of black people, it tends to be quite negative
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bimadewunmi/a-photographer-is-taking-beautiful-photos-of-black-girls-get#.fdYAQWPjrl
https://twitter.com/metaquest/status/631206722661543936
deray mckesson retweeted
Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey 26m26 minutes ago
CA Gov. Brown signed legislation today securing the right to film the police and abolishing grand juries re: police killings. Progress.
absolutely good thing
California leads again!
PragmaticObotsUnite @PragObots
Obviously you do hence you putting on your cape and flying into our mentions playing Captain Save-A-Hillary. #BoyBye https://twitter.com/MrDane1982/status/631163128101892096 …
Just read his timeline; what a sad kiss-ass..
Even blaming Cristian Taylor for his own death…
https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/631188271507349504
What’s that you say again Rikyrah..?
Hillary filled the room to capacity? Now, that’s not what I’ve been hearing about her turnouts. Well, maybe it was a small room.
Ain’t this some real ISH? DHS monitoring Deray but Oath Keepers open carry assault rifles during a peaceful protest and nothing is done. Got dammit!
Proof that words and intellect amplified, are the enemy to a white supremacist system.
The Department of Homeland Security is monitoring the hunted/victim but not the hunter/perpetrator..?
This is precisely why so many are losing faith…
It’s a crying shame.
Perhaps if our DOJ and DHS spent resources monitoring and indicting corrupt law enforcement and justice systems around the country, instead of squandering scarce resources monitoring harmless Deray, just maybe some of these killings will stop..?
I’m with you. He’s speaking to the heart of the GOP…the problem for them is that he’s not doing it in Frank Luntz-approved dogwhistles. Those dogwhistles enable to MSM to pretend that the GOP isn’t what it is, which makes everyone upset. And, if they can’t go along and pretend that the dogwhistles aren’t dogwhistles, then they can aid and abed the GOP. How is a man who is leading in every pole NOT speaking to the very HEART of the party. Trump does not speak for a SLIVER of the GOP. He is every much the MAINSTREAM.
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FROM TOD:
Let’s not sleep on Donald Trump. He’s connecting with so many more than just the racists if one can believe that.
We keep forgetting that less than 10% of the electorate (if that), is engaged, are on social media or reading and participating on political blogs..
Just the day before, I bumped into this Ethiopian-American fellow who was very active in our OFA events. He was as informed, enthusiastic and effective an organizer as we could ever wish for. He runs an organization that does great work with young people, and like a pied piper, he led as many young people to the polls for us..
Imagine my shock when he told me he was supporting Trump! Why on earth I asked? had he lost his mind? He told me the field was not just thin and unimpressive, but hopeless. No way he wasn’t going to not cast his vote, and if one had to pick a candidate from this field of evils, might as well pick the ‘businessman’. He knew exactly what he could expect with Trump. He also thinks that as a non-ideological New Yorker with a wide tent of liberal friends and associates, Trump couldn’t possibly go terribly off course and turn rabid right-winger.
He said he was unimpressed with Hillary. Saying all the right things and giving speeches on policy did not necessarily mean delivering on those policies in the end. He doesn’t trust her, and particularly distrusts a person that entitled and desperate for the presidency.
https://twitter.com/AP/status/631163442116861952
https://youtu.be/QLA5BJcwUfA
From BJ:
from BJ
did anyone watch this show?
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TV One’s ‘Born Again Virgin’ Premiere Night Reaches 1.4 Million Total Viewers
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act
August 10, 2015 at 4:34PM
It debuted last week Wednesday night, August 5, but, as I said in a previous post, I didn’t see much social media activity around it during its broadcast, and wondered how many of you were actually watching. So it’s good to finally get the numbers directly from TV One today.
The network announced that the premiere night of its newest scripted comedy “Born Again Virgin” scored a total of 1.4 Million “unique Viewers” – P2+ (people aged 2 or more who watched) and Live +3 (people who watched live, as well as those who watched via DVR within 3 days of the actual air date).
So, essentially, the 1.4 million does not represent live viewers only. The press release from TV One doesn’t break down the number further. But such is the nature of TV ratings reporting these days – a little obfuscation won’t hurt anyone. Although the ratings game is simply trying to adjust to the ever-changing times with regards to how consumers consume content.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/tv-ones-born-again-virgin-premiere-night-reaches-14-million-total-viewers-20150810
Happy Birthday..love her.
