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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
I Will "F" You Up!
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If your 18 yr. old child has the ball-dacity to threaten you with legal retribution for not surmising to their wishes are you morally / legally wrong if you respond to that threat, no matter how veil, with a promise of “ I’ll fu*K you up”?
If your 18 yr. old child has the ball-dacity to threaten you with legal retribution for not surmising to their wishes are you morally / legally wrong if you respond to that threat, no matter how veil, with a promise of “ I’ll fu*K you up”?
Recently actor/comedian’s Mike Epps 18 yr. old Bria Epps threaten to “(which she subsequently did) “air family dirty laundry” to the news media because she was upset with her father. Apparently, Epps in a recent on air interview sent a shout-out to only 2 of his kids and not all of them. Allegedly, when Bria contacted her father to voice her dismay of being left out, and disrespected their conversation became heated. According to reports, Epps 18-year-old daughter claims he’s been threatening her, promising to “fu*k her up”, and now, she’s turning to the police for help. Sources close to the comedian says the tension is because Bria asked her father to give her lump sums of cash to pay for her college tuition. Sources say he refused, insisting on paying the school directly and that’s when his daughter snapped and made the threat.
Let me see if I have this right? I gave birth, shelter, clothed, and feed your ungrateful ass. And now that you are barely legal you feel as though you’re an equal (adult) and make demands -threatening to air dirty laundry? Anyone who knows my son , who is well beyond the age of legal, knows that to this day I STILL tell him that I will fu*k him up!
Parents, you have got to stop colt-ling your kid’s and start teaching them life realities’. My grandfather was a cowboy, a preacher, pastored his congregation, worked a full time job to support his family, had a stay at home wife, and raise seven successful kids. Of all of the life lessons my parents and grandparents taught me; one of the most prevalent, to this very day is, “The world owes you nothing. If you want anything, it is up to you to get off your ass, to ascertain it”. Well, he never said “ass”, but you get my meaning.
These damn kids think that as parent we are duty bound and obligated to provide and give them everything. Wrong! I, most certainly AM NOT. Anything, I did, do, have done, for my child, I did out of love- not obligations. Parents that are OBLIGATED to care for a child, are paid to do so, and are called Foster Parents. Parents that care for their child freely, whole heartedly, and affectionately are called Moms and Dads.
The public is not the place to air out you problems or in this case dirty laundry. There are some major issues between these two, but I’m riding with Mike…………………. I’ll Fu*k you up!
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Family Plans To Sue Owner Of Bus Where Student Died
Florida A&M University (FAMU) Hazing: Robert Champion's Family Plans To Sue Owner Of Bus Where Student Died
As a parent the one thing you look forward to is sending your child off to college. Fast forward, the one thing you’ve never anticipated having sent your child off to college is their retuning back home- in a body bag.
Robert Champion, a 26-year-old Florida A&M University student, band member and drum major died after a hazing ritual last November. Champion died after taking part in an annual rite of passage called "Crossing Bus C." The crossing the bus ritual is an initiation process in which pledges attempt to run down the center aisle from the front door of the bus to the back while (allegedly) being punched, kicked and assaulted by senior members, and band members. According to reports it was well known that hazing rituals were organized on the bus by a group of band members known as "Bus C". Band members would return from the game, drop their gear off in their hotel rooms and return to the bus to haze others who wanted to be indoctrinated into the organization.
The parents of Robert Champion said they will sue the company that owns the BUS where the hazing took place. Robert Champion's parents and their attorney alleges that the bus company's negligence contributed to his death as band members were allowed to get back on the bus to conduct hazing rituals after they had returned to an Orlando hotel following a football game. Ray Land, the bus company owner, said that the bus' driver was helping students unload their instruments when Champion collapsed and his staff did everything to get help once they were notified there was a problem.
The medical examiner's office autopsy ruled Champion's death a homicide. Champion suffered multiple blunt trauma blows to his body and died from shock caused by severe bleeding. The autopsy found "extensive contusions of his chest, arms, shoulder and back," as well as "evidence of crushing of areas of subcutaneous fat," which is the fatty tissue directly under the skin. In Florida Any death involving hazing is a third-degree felony, but no charges have been filed so far in Champion's death.
Ok, if the alleged hazing was an “annual rite of passage”, as reported, why in the hell didn’t FAMU or the Band director Julian White put an end to this egregious behaviour sooner? The Florida’s medical examiner’s office said the case has now been handed over to prosecutors who will make a decision on possible charges. Florida State Attorney's Office said it has received the investigation but could not give a timeline of when a decision will be made in the case.
Our hearts ache for the Champion’s on the tragic loss of their son. A parent should NEVER experience having to bury their child! However, charging the students who participated in the initiations would only cause more despondency. This was an initiation, and not a homicide. Initiations are (usually) a secret or mysterious ceremony by which a person is admitted into a group, organization or religion. Yes, the outcome was horrifically tragic. Yes, the involved students should be held accountable for their actions; however “homicide” infers (malicious) intent. If, according to news reports the participants involved did not set out to commit homicide, but to initiate Champion, There wasn’t any “intent” involved. These students did not intentionally set out to kill Champion.
It just may be me but, if the state of Florida can come to the ridiculous conclusion that the action of the FAMU students was a homicide; why is it that the very same medical examiner and State Attorney’s find it so damn difficult to rule Trayvon Martin ill-fated “incident” for what it was, a homicide and arrest George Zimmerman? If Trayvon Martin had pulled the trigger and shot Zimmerman- he’d be under the jail!
If you are Black, you’re guilty until proven innocent. If you are white, you’re innocent until proven guilty; unless you have relatives in high places- then you just get away with killing a Black child.
Get the hell out of here! Where they do that at?
Do you agree with the Champions' attorney that the bus company has some liability; they knew or should have known that hazing was occurring on the bus?
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