OBAMA NEEDS TO PERSONALLY VISIT FERGUSON, NOT SEND AL SHARPTON (CIVIL RIGHTS CRISIS)

PRES OBAMA DOES NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT FERGUSON:

THE PEOPLE OF FERGUSON ARE STILL WAITING FOR JUSTICE.

OBAMA NEEDS TO GO TO FERGUSON....... DON'T SEND AL SHARPTON.

WE DON'T NEED MARTIAL LAW. WE NEED POSITIVE RESULTS.

Pres OBAMA does NOT know what to do about FERGUSON because he had NOT planned on doing anything, just as he has NOT done anything for BLACK Voters since he was first sworn into office in January of 2009.

For 6 years Pres OBAMA has bent over backwards to please WALL STREET, Young WHITE Voters, LATINO Voters, NATIVE AMERICAN Voters, MIDDLE EASTERN People, GAY Voters and WHITE Women Voters.

Yet he has NOT done a darn thing for BLACK Voters in the United States!

What a shame the First BLACK Legally Elected U.S. President in History has NOT done a darn thing for BLACK Voters but Enforced MARTIAL LAW on the BLACK American Community!

Each time there was an RACE RELATIONS involving the Mistreatment of BLACK Americans, Pres OBAMA simply punted the issue to AL SHARPTON who of course took advantage of each Crisis for MONETARY Purposes and for Personal FAME.

Each time AL SHARPTON became involved there were a few CONTROLLED Marches and Protests for about 2 or 3 Months until the Crisis was SILENCED.

This pattern would be repeated time and time again.

Yet NOTHING was ever Resolved.

NOTHING was Gained except for SHARPTON'S pockets getting fatter as he communicated the Plans of BLACK People to the FBI and CIA.

It's not personal but AL SHARPTON does NOT speak for ME.

I repeat.

It's not personal but AL SHARPTON does NOT speak for ME.

This time this Crisis is DIFFERENT!

BLACK People are NOT Stupid!

In fact We have NEVER been Stupid!

We are TIRED of just Talking with NO ACTION.

We want ACTION and POSITIVE RESULTS.

OBAMA NEEDS TO GO TO FERGUSON....... DON'T SEND AL SHARPTON.

WE DON'T NEED MARTIAL LAW. WE NEED POSITIVE RESULTS.

BLACK LIVES MATTER & BLACK MONEY MATTERS.

IT'S TIME FOR ACTION, NOT JUST TALK AND BROKEN PROMISES.

CONTINUOUS NATIONWIDE PEACEFUL PROTESTS & ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS UNTIL WE SEE LONG TERM EFFECTIVE CHANGE.


ARTICLE: "What Obama Must Do In Ferguson"

It’s time President Obama step in to protect protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.

As long as Black Americans have had United States citizenship, we have needed the federal government to enforce and protect our rights on the local level. Such was the case in the years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, when Union troops went state by state to wrestle enslaved Blacks away from the plantations on which they were held captive.

It was again the case in Jim Crow America when President Eisenhower dispatched the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army to escort nine Black students into the doors of Little Rock Central High. President Kennedy stepped in to help integrate the University of Alabama and Lyndon Johnson did it in Selma. In 2005, folks in New Orleans desperately needed the intervention of the federal government when local officials failed them in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

It’s sad but a fact of Black American citizenship is that — as a minority group in every single state and as a historically oppressed people — we are not safe without the oversight and, sometimes, intervention of the federal government. And that point is made abundantly clear when watching the absolute carnage coming out of Ferguson in the days since Mike Brown was killed by local police.

In Ferguson, protesters have had their First Amendment right to freedom of assembly trampled on by local authorities sworn to serve and protect them. Peaceful protests have collapsed into outright chaos from antagonism by police officers armed to the teeth with military-grade weaponry. The situation has only escalated as the days have rolled by with no end in sight and it’s becoming more and more clear that the city of Ferguson needs an intervention.

The people of Ferguson need the federal government to step in to affirm and protect their Constitutional rights. And in this moment, when the city seems on the precipice of a violent clash between citizens and police, the chief executive of the federal government, President Barack Obama, has been almost completely silent while in the middle of a two-week vacation to Martha’s Vineyard.

One year ago — to the day — President Obama spoke out on the crisis in Egypt, about 5,805 miles from Washington D.C., saying he was “concerned” by action taken by the government there.

“The United States strongly condemns the steps that have been taken by Egypt’s interim government and security forces. We deplore violence against civilians. We support universal rights essential to human dignity, including the right to peaceful protest. We oppose the pursuit of martial law, which denies those rights to citizens under the principle that security trumps individual freedom, or that might makes right.” Obama said. “The Egyptian people deserve better than what we’ve seen over the last several days.”

The American president was a strong voice for the Egyptian people as they protested an oppressive government from Tahrir Square. He must show the same strength in affirming the rights of protesters in Ferguson.