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Happy Birthday Viola Davis! Share Your Most Memorable Moments + Watch an Hour-long Chat w/ Her & Denzel Washington
Viola Davis is 50 years old today! A milestone in birthdays; half a century. We all should be so lucky to get there…
I thought about what we could do to celebrate Ms Davis, an actress we’ve both heaped praise on, and been critical of at times, on this blog over the years – par for the course, for an artist of her stature. But there’s certainly a respect that I think we all have for her talent, and every single time Viola Davis’ name is attached to anything, we pay attention, which speaks volumes of our appreciation for, as well as our expectations of her.
I thought I’d keep it simple and hand the mic over to you guys to share your most memorable Viola Davis moments – whether on-screen or off-screen. When did she really move you with something she said, or something she did – again, whether off- or on-screen?
I did find this old 2010 almost hour-long conversation with Viola Davis and Denzel Washington, when they both sat down with Lynn Hirschberg for a chat, around the time both actors were starring in August Wilson’s “Fences” on Broadway. It’s actually a really good, fun, informative conversation on the business of acting from the POV of 2 of the top African American of this century.
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Watch the lengthy conversation below, split up into 5 parts (or bookmark this post to watch when you have an hour to kill), and then, in the comments section, reply to my above question on your most memorable Viola Davis moments.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/happy-birthday-viola-davis-share-your-most-memorable-moments-watch-an-hour-long-chat-w-her-denzel-washington-20150811
FROM TOD:
“The Justice Department report told of a system which fines and arrests Black people for no justifiable cause and uses the money generated to finance the oppression of the Black population.”
And then they did nothing.
And then they did nothing.
Exactly.
https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/631086882600943616
Then what is so appealing about Hillary? She IS an elder and she’s NOT a liberal. She is a politician’s wife turned politician and both of them blow in the wind with no hardline positions on anything that I’m aware of.
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
https://twitter.com/FunnyPicsDepot/status/631139687692767232
To be a child again…
Two Actor Unions Ban Their Members from Working on Tyler Perry’s Latest Stage Production
Photo of Tambay A. Obenson
By Tambay A. Obenson | Shadow and Act
August 10, 2015 at 7:47PM
\This is at least the second time that Tyler Perry has had a run-in with an industry union. You may recall when, in 2008, the Writers Guild of America West filed an “unfair labor practice complaint” against Perry’s production studio after it fired four writers (all African American) who worked on his then TBS comedy, “House of Payne” – firings that were said to be because the writers were seeking union representation.
Perry also allegedly refused to agree to a WGA contract that would give the writers health care benefits or pensions.
The WGA said that the four writers were fired after negotiations between the Writers Guild and representatives of Perry’s production company, broke down. The writers were also working on the development of what was then a new comedy being produced by Perry, “Meet the Browns.”
Attorneys representing Perry said that the writers’ firing had nothing to do with the contract negotiation but was instead related to “the quality of their work.” Specifically, this is from their statement: “We continue to work toward a resolution of their contract, and after months of negotiations we have reached agreement with the Guild on every major issue but one – residuals from repeats shown on broadcast television stations.”
That didn’t calm the waters, however, but only further raised suspicion, given the timing of the firings, which happened to coincide with when “House Of Payne” was being syndicated, which, as industry writers will know, is when the big money really starts to roll in. It was also just as the writers were starting to work on Perry’s new comedy. Residuals are vital to the financial security of industry writers, if you weren’t already aware.
The matter was eventually resolved (after the NAACP got involved, to mediate), although details of the agreement that was reached weren’t made public.
Skip ahead to today, to news, courtesy of Deadline, which reports that Perry has seemingly found himself in the middle of yet another union dispute. This time with not one, but two actors unions: SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity, with both instructing their members to not work on Perry’s stage play “Madea on the Run,” which is currently touring the country. Why? Well, in the case of Actors’ Equity, Perry’s production company hasn’t signed a contract with the union. As for SAG-AFTRA, they actually don’t represent stage actors (screen actors instead), but they’re nonetheless acting in solidarity with Equity, also instructing their members not to work on the show, which Equity has put on its “Do Not Work” list.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/two-actors-unions-ban-their-members-from-working-on-tyler-perrys-latest-stage-production-20150810
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/630934684185272320/photo/1
https://twitter.com/MotherJones/status/631076625006903298/photo/1
https://twitter.com/PragObots/status/631088125981253632
Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady
In response 2 “Why aren’t you protesting Hillary?” Marissa Johnson says “Hillary has better Secret Service security than Obama.” #TWiBNation
itgurl @itgurl_29
Civil Rights protestors knew they’d be arrested and were prepared emotionally. Black Lives Matter folks act surprised when they’re arrested.
