The Justice Department will investigate the public lynching of a black man in Baton Rouge, LA early Tuesday.
Alton Sterling, 37, was shot multiple times while he was pinned to the ground by 2 police officers outside a convenience store.
Sterling was selling music CDs outside the Triple S Food Mart early Tuesday when he was approached by 2 police officers.
A woman in a car parked nearby filmed a cellphone video of the confrontation. The video begins with the sound of a taser.
“Get on the ground!” a cop yells.
Sterling is seen with his arms held up before he is tackled to the ground.
“He’s got a gun! Gun!” one of the cops yelled. “If you move, I swear to god I’ll…” said one of the cops before gunshots ring out.
Baton Rouge police spokesman Cpl. L’Jean McKneely told The Advocate the officer said Sterling was reaching for a weapon.
But store owner Abdul Muflahi, who witnessed the shooting, told the Advocate one of the cops removed a gun from Sterling’s pocket after the shooting. Muflahi said Sterling’s hand was not near his pocket.
“I have very serious concerns,” Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards told the New York Times. “The video is disturbing, to say the least.”
The cops are identified as Blaine Salamoni, a four-year veteran, and Howie Lake II, a three-year veteran.
Both cops are placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
Ugh I’m so tired of this!!
Nothing will happen unfortunately . Another No conviction .
Oh please. We’ve been down this path before? Same ol cracka games. Launch deez?
How the fuq is 3 and 4 years considered a veteran???!!!! These were rookie cops with itchy trigger fingers. White men are intimidated by black men…they know they are weak as fuq physically hence their pro-gun stance. Lynch em, castrate em, now shoot em in the street with zero repercussions. Black folks we need to start this revolution that these cowards have been worried about since slavery ended. Fuq the police!
I READ ON WAFB THAT THEY TURNED IT OVER TO THE FBI IMMEDIATELY…THE “MAYOR-PRESIDENT” GETS THE SIDE EYE.
The cops are identified as Blaine Salamoni
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Aint shit about to happen to BLAINE.
“Salamoni’s Father Is a High-Ranking Member of the Department’s Command Staff & His Mother Is a Retired Captain”
http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/blane-salamoni-alton-sterling-baton-rouge-louisiana-police-shooting-officer-name-cop-photos-facebook-identified/
He’s Gucci .
Some forces call them veterans and give them credit for time for military service and if they served on other forces too. I JUST learned that about a month ago.
AND, PAID! “I have very serious concerns,” Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards told the New York Times. “The video is disturbing, to say the least.” BUT, PAID! WOW!
justice dept dont ever do anything, so whats the point of the investigation other than wasting taxpayer dollars.
Both cops are placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
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I still don’t understand how pigs and teachers get PAID administrative leave when they are caught fukking up (some/most times on camera).
But let LaTonka give her homegirl 3 extra nuggets in her 10 piece, now she down at the unemployment office? How Sway?
S/N: I bet ol girl who taped this is scared as shyt. The videographer always seems to catch it in the end. Unpaid tickets, pass due child support, jay walking, they get something.
They stay launching an investigation. Launch some justice. You’re the $*#&@ justice department, right?
Soon as I read that earlier I was like oh. I am going to have faith. But if it doesnt happen I wont be shocked. And its SAD
Sounds like a lynching, if he is on the ground handcuff him. However, I know these officers in that state are corrupt, and overzealous! Praying for the family, and may he rest in peace.
I am so fuq’n tired of feeling like my life means nothing in this country and having that fact proven daily with news like this. I love my black people. It absolutely breaks my heart to hear the screams of that lady on the video. That is the sound of a human being with feelings. The cops have zero fuqs to give about taking that mans life.
I refuse to watch that video until later. Much later.
Both cops are placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
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THIS.ALWAYS.BAFFLES.ME. #HOWSWAY
Praying for justice, but knowing how the world and the injustice system work, I won’t hold my breath.
They sure do. In re to the videographer.
White People Think Black People Are Magical
Social scientists have known for a while that racism isn’t just about explicit hatred and animosity. Often, prejudice is the result of split-second, gut-level decision-making rather than the acts of bad people with malicious intentions. A recent study in Social Psychological and Personality Science casts an interesting new light on this: White people apparently have a “superhumanization bias” when it comes to black people — that is, they associate them with superhuman abilities.
In a series of five studies, some involving so-called implicit association tests in which words are flashed on a screen quickly enough to “prime” a subject with their meaning but not for them to consciously understand what they have seen, the researchers showed that whites are quicker to associate blacks than whites with superhuman words like ghost, paranormal, and spirit; are more likely to think a black person as opposed to a white person has certain superhuman abilities; and that the more they think blacks are superhuman, the less they view black people as having a capacity to feel pain.
These are weird findings, to be sure, and they run contrary to what we think of when we think of racism. While most people are familiar with the idea of seeing different ethnic or religious groups as subhuman, the researchers write that “the phenomenon of superhumanization has received virtually no empirical attention in psychology.” So what should we make of the fact that white people appear to “implicitly and explicitly superhumanize” black people? The authors state that more work is needed, but they suggest that superhumanization bias could help explain why black patients are undertreated for pain, for example, or why “people consider Black juveniles to be more ‘adult’ than White juveniles when judging culpability.”