~Obama's Comments on Ferguson. Circa August 2014:

“The death of Michael Brown is heartbreaking, and Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to his family and his community at this very difficult time,”he said in a statement. “As Attorney General Holder has indicated, the Department of Justice is investigating the situation along with local officials, and they will continue to direct resources to the case as needed.

I know the events of the past few days have prompted strong passions, but as details unfold, I urge everyone in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the country, to remember this young man through reflection and understanding. We should comfort each other and talk with one another in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds. Along with our prayers, that’s what Michael and his family, and our broader American community, deserve.”

Condolences are appropriate and an investigation necessary but what is President Obama prepared to do to ensure the security of protesters who are organizing within their rights? What do they “deserve” from their government, aside from calls for “reflection and understanding?”

Like presidents Lincoln, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson before him, Obama must deploy federal forces to take control of a local situation in Ferguson, one that could very well descend into total bedlam without his intervention.





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AL SHARPTON SHOULD NOT LEAD NEW MOVEMENT; BILL DE BLASIO AND FLORIDA DREAM DEFENDERS SHOULD

#AlSharpton

AL SHARPTON SHOULD NOT BE LEADING THIS NEW RACIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.

BILL DE BLASIO AND THE FLORIDA DREAM DEFENDERS SHOULD TAKE UP THE MANTLE AND LEAD.

I RESPECT SHARPTON BUT HE NEEDS TO ALLOW NEW YOUNG BLOOD TO STEP UP AND LEAD.

SHARPTON CAN REMAIN IN THE MOVEMENT BUT HE SHOULD NOT LEAD IT.

WE NEED LONG TERM ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS AND PEACEFUL PROTESTS ALL OVER THE USA UNTIL CHANGE OCCURS.

TALK IS CHEAP WE NEED ACTION……..JOBS………SMALL BUSINESSES……..EQUAL JUSTICE.

Long time Self-Appointed Civil Rights Leader AL SHARPTON should NOT be allowed to LEAD this New Racial Justice MOVEMENT in the United States of America.

Although I may NOT have always agreed with AL SHARPTON'S Motives, I do appreciate his Voice but now he needs to fall back and make way for some New, YOUNGER LEADERS to take charge of this MOVEMENT.

If SHARPTON wants to remain in the MOVEMENT than be a MENTOR but don't try to LEAD because his LEADERSHIP days are over.

Older Civil Rights LEADERS are often Stubborn and Stuck in their ways.

Older Civil Rights LEADERS are often NOT as Open-Minded and Open to Effective CHANGE as Younger people are.

Older Civil Rights LEADERS are often too entrenched and Sold-out to CORPORATE MONEY to remain Effective.

What worked 20 years ago will NOT work today because the World has Changed and INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM has grown Worse!

The 21st Century BLACK Community needs NEW, YOUNG LEADERSHIP like the FLORIDA DREAM DEFENDERS and Mayor BILL DE BLASIO of NEW YORK CITY.

Yes I said NYC Mayor BILL DE BLASIO!

BILL DE BLASIO is a WHITE Man married to a BLACK Woman but prior to being elected Mayor of NYC, he was a very Effective Community Advocate.

As a NYC Community Advocate DE BLASIO helped thousands of OPPRESSED BLACK and LATINO people.

That's why so many BLACK & LATINO Voters Elected DE BLASIO when BLOOMBERG'S 3rd term ended.

After being Elected Mayor, DE BLASIO did NOT change his Spots or jump into bed with Corporate "FAT CATS".

Instead DE BLASIO has United NEW YORK CITY and he is still to this day helping the OPPRESSED BLACK and LATINO People of New York City!

BLOOMBERG Divided New York City.

DE BLASIO has United New York City.

I believe BILL DE BLASIO and the FLORIDA DREAM DEFENDERS should team up together and LEAD the New Racial Justice MOVEMENT in America.

DE BLAISO is from the NORTH.

The DREAM DEFENDERS are from the SOUTH.

They need to team up TOGETHER.

That’s rights I said it!

The New LEADERSHIP Racial JUSTICE Baton in America should be passed to BILL DE BLASIO and the FLORIDA DREAM DEFENDERS.

So to wrap this post up and keep it short, I respect AL SHARPTON but he needs to allow NEW YOUNG LEADERSHIP to Step Up.

I’ve noticed that whenever AL SHARPTON LEADS, the MOVEMENT only last for a few Months then it goes Silent.

This time the MOVEMENT needs to last until well past 2016 or until EFFECTIVE CHANGE takes place in America, including JOBS for BLACK People.

Not simply low paying Temp JOBS even for BLACK People with College Degrees.

But Real JOBS like We had before the RECESSION!

We need Real JOBS and help to Re-Start SMALL BUSINESSES in BLACK Communities so We can HIRE Our BLACK Youth, just as We did before the RECESSION.

I repeat.

If SHARPTON wants to remain in the MOVEMENT than be a MENTOR but don't try to LEAD because his LEADERSHIP days are over.

I'm just saying.

WE NEED LONG TERM ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS AND PEACEFUL PROTESTS ALL OVER THE USA UNTIL CHANGE OCCURS.

