NEW Video: The MURDER of Oscar Grant

PART ONE

NEW Video: The MURDER of Oscar Grant

PART TWO

'Creation is Representation' [Xem; August 2008]

'Knowledge and Artistry ABOVE My own VANITY' [Xem; July 2008]

'Im Drenched in Love and Showered by Support'[Xem; April 2008]

'Life Without Photographs are Moments that Never Happened'

[Xem; August, 2007]

BART Riot in OakLand, California

Im suppose to be on HIATUS. However, I CAN'T IGNORE all of the News that is brewing at the dawn of our New Year.

A march protesting the killing of an Oakland man at the Fruitvale BART station on New Year's Day turned violent Wednesday evening as a group of marchers attacked a police car and lit a dumpster on fire.

An estimated 700 people gathered at the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit station Wednesday afternoon to protest the shooting of Oscar Grant III by BART police.

The group left the station and marched down International Boulevard in Oakland. Police were forced to respond to the crowd in riot gear after acts of vandalism and fires broke out.
Police marched down the street to confront protestors as the march got out of hand. There were unconfimed reports that police fired tear gas into the crowd.
At one point a police vehicle trapped in the middle of the crowd was jumped on by angry protestors. They hit the car with sticks, broke windows and another group of protestors pushed a burning dumpster towards the car. The officer was not hurt.
Protest organizers said a group of anarchists, who were not part of the original protest, attacked the police cruiser and set the dumpster on fire.

At about 6:30 p.m. a group of protestors started causing trouble at the intersection of 8th Street and Broadway.
At about 8:15 p.m. some protestors were seen trying to break restaurant windows in downtown Oakland. A car was also lit on fire in downtown Oakland at about 8:40 p.m. The car exploded before fire crews arrived at the scene.
For safety reasons, BART trains were bypassing the Fruitvale station, the Lake Merritt Station and the Oakland/12th Street Station while the protest was happening. Both the Fruitvale and Lake Marritt stations were reopened by 8 p.m.
A man who identified himself as Kazu, who said he helped organize the initial protest said about 700 people came to the Fruitvale station at 3 p.m.
He said a small group of people came to the BART station two hours later that were not affiliated with the peaceful protest at the station. He said that is when they seperated and started marching down the streets.
Around 8:45 p.m., Mayor Ron Dellums met a group of protestors on 14th Street in downtown Oakland. He spoke with the protestors and marched them down 14th Street towards Broadway near city hall. The mayor asked police to leave the scene and he assured the protestors that an investigation was underway and any proper charges would be filed.

The Oakland Police Department held a press conference on Wednesday evening. They said that they received a call from BART police that the protest was getting out of hand and the crowd was starting to march down the street at about 5 p.m.
Police said that at 8th and Madison streets about 150 to 250 people broke off from the march and they began to vandalize stores and vehicles. Officers followed the break off crowd and they tried to control the crowd.
Police said they used an unspecified gas to control the crowd.
Officers arrested 14 adults and 1 juvenile after that incident. One person was charged with assaulting an officer but no officers were injured.
Officers were expected to stay on the street through the night and they were also planning to be at a protest scheduled for 9 a.m. on Thursday.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer who shot and killed Oscar Grant III at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland early on New Year's Day has resigned, BART officials said Wednesday afternoon.

BART spokesman Jim Allison said Officer Johannes Mehserle's attorney and his union representative submitted his letter of resignation at a meeting with BART investigators this morning. The officer himself was not present, Allison said. Mehserle had been scheduled to meet with BART investigators on Tuesday but his attorney on Monday canceled that meeting and requested to postpone it until next week, Allison said. BART investigators declined and instead rescheduled the meeting for Wednesday, Allison said. The investigators have not yet spoken with Mehserle about the shooting that killed 22-year-old Grant. Allison said BART has informed the Alameda County District Attorney's office, which is conducting a separate investigation into the shooting, of today's developments. BART investigators have urged Mehserle to meet with them and to cooperate with the investigation, Allison said.

I THINK that Im actually about to film a Video regarding this Issue and these Unforseen Circumstances....

The Prison Strip Search Scandal

Should Strip Search Procedures be Filmed in Prison?

The great debate that often times rocks the Legislature vs. Public Banter is the notion of Prisoners being Filmed and Photographed; often times AGAINST their will and knowledge thereof. Publicly, there are plenty of citizens who dont too much care regarding the rights of prisoners, or the integrity by which prison officials govern their facilities. HOWEVER, whats happening is that prisoners are being filmed during their Strip-Search and Courtyard activities, and the footage is being leaked to the outside. As a result, prisoners arent simply being exposed in regards to their immediate identity, but their physical privacy is invaded as well.

I am posting a collection of Strip Search Photographs as to PROVE just how Easy and Accessible it is to garner footage that is 'SUPPOSE' to remain PRIVATE and SEALED. So, What Exactly is STOPPING the federal government from filming and photographing US, secretly, in Public Restrooms, Locker Rooms, Dressing Rooms and other areas where we ASSUME no one is watching?

The Powers That Be can DEBATE, easily, that 'For Security Purposes' they need to SEE and RECORD public behavior at all times. More NOW than Ever, I am to believe that there ARE security cameras stored in the Bathroom and Changing Facilities of every major airport across the country.

...and isn't it quite INTERESTING that the Faces of the Prison Security Guards are Blackened for Privacy Purposes, and NOT those of the actual Prisoners who are being EXPOSED?....

Yeah...Yeah...Im SUPPOSE to be on HIATUS. I KNOW. I just could NOT resist Posting this Story.

...and Just for Your PERSONAL ENJOYMENT Socialites and Celebutantes, I want to Share with You All, One of My FAVE YouTube Clips of OMAR GOODING [Baby Boi;John Singleton], and a Scene of him being Strip Searched during a routine, Drug Testing Procedure.