EGG-FUGGIN-ZACTLY.
Let me make an error in judgment resulting in the death of a human being at my job – raise your hand if you think I can expect to get PAID TIME OFF while they investigate my ass. WTF.
Why must she be LaTonka? ? I feel you on all accounts.
Its policy in some states….policy created by cops…that they must be put on PAID leave during investigations. Sick fuqs!
SICK CHIT.
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The officers, who were interviewed Wednesday, both said they “believe they were completely justified in using deadly force,” East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said at a press conference.
Watching that video tore my heart up. That baby…yes baby (even though at 15 this young black CHILD is looked at as an adult in the police eyes) was crying for his daddy. I wanted to hug and rock him and let him cry and snot all over my shoulder. That boy was crying for someone that he loved dearly and was obviously good to him. I’m bringing another young black male into this world and it’s sad the talk Mr. Reddy and I have had to have with Reddy12 and soon this one. That baby is past hurt…and as a mom I just wanted to go through the screen and hold him.
His son was bawling man so heartbreaking
Good day to you, sir. Let’s bear in mind that the “justice” department was designed not to effectuate justice for those of us who were formerly 3/5 of a man/woman, but rather those whom the sun and Father Time do not like.
Because had it been Becky, they’d just let her use her employee discount and called it a day. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/93e47e1bd1c21954d1cdbdbde86a3ffb6833d161c06c9c2a3ba1588d6b106693.jpg
Why don’t we get as upset when we’re killing each other?
Here’s the thing….we can complain all we want but most of us are not willing to make any social or economical sacrifices to prove a collective point.
We won’t stop participating in major league sports.
We won’t stop buying and requesting music that diminishes our character and who we are.
We won’t stop tuning into ratchet television.
We won’t stop buying popular national brands.
And on a more important point, we are not willing to address each other and the problems we create and substain within our own community.
Waiting on a response from the LBGT community to say it was wrong and they stand with the black community.
What about Black on Bllllllllllocked??
Had it been Becky, they wouldn’t have said squat. Becky could’ve stolen at least $250,000 out of the register over the course of some years before the long hand of the law caught up with her flat arse.
Exactly…
I PRAY for better days. I’m also looking for other ways to take action (yet keep my life). The problem I’m having is trying to organize folks. Everyone wants to be for self. THAT DON’T WORK!! Then you have the “nothing I do will matter” folks. THAT DON’T WORK!! Then you have the “that’s why I’m using the government” folks. THAT DON’T WORK!! Then you have the “well what is everybody else doing” folks. THAT.DOES.NOT.DAMN.WORK!!
They took that store video quick, fast and in a hurry before the store owner could even see it. I hope it still exists. And I hope they out the person who set him up in the first place by calling the police and claiming he pulled a gun on someone.
police wont start caring until folk radicalize and start shooting at them when they on the scene murdering citizens. not condoning this AT ALL!!! HI FBI, CIA, NSA, DOD, HOMELAND SECURITY, yall does a fine jizzob!!!!!
Me too. I’m actually afraid for me grown son to go outside. I live with this fear daily, but I press on.
Yes! I want to know who made that bogus phone call IF one was actually made.
I enjoyed doing that just now. I felt so powerful!! I don’t have to read this shyt!! Clickety click…BLOCKED!!!
TUH
O great, Sterling’s criminal history ??
Howie Lake was involved in an officer involved shooting in December 2014. They don’t know if he discharged his weapon in that situation. Most officers go through their entire careers without firing…let alone be involved in a murder.
Let’s hit them in the pockets!!! For real!!!!
Thank you Fendi! But I’m saying
Of course they’re quoting McClanahan “Thank God for Youtube…Iphones” SIGH?
I said the same thing. They are so scared of black men. Most white men would lose a fight to black men so when they have a gun their pasty asses feel safer.
So how long is this investigation going take? Will we know by Thanksgiving? X-Mas? Or will you wait until this time next year to tell that man’s family you won’t be doing anything?
We do get upset when we kill one another but the rest I agree on.
The Justice Department will investigate the public lynching of a black man in Baton Rouge, LA………….#Has Become A Common Procedure…….
Yes.
# Wait On It……………
I feel you. People are people, so as long as you have a pulse, regardless of age, race, gender, orientation, nationality, etc., we all deserve human rights. We deserve the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We should all have ample food, clothing, shelter, clean water and air that is pollutant free. Sadly, that’s just not the case. Yet, we allegedly live in a “free” country that is labeled a “melting pot.” Go figure.
I can see this definitely. You know they think they’re so delicate compared to us. I’ve had white women expect me to come to their aid. I look at them like they’ve lost all of their mind. I’ve also seen other Black women play into that role and I can only smh.
Chile, they played that one and the press conference with the mother and the poor grieving son on repeat during local news on the west coast… Pisst me all the way awf. The newscasters didn’t even express shock or outrage. Hell – they have more compassion when they report on a damn whale washing up on the beach. SMH.
I’M ALL FOR IT!! Every time I know about a not spending money day in protest, I take part. I like my money staying my money anyway. It may be hard but so is life in general. I’ll move around LOL.
