Thursday, April 30, 2015

Fuck Ray Lewis

As we all saw in Baltimore this week cops can only get away with murder so much before the ones that they are murdering stand up for themselves. If you read throughout history you'll notice for certain groups of people such instances of chaos are referred to as revolts and for others as riots. If you have a group of people that listens to rap music then you are the latter unfortunately; especially if you like to wear hoodies. This is hypocrisy on a societal level. CNN, Fox News, NBC, The Huffington Post, and even Barack Obama have gone on to accuse those of acting against the injustices that they suffer as thugs, criminals, and hypocrites. The funny thing is that these entities are applying a double standard to those whom have acted out while living by a double standard themselves; yes a quadruple standard if you will. I actually excuse Barack Obama for being a hypocrite because he's a politician; contradicting yourself is part of your job. Even John F. Kennedy was a hypocrite at times.

However there is one person that I cannot excuse in their hypocrisy and it's Baltimore's very own grid iron hero Ray Lewis. I wouldn't even bring his name into it if it wasn't for this video he posted on youtube:


It's quite funny that Ray Lewis is preaching to those rising up against the Baltimore Police Department, for a murder that they tried to cover up, that they should just go home. What's even funnier is that Mr. Lewis says, "We know there is a bigger issue." While he is right that most everyone does know what he forgets is that he knows such an issue very intimately. That is due to the fact that he was charged with murder himself stemming from an incident that occured on Janurary 31st, of 2000 outside of a night club in Atlanta. An incident that he was later able to lawyer up for and plead down to an obstruction of justice charge on. There a few key facts with this incident to keep in mind.

-The white suit Ray Lewis wore that night has never been found.
-the knife used for the murder has had no fingerprints even though Lewis purchased it days prior
-the victim's blood was found in Ray Lewis's limousine
-He later testified against the other two people that were with him at the scene which was part of said obstruction of justice deal after old Ray Ray admitted to lying about not having been at the scene. Those two were later acquitted.

So yeah Ray.We know that you know there is a bigger issue. That issue people being able to get away with murder that have the means to lawyer up. You know? People like yourself. You aren't any better than the cops who murdered Freddie Gay. You're no better than Michael Slager whom was filmed murdering Walter Scott while he was on patrol. The fact that you are a role model for a city filled with with kids that are targeted by corrupt cops, the same ones you say didn't have a right to do what they did, are the same ones you are telling to go home from the comfort of your own mansion that you own. You own it due to a lucrative career in the NFL that you should have never had to ebgin with because you murdered somebody; probably two.

Maybe you should be a real role model and admit to what you did instead of hiding behind your religion, money, fame, and lawyers. Until then you are just another high profile individual that proves that with enough money and power you can break the law without suffering the consequences. You, just like the Baltimore Police Department, show that the laws don't apply to everyone equally. You show that those that are on the wrong side of the poverty gap are just cannon fodder to a system that is fueled by capital where numbers mean more than human lives. Yet you actually wants us to think that you care about the people of Baltimore; you don't. You are every bit as corrupt as those that have pulled the strings to bring Baltimore to state that it has become. A city that caters to the "haves" and does everything it can to sweep the "have nots" under the rug.

People like you are why disdain what our society has become. You hide behind wholesome values while you act like your closet is empty of skeletons. Yet you want those who actually take a stand to back down because they threaten what YOU helped to build. On second thought you are the role model for Baltimore; a city run by people that gives false promises, false ideals, and ignores the blood on their hands.

Go fuck yourself Ray Lewis. Go fuck yourself in Macy's window.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

A Nation of Entitled Simians: The Baltimore Riots.

I don't condone the riots in Baltimore. Why should I? The cops are supposed to be the good guys right? We should never rise up against those that we pay to serve and protect us. All of us right? They are supposed to protect everyone regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or whether we still bite our finger nails aren't they? Why should I condone people that feel threatened and feel the need to fight back? It's not like we live in a society that tells us we should put up with bullying. Do we?

Everyone has an opinion on the riots. Some say it's deplorable. Some say it was necessary. Some even call them animals no better than simians. Guess what everyone? We are all animals. We are all simians. Just like all animals we are programmed to act violent when backed into a corner; especially when our calls for help fall on seemingly deaf ears. What choice does an animal have in such a situation than to put up a fight; especially against an authority that they do not trust or respect? Can you blame them?

Can you blame those that take the brunt of an authority that claims to protect and serve the people yet only seems interested in doing so for themselves and their own kind? Can you blame them for fighting back against an authority that does not have their well being in mind? Some will say its not about discrimination. I'll say for them to look at the statistics. For that authority the statistical minority makes up their economic majority. They are targeted because they are vilified by a system that has victimized them for centuries. Justice is always a swim against the current but for many the stream is dammed up before they even get a chance to swim.

Ferguson. Brevard. North Charleston. All have had instances of the justice system failing them. The only reason North Charleston hasn't seen the violence of the other two is because the perpetrator was caught with blood on his hands for the nation and world to see.What if there was no video evidence? Would Charleston still be as calm and quiet while Baltimore burned tonight? 

Would entitlement alone protect the streets of North Charleston or would it gave way to human nature boiling over like it did in the city of Ravens and Orioles? The entitlements have to go. No one has a right to impinge on the freedom of another. Everyone has the right to due process and being innocent till proven guilty no matter the precedents of their lives. Only when those that we trust to do everything in their power to protect and serve decide to actually do so for EVERYONE will we actually have some progress. Only then will we be able to change. As of now we are all just hairless simians that are prone to act like those that we judge. #chs on't condone the riots in #Baltimore. Why should I? The cops are supposed to be the good guys right? We should never rise up against those that we pay to serve and protect us. All of us right? They are supposed to protect everyone regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, or whether we still bite our finger nails aren't they? Why should I condone people that feel threatened and feel the need to fight back? It's not like we live in a society that tells us we should put up with bullying. Do we?

Everyone has an opinion on the riots. Some say it's deplorable. Some say it was necessary. Some even call them animals no better than simians. Guess what everyone? We are all animals. We are all simians. Just like all animals we are programmed to act violent when backed into a corner; especially when our calls for help fall on seemingly deaf ears. What choice does an animal have in such a situation than to put up a fight; especially against an authority that they do not trust or respect? Can you blame them?

Can you blame those that take the brunt of an authority that claims to protect and serve the people yet only seems interested in doing so for themselves and their own kind? Can you blame them for fighting back against an authority that does not have their well being in mind? Some will say its not about discrimination. I'll say for them to look at the statistics. For that authority the statistical minority makes up their economic majority. They are targeted because they are vilified by a system that has victimized them for centuries. Justice is always a swim against the current but for many the stream is dammed up before they even get a chance to swim.

Ferguson. Brevard. North Charleston. All have had instances of the justice system failing them. The only reason North Charleston hasn't seen the violence of the other two is because the perpetrator was caught with blood on his hands for the nation and world to see.What if there was no video evidence? Would Charleston still be as calm and quiet while Baltimore burned tonight? 

Would entitlement alone protect the streets of North Charleston or would it gave way to human nature boiling over like it did in the city of Ravens and Orioles? The entitlements have to go. No one has a right to impinge on the freedom of another. Everyone has the right to due process and being innocent till proven guilty no matter the precedents of their lives. Only when those that we trust to do everything in their power to protect and serve decide to actually do so for EVERYONE will we actually have some progress. Only then will we be able to change. As of now we are all just hairless simians that are prone to act like those that we judge.