TALK IS CHEAP WE NEED ACTION……..JOBS………SMALL BUSINESSES……..EQUAL JUSTICE.

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ARTICLE: "Darren Wilson Not Indicted, Dream Defenders Plan Peaceful Rally"

Dream Defenders plan rally against shooting of unarmed Michael Brown


UPDATE: Monday, Nov 24, 2014; 9:26 p.m.

The grand jury reached the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August. Dream Defenders are set to march at 10 p.m. at the Civic Center.
UPDATE: 6 p.m.

Tallahassee's Dream Defender's changed the time and location of their rally to 9 p.m. at the Civic Center.

Lead Organizer Brian Marshall said they will hold the rally regardless of the verdict.

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The grand jury reached the decision not to indict Darren Wilson, the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August. Dream Defenders are set to march at 10 p.m. at the Civic Center.

Tallahassee’s Dream Defenders say they will hold a peaceful rally, marching from the Civic Center at 10 p.m.

In addition to the situation in Ferguson, Dream Defenders are rallying against other police brutality and race issues in Tallahassee, including the tasing of 61-year-old, unarmed Viola Young last month. They are also rallying for justice for Duane Strong, an 18-year-old shot and killed by police from inside his car at Cheek's nightclub in Tallahassee.

AL SHARPTON IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER....HE IS AN OPPORTUNIST.

#AlSharptonCivilRightsPHONY

AL SHARPTON IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER....HE IS AN OPPORTUNIST.

THE 21ST CENTURY BLACK COMMUNITY NEEDS A BLACK FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER........i.e., NINA TURNER!

Ohio State Senator NINA TURNER (D) is exactly the kind of BLACK Civil Rights Leader needed to help move the 21st Century BLACK Community FORWARD.

**NOTE: This post is NOT an AL SHARPTON Bashing post.

Instead it is merely for Reflection purposes so We can think about who qualifies to be labeled as an Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER and who does NOT qualify.

I know this post will anger some BLACK People because they Don’t understand the true meaning of what an Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS Leader is.

I know this post will anger some BLACK People because they have been BRAINWASHED into believing that AL SHARPTON has really done Great things for the BLACK American Community when he has NOT!

So why am I Blogging about AL SHARPTON??

Because the 21st Century BLACK American Community needs NEW BLOOD as it relates to Authentic LEADERSHIP.

Someone who is willing to SACRIFICE & Pay the Price versus someone who is just a Fame-Whoring OPPORTUNIST, and who promotes themselves at the expense of Low Income BLACK American People.

Someone who won’t Force BLACK American People to remain in Eternal POVERTY just so they can Pretend to be their “SAVIOR” all for the sake of Personal Gain & FAME. (i.e., an OPPORTUNIST)

People often compare AL SHARPTON to DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

People such as CHRIS MATTHEWS......MIKA BREZINKSKI......MICHAEL ERIC DYSON.

Those kind of people.

**FYI:

Celebrites such as CHRIS MATTHEWS & MIKA BREZINKSKI are the kind of WHITE Liberals who in reality view most BLACK People as Mindless DUMMIES unable to think Intelligently for themselves. (I said most BLACK people)

Professor MICHAEL ERIC DYSON (BLACK guy) means well but he has just become a TOKEN & a Tool for WHITE Liberals who think along the same line as people like CHRIS MATTHEWS & MIKA BREZINKSKI.

Let us Reflect carefully on what AL "OPPORTUNIST" SHARPTON has actually done to help BLACK American People??

I know he has done a whole lot to help HIMSELF but what has he actually done to REALLY help Uplift the BLACK American Community??

Can we please stop being PHONY and be REAL for just one minute??

At one time AL "OPPORTUNIST" SHARPTON even had Me Fooled.

I was Naive.

I thought AL SHARPTON wanted to see the Collective BLACK American Community rise up & achieve Collective Success.

Boy was I WRONG!

I thought AL SHARPTON really cared about the CIVIL RIGHTS & Equal Rights of BLACK People in America as did DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

Boy was I WRONG!

I have since learned all AL SHARPTON does is talk down to BLACK American people as if We are DUMMIES (i.e., BILL COSBY) & he uses the CIVIL RIGHTS movement to fill his Pockets.

I have since learned AL SHARPTON has NO Personal Convictions and will Say ANYTHING if the Price is Right!

If AL SHARPTON were a real CIVIL RIGHTS Leader he would have been Nominated for a NOBEL PEACE PRIZE by Now just as DR KING.....NELSON MANDELA......and Pres OBAMA were.

Pres OBAMA was Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize because he was Successfully elected as the first BLACK President of the Free World i.e., AMERICA.

AL SHARPTON could have been a Great, Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS Leader but he became GREEDY…….DESPERATE…… and SELFISH!

So what is a real CIVIL RIGHTS Leader?

What is an OPPORTUNIST?

**The Dictionary defines a CIVIL RIGHTS Leader as:

"A Leader of the Political movement dedicated to securing Equal Opportunity for Members of Minority groups."