I’m not going to be able to watch it at all. I can’t ?
we aint create the problems in our community…500 years of slavery, jim crow, and the crack ear did this to our community. cant fix a problem without cutting it at the root and at the root is caucasus mountian albinos
Sad sad world our children have to live in, it would be perfect if allllllllll the violence would cease. Too much like right, this shyt here burns you up, all of it just does….condolences to them and the many mothers losing their babies.
In other news the New Orleans saints are projected to go 8-8 in 2016 (& a 8 piece chicken special goes for $4.99 @ the Triple S Food Mart).
Interesting:
what about the marching folks,
the just gossiping coon folks
the burning down the stores folks
the folks that wont care in 4 weeks
the old folks that say lets just pray
the folks that says turn the other cheek
what do you suggest WILL work?
PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE!!! THE HELL!!
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Unfortunately, they’ll try to point our attention elsewhere. Hopefully no more deaths ??
america,
Coming together as a group and thinking of what will work, TOGETHER. My whole point is ONE PERSON CAN’T DO IT ALONE. If I had the answer, I would have implemented it already. To those that march and are trying something, kudos. But the pavement don’t care about my feet. The posters don’t care what I write and my chants fall on deaf ears.
Had he not called the police about CD’s this man would be alive and now he realized what his actions caused and is trying to make it right by speaking up. CD’s people what harm was that doing to his business.
I wish that we all would get so tired that we stop spending money.
They aliens I swear. Wish they’d get the fukk out our solar system.
I was a dispatcher for a PD, 1 mistake my @ss would have been suspended withOUT pay pending charges after an investigation due to a possible error on my part while the officer would have been out on paid leave with fundraisers being thrown,
Chile ?
I hesitated and did not want to watch the video, but I watched it anyway and I was so devastated that I literally felt like I was going to vomit. Like Sandra said, this is a modern day lynching. Having the cell phone cam recorders bring this to light. I guess it was always like this but now with the cam recorders it’s just right there in your face. Those cops need to get life in prison with no parole. I am so done with this country. Now they are drafting women to be in the military. If there was a draft, I wouldn’t support it. Like Mohammad Ali said I have to fight the oppression in this country first and not go to another country killing people and they aint to nothing to me. Well yall know what I mean, Ali said something along those lines though.
It’s disgusting , it took some people less than this to overthrow thrones and govs. What are people waiting for ?
To see his son break down like this breaks my heart! Damn Shame!
I was a mess. He needs many prayers.
Christmas is coming up so we have time to organize. We can do this!!!
Fukktards. Smh
Lol. They may spontaneously combust one day. If/when they do, we will remember this brief exchange. I wouldn’t be mad if they moved to Mars or just disappeared altogether. I would appreciate it. I don’t want to be hateful, but they really make me sick.
This breaks my heart!!!!
I hesitated watching the video and being that I saw this second post I went to go watch it and now I’m just so distraught. I am so flipping fed up. I don’t know what I’m capable of doing. God help.
They’re waiting for the out come? I can tell what the outcome will be for these cops ” NOT GUILTY” as usual. They shot him while he was subdued. How is that self defense?
They are delicate/weak…physically. But they make up for with guile and cunning.
seems like all black people do is wait on white folks to tell them what to do , how to think, what to say, what to wear, what to eat, who to screw, when to have babies, how to vote, what to learn who to worship, how to wear your hair, what a regular poop is.
#wakedaf*ckup
You’ll be waiting for that too unless he was a member of said community they are mute.
When anyone else is involved is involved in a shooting, they at least get arrested. Pending investigation and charges. Not them though. Paid leave chilling. Isn’t that what most dream of?
Would love to see more mainstream black men of all entertainment industries speak on this topic more. Stephen A Smith is worried about Kevin Durant and the radio rappers still talking about money cars and hos. I’m not saying to not speak on your genre of entertainment and make your money but damn… stand for something real or you are really not anything at all. Criminals should be held accountable for their actions in the appropriate manner for their crime.
I hate reading $hit like this.Im just tired of hearing cops killing us & walking away with a slap on the wrist.That man wasn’t doing anything threatened for them to kill him.God I’m over this.So disheartening that things will get better for us as black ppl.
What pissed me off the most was the body cam mess. All this to get them in place, and then they magically don’t record when we need them to?
Bullshyt
We should stop supporting these people you speak of.
It has me all in my feelings! I usually dont curse on the blog. This case won’t be any different than the rest. The nation watched as Eric Garner had the life chocked out of him using a illegal chock hold with impunity. ?
Those FEMA camps have coffins for a reason, eventually this entire country will be under martial law, they are going to try to disarm the citizens and then no lives will matter; sad days.
One of the newscasters said, even if it fell off, shouldn’t it still record? They just kept on talking.
I read somewhere some white woman yelled obscenities and kicked a cop in the genitals and taser nor gun shot did she receive.
I was thinking the same thing. I think a certain group are counting on us to kick things off.
God have mercy on this family. May they find some degree of justice.
I’m gonna exit this post now, before some troll shows up with some simple-minded explanation of why (even in the face of this unprovoked slaughter) BLM is an unworthy cause because of the rate of Black-on-Black crime (which has nothing to do with THIS story).
Willfully ignorant people and their transparent agendas make me tired. I can’t today.
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Exactly! How convenient that BOTH cams from 2 different officers happen to “fall off?”
