Crime: No Bond for Mom’s Boyfriend in Boy’s Death
A late-night potty training session proved fatal for a 20-month-old Chicago boy, who was beaten to death by his mom’s boyfriend.
According to CBN, Darnell Thomas, 21, of Chicago, is being held without bond in the death of Jamar Harris. Police say Jamar was beaten so severely that his lungs were bruised.
Thomas was also charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery for beating Jamar’s 3-year-old brother.
Jamar’s mother, Kemelle Howell, 22, told police she left her two boys in Thomas’ care on Friday while she worked an evening shift at her job. Sometime after midnight, while riding home on the train, Howell received a call from Thomas who told her Jamar fell down some stairs. Thomas told her he had “whipped” Jamar after he had wet himself.
Thomas told the boys’ mother he was going to call an ambulance. Howell briefly lost phone reception, but when she spoke to Thomas by phone again, he told her that he spanked Jamar with a backscratcher and punched the boy, Conklin said.
Paramedics arrived and took both Jamar, whose heart had stopped by the time they arrived, and the 3-year-old boy to Comer Children’s Hospital. At the hospital, doctors found that the older boy had a blackened right eye, numerous bruises and scratches on his body and a recent break in his left arm. The boy told them Thomas “did it to me,” Conklin said.
Jamar was pronounced dead at the hospital just after 2 a.m. Saturday. He suffered bruises to his chest, abdomen and left arm, and an autopsy showed he suffered massive internal injuries, including bruised lungs, authorities said.
Thomas was arrested at the hospital and charged with first-degree murder. He told police in a videotaped statement that he was potty-training Jamar when he hit the boy “seven or eight times.” Thomas told police he was not the boys’ father, though he felt like their father because they called him “Daddy.”
Moral of the story: ladies, stop leaving your children with men who aren’t their fathers.
Source: CBN
Monica and Vivica A. Fox Beefing?
Earlier today, BET aired footage of actress Vivica A. Fox critiquing the fashions displayed by celebrities on the red carpet at the 2010 BET Awards last night.
Vivica wasn’t very flattering when it came to her assessment of Monica’s avant garde gown. Mo responded to the perceived insult by taking to her Twitter page this evening, and ever so politely, slammed Vivica’s age and fashion sense.
I reached out to Vivica for her response to Mo’s diss, but she is on a flight to Atlanta at this moment. Vivica will be landing at Hartsfield airport shortly. As soon as she lands, I hope to bring you her response to Monica’s diss exclusively!
FanMAIL: T.I., Big Boi, Ricky Rozay & Nicki Minaj Join the Louis Stewart Movement
According to my boy, comedian Alex Thomas, rapper T.I. has joined the Louis Stewart movement! T.I. took delivery of a Money Green backpack and duffle bag set with gold handles while in L.A. for the BET Awards. The custom set is fit for a King!
You can custom order your Louis Stewart soft sided luggage at LouisStewartCollections.com.
John Legend and Tiny Don’t Care What You Say…
Pop singer John Legend felt some kinda way about his hairline trending on Twitter following his appearance on the BET Awards last night.
As Legend points out in a series of tweets on his Twitter page today: his hairline has always been crooked. Really? I never noticed 
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No one in the industry attracts more hate for being human than former Xscape member Tameka “Tiny” Cottle. Tiny can’t even change the color of her hair without people getting in her business. Never mind that her hair is growing out of her scalp and not from the back of a horse like most of her haters hair. It isn’t easy being a superstar, but Tameka (as her close friends and family call her) handles the negativity very well.
Celeb Style: 2010 BET Awards – Arrivals
At least somebody liked Brandy’s shoes.
I was going to do an entire post on fashion at the 2010 BET Awards last night, but then I saw the red carpet pics and I changed my mind. I’ve been trying all year to honor my commitment to be less negative in 2010 — and so far, I think I’ve done a commendable job, given the circumstances.
How could LaLa Vazquez love her man and still let him leave the house looking like her 60-year-old uncle?
2010 BET Awards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, PT. 2
I was so happy to read on my Twitter timeline that legendary female emcee Queen Latifah finally came stumbling out of the closet in her own inimitable way! Too bad I missed that epic milestone moment in her life. And how precious was it that she referred to her longtime companion, Jeanette Jenkins, as “fine”?
Everyone and their grandmother complained about Nicki Minaj lip syncing during both of her performances last night. But those same people had nothing but good things to say about Chris Brown, who did the same thing!
2010 BET Awards: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Once again, I slept through the BET Awards — or as my loyal readers call it: the EBT Awards.
I swear I had every intention of watching this year’s show, especially since the good folks at BET always take such care to send me a credential request form every year, even though I never request one. One year they even filled out the form for me and sent me the credentials with a little note saying “your credential request has been approved,” lol.
The BET Awards is the singular urban spectacle of the year that manages to bring together such diverse artists as Nicki Minaj (who has zero talent), El DeBarge, Kirk Franklin and Tyrese, and make it all work.
Judging from the tweets in my timeline from last night, the 2010 BET Awards was the best in years. Since I didn’t get a chance to watch the show, the only Ugly moment for me was Chris Brown’s fake tears. So I’m posting some of the highlights of the #BETAwards tweets from Twitter.com instead:
The BAD: I searched but I couldn’t find a single tweet on my timeline about pseudo-singer Ciara’s awful black and gold Balmain frock paired with ankle booties. Why did she even show up when BET dissed her azz by banning her “Ride” video?
The GOOD:
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