December 2014

Tyrese And His Daughter Shayla March And Stage A Die-In To Protest Police Killings

Sylvester December 8, 2014

Today we made a statement – in this life it’s not about ONLY taking a stand for the things that effect you directly – it’s about taking a stand on behalf of “Humanity”…. I can’t rest until things are different – today we marched a multi ethnic March on behalf of peace and integrity – if you don’t stand for something you will for for anything – safety in our communities and the belief in the “system” needs to be restored – the power in numbers was displayed today/. As comfortable as one would assume I am – I am very uncomfortable cause I have a daughter and we ALL deserve to feel safe……. We don’t call 911 to BE murdered we call them to protect us from being murdered- this need to change-

He wrote in his Instagram

Rabbis Arrested In NYC Protest

Sylvester December 6, 2014

Several prominent rabbis and the president of a national teachers union were arrested Thursday night while protesting police brutality.
Rabbis Sharon Kleinbaum, Jill Jacobs, and Shai Held, along with Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, were taken into custody for blocking traffic to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict the New York police officer who choked Staten Island resident Eric Garner to death. The protests, held on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, were organized by the organization Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
Kleinbaum is the longtime rabbi at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the country’s largest LGBT synagogue, and is also Weingarten’s partner. Directly before the protest, she was honored by JFREF with a Marshall T. Meyer Risk Taker Award at nearby Congregation B’nai Jeshurun.
Attendees at the ceremony read the names of more than 20 black males who had been killed by New York police, followed by the phrase, “I am responsible.” They then marched to the nearby intersection at 96th and Broadway — blocking traffic and holding protest signs.

Entertainment

Rapper Beanie Sigel SHOT After Fight!!

Sylvester December 5, 2014

Philadelphia rapper Beanie Sigel has been shot after an apparent fight outside a Jersey Shore home, police tell NBC10. His attorney believes the rapper was not the intended target.
The shooting happened around 9:45 a.m. outside Sigel’s home along the 800 block of Spruce Avenue in Pleasantville, New Jersey, police said.
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Sigel, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was hit in the back, his attorney Fortunato Perri, Jr. told NBC10. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition and is currently in surgery. Police originally believed Sigel was shot in the stomach.
Another man was injured in the altercation, but was not shot, police said. He is being questioned by detectives.

Bill Cosby Extortion

Sylvester December 5, 2014

Bill Cosby is lashing out at the woman who claims he got her drunk and then sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in 1974 … saying she’s a liar who tried extorting him and raising the price as new women came forward.

Cosby just filed legal docs — obtained by TMZ — in which he says Judy Huth’s lawyer approached his attorney, Marty Singer, last month and made “ominous references to criminal penalties.” The docs say Huth’s lawyer demanded $100K for silence, and later increased the demand to $250K as more women came forward.

In the new docs, Cosby notes the woman — who is now 56 years old — tried to sell the story to the tabloids around 10 years ago but no one bit. So the comedian says it’s total BS that she would now say she had a repressed memory, which would allow her to file a civil lawsuit. In other words, she’d have to file suit within 3 years of the time she remembered, but she supposedly remembered a decade ago.

The docs say her story falls apart because she claims she and Cosby played a “drinking game” 40 years ago … yet Cosby is “a life-long non-drinker.”

The docs also say Huth’s lawyer was sketchy when he tried squeezing money out of Cosby, not even knowing if Huth went to a therapist.

Cosby is demanding that the lawsuit get dismissed, and he wants monetary sanctions as well.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3L1s2EfXa

Bill Cosby thanks Whoopi Goldberg and Jill Scott for Defending Him Amid Rape Allegations by Chris Witherspoon

Sylvester December 4, 2014

Last month, Goldberg came to Cosby’s defense during a heated debate with her co-hosts on The View, saying she had “a lot of questions” about the rape claims and would “reserve judgement.”

“Perhaps the police might have believed it. Or the hospital. Don’t you do a kit when you say someone has raped you?” she asked. “Don’t the cops take you into a hospital for a kit?”

Monday, Scott got into it with a few of her nearly one million followers about whether or not folks are condemning Cosby too quickly.

One of her followers suggested Scott didn’t understand how to use her platform on social media and that the singer’s support of Cosby was proof she was misinformed.

Kelly Rowland’s Mom and Todd Tucker’s Mom Have Died

Sylvester December 3, 2014

Our thoughts and prayers are with Todd Tucker and Kandi Burruss as they mourn the sudden loss of Todd’s mother, Miss Sharon. While in New York on Monday, the beloved Real Housewives of Atlanta star suffered a stroke and never regained consciousness after slipping into a coma. Less than 24 hours, Miss Sharon was pronounced dead.

News of the loss has already been confirmed by both Todd and Kandi. The couple took to Instagram to issue heartbreaking statements.

There’s also word that Kelly Rowland’s mom, Doris Garrison, has also died after battling an ailment. Her death comes just weeks after her grandson Titan was born. News of her passing has yet to be officially confirmed, but friends of Miss Doris, including an ABC13 Houston news reporter, began offering their condolences on Twitter last night.

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