**The Dictionary defines an OPPORTUNIST as:

"One who takes advantage of any opportunity to achieve an end, often with no regard for principles or consequences; taking advantage of opportunities as they arise; exploiting opportunities."

**For example:

All the Low Income BLACK People in NYC who have been Loyal Supporters of AL SHARPTON for years are Still POOR!

Why??

Because AL SHARPTON used their Plight as an OPPORTUNITY to Promote HIMSELF & to become WEALTHY off their Plight.

AL SHARPTON does NOT want Low Income BLACK People to become Self-Sufficient Small Business Owners.

Why?

Because if Low Income BLACK People become Self-Sufficient they will NO longer be Dependent on Fake CIVIL RIGHTS Leaders like himself!

AL SHARPTON is NOT an Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS Leader like DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR & NELSON MANDELA, nor will he ever be.

AL "OPPORTUNIST" SHARPTON is Stuck in the 1970's & 1980's.

With the exception of OPRAH....PRES OBAMA......BILL COSBY.......
JAY-Z........P. DIDDY, the rev AL SHARPTON believes all BLACK American People live in the Projects of New York City like 21st Century SLAVES.

With the exception of OPRAH....PRES OBAMA......BILL COSBY.......
JAY-Z........P. DIDDY, the rev AL SHARPTON believes all BLACK American People are Mindless DUMMIES who desire nothing more than FOOD STAMPS, WELFARE, and LOW WAGE JOBS for Survival.

I can NOT even compare AL SHARPTON to Pres OBAMA.

Since being elected President of the United States Pres OBAMA has done very little for the Collective BLACK American Community but at least he got out there and did his OWN thing!

At least Pres OBAMA actually did Something to Uplift the BLACK American Community by Winning an Election to become the First legally elected BLACK U.S. President.

Perhaps Entertainers such as JAY-Z are Not doing a lot to help the Collective BLACK Community but JAY-Z has NEVER claimed to be a Fake CIVIL RIGHTS Leader.

JAY-Z is an Entertainer & a Businessman.

I still have much Respect for JAY-Z.

Why??

JAY-Z got out there and Made his OWN Paper!

JAY-Z did NOT use the Plight of Low Income BLACK People as an OPPORTUNITY to promote himself or to fatten his Pockets by posing as a Fake CIVIL RIGHTS Leader!

This is why I still have much Respect for BLACK People like JAY-Z.

For the record I am NOT Hating on AL SHARPTON'S Celebrity Status.

I have expressed via FACEBOOK & other Social Media platforms on several occasions that I have absolutely NO desire to be a CELEBRITY.

I don't want to be on Television.

I don't want to be an Actress.

I don't want to be Super Wealthy.

For anyone who wants to be on Television.....GOD Bless them.

For anyone who wants to be an Actress.....GOD Bless them.

For anyone who wants to be Super Wealthy.....GOD Bless them.

However I Don't!

I just want to continue being a Grassroots POLITICAL BLOGGER who Works behind the scenes.

I just want to live a Normal life.

If people like what I write that's Cool.

If people Don’t like what I write, it's still Cool.

I refuse to Kill myself by trying to please everyone & make everyone like me.

Regardless if You like ME or don’t like ME, I still respect You as a Human Being created in GOD’s image.

**I repeat.

AL SHARPTON does NOT represent the entire 21st Century BLACK American Community and he does NOT speak for ME!

I know this post will anger some BLACK People because they Don’t understand the true meaning of what an Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS Leader is.

I know this post will anger some BLACK People because they have been BRAINWASHED into believing that AL SHARPTON has really done Great things for the BLACK American Community when he has NOT!

AL SHARPTON is Not an Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS Leader.

AL SHARPTON is an OPPORTUNIST stuck in the 1970's & 1980's, who really wants to help keep the Collective BLACK Community POOR for his Own personal gain.

I have learned AL SHARPTON has NO Personal Convictions and will Say ANYTHING if the Price is Right.

He could have been a Great, Authentic CIVIL RIGHTS Leader but he became GREEDY……DESPERATE…… and SELFISH!

This is a Shame!

So why am I Blogging about AL SHARPTON??

Because the 21st Century BLACK American Community needs NEW BLOOD as it relates to Authentic LEADERSHIP.

Someone who is willing to SACRIFICE & Pay the Price versus someone who is just a Fame-Whoring OPPORTUNIST, and who promotes themselves at the expense of Low Income BLACK American People.

Someone who won’t Force BLACK American People to remain in Eternal POVERTY just so they can Pretend to be their “SAVIOR” all for the sake of Personal Gain & FAME. (i.e., an OPPORTUNIST)

AL SHARPTON IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER....HE IS AN OPPORTUNIST!

THE 21ST CENTURY BLACK COMMUNITY NEEDS A BLACK FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER........i.e., NINA TURNER!


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Pennsylvania's GOP Voter ID Laws Disenfranchises 750,000 People From Voting In 2012 (Voting Rights Law Violation!)

HELP RE-ELECT BARACK OBAMA IN 2012!