Another iconic photo. (TY SG2 for RT)
Amarion Allen, 11 years old.
I just want to grab him out of that picture and get him away from those cops.
This is a shame..a real shame.
This is what happens when cops try to be cute. They show who they really are, or I should say they prove what we already know.
No punishment for these “officers.” Their actions were right and just, slamming a young man’s head into a brick paved road for no justifiable reason. Notice how this article carefully avoids stating what the cops actually did other than “injure” Mr, Johnson.
Oh, BTW, Department of Justice, since you love writing reports, maybe you could study the long term effects of injuries to victims of police brutality, you know, the ones who live. When people get their heads slammed into concrete or asphalt or the ground or whatever, that means their brain is hitting the inside of their skull. How often does this produce life changing disability if it doesn’t actually kill the person right away or within a few days? And why in the blazing hell do you allow this?
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ABC agents who arrested Martese Johnson are back on the job
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:20 pm
BY BRANDON SHULLEETA Richmond Times-Dispatch
Three Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agents have been reinstated after an investigation into their roles in the arrest of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson, who was left bloodied after agents wrongly believed he had a fake ID.
The special agents involved in arresting and injuring Johnson in March returned to active duty Monday, the agency said Monday.
On March 18, Johnson, 20, who is black, received a gash on his forehead when he was taken down to the sidewalk during his arrest in an incident that gained national attention and prompted allegations of racism.
Special agents in the case had been removed from active duty pending an administrative review of the incident outside a Charlottesville nightclub in the Corner, near the university’s campus.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe ordered Virginia State Police to investigate. The report was completed about two weeks ago.
“After thoroughly reviewing the incident and the report, Virginia ABC concluded that the agents did not violate agency policy and returned these special agents to active duty today,” the ABC’s statement said Monday.
The agency said it would not comment on details of the case and that the administrative review would not be made public “because Virginia law prohibits disclosure of personnel files.”
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_a5f8340b-372e-5592-8a8c-53a6aa511064.html
And that’s why they’ll keep doing it. They get away with it and the DOJ is too chicken to do the right thing – to go after them, and to protect the citizenry from these blood thirsty racists in uniform.
No punishment for these “officers.” Expect more of the same.
ABC agents who arrested Martese Johnson are back on the job
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 9:20 pm
BY BRANDON SHULLEETA Richmond Times-Dispatch
Three Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control agents have been reinstated after an investigation into their roles in the arrest of University of Virginia student Martese Johnson, who was left bloodied after agents wrongly believed he had a fake ID.
The special agents involved in arresting and injuring Johnson in March returned to active duty Monday, the agency said Monday.
On March 18, Johnson, 20, who is black, received a gash on his forehead when he was taken down to the sidewalk during his arrest in an incident that gained national attention and prompted allegations of racism.
Special agents in the case had been removed from active duty pending an administrative review of the incident outside a Charlottesville nightclub in the Corner, near the university’s campus.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe ordered Virginia State Police to investigate. The report was completed about two weeks ago.
“After thoroughly reviewing the incident and the report, Virginia ABC concluded that the agents did not violate agency policy and returned these special agents to active duty today,” the ABC’s statement said Monday.
The agency said it would not comment on details of the case and that the administrative review would not be made public “because Virginia law prohibits disclosure of personnel files.”
http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_a5f8340b-372e-5592-8a8c-53a6aa511064.html
Sorry for duplicate. I thought this didn’t post.
Will the Department of Justice issue a statement today approving of the white, armed vigilantes patrolling the streets of Ferguson? Or will they investigate this for three months and write a report? Maybe it could just be an addendum to the report they wrote last year.
The whole thing is mind-boggling and sad..
The Department of Justice should send their employees in the STL area into the streets waving copies of the report they wrote last year since that seems to be the extent of what they think needs to be done.
