Author: Ezra Grant

I'm just tired of the lies and nonsense coming from the GOP, so this is my little contribution to combat the nonsense!

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Ray Rice

Ray Rice Wins Appeal – Indefinite Suspension is Over

It’s Darren Wilson can shoot and kill an unarmed teenager and get away without even being tried in court, then why can’t Ray Rice, who did an unspeakable thing of beating his wife, why can’t he get a second chance?

Well, seems like he is getting another chance. Rice, who was suspended indefinitely earlier this year for beating and knocking out his wife in an elevator, got the news that his indefinite suspension from the NFL is officially over.

“The suspension has been vacated,” George Atallah, the assistant executive director of external affairs for the players’ union, said.

Rice issued a written statement thanking his supporters, “most importantly, my wife Janay.”

“I made an inexcusable mistake and accept full responsibility for my actions,” Rice said, referring to two disturbing videos that show him knocking out his now-wife, Janay Rice, on an elevator in a casino in Atlantic City on February 15. “I am thankful that there was a proper appeals process in place to address this issue.”

He said he will continue to work hard to improve himself and learn from his mistakes.

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Protester Hugs Police During Portland’s ‘Ferguson’ Protests – PIC

As thousands gathered to make their voices heard during a rally earlier this week, one officer and a young man paused to hear each other out.

This image, shot by freelance photographer Johnny Nguyen, shows Portland Police Sgt. Bret Barnum hugging 12-year-old Devonte Hart during the Ferguson demonstration in Portland on Nov. 25, 2014.

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New Orleans Saints Player Shares His Feelings on Darren Wilson’s Verdict

The following post was written by New Orleans Saints tight-end, Benjamin Watson. The 33 year old wrote the post and shared it on his Facebook page after hearing that Darren Wilson will not even face a trial for killing Ferguson teenager, Mike Brown. His post has since gone viral.

At some point while I was playing or preparing to play Monday Night Football, the news broke about the Ferguson Decision. After trying to figure out how I felt, I decided to write it down. Here are my thoughts:
I’M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.

I’M FRUSTRATED, because pop culture, music and movies glorify these types of police citizen altercations and promote an invincible attitude that continues to get young men killed in real life, away from safety movie sets and music studios.

I’M FEARFUL because in the back of my mind I know that although I’m a law abiding citizen I could still be looked upon as a “threat” to those who don’t know me. So I will continue to have to go the extra mile to earn the benefit of the doubt.

I’M EMBARRASSED because the looting, violent protests, and law breaking only confirm, and in the minds of many, validate, the stereotypes and thus the inferior treatment.

I’M SAD, because another young life was lost from his family, the racial divide has widened, a community is in shambles, accusations, insensitivity hurt and hatred are boiling over, and we may never know the truth about what happened that day.

I’M SYMPATHETIC, because I wasn’t there so I don’t know exactly what happened. Maybe Darren Wilson acted within his rights and duty as an officer of the law and killed Michael Brown in self defense like any of us would in the circumstance. Now he has to fear the backlash against himself and his loved ones when he was only doing his job. What a horrible thing to endure. OR maybe he provoked Michael and ignited the series of events that led to him eventually murdering the young man to prove a point.

I’M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I’ve seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.

I’M CONFUSED, because I don’t know why it’s so hard to obey a policeman. You will not win!!! And I don’t know why some policeman (sic) abuse their power. Power is a responsibility, not a weapon to brandish and lord over the populace.

I’M INTROSPECTIVE, because sometimes I want to take “our” side without looking at the facts in situations like these. Sometimes I feel like it’s us against them. Sometimes I’m just as prejudiced as people I point fingers at. And that’s not right. How can I look at white skin and make assumptions but not want assumptions made about me? That’s not right.

I’M HOPELESS, because I’ve lived long enough to expect things like this to continue to happen. I’m not surprised and at some point my little children are going to inherit the weight of being a minority and all that it entails.