GET YOUR STATE-APPROVED ID CARDS NOW AND GO TO THE POLLS THIS NOVEMBER EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO CRAWL THERE!









Stringent voter ID law in Pa. could prevent 750,000 from Voting

New data released by Pennsylvania officials suggests that as many as 750,000 voters in the crucial battleground territory could be impacted by a stringent new voter ID law.
The law, passed this May ostensibly to prevent voter fraud, requires all voters in Pennsylvania to show a valid photo ID at the polls.

Among those acceptable forms of photo ID include a state-issued driver's license, a valid U.S. passport, a U.S. military ID, a government-issued employee ID, an ID card from an accredited Pennsylvania higher learning institution, or a photo ID card issued by a Pennsylvania care facility, such as an assisted living residence or personal care home.

According to the survey, 758,939 voters - 9.2 percent - could not be matched in state databases as having Pennsylvania driver's licenses, the most common form of photo ID in the state.

Of those 9.2 percent, about 22 percent - or 167,566 people - are categorized as "inactive" voters, according to the data. A person can be characterized as an "inactive" voter if he or she has not voted in five years and has not responded to a state inquiry about his or her current address. Federal and state law also mandate that an "inactive voter" be kept on the state registration list until he or she fails to vote in two consecutive general elections for federal office following the notification.

"Even though many voters identified in this comparison as not having PennDOT IDs are 'inactive voters', most of whom have not voted since 2007, we will err on the side of caution and include them in this mailing," said Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele in a statement released alongside the study.

Even if voters are classified as "inactive" with 100 percent accuracy, however, that leaves nearly 600,000 "active" voters who lack driver's licenses and may not be able to cast their votes on Election Day.

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele had previously said that 99 percent of Pennsylvania voters had the photo ID they needed to vote this November.

The controversial legislation has come under particular scrutiny in the last few weeks after Republican Mike Turzai, Pennsylvania's House Majority Leader, suggested during a June Republican State Committee meeting that the legislation aimed to benefit Mitt Romney's electoral prospects this November.

"We are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we've talked about for years," Turzai said in June, listing off a litany of Republican accomplishments in the state, according to Politics PA. "Pro-Second Amendment? The Castle Doctrine, it's done. First pro-life legislation - abortion facility regulations - in 22 years, done. Voter ID, which is gonna allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done."

The remarks inspired widespread criticism from Pennsylvania Democrats, who decried it as an admission that Republican legislators were attempting to disenfranchise Democratic voters.

The Pennsylvania Department of State, however, maintains that the law merely aims to deter people from voting illegally.

"We are committed to helping any eligible voter who does not have an acceptable ID get one to be able to vote in November," Aichele said. "We are continuing our outreach to get the word to voters about this law. The goal of this law is to allow every legal voter to cast a ballot, but detect and deter anyone attempting to vote illegally."


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Rodney King's Funeral Eulogized By Rev. Al Sharpton: R.I.P. My Courageous Brother

Rodney King Laid To Rest At Forest Lawn

One of Rodney King’s daughters remembered him not as a civil rights figure, but as a “gentle giant” of a father, as he was buried Saturday.

“I will remember his smile, his unconditional love,” said Laura Dene King, 28, to a phalanx of news cameras outside the Hall of Freedom at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, where her father was about to be interred.

“He was a great father, a great friend, he loved everyone. People will just have to smile when they think of him,” she said.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and other civil rights luminaries were planning to attend today’s funeral for King, whose beating at the hands of Los Angeles police in 1992 crystallized the nation once again over race relations.

King, 47, was found in cardiac arrest two weeks ago at the bottom of his swimming pool in Rialto.

He died at a nearby hospital.

Toxicology results are still pending.

At a pre-funeral news conference, MSNBC commentator Rev. Al Sharpton said King “bore his scars with grace and dignity, and he never showed bitterness to the officers who beat him.

“People should not be judged by the mistakes that they make, but by how they rise above them,” Sharpton said. “Rodney had risen above his mistakes, he never mocked anyone, not the police, not the justice system, not anyone.

“He became a symbol of forgiveness,” Shaprton said.

Donors large and small had chipped in for the funeral and other arrangements, and filed into the faux-colonial structure at the cemetery. TV producer Anthony Zuiker donated $10,000, and said he was at the funeral “to be with Rodney’s family.

“We lost a symbol, but they lost a loved one,” said Zuiker, creator of the “CSI” franchise. “Rodney was a healer.”

King’s longtime attorney, Steven Lerman, said most people made incorrect assumptions about King, not knowing his real background. King had grown up in a mixed-race environment in middle-class Altadena, Lerman said today.

King’s plaintive “can we all just get along” lament, at the height of the vicious L.A. Riots, was a direct reflection of that background, and of the tolerance taught to King by his mother, Odessa King, Lerman said.

“That didn’t just come out of the blue,” he said,.

“There was a certain playfulness in his spirit that always shined through,” Lerman said. He recalled his disbelief when King told him he had never seen the Watts Towers, a South Central L.A. landmark, and his joy at seeing them for the first time.