Been tweeting your blistering responses to the DOJ. This fuckery is too much.
TY, SG2. I am fed up to the gills with them.
Me too. No more holding back. Done with THAT ISH!
From TOD’s front page this morning:
“Because here’s the thing – what’s powerful about these interruptions from Black women is less how it has changed the tone of the Democratic campaigns and more about what they have exposed in the White left.
I see these protests as less about the individual candidates themselves and more about how their White base refuses to center Black lives and Black issues. It’s notable that White Bernie supporters, who consider themselves the most progressive of us all, shouted down and booed Black women who dared to force Blackness into the center of White space.
Because let’s be honest, every Bernie rally is White space.
http://changefromwithin.org/2015/08/09/interrupting-bernie-exposing-the-white-supremacy-of-the-american-left/
And screamed ‘TASE THEM’
But their white bases are all the same. They feel the exact same way about us. No difference.
Even as Democrats, they can relate to Megyn Kelly – and see attacks on her as an attack on ‘all women’;
But they can’t relate to Sandra Bland and think that she deserved to die because of her ‘poor attitude’.
always thought time travel was interesting, as a theory. in actuality, there aren’t many times my Black self would want to ‘go back to’. When, exactly, would be a ‘good time’……
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Watch First Trailers for New Time Travel Web Series About Black People Sent Back to Slavery Days (Would You Go Back?)
Shadow and Act
By Sergio | Shadow and Act
August 10, 2015 at 8:15PM
Well, as I said last fall when “Send Me” was announced during its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign: who in their right mind would want to do that (go back in time to the days of slavery)?
Personally, I say NO WAY. That is, of course, unless I could be like Django and take out a whole bunch of white Southern slave owners (or just like Ken Norton in “Mandingo” with Susan George. Just kidding…Maybe…)
Created by playwright, screenwriter and actor Steve Harper, and starring Tracie Thoms, Gabrielle Carteris, Nelsan Ellis, Jerrika Hinton, Jasika Nicole, and Carlease Burke, and shot earlier this year in and around Los Angeles, “Send Me” follows a black woman (Thoms) who has the power to send black people back in time, to the slavery era.
But Harper points out that the people who do this in the series are doing it of their own free will: “It’s not a punishment. They want to go – to explore their blackness, their history, to connect to who they are. It takes place now… and it involves time travel. Candidates apply for the chance to take the trip. Those who want to go are trying to find out who they are now, based on who their ancestors were.”
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch-first-trailers-for-send-me-new-time-travel-web-series-about-black-people-sent-back-in-time-to-slavery-days-20150810
It might be an eye opener for some of these young gang banger’s that are our killing each other over, drugs and corners they don’t pay taxes for to see where we came from. Maybe they will learn some respect for each other.
https://twitter.com/ppppolls/status/630899737571495936
https://twitter.com/kristina_wong/status/630790515751915520
https://twitter.com/pharris830/status/631045920197472256
It really is time for Chuck Schumer to register as a Republican or retire and move to Israel.
twitter can be HILARIOUS!! The gifs are fabulous!
https://twitter.com/craigmcculloch/status/630859049345679361
I got nothing.
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Mississippians charged with trying to join Islamic State
JACKSON, Miss. — A federal court hearing continues Tuesday for two Mississippi residents arrested on charges that they were trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State militant group.
Criminal charges filed Saturday say 19-year-old Jaelyn Delshaun Young and 22-year-old Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla were arrested that morning at Golden Triangle Regional Airport near Columbus, Mississippi, just before boarding a flight with tickets bound for Istanbul.
The charges say the two, in online communications, repeatedly told undercover FBI agents they wanted to join the group fighting to create an Islamic state.
An affidavit by an FBI agent says both confessed after their arrest.
Both are charged with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist group. It was unclear Monday which lawyers represent them.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mississippians-charged-with-trying-to-join-islamic-state/ar-BBlDz1b?ocid=HPCDHP
12 years old?
they must feel like such big men
Good Morning, Everyone :)
White men armed w/ assault rifles showing up in Ferguson. If black people carried rifles at a protest, they’d be shot dead.
tell the truth
Amen!!
Good morning, Chicas!
Hi SG2. There is nothing ‘GOOD’ about the state of police killing our men and women in BROAD DAYLIGHT on the REGULAR.
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/631077632331907073