Archive for Crime

Did Chavis Carter Shoot Himself in the Head While Handcuffed in the Backseat of a Police Car?

Aug 02, 2012 4 Comments

So apparently black men are shooting themselves in the head while handcuffed in the backseat of police cars, huh? Shit, why not just saw ourselves in half like all magicians do? Hell, at least we’d be still alive, right? No seriously, that’s probably the best reaction I have to the story involving 21-year-old, Chavis Carter. [...]

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Florida: White Man Shoots Black Man in the Face Because He was “Only a Nigger.”

Aug 01, 2012 16 Comments

Walton Henry Butler shot a black man in the face on Monday night. No big deal; heck, he’s just yet another white man who felt the need to take the life of an unarmed black man. As crazy as that might sound, even crazier (to me at least) is that there’ll be no talk of [...]

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James Holmes, Aurora, & Batman: When White People Use Guns To Kill, Everyone Gets Sad

Jul 27, 2012 26 Comments

If I didn’t know any better, I’d think Sideshow Bob was arrested for shooting up a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado last week. Either that or that Carrot Top finally erupted in a fit of ‘roid rage after all of these years. Let’s be honest, alleged movie theater shooter James Holmes doesn’t look the part [...]

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How Can Zimmerman Be Racist When He Mentored Black Kids, Voted for Obama, & Wears Hoodies?

Jul 22, 2012 2 Comments

Okay, so I know you’re asking, “Um, RiPPa, why in the hell would you ask such a question like that when you know good and damn well that Zimmerman is racist?” Well, the truth is, I don’t know whether he is racist or not. The only thing I do know is that he is responsible [...]

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Video: Florida Man Tasered and Arrested for Jaywalking

Jul 16, 2012 3 Comments

Oh great, black people are getting tasered and arrested for jaywalking now. Yep, we should all feel safer these days… There is some pretty saucy news coming out of Florida as new evidence released in the case of George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The big news of the day involves witness [...]

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Modern Day Debtor Prisons:Going to Jail is Easy, Getting Out is the Hard Part

Jul 12, 2012 1 Comment

Ok, so while my right-wing friends are still talking about slavery and being oppressed by Massa Barack, here’s a look at what many Americans in this slow and shitty economy are dealing with. No, this post has nothing to with the ongoing search for gainful employment. Instead, it’s bout the countless people trapped in the [...]

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Forget Race: Would Marissa Alexander be in Prison if She was a Man who Acted in Fear?

Jun 18, 2012 10 Comments

Imagine if you will, a husband and wife having an argument. Like many couples have in the past, their argument centers on the possibility of infidelity, and the fathering of another child out of wedlock. Now imagine if husband in this scenario was in fact the accused cheater, and was being questioned by his wife [...]

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How “Stop-and-Frisk” Takes a Toll on Innocent Youth

Jun 14, 2012 3 Comments

In my own sick and twisted way I recently joked about New York City being safer if the NYPD were to expand it’s “stop and frisk” policy to include random white people in not-so-high crime areas. Of course if you’ve never lived in these communities. it’s hard to understand just how much of an aggravation [...]

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George Zimmerman’s Wife, Shellie Zimmerman Arrested for Allegedly Committing Perjury

Jun 12, 2012 3 Comments

You know that awkward moment when you’re sitting in a jail cell for lying under oath to a judge? I suppose Jay-Z’s classic where he says, “It was allgood just a week ago,” has to be playing on repeat in the head of George Zimmerman. Just a week ago, he was settling himself into a [...]

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Wouldn’t NYC be Safer if the NYPD Started Randomly Feeling-Up White People with “Stop and Frisk”?

Jun 12, 2012 2 Comments

So let’s get right into it, shall we? OK, no need for me to tell you that the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy is racist; nope, mo need for an argument over whether it is or not; bottom line, it’s fucking racist. Even so, a few days ago, New York mayor, Michael Bloomberg defended the [...]

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So you say “Stand Your Ground” is Inherently Racist because Marissa Alexander is in Prison?

Jun 11, 2012 8 Comments

Last Monday, sadly, the big news was George Zimmerman being booked into jail once again. Fortunately, this time he wasn’t booked for shooting and killing yet another unarmed teenager. Instead, he was forced to surrender to authorities after having his bond revoked for lying to the court about his finances at his bond hearing. The fact [...]

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