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...::The Media Was A Catalyst In Death Of Detroit Girl

Aiyana Jones, age 7


Dominika Stanley and Charles Jones, the parents of Aiyana Jones

Kimora Lee Simmons, model, designer and businesswoman, comments on the media's role the 17.May.2010 killing by Detroit cops of Aiyana Jones...

Damn Detroit Police Department! You burned, shot and killed Aiyana Jones, a little seven year old girl.

You threw a stun grenade through the front window and lit the little girl’s blanket on fire! And then you shot off a bullet that [pierced] her neck! ...

First you said that the grandmother attacked the officer who pulled the trigger that pierced the neck of Aiyana, and now you have revised your story to say that the grandmother "may have simply collided" with the officer.

No matter what happened, you should never have used those tactics, because there were children in the house. And of course you knew that - since there were toys all over the front lawn!...

How, in this age of unfettered technology, did you get this so wrong?!! It’s my sincere hope that the cameras for A&E’s “The First 48” television series that trailed you and filmed the whole incident didn’t spur your heroics! I know reality shows, very well indeed. Please tell me that this wasn't a performance for the cameras!

And here is an important commentary on how the media and cops boost each other in deadly situations.

The wails and cries of Aiyana's grandmother, Mertilla Jones, are some of the most heartwrenching scenes you will ever see [toward the end of the video].

There is also a Facebook page on Aiyana's behalf.

...::Race Bias In The Babies

Children pick skin tones they like as CNN's Anderson Cooper watches

White children have an overwhelming white bias, and black children also have a bias toward white, according to a new study commissioned by CNN. Nearly 60 years after school "integration", and more than a year after the election of the first Black president, white children have a white bias, and Black children also have a white bias, says CNN.

...Jill Scott And The Roots Live Onstage... 'Nuff Said

I dare you to sit still through this. Notice Jill's wrists...

...::Death At A Movie Theater

Tracy Morgan is in "Death at a Funeral"

Tracy Morgan at the film premiere

Wherever you put Loretta Devine [right] on a scale of 1 to 10, your number would be lower after this film. Save yourself the disappointment.


Don't go see "Death at a Funeral". Sick. Sick in the bad sense, yall. Loretta Devine and Danny Glover should be ashamed. One character walked around with sh-t visible and smelling on his face and shirt for a great part of the film. What are the producers and director trying to say? "Black folks are so low down that they will tolerate smelling, visible feces on somebody at a funeral". Would you tolerate that?? I didn't think so. I almost walked out. The message stank to high heaven.

...::Calling For Obama's Death-- 1,100,000 Strong

We have talked before about the people who have made threats on the life of President Obama. Now a Facebook group has joined the herd. It is asking God for Obama's death. The group has a long, unusual name-- "Dear Lord, this year you took my favorite actor, Patrick Swayzie. You took my favorite actress, Farah Fawcett. You took my favorite singer, Michael Jackson. I just wanted to let you know, my favorite President is Barack Obama. Amen." The group has more than 1,100,000 members. No joke. For earlier items, just click the word "Assassination" right below here...