His Commentary is HILARIOUS!

Mychal Bell Shoots HIMSELF [Jena Six]

Mychal Bell, convicted in the "Jena Six" beating case, shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital yesterday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge.

Mychal Bell's wound isn't life threatening, fortunately. The 18-year-old used a .22-caliber firearm in the shooting around 7:40 p.m. I was still out with Shanae and Steeley when all of this went down.

People are speculating that Mychal was upset over media coverage of the arrest last week.

Mychal is one of a group of black teenagers who once faced attempted murder charges in the 2006 beating of a white classmate at Jena High School. The charges for all of the defendants were reduced.

The severity of the original charges brought widespread criticism and eventually led to more than 20,000 people converging in September 2007 on the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena for the largest civil rights march in decades.

My PRAYERS are extended to Mychal Bell and his Family as we ALL stand on the pulse of a New Year; 2009.

As one of My Celeb.u.Tantes and Leading Ladies, KIVA, would say...'MIRACLES & BLESSINGS'

Its BRITNEY...Bitch!

On The ComeBack Trail....

The LEGENDARY

'PoP Princess ICON'

Britney Spears

As a LOT of the Media Conglomerates have been QUICK to dismiss Miss. Britney Spears as a Washed Away, Fallen Star; Publicly dismissed from SuperStardom existence, BRITNEY is preparing herself to retake to the Throne that once upon a time held her upon a Plateau of industry Success and Musical InGenius.
Britney has indeed, fallen victim to a great deal of PAIN and SUFFERING, in the eye of the Media and Public alike, as she has been swayed through a worldwind of emotional despair, hardships involving family and close friends, a marriage that crumbled at the hands of random decisions of 'Too Much-Too Soon', as well as a Career that faced a HALTING STOP upon antics that included Late Night Umbrella attacks against Paparazzi, and early morning Hospital scares by way of Ambulance and Helicopter chases. Britney has been challenged by MANY demons over the past 2 years, most of which would have DESTROYED or even KILLED many human beings who were faced with the same means of Scrutiny and Disaster.
As the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards approach, and Rumors are still circulating that the POP Starlett shall Open the Showcase, as to 'Make Up' for the Media panned Comeback Performance of 'Gimme More' that was delivered last year, BRITNEY is looking BETTER than she has since giving birth to her two boys. Now that Britney has officially reunited with LARRY RUDOLPH, her manager whose hands pushed her into the Glare of the Public Spotlight, 10 years ago, Britney looks to be in more control of her daily life. The Pop Sin.Sation has been spending hours upon hours, held up in London and California studios, laying tracks for a 6th Studio LP; which is set to hit stores, WorldWide before Christmas. Britney is once again dieting and working out on a regular basis in order to get her body back to the shape that adorned Magazine Covers and Newsstands for the greater part of her Adult Life and Musical Career. Though Britney has forfeit custody of her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James to their father, Kevin Federline, Britney seems to be spending quality time with the boys, Behind Closed Doors, as she has regained a positive bond with her Mother and Father, alike.
America is quick to write off Celebrities as 'HAS BEENS' and 'WASHED AWAYS'. I think there exists this OBSESSION with watching Individuals Fall from Grace; all to provide a selfish means of entertainment and negative angst to the Viewers of Mainstream Television News, and Market Stand Gossip Mags. Britney, in her own right, has conquered the Music scene, garnering the attention of Men and Women, Young and Old, from around the world, and across the spectrum of Musical tastes. Britney is ONE of our American Dreams, for she represents a Young Woman whose Life has been spun across a Macrocosm of Fame, luster, Criticism, Faith, Destruction and the ultimate, RESURRECTION. She is on a path of preparation; to display before us, a Woman Whose 'TRAGEDY' will soon be celebrated as an all time 'TRIUMPH'

'Creation is Representation' [Xem; August 2008]

'Knowledge and Artistry ABOVE My own VANITY' [Xem; July 2008]

'Im Drenched in Love and Showered by Support'[Xem; April 2008]

'Life Without Photographs are Moments that Never Happened'[Xem; August, 2007]

An Olympics 2008 SCANDAL

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games

Beijing, China

The Scandal Begins!:

Athlete Drug Tests PHOTOGRAPHED

...UnBenoweth to the Sportsmen, their Team Managers or Agent Staffers.

I can only IMAGINE that for MOST Athletes around the World, being selected as a participant, representing your home country, in the Olympic Games of any season, is a Monumental, Career Achievement. MANY Athletes train and compete for years, adding up to the culmination of their Once-In-A-Lifetime selection to aid their respective teams to Victory. Unfortunately, this plight, in the past, has added a great deal of pressure upon Sportsmen to take Steroids and other body and energy increasing drugs. In due part, officials of quite a few Major competitions ENFORCE random drug testing amongst the athletic participants. Though, for the innocent, who work their body mass naturally, this can be an irritating and 'Unfair' process. HOWEVER, whats even more UNFAIR and HUMILIATING, I May Add, is the FACT that prior to yesterdays Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, quite a few athletes were filmed and photographed, giving their urine samples to Olympic, testing officials. These athletes were stripped naked and forced to urine into clear valves. Im unsure as to whether or not this is standard procedure; whereas the photos were simply leaked to the press, or if the photos were intentionally sold.
Its just quite ODD that the athletes are Completely XXXposed, and the proctor's face is blurred for Privacy. This entire practice, as far as Im concerned, is a HUGE INVASION of PRIVACY, and heads ought to ROLL as Consequence.

BEIJING, CHINA

Athlete Drug Testing Procedures XPOSED;

Publicly!

I WONDER How the Olympic Council will TRY and SPIN this One...





'Life Without Photographs are Moments that Never Happened'[Xem; August, 2007]