I’M HOPEFUL, because I know that while we still have race issues in America, we enjoy a much different normal than those of our parents and grandparents. I see it in my personal relationships with teammates, friends and mentors. And it’s a beautiful thing.

I’M ENCOURAGED, because ultimately the problem is not a SKIN problem, it is a SIN problem. SIN is the reason we rebel against authority. SIN is the reason we abuse our authority. SIN is the reason we are racist, prejudiced and lie to cover for our own. SIN is the reason we riot, loot and burn.

BUT I’M ENCOURAGED because God has provided a solution for sin through the his son Jesus and with it, a transformed heart and mind. One that’s capable of looking past the outward and seeing what’s truly important in every human being. The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It’s the Gospel. So, finally, I’M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.

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Mike Brown’s Mother Talks about Thanksgiving Without Her Son – Video

While Mike Brown’s murderer, Darren Wilson, spoke about how excited he was about living his life and expecting his baby, the mother of the teenager Darren killed spoke about hearing the grand jury’s decision not to indict Darren Wilson and thanksgiving without her son.

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Mike Brown Shooting

More Good News for Darren Wilson – He’s Expecting a Baby!

Darren Wilson, the man responsible for the death of Ferguson’s Mike Brown, is apparently responsible for new life. According to his interview with ABC, Darren Wilson and his wife are expecting a baby!

Wilson, 28, had earlier told GMA anchor George Stephanopoulos that he had gotten married since the Aug. 9 shooting that has rocked Ferguson and much of the country.

In an installment of the exclusive interview released today, Wilson mentioned that his wife is pregnant…

The officer, who has been a cop in Ferguson for four years as well as two more years in another town, said his life has been “stressful” since the lethal confrontation. He even grew a beard to hide his identity, he said.

“You’re always looking, you’re always wondering if someone’ll recognize you, if someone is following you. Just every possibility you can think of,” Wilson told Stephanopoulos.

Wilson said he takes precautions wherever he goes, “from where you sit in the restaurant to, you know, where you drive. Everything has to run through your head. It’s every time you walk, you make sure no one’s following you, everything.”

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized – Underwent A Heart Procedure

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent heart surgery Wednesday morning in Washington, the high court said.

The 81-year-old was admitted to the MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center after she experienced discomfort during routine exercise on Tuesday night. She underwent a coronary catherization procedure and is now reportedly resting comfortably in the hospital. According to the Supreme Court, she is expected to be discharged within the next 48 hours.

For the past few years, Ginsburg has been working out with a personal trainer at the Supreme Court’s official gym, and a court official said that’s where she was last night when she experienced the discomfort.

Ginsburg, who is currently the oldest justice on the Supreme Court, has repeatedly resisted calls from progressives to consider stepping down so President Obama can nominate a like-minded judge to replace her. Ginsburg, who was nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed to the court nearly unanimously in 1993, has been the most stalwart representative of liberal positions on the hot-button issues the Supreme Court has faced.

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Rapper’s Spontaneous Tribute to Mike Brown – Video

Rapper Killer Mike paid an emotional tribute to Ferguson’s murdered teenager, Mike Brown.

“I would like to say rest in peace to Michael Brown,” the rapper starts, cheers rising up from the crowd. “I would like to give all thoughts and prayers to the people who are out there peacefully protesting. And I also give thoughts and prayers for the people who could not hold their anger in, because riots are only the language of the unheard,”

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My Crime? I Was Born a Black Child

That’s it. That’s all you need to know. It doesn’t matter that I walk like you, or talk like you. It doesn’t matter what my education is or what my goals in life are. It doesn’t matter if I wear with my pants sagging or have all tailored made suit. My crime was already committed when I was born as a black child.

When I was born as a black child I was marked, I was different. I was looked upon as being unable or unwilling or uninterested. I was perceived as someone… no wait… something incapable of contributing,  unfit to add my own special stitch in this great fabric of society. I was a criminal and you already knew it. My crime was committed when I was born as a black child.

