Demeka "Nicety"'s Blog – September 2016 Archive (84)

There have been a lot of outrageous excuses for police officers shooting and killing unarmed black men in this country, but Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby‘s has to be the worst.

After killing 40-year-old Terence Crutcher last week, Shelby’s attorney Scott Wood revealed that the officer had a temporary loss of hearing during the confrontation with…

Another David Fahrenthold exposé in the Washington Post dropped Thursday evening, which details his ongoing investigation into the secret dealings of the Trump Foundation. In this latest installment, Fahrenthold found that the Trump Foundation wasn’t registered with the New York state government requiring it to…

North Carolina has been the scene of recent riots and protests as the public calls for accountability in the police shooting of Keith LaMont Scott. After initially fighting the release of body camera footage, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney reluctantly allowed the public to see the shooting with their own eyes.…

During coverage of the recent Charlotte protests CNN reporters encountered a man named Derrick Jacobs, who told them he spent more hours training to be a barber than police in his state spend to become police officers. The reporters looked into his claim and found it was valid — and that North Carolina isn’t the only state where this is the case. In…

Mayor Megan Barry has turned to former Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George and new Metro Director of Schools Shawn Joseph to lead a new advisory committee on economic inclusion and financial decision-making.

Barry announced the panel at a Thursday…

Since The Arizona Republic began publication in 1890, we have never endorsed a Democrat over a Republican for president. Never. This reflects a deep philosophical appreciation for conservative ideals and Republican principles.

This year is…

A barefoot man wearing overalls and a gorilla mask, trying to hand out noose-wrapped bananas to Black Lives Matter demonstrators, was taken away by East Tennessee State University public safety officers Wednesday afternoon.

According to a news release…

Janet Jackson has that pregnancy glow!

ET was the first to report back in May that the 50-year-old singer is pregnant with her first child with husband Wissam Al Mana, and only ET has these exclusive new photos taken Tuesday afternoon, when she was spotted out and about in London with a visible baby bump. Jackson, who is rarely photographed in public,…

California cops responded to a call of a man acting “erratically” Tuesday, only for him not to “comply,” which was when they shot him several times.

Witnesses say El Cajon police then confiscated phones from citizens who recorded the incident, a claim they later denied, insisting the citizens…

Nashville Director of Schools Shawn Joseph and his administration have taken a deeper look at ACT data, finding that the district is also not meeting the needs of students of color with who aren't low-income.

In early September, the district detailed…

Sheneka Adams caused a stir on Instagram this week after she shared tips to getting her glowing skin.

According to the model/social media star instead of buying expensive beauty creams,

This little Trick Will Have Your Skin GLOWING!

A woman can opt to slather their faces in semen to get similar results.

“Yes I use…

Robin Thicke and Pharrell’s lawsuit with Marvin Gaye’s estate for copying a feeling will undoubtedly remain on top of the most bizarre music legal conflicts for a long time but Omarion’s latest subpoena isn’t anything easily rationalized all the same.

His…

In presidential debates, there is really only one winner: Twitter. As Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton threw punch after punch during Monday’s first presidential debate, Twitter landed the deciding blows. (Well, Twitter and the fact-checkers.) It was hard to keep up during the most-tweeted debate…

There are still black men out here confessing their lack of desire to date black women. And all of their feelings were put on display by Iyanla Vanzant in her effort to dispel the “angry black woman” myth.

Read more it…

*Dang, talk about throwing some ish into the game. The court-appointed attorney for Eric Garner‘s love child is insisting that Garner’s children with wife Esaw (Snipes) Garner take DNA tests to prove he is their father. Whoa. What’s going on you ask? That’s because for whatever reason his name does not appear on their birth…

Well, it looks like the ‘Faith Evans and Stevie J dating’ rumors have been confirmed–or have they? According to AlwaysAList.com, LHHATL star, Stevie J and singer, Faith Evans, have been in an exclusive relationship for quite some time now. They also stated that the information had been known for a while, but it was decided to keep it under wraps in respect of…

Legendary Tennessee State and Olympic track coach Ed Temple has died. He was 89.

Temple, originally from Harrisburg, Pa., served as the women's track and field coach at TSU from 1953 to 1994.

“Words cannot in any fashion or manner express how deeply…

Future had nothing to do with Ciara losing a huge paycheck -- if there ever was one -- so it shouldn't be part of her lawsuit against him ... according to the rapper.

TMZ broke the story, Ciara says her baby daddy cost her half a million bucks by trash-talking her and scaring an international cosmetics…

A third night of protests over a fatal police shooting in Charlotte gave way to quiet streets as a curfew enacted by the city's mayor ended early Friday.

The largely peaceful Thursday night demonstrations in the city's business district, watched over by…

Chris Brown's baby mama is fed up with all the drama in his life, so much so ... she dimed him out to DCFS.

Sources close to Nia Guzman told TMZ ... she filed the complaint with DCFS some time after Chris was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on Baylee Curran…