Wright or Wrong

Okay as you can see after nearly two months after he became a household name Rev. Wright former pastor at Untied Trinity Church in Chicago, and presidential candidate Barrack Obama's former pastor, is still amongst the top stories. Now even though most polls conducted by cable news channels saying that the viewers are tired of hearing about the Reverend, and pundits and analyst alike questioning why they're still covering the man, the coverage continues. This guy is just going about his business, going to his speaking engagements, living his life, but the cameras still l follow, and the many in the media has audacity to ask, why are we won't this guy go away? Why? I 'm sure I'm not the only one who has the answer. its quite simple. Reverend Jeremiah Wright simply won't go away because you guys ( the media ) won't let him. Maybe its because they want to keep a known story alive to increase rating or maybe its because they don't want miss out, if he makes a comment that could be viewed as questionable.

This week the NYPD police officers who killed Sean Bell over the two years ago were acquitted of all charges last week. Now I guess everyone knows the case since it has become a national news story. In fact I’m from New Jersey, and I first heard of the case in while on vacation in Texas. The Judge in the case thought it was justifiable that the officers opened fire and released 50 gunshots for 12 seconds on a car full of unarmed men. The police officers maintained that they thought that one of the three men had a gun on them, even though there was no gun to be found. Even when the defense brought up the possibility of a fourth man, who had the gun, there was still no fourth man to be found. This all happened after 4 A.M at outside of a New York City strip club. Sean bell has his Bachelor’s party at the club and was just hours away from marrying the mother of his two children. So apparently there was an altercation in the club, and someone in Bell’s party was over heard by undercover cops saying “Yo get my gun” so that sprung some undercover cops into action and after the club was closed they followed the group into their car and tried to intercept them. The undercover cops, dressed in plain clothes, drew their weapons with or without showing their badges (depending on who you believe). The frighten people in the car tired franticly to get away even at one point backing the car up to hit the officers who they thought were just regular people trying to kill them. Shots were fired by the officers, with one ricocheting into a building lobby, shattering glass and almost hitting someone. In all of this, two of the three men were injured and Sean Bell was dead, with no return fire whatsoever. Over the span of 12 seconds three officers fired 50 unanswered shots. Now on to the trial, there was a feeling that there would be a guilty verdict in some sorts for these cops. Now it turns out that the cops were cleared of all charges. This cause outraged amongst people in but not limited to the Black community in New York City and basically everywhere else. Rev. Al Sharpton who has been with the Bell family ever since this shooting, still maintains that this is a racial situation even though two of the three cops were black, and I have to agree with him.

It’s not Black vs. White, but Black vs. Police. There is an extensive history in New York city for as long as I can remember with Black people getting shot, and often killed by police officers mistakenly and nothing happens to the officers. This gives the impression to the people that you can kill Blacks and get away with it if you’re a cop, and this week’s verdict added fuel to that fire. So in this since this is very much a racial issue, a deep racial issue in New York City and many other large cities across the country, where there the police and the black community have not been on good terms for a long time now. Most people aren’t outraged that these cops were acquitted of Man Slaughter, because I think that was the hardest to prove, since there had to malice shown, but that they were acquitted of reckless endangerment was the core of the anger and outrage. And that is what I call justifiable outrage.

This month’s Vanity Fair issue features teen queen superstar Miley Cyrus known to many as Hannah Montana. This has caused an outrage its own outrage as there are some very adult photos of the 15 year old mega star. One shows a nearly naked Cyrus covering her front side with a blanket. She has since apologized to her fans (they majority of whom are children younger that Miley). She claims that the photographer claimed that these photos would be viewed as artistic. Well, well isn’t that nice. Why is this always a case where there is controversy including art. Just look at the photo if you can. When a 25 year old poses for a picture of this she’s sexy. When a 15 year old girl does it and we have the same opinion is pedophilia. Know I’ve heard some excuses saying that that she’s exploring her sexuality its reflective of her aging fan base. Really I don’t car she’s 15 for god’s sake. If it was your daughter or little sister, I’m sure there would be no excuses being made, about her expressing her sexuality. I’m sure it wouldn’t have been mine. Now there have been some people saying that she’s was manipulated into those taking those kinds of photos. That’s partly true. She was manipulated, by the photographer and her own father, who also appeared in a questionable photo with her daughter. But I guess its okay to have a 15 year old taking part in a semi-pedophiliac photo shoot, as long as its in the name of art. Kind of like how comedians can say the most racist and offensive things, but since its said by a comedian , we should lighten up, besides it is comedy isn’t it?

In the last post I said that I was definitely going for Obama in the general election. Well I've thought about it and I think I should wait before I clearly make that claim, because alot can happen between now and November. Right now my stance is that unless McCain can sway me otherwise, I'll vote for Obama. I don't vote for third parties in Presidential elections because its a wasted vote. I'll explain my reasoning in a future post.

Until next time, try not to get shot by NYPD officers!!!!