Most would absolutely lose! What’s insane is them getting off for shooting us (Tamir Rice) in open carry states. Guns are legal…. just not for niggas. WTF?!
They are going to probably say he was doing something illegal (misdemeanor trespassing due to solicitation) while carrying an illegal firearm so, somehow this was his fault. I don’t know what law book says those two crimes sentence a man to death and especially without arrest, due process, conviction and sentencing.
These NBA contracts have gotten out of hand. It’s funny and cute, until something like this happens. I mean, get your money and your worth, it’s a job, a career, but people in certain positions definitely need to speak up.
Bless you and your son, smh. :hugs:
Questions the people wanna phucking know!
Please. This administration is only concerned with the “optics” for black issues. No real action or resolution.
+1
Cop shootings should always be trial by jury… never trial by judge.
What happened to the dash cam?
I am literally in tearS. I can’t stop kissing my son . I am dreading the day that I have to tell him that police are not always going to protect him . I have to tell my baby boy that he’s viewed as animal one day ..no matter how much ivteach , no matter the caliber of his education . One day he will he views as a savage . His mere existence provokes fear & hatred . One day I gotta tell my baby his skin is a threat to those in power . I am so sick right now . Am on vacay that’s why I haven’t been around . Y’all hve a good day.
At least there may be some hope. So glad the DOJ is an AA because I know their kind would not investigate
Well I had to log off twitter this morning after the vid up top was initially release, cause…emotions ?. But I know when I was on IG for a little bit I saw Meek, Fetty, and Ty dolla sign speaking out on it. I’m sure more have as well.
CURRENTLY BEING EDITED
Im not surprised. I seen a white women cuss a white cop out and he didn’t do sh*t.
I tried to talk to my son about race and how he may be seen as a threat to some. he’s so sheltered and had it so good that he doesn’t even believe me, which scares the hell out of me.
SIGH, CHOPPED AND SCREWED
Sandra it was truelly murder. I had the opportunity to see a video that has know disappeared. But he had no gun in his hand. And he only reacted by natural instinct of self preservation. He mostly moved from being tazzed. He was pinned down and murded. Now i’m mad. Now I am awake. No justice no Peace.
If they are found guilty Ill eat my keyboard..
Yup…kill us with impunity and even get a paid vacation to boot. Smh. On TAX PAYER’S dime *sigh*
I’m personally afraid that THIS gonna be new excuse! Was there body cam?
It wasn’t working. Fell off. Etc egg fukkin cetera
Your absolutely right.They’re going to spin it around like did everyone else smh.But if u took the weapon from him what was the point of shooting?Im crying right now.This breaks my heart.This could be me,you,one of our family members-whomever is black.
CUE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE OR SIMILAR…
Yes but a few social media posts isn’t going to hit mainstream… put this in your music.. your #1 single. Pull a Beyonce and put it in your video. (no Bey stan) Put it in your acceptance speech, talk about it during your touring interviews. Tell it to Harvey when he has you on the TMZ live cam trying to talk about your latest scandal.
Each other.
true but if they’re so scared of the boogey man in the middle east, why are they treating us like the terrorist…something in the milk aint clean
Yes, where is Steve Harvey talking about it on his talk show? Michael Strahan scared to get fired from GMA and his new game show? Like… open your mouth niggas!
Well timelines for these cases in the past would suggest the JD will release a statement this time next year announcing that no charges will be filed and their investigation has come to an end. All par for the course
My guess is that evidence was destroyed before the story even received national coverage.
Every time I watch that rookie cop struggle with his gun, I get more and more in my feelings. He was shook. SHOOK! I have white, real white family members and we need to have a discussion.
This excuse was prepared for them and the others in case they ever found themselves in this situation. If accepted, it will be standard just like you said.
Its sad in 2017 we still have to have these discussions … The more things change the more they stay the same .
Some basic fuq sh!t you say?!
We looking left and right waiting for the person next to us to make a move?
Sadly I agree. And that was one of the primary things activists demanded when the movement started. Now we have them and chit like this keeps happening anyway…
Am not a Bey stan neither but she earned my respect . It was so major the performance of Blk Pride during the super bowl . That’s why Ali’s death was devastating to me . He was the last public figure of his kind . He stood for his ppl even if it meant jeopardizing everything he had . All these mfs now care abt is the Money & the fame .
We are on same wavelength! !!
I been sleep for 6 months…j/k
Sad but true. PEP7 asks questions and it breaks my heart having to give her the answers. She asks the officers we know to. Especially the white ones (MamaPEP works at a PD, not a cop).
This has been going on for hundreds of hears . We will be outraged the cops will get off and things will go right back to normal until the next time this happens and we start it all over again !!!!
I get it, but I ain’t buying it. So they believe Us to have all these “superhuman” abilities EXCEPT for the ability to see through their b.s.? Oh, I forgot… these views concern physical and spiritual ‘abilities’ …I guarantee there won’t be any findings indicating that they associate Us with any superhuman cerebral abilities. This all sounds like a bunch of “scientific” excuses to me. Oh, Becky’s not racist, she just suffers from Super-Human Implicit Thinking ( or S.H.I.T. on the brain). Let me go crack my car windows… I need the walk…
I hear you, Sis. All of them…actors, writers, music artists, athletes should use their platforms more effectively. It’s why many of us championed Jesse’s speech…we want more of our entertainers to do the same.
