Three female officers filed a federal complaint against the New York Police Department on Monday, claiming their sergeant and a colleague insulted them.
During daily roll call Sgt. Carlos Mateo allegedly addressed officers Trennet Jackson, Maria Gomez and Karen Nelson by saying "'Hos, stand up!"
When the officers refused to stand up, another officer, Ralph Montinez, allegedly said, "No sergeant, not just 'hos; nappy-headed 'hos."
"We felt violated, hurt and humiliated," said Jackson.
Showing posts with label Imus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imus. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Corzine's Accident
When New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was nearly killed in a car accident on his way to the meeting between the Rugters women's basketball team and Don Imus, his Chevy Suburban, driven by a state trooper was traveling at 91 mph on the Garden State Parkway.
The car had it's emergency lights on to clear traffic from the left lane (of two).
Drivers in both lanes moved over but one nearly ran into a roadway mile marker. He moved back left to avoid it, and the driver from the left lane who had been moving over also veered to the left.
The Governor's Suburban hit the rear left of this car with its front right.
"This impact caused Trooper Rasinski to lose control and travel toward the wooded center median. Subsequent corrective steering to the right caused the Suburban to slide clockwise from