Today’s services were held nearly two weeks after King’s death, a delay that family members attributed to financial woes and disagreement about how it was to be handled. In the end, the family decided for a public ceremony, and allowed a pool TV camera inside.





Rodney King remembered at funeral as forgiving man

Rodney King was remembered in Los Angeles on Saturday as a forgiving man who bore the scars of his infamous beating with dignity.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, said before the funeral that King never showed bitterness to the officers who beat him.

"People should not be judged by the mistakes that they make, but by how they rise above them," Sharpton said outside the Hall of Freedom at the sprawling cemetery grounds. "Rodney had risen above his mistakes.

He never mocked anyone — not the police, not the justice system, not anyone."

"He became a symbol of forgiveness," Sharpton said.

The funeral came nearly two weeks after King was found dead at the bottom of the swimming pool at his Rialto, Calif. home on June 17.

He was 47.

Family members held a private service early in the day, followed by a public memorial and burial. Mourners signed a guest book and surveyed newspaper clippings from the days when King dominated headlines in 1991 and 1992.

A large photograph of a smiling King was set on an easel.

Daughter Laura Dene King, 28, said she was proud to have had her father in her life for as long as she did, especially considering she almost lost him when she was six years old.

"I will remember his smile, his unconditional love," she said.


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Trayvon Martin 2.0: The Face Of 21st Century Long Overdue Equal Justice

Race and Justice re-examined in Martin killing

Trayvon Martin is the new name, and the new face sparking a new round of national conversation about an age-old problem of race and justice.

With every new case, calls for self-examination of the state of race relations in the U.S are renewed. Fifty-seven years ago, it was the Emmett Till's lynching in Mississippi. Till was a 14-year-old killed for reportedly whistling at a white woman. Thirty-seven years later, it took place in Los Angeles ,when thousands rioted after a jury acquitted three white LAPD officers and and one Hispanic one in the beating of Rodney King.

There's no shortage of names connected to acts of perceived injustice that seem to cycle through our culture every few years: James Byrd, Susan Smith, and Amadou Diallo.

Our ideal is for justice to be colorblind. Our struggle is with the division that results when so many feel it is not.

There may be nothing that divides us as quickly and sharply in this country as race. Just three years ago, an African-American Harvard professor, and a white Cambridge, Mass. cop reminded us all of how the prism of race can create two drastically different views of the same set of circumstances.

n that instance, President Obama waded in.He said, "The fact that this has become a big issue, I think it is indicative of the fact that race is still a troubling aspect of our society."

It's not like nothing's changed in this country. Florida today has a white governor promising justice. The U.S. Justice Department has an African-American attorney general who will oversee the federal investigation into Martin's killing.

But the fact remains that the pain felt by Martin's father sounds like so many parents who've come before: "Our son was murdered and we miss him."

Martin's death is the latest to create such grand-scale doubt about race and justice in this country -- but why it will almost certainly not be the last is the question we are still seemingly unable to answer.

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Travyvon Martin Rally Draws Thousands; Bill Lee Steps Aside; New Prosecutor Appointed (Hate Crime Trial)

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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
President Obama thinks the American BLACK Community will eventually quiet down about Trayvon Martin's Death, like we did soon after Troy Davis' Wrongful Execution.
WRONG!
This time its different because Trayvon was a Child.
An Innocent BLACK Child!
Even Most White People Admit This Was Murder As A Result Of Racism.
WE ARE TIRED MR. PRESIDENT!
We Need Your Help, Your Support & Your Voice as a BLACK Man to Stand with Us!
This time its different!
We Want All Those RACIST “Stand Your Ground” Laws Repealed.
We Want The Unnecessary Racial Profiling To Stop!
We Won't Shut Up!
We Won't Forget!
We Won’t Stop Rising Up Until We Can Live Free In This Country Just Like All Other Ethnic Groups!
We Want Respect!
We Won’t Shut Up!
We Won’t Forget!

WE ARE TIRED! WE WANT OUR LIBERTY & WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!
What the Devil meant for Evil, God is using to bring Positive Change for the American BLACK Community!
In 2011 Troy Davis' WRONGFUL Death sparked International Outrage about Racism & the Death Penalty.
In 2012 Trayvon Martin's WRONGFUL Death sparked International Outrage about Racism, Police Misconduct & Racial Profiling!
We are Tired of Our Young Men Dying like Animals for NO REASON when we should already be FREE!
Here we are living in the 21st Century & still being treated as if we are living in the 18th Century.
We Can't Even Walk Down The Street Or In Wal-Mart Without Being Followed Or Chased Like Animals.
And Our Slack, Scared BLACK "Leaders" have allowed us to be Mistreated this way for Decades to preserve their own Comfortable lives.
Well Guess What???
Its Over!
WE ARE TIRED!
WE WANT OUR LIBERTY!
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!
WE ARE FREE HUMAN BEINGS MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE!
NOT SLAVES!
NOT ANIMALS!
WE DON'T WANT CRUMBS!
WE DON'T WANT WELFARE CHECKS & FOOD STAMPS!
WE WANT EQUAL & FAIR OPPORTUNITIES!
WE WANT RESPECT!
WE WANT TO OWN BUSINESSES & PROVIDE ABUNDANTLY FOR OUR FAMILIES.
WE ARE TIRED!
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!
NO MORE OF OUR CHILDREN & YOUTH WILL DIE OR BE WRONGFULLY IMPRISONED BASED ON RACE.
NO MORE!
Trayvon Martin's & Troy Davis' Deaths Will NOT Be In Vain!!!