They could care less about a video I’m convinced if they looked directly in the screen and said “I’m going to kill this nig” they would spin it and say he felt threatened in his spirit and wasn’t thinking clearly due to fear, so yeah…
I am sure he is another thug like michael brown
He had a gun and now he is no longer an issue
one more criminal off the streets
They are done by a grand jury which is how they all get off with very little done to them and I think thats part of the problem
Police ain’t nothing but what it started out as ..slave patrol… Same badge , same fear , just a uniform now ..
Does anyone wonder what this does for our emotional well being – watching this stuff over and over and over? It’s traumatizing.
Come thru Truth!
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Come through with the truth, Sis! Preach!
Ugh .. That’s good she’s asking questions . I Believe as parents it is our responsibility to prepare our kids for the world , good & bad . I rather we teach our children than letting socitey teach them.
Same shit different day, unless you’re willing to shoot back nothing will change, on a side note it’s been 558 related cop killings this year in Amerikkka!!!
That’s why I’m thankful she uploaded/released it before they could confiscate her phone or place her under arrest for “obstruction.”
My son and watched the video on cnn, along with the son’s mother’s press conference. He said he hates white people bc they don’t like us (has been saying this since watching a civil rights movie when he was 5). I know he doesn’t mean it bc his buddy is white! But I have to explain to him things he can and cannot do. Like ______ may be able to do xyz, you have to be cautious. Also have a nephew going to college and his friends are white. We had to explain to him that he may be seen as a threat, 18 yo & 6 ft tall. It’s not fair that we have to have these conversations with our sons but hey…
We get use to it . Just like television …its programming.. Think abt it ..are you honestly shocked ? Hurt yes, but not shocked BC this is the norm .
Have you shot back?
Yes, Jesse didn’t say anything biblical… it’s just the fact that he openly SAID SOMETHING on a large platform.
The are just using the “It fell off” excuse as a means to justify shooting him… You know, he was resisting arrest and reaching for his gun and all… smh
Another soulless person.
I believe so. I was really shocked after Mike Brown, especially so close after Travon Martin and Mr asked was I really surprised
F ü k k You
Riiight!
There’s a new post that’s for distraction, I’m convinced
Wrong forum to discuss this.
It’s time to turn off the programing.
Cheers ?
Right ..I am really hurt but not shocked . This ain’t the 1st time & it won’t be the last unless we do something but I have no idea what we could do . ??
We need to stop floating this country on our trillions we spend.
Did you see the ESPN OJ special? In the 60s when black athletes were speaking out about civil rights. It was like he wanted no parts of it.
That’s the problem…conversations have to be had, without distractions
Them millionaires and billionaires not helping. Large scale like when bball players stand up and support is where it truly hurts
You are so right . We have the power to change it but we gotta unify .
You better TELL IT!!!!
I know we can do it. MLK did it with the bus boycott.
Somebody said its not a distraction , they can walk & talk at the same time .
Does it not seem strange to you that only black people blame each other for other races killing them. Like white people didn’t blame other white people for 911(just to illustrate), and say they weren’t allowed to demand justice and mourn because white on white crime exists.
ok lol, im with you totally
We don’t need them tho ..it would be nice but we could do it . Fuk a Xmas until Flint gets better water or these cops start catching jail time . Fuk these name brand shoes until these house niccas that we support stand with us .
Exactly!!!! They suddenly have voices when it comes to their issues.
I see you’re a racist that’s a native of Arizona. You assume all black people are thugs and their deaths are always justified.
I have been saying this from day one. Sadly we as a black culture will CONTINUE to fuel the white economy with our money. Only to never receive any justice. We are to caught up on cars, celebrities, gucci, red bottoms, and purses. This they know…and they will continue to kill a black life every SINGLE chance that they get. We will cry about it for a day or two….then go shopping at the mall. Smh…
You misspelled white, but soulless fits too.
the Justice Department is moving fast on this one…
But are they really going to do anything?
Enough is enough!
As can I
Leaving this here.
It worked for the people of Zimbabwe. Someone just alerted me to what they did in order to effectuate racial justice. We have to start opening our own businesses in our own communities, catering to our own and supporting our own. They’re reliant upon us, but the paradigm has shifted to such an extent that far too many of us are interdependent on white people in order for us to earn a dollar. How are we the teams yet they are the owners? You can’t own a team without having a team. We are the recording artists yet they own the labels and the distribution companies, which gives them control over our output. It doesn’t make sense, and it has to change. We are the least financially solvent people in the country, yet the greatest consumers. The wealth is there. We’re simply not allocating our resources properly and placing emphasis on saving and investing in ourselves.
I really really wish we’d go back to our roots and take care of business Nat Turner style. White folks live and die by the sword, so its time we use that against them.
? What and how it is presented.
They intend for it to desensitize us so that we view it as normal. Same thing as lynching slaves before the others – it was just as much to desensitize as it was to frighten.