I was born distinguished from the rest, different, I was not like you. One look at me and you saw my entire story, you already knew. My crime is as obvious as the color of my skin worn daily so you won’t be confused. Black skin worn daily so you will know, that here is someone who cannot be honest, a “thug” that should not be trusted. A criminal whose crime was already committed when I was born as a black child.

Being a criminal because I was born a black child must then mean that I am expendable. That my hopes and dreams are voided and that anything or everything possible must be done to end my criminal ways.

So when you see me running down the street in my own neighborhood, running for my life as I try to get away from someone who knows nothing about me but my skin, someone who has already prosecuted me, judged me and sentenced me to die because in their eyes,  I must be a criminal.  When you see me trying to get away from someone like you, who would  gun me down in the streets as if I were an animal left there to bleed to death while my neighbors and friends and parents watched, you should rest assured knowing that it is no big deal. For in your eyes I was already damned. I was just a criminal, my crime already committed when I was born as a black child.

And I’m sure you have black friends…

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Mike Brown – Just Another Statistic, Just Another Murdered Black Man in America

There is a tradition, a history in this country and tonight, with the grand jury’s decision that officer Darren Wilson did absolutely nothing wrong when he chased after and gunned down a fleeing Mike Brown, another chapter was added to that history.

We’ve seen this play out many times before and tonight was no different. Black lives in America don’t matter.

Of course there was the expectation that finally, someone will be held accountable for taking the life of yet another black person in this country, but deep down, the writing was already on the wall that Darren Wilson would be a free man, that gunning down Mike Brown or any other black man for that matter, would result in nothing, nothing but another chapter added to the history book of black justice or injustice in America!

And there are those who are rejoicing in this decision.

 

 

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Elizabeth Warren Politics

Elizabeth Warren Is in Isreal – Hmmmm…

Calm down folks. I know you’re looking at this trip as an indication that Warren will run for president, but according to people with knowledge of Warren’s trip, her travels overseas has absolutely nothing to do with 2016

Warren is the lone lawmaker on the trip organized by the State Department and the Senate Banking Committee, of which she is a member. She will be meeting with officials from the Israeli and Jordanian governments, the Palestinian Authority, United Nations groups and USAID. Warren will also meet with troops from Massachusetts serving in the Middle East.
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The Jerusalem Post reported that Warren met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

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Naked Man Falls Out Of Womens Bathroom Ceiling

A Boston man received a litany of
charges over the weekend, including attempted murder, mayhem, assault and battery on a person over 60, assault and battery on a police officer, lewd and lascivious act and malicious destruction to property over $250.

Witnesses say the 26 year old was seen entering the women’s rest room at Logan Airport. Once inside, the msn, identified as Cameron Shenk, stripped of all his clothes and somehow climb up into the bathroom’s drop-ceiling.

The ceiling lived up to its name and Shenk was dropped to the bathroom floor, sustaining multiple injuries. He was however, able to run out of the bathroom and attacked an 84 year old man, beating and choking the man with his cane.

Shenk is scheduled to be arraigned in East Boston District Court.

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Gun Bought for Ferguson Unrest Accidentally Shoots Owner in Head

Another gun doing what guns do – killing people.

A woman appears to have accidentally fatally shot herself in the head with a gun bought to prepare for possible Ferguson-related unrest, according to sources briefed on the police investigation.

The shooting occurred Friday night in downtown St. Louis, the city’s Metropolitan Police Department said, in an area dominated by vacant lots beside a football stadium.

The female victim, identified in a police report as Becca Campbell, 26, was a passenger in a car involved in an auto accident. Her 33-year-old boyfriend was driving, the sources told CNN.

The boyfriend, who wasn’t identified, told police that the couple had bought a gun because of fears of unrest related to the pending grand jury decision on the shooting of Michael Brown, the sources said.

He told investigators that as they drove late Friday night, the victim waved a gun, jokingly saying the couple were ready for Ferguson, the sources said.

He ducked to get out of the way of the gun and accidentally rear-ended another car. He said the accident caused the gun to go off and she was struck by a bullet in the head, the sources said.

The victim was rushed to a hospital but died

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