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Scott Appoints New Prosecutor In Trayvon Martin Case

Florida Governor Rick Scott officially entered the Trayvon Martin murder investigation Thursday evening when he appointed Angela Corey as the newly assigned state attorney for the case and created a task force on citizen safety and protection.

Scott, and attorney general Pam Bondi, both talked with state attorney Norman Wolfinger Thursday and after the conversation Wolfinger decided to step down from the Martin investigation.

“This request is being made in light of the public good with the intent of toning down the rhetoric and preserving the integrity of the investigation,” Wolfinger wrote in his letter to the governor.

At the same time, Governor Scott also announced the formation of a task force while convene following the conclusion of the investigation by State Attorney Corey.

“As law enforcement investigates the death of Trayvon Martin, Floridians and others around the country have rightly recognized this as a terrible tragedy. Like all Floridians, I believe we must take steps to ensure tragedies like this are avoided.

After listening to many concerned citizens in recent days, I will call for a Task Force on Citizen Safety and Protection to investigate how to make sure a tragedy such as this does not occur in the future, while at the same time, protecting the fundamental rights of all of our citizens – especially the right to feel protected and safe in our state,” Scott said in a statement.

Scott and other members of the GOP and the NRA have come under fire for Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law which George Zimmerman, the shooter of Trayvon Martin, is using as his defense.

Zimmerman claimed under the law, passed in 2005, that he was acting in self-defense when he shot Martin, 17. Zimmerman made the claim despite getting out of his truck and pursuing Martin after 911 dispatchers told him not to do so.

Scott’s task force will review the law and any other laws, rules, regulations or programs that relate to public safety and citizen protection, the governor’s office said Thursday.

The task force will be led by Lt. Governor Jennifer Carroll and the Reverend R.B. Holmes, Jr. Legislative leaders and Bondi will recommend other members to join the task force.



CBC wants Trayvon Martin's death investigated as potential hate crime

The Congressional Black Caucus wants the Justice Department to investigate the shooting death of a 17-year-old, unarmed black Florida high school student as a potential hate crime.

“This case compromises the integrity of our legal system and sets a horrific precedent of vigilante justice,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said in a statement. “Members of the Congressional Black Caucus stand together in the name of justice for Trayvon. As a nation we cannot, should not, and will not ignore, Trayvon’s brutal murder and the inconceivable fact that his killer remains free. Contrary to the flippant way this case has been handled, his life had meaning and purpose. Trayvon had a family, friends and a future all taken away because of the color of his skin.”

George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain and criminal justice student in Sanford, Fla,. shot Trayvon Martin on February 26 as he was walking home from a neighborhood 7-11 to his father’s house. Before the shooting Zimmerman told a police dispatcher there was “a real suspicious guy” who looked “like he was up to no good or on drugs or something” in his neighborhood. He told the dispatcher Martin had “something in his waistband.” At the time, Martin was carrying Skittles and an iced tea he had just purchased. Against the dispatcher’s advice, Zimmerman pursued Martin on foot, and eventually shot him.

Zimmerman, who has not been charged with a crime, told police he was acting in self-defense after Martin started to fight him. The case has drawn national outrage, driven by an apparent history of racial bias by local police. A change.org petition asking for Zimmerman’s prosecution has drawn more than 420,000 signatures and an attorney for the Martin family has asked for an FBI investigation.

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to Trayvon Martin' s family. But obviously we're not going to wade into a local law-enforcement matter,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said when he was asked about Martin’s death at today’s briefing.


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Ada Sharpton, Mother Of Rev. Al Sharpton Dies At 87 From Alzheimer's R.I.P.

Thursday morning the Mother of Civil Rights Activist & NBC Show Host Rev. Al Sharpton, died at the age of 87. She suffered from Alzheimer's.
R.I.P. and My Condolences to the Sharpton Family.


Mother of NYC activist Rev. Al Sharpton dies

His spokeswoman says Ada Sharpton passed away early Thursday morning in Dothan, Ala., following a long battle with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

Rachel Noerdlinger says Sharpton will fly to Alabama to make arrangements for his mother's funeral after attending a rally Thursday evening in Sanford, Fla., for Trayvon Martin.

Martin is a black teenager who was shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida. His parents attended a march for their son in New York City on Wednesday evening.

Noerdlinger says Sharpton learned of his mother's death while boarding the flight to Florida Thursday morning. He heads the National Action Network, a civil rights organization based in New York City.