White supremacy only responds to two things and one of them is the loss of resources
So no one is going to mention that in the video, the police shot him with a taser TWICE and he still attempted to walk off? From there, he was slammed to the ground where he resisted with a gun in his pocket. I would’ve shot his butt too. We don’t know what that man could’ve done. In this case, he was at fault. All he had to do was follow the cops orders or he probably would’ve been alive today.
Save me some
Ain’t trying to be disrespectful to the movie Underground or our history of slavery but that is a fine slave.
This!!!!! I say it all the time. We gotta hit me where it hurts!
When I first watched it, I was talking to the screen, “Just lie down ,stop struggling! “. Not to say the cops are right but we know what they are capable of.
Yep after they have hijacked the Civil Rights Movement to benefit them and push us aside. Didn’t Jesse speak on that as well. I wanna also thank the Alton for showing the whole world that even though he didn’t live a big mansion he loved his kids and was involved in their lives. His son tears speaks volumes of that. Because the media would have been quick to say he was a bad father and wasn’t involved in their lives, typical deadbeat, ghetto baby daddy. THANK YOU.
Tell you a story…My son was the same, all “Mama that’s old stuff, don’t nobody act like that no more. Matt’s not like that” blah blah blah. Some background, my kid is 5’8″ at 14 years old. At the time was 13. Clean cut, respectful, well-liked, what people would call a “safe” black kid. Which I loathe that phrase. Anyway, I did not understand why he didn’t get it. They go to mostly white schools, but Bishop (my hubby) and I always make sure they know what time it is abt race relations. And after Travon, Eric, Rekia, etc he just seemed oblivious. One morning I got a call at 9AM from son. He was at the bus stop with another girl (also black). Said police zoomed up with the car half in the street. Jumped out (he said the cop’s hand was on the holster) and yelled “You kids stay off the grass! We’ve been getting complaints. Only stand on the sidewalks. Got It!?” Mind you the house they stood at was empty. My son said the girl was getting visibly upset (as in mad) so he said “We apologize sir” (I don’t let my kids say I’m sorry) while holding both of his hands in the defensive stand – palms out. That’s how Bishop trained him. The cop gave them one last mean look and left. Said the girl was going off. His voice was shaking and he wanted to come home. After that, he got it. I say that to tell you that unfortunately, the world will teach him sis. It took this for my son to wake up. Of course we were mad and wanted the cop’s number – but the damage was done. And this happened in a so called “better” neighborhood.
Like Zimmerman and other white men who have killed blac men on TV, they will receive their bounty to pay for attorney fees and exclusive membership into the KKK.
so you are another racist, huh
He had a gun and now he will never use it on an innocent
I just used the word bounty talking to someone the other day. They get rich after these murders and ride off into the sun.
No I am not a racist but your comment shows you are
you are probably right
Alton Sterling was soulless
cops lives matter !
I love these people that show their racism by jumping to conclusions
I am a minority and they are all racist idiots
They should probably stop committing crimes
I don’t see any of you talking about all the black on black murders
That is a real travesty
The real travesty is that God continues to allow you to wake up everyday. He has a plan for your life. Understandable. Just because you have a pulse, it doesn’t mean I owe you any consideration.
On that note… Blocked.
I wake up since I don’t commit crimes or fight with the popo
I would like to thank you for being a low life
peace
Both cops are placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.
So no one is going to mention that in the video, the police shot him with a taser TWICE and he still attempted to walk off? From there, he was slammed to the ground where he resisted with a gun in his pocket. I would’ve shot his butt too. We don’t know what that man could’ve done. In this case, he was at fault. All he had to do was follow the cops orders or he probably would’ve been alive today.
they are also exonerated since the person that was killed is usually a criminal
BTW zimmerman is Hispanic so your racism is showing, please get it fixed cricket404
as I have said he was a thug
case closed
Fee, you know what? Does it matter? I mean, really? Everytime you see blue and red lights you shouldn’t feel your heart drop to your feet and pray don’t let THIS stop be my ending. You shouldn’t have to wonder will I see my family and kids again, will they watch me be brutalized or killed. What the hayle man?
That man walking away is not posing a threat. Was he within his rights? I don’t know. Dd he know his rights and say something they didn’t like? I don’t know, and unfortunately, too many times ALL the evidence is not presented to show bias. I’m just tired.
People of another hue are going to continue to say “he should have…” until they experience the same feelings other families have felt when their people didn’t come back home from buying a bag of Skittles, riding shot gun in a car, going to shop at Wal-Mart, selling loosies, making a wrong turn or just plain minding their business walking Mojitos.
Zimmerman kissed the ring of white supremacy. I could care less about being called a racist. Alton was murdered! At the time of his altercation he was not in the act of commiting a crime, everything else is hearsay. LA is a open carry state, why would he be killed for utilizing his constitutional right to bear arms? Because he was big and black and acted free. #staywoke
blocked
I see you are not only a racist but a coward too
Zimmerman is Hispanic
I saw the video, you are a liar.
he fought with cops
He was tazed 2 times and still was fighting
when you fight with cops you die
end of story
cricket404 you are a racist Go get help
Thanks for sharing. Sad as it is, this will be the only way my son will find out that he is black FIRST. People see and fear our race even though he is a sweet kid. It will be sad and a piece of his innocence will be gone, but it will happen. I just wanted to prepare him. This stuff really is heartbreaking, we shouldn’t have to have these talks with our kids but we do because it could end up saving their lives!