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Bobby Brown Needs Prayer NOT Unfair Judgment! Leave Bobby Alone!

Everyone needs to Pray for Bobby Brown NOT Judge Him Or Bash Him.

Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.





Bobby Brown Bailed Over Seating Dispute

Bobby Brown was asked to leave Whitney Houston's funeral today ... after he got into an argument with Whitney's family over whether or not he could bring nine people into the church with him ... TMZ has learned.

Brown was spotted going into the church today in Newark, NJ ... but was seen leaving shortly thereafter.

According to our sources, Brown was invited, plus two, but instead showed up with an entourage of nine people. We're told Bobby became upset when he found out they would not seat his whole party.

Our sources say Bobby wanted to sit with his daughter, Bobbi Kristina, but Whitney's family was not having it.

We're told Rev. Jesse Jackson tried to smooth things over ... but to no avail.

Rev. Al Sharpton spoke of the incident with Bobby as he left the church, saying, "He showed nothing but love and respect for Whitney. I wish people would leave Bobby alone" (see video below).

Brown issued a statement later on, saying, "My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston. We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions."

He continued, "I fail to understand why security treated my family this way and continue to ask us and no one else to move. Security then prevented me from attempting to see my daughter Bobbi-Kristina. In light of the events, I gave a kiss to the casket of my ex-wife and departed as I refused to create a scene."


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TROY DAVIS Scheduled To DIE For Crime He Did NOT Commit! ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY!

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Death-row inmate Troy Davis denied clemency

The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis.

Davis was convicted of the 1989 killing of Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail.

Davis is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. Wednesday at a state prison in Jackson, Georgia.

"Monday September 19, 2011, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles met to consider a clemency request from attorneys representing condemned inmate Troy Anthony Davis. After considering the request, the Board has voted to deny clemency," the board said in a statement Tuesday morning.

The five-member parole board votes in a secret ballot.

Davis has gained international support for his long-standing claim that he did not kill MacPhail. International figures including Pope Benedict XVI, Desmond Tutu, and former President Jimmy Carter, entertainers such as Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte, and the Indigo Girls, and others have joined with Amnesty International, the NAACP and other groups in supporting Davis' efforts to be exonerated.

He has been scheduled to die three times before, most recently in October 2008, when the U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay two hours before he was to be executed.

Since Davis' conviction in 1991, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or contradicted their testimony. There also have been questions about the physical evidence - and, according to some, the lack thereof - linking Davis to the killing.

Amnesty International reacted angrily to the clemency denial on Tuesday.

"It is unconscionable that the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied relief to Troy Davis. Allowing a man to be sent to death under an enormous cloud of doubt about his guilt is an outrageous affront to justice," Amnesty International said in a statement Tuesday.

"Should Troy Davis be executed, Georgia may well have executed an innocent man and in so doing discredited the justice system," the statement said.

But the victim's mother, Anne MacPhail, said she's satisfied that Davis will be executed.

"Well, justice is done, that's the way we look at it. That's what we wanted," the mother told CNN. "I am very convinced that he is guilty."

She said she would not attend Davis' execution but family members would be there.

Anne MacPhail said she has not forgiven the convicted of killing her son.

"Not yet, maybe sometime," she said.

The NAACP and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty had joined Amnesty International in organizing support for Davis, setting up about 300 rallies, vigils and events worldwide in the past week or so. In addition, they said that more than 1 million people have signed a petition in support of Davis' bid to be exonerated.

In a 2008 statement, then-Chatham County District Attorney Spencer Lawton described how Davis was at a pool party in Savannah when he shot another man, Michael Cooper, wounding him in the face. Davis was then driven to a nearby convenience store, where he pistol-whipped a homeless man, Larry Young, who'd just bought a beer.

Soon thereafter, prosecutors said, MacPhail - who was working in uniform, off-duty, at a nearby bus station and restaurant - arrived. It was then, the jury determined, that Davis shot the officer three times, including once in the face as he stood over him.

Davis' lawyers, in a federal court filing, insisted that there is "no physical evidence linking" Davis to MacPhail's murder. They point, too, to "the unremarkable conclusion" of a ballistics expert who testified that he could not find definitively that the bullets that wounded Cooper and killed MacPhail were the same.

Georgia's attorney general, in an online statement, claimed that the expert said the bullets came from the same gun type and noted that casings at the pool party shooting matched - thus came from the same firearm as - those found at MacPhail's murder scene.

Two decades ago, a jury convicted Davis on two counts of aggravated assault and one each of possessing a firearm during a crime, obstructing a law enforcement officer and murder. The latter charge led, soon thereafter, to his death sentence.

While reviewing Davis' claims of innocence last year, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia found that Davis "vastly overstates the value of his evidence of innocence."

"Some of the evidence is not credible and would be disregarded by a reasonable juror," Judge William T. Moore wrote in a 172-page opinion. "Other evidence that Mr. Davis brought forward is too general to provide anything more than smoke and mirrors."

The parole board denied had denied Davis clemency once before. The board has never changed its mind on any case in the past 33 years.


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