Everytime you see blue and red lights you shouldn’t feel your heart drop to your feet and pray don’t let THIS stop be my ending
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But this is my point. Like watching a horror movie, you see the girl go in the house, you’re yelling “don’t go in there” bc you know the outcome. Same here. Of course we shouldn’t have to feel this way. Of course they were wrong. Given the last few incidences, ON VIDEO, you know what’s going to happen.
Exactly. Also they lied about the gun. This man had no gun.
Wow! ? I’ve come to expect the worst from Amerikkka.
Wow. Same what I was saying about my son & nephew. And my son’s friend’s parents are always talking about how “well-mannered” he is. Like, did you expect otherwise bc he’s black?
yes the democrats get rich from these tragedies
The democrats don’t back the minorities
Why do the democrats keep trying to call illegal immigrants UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS?
Because Undocumented workers are slaves. Dems love slaves. They tried to stop the 13 amendment and failed.
Illegal aliens are not slaves they are ppl here illegally.
anyone that follows the democrats are morons. Unless you are filthy rich then you are probably a democrat. it is how the extremely rich deal with their guilt.
He was the father of five children from different partners.
He had a criminal history consisting of sexual intercourse with a minor under age 17 in 2000.
He pleaded guilty to illegally carrying a weapon and possession of marijuana in 2009.
He lived at a shelter.
A warrant was sent for his arrest in 2015 for failure to register as a sex offender, among other crimes.
Sterling had been carrying a gun illegally at the time of his death.
terrible when someone dies but this one was a criminal and a thug.
Zimmerman is not white
I am not white
Alton fought the cops
threatened someone with a gun
Now he is dead because he was a thug
You don’t have to be white to be a racist
You may not know it but you are a racist
I have been vindicated with the release of his rap sheet
He was a thug and the world is a tiny bit better now.
How did you get this information?
Somebody called the police on the man. Would like to know who claimed Sterling pointed a gun?
Yep
there is this thing called google
“alton sterling rap sheet”
They have the gun that was in Alton’s pocket in evidence
Everyone knows how this investigation will end as others, time and time again have ended. They do this when black people are angry to make it seem like they care, they don’t. A year from now they will close it saying not enough evidence. Go Figure!
Preach. They don’t give a damn. They get acquitted every time.
Well in the case of Mojito, The crazy lady who attacked his owner until she got the fire knocked out of her, was actually arrested. That video was hilarious !
Your mother
We all know the results of this!!!
No charges
Results….no wrong doing occurred officers exonerated!!!! End of investigation
Please watch it I’m very sensitive but I had to see it just to see how this is going to be investigated you might be our next leader…please watch it
Damn Nucy, smh …You breakin’ my heart. Your baby is precious and he deserves every chance and opportunity to be unobstructed in his quest to becoming a great man, period. Hug him for me and please know that we all believe in his potential to become a great Black Man. :hugs:
Thank you . I’ve been crying on & off all day . I am just really hurt . :hugs:
So sick of this…rise up people take back our kids or husbands and wives or sisters and brothers because no one else will.
Alton Sterling is a hero. Devoted family man father of five independent vendor business man supporting his family. Murdered at his place of employment by two uncivilized criminal police officers. Thank God people are standing up for Mr. Sterling’s good name and standing by his family.
But black folks continuously tear each other’s businesses down. Crab in the barrel mentality is so deeply ingrained black folks literally are sickened by the sight of black folks, regular black folks, making a way for themselves. It’s ok for glorified minstrel show reality show stars to have big God forbid regular black folks locksmith or carpet cleaning business jumps off someone’s trying to sabotage.
I’m already for the spin that they will put on it to deem it justified. This is so disgusting. I wasn’t born in the 60’s or prevent civil rights era but it seems like we are reliving those unjust times. My heart hurts for that child and his family.
I’m already for the spin that they will put on it to deem it justified. This is so disgusting. I wasn’t born in the 60’s or prevent civil rights era but it seems like we are reliving those unjust times. My heart hurts for that child and his family.
Agreed. But we still have to keep forging ahead. You’re so right. People will put their full support behind people for all the wrong reasons, but they won’t be a blessing to those who have been present and accounted for in their lives. I’m experiencing that right now.
One monkey, nor a barrel of monkeys, can or will stop your show when you have a plan. Implement that plan, take proper action, plant your seeds, water them and watch your harvest grow. That’s what I was doing right before I clicked back over to Disqus.
Grind while others sleep. It is going to take tremendous patience, perseverance and hard work to make it today, but it is possible.
One question… if he were gay, what would have been President Obama’s response?
racist
They gone investigate and do NOTHING!!
Preach!! Perfect example Jay Z’s Tidal vs Apple music most blacks support Apple in ALL their businesses all these IPhones. People was wanting Tidal to fail it was so bad Jay made a rap goin in on the black race for not supporting him but we support Apple??
thank you for showing you are a racist
I am a minority
You’re not black. You and your kind will pay, bye.
My black is isn’t a minority I’m not less then anyone . I’m going to assume you’re either plain ole white or a white Hispanic. I’m going with the former, liar.
White hispanic
You sir are a racist pile of feces
You are white! How the hell are you an so called minority when you’re a white Hispanic? You a white person that speaks Spanish that’s it. Stop trying to hide behind the Hispanic part! YOU’RE ASS IS STILL WHITE, WHITE AND SO MORE WHITE! FYI IM A BLACK WOMEN YOU WENCH! BLACKS CANNOT BE RACIST BUT YOU RACIST WHITE HISPANICS ARE AND CAN BE IGNORANT BITCH! I GUESS THATS WHY TELEMUNDO IS FILLED WITH WHITE HISPANICS LIKE YOUSELF AKA INVADER’S WHILE THE BLACKS LIKE MY SELF ARE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3b217cd6dfc0baec4254a389a5e0b36e1ea6fee6f72936344161b22bb4a1d9f4.jpg
You’re a racist white Hispanic from the Bronx, that currently lives in Arizona. I know your kind and the mind set you all have go to hell. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f70340177ecbe0afcdd890a516edc54928b9f8aa8b11c5e039135f08c8d6fa0a.jpg
I am not hispanic
Jahnee you are a racist pile of feces
you sir are the definition of a racist
please go play in the street
Go away cave broad.
You didn’t read my comment you basic bitch. I don’t care if you think I’m a racist even though I proved its impossible for blacks to be . It makes you feel better because you are an inferior dog with pale skin that burns in the sun. ? Go cry your salty white tears some where else.
It is not impossible for blacks to be racist ask Chris Rock
You are not only a racist pile of feces you are an idiot
Go play on a freeway
you are not only a racist you are an idiot
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you can post what you want
but in the end
you are still a racist pile of feces
Ask Chris rock? Really? Lmao. Blacks can’t be racist ASK MALCOLM X ! Your a racist ignorant piece of shit and I will no longer waste my time talking you. You’re inferior deal with it! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1ed9e652a6ef05f3141cbf8791f62e41956b223177d2aad432ece5b6810cfaa0.gif https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f7e07679010a3cb72fb05c7d335171e8587eecb5b0f688670a1c6ed5bdc17cbf.gif https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/39a8aa42900f4d5e9e3887ec7daed755e82fb5f8368d67eb22834dfbcd5183cc.gif
You’re a racist ignorant piece of SHIT, STEAMING PILE OF ELEPHANT SHIT TO BE EXACT. You know I’m right but what little pride you degenerate ass has left won’t allow your racist ass to admit it. I’m also florist, a colorist, a blackist a foodist , a musicist etc. I’m all the ist ending words. You’re still a racist ignorant steaming , stanking pile of SHIT!
you are a racist imbecile
You are the poster child for a terrible human being
you are a racist imbecile
You are the poster child for a terrible human being
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racist pig
go play on the freeway
Um according to YOUR SCIENCE cave women, your closer to a pig genetically than I am. Mongrel. Awwww poor dogs upset because her people are devils and she refuses to accept it and chooses to harass black people instead. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/330ea54bc8d37c38a482ee7c805e779d51765bc2758a235b20ca31c66fe2d9d7.gif
The hating slave mentality has sabotaged many a firecely organized, planned, and executed businesses started by brothers and sisters. Hating brothers and sisters, even conscious woke brothers and sisters, will team up with whites to destroy black owned businesses. It’s so far gone that black folks don’t even think a brand or business is valid unless it’s white owned. Long long road ahead til the hating slave mentality is purged.
Agreed.
Exactly.
The hating slave mentality thinks it’s ok to make to make Steve Job’s Apple richer, or Bill Gates Microsoft richer, but will boycott Jay Z’s Tidal because they hate to see a black entrepreneur richer.
It’s heartbreaking right?
If America saw that brothers and sisters had unity racists would think twice about these lynchings.
Absolutely! I hope and pray in our lifetimes that we can unify so America will witness it and treat us with the dignity and respect we deserve as human beings and PoC.
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There’s a long long long way before black folks stop being more afraid of freedom than slavery.
People have to recondition themselves to believe they are worthy of freedom, they can handle freedom when it comes and they can sustain themselves without being interdependent upon who’re people. They need us, not the other way around. Their trickery teaches us to believe otherwise.
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I was out yesterday around them. I didn’t want to feel the hatred I felt, my parents didn’t raise me that way. I just felt so full of hate for them, I just wanted them to disappear. I didn’t want violence, I just wanted them gone.
I watched these white kids hangout at this little spot in front of a popular grocery store chain and no police are ever there to terrorize them. They were truly in bliss. All I could think about was the fact young black kids could never do that.
so sad. The one thing the white man fears is the black man. They are TRAINED to kill. There’s no wounding or tasering the “suspect”, straight shoot to kill. When is it going to end.
racist pig
racist pig
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Jahnee
you are a racist moron
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not only are a you a racist you are a moron too
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you are a racist
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You’re the racist which is why you’re posting pics of monkeys and other picture mocking black people and males. I’ve told you im not a man yet since your so racist and ignorant you ignore what I post and continue to stereotype black people.
i’m just posting pics in the hope you shut up
However you showed your racism again
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You’re lying , so now you’re going to switch it up.
You could ignore me , but your racism and need for control won’t let you so you keep going hoping I’ll stop because you say so. Now you think you’re in control of me, because your privileged deludes you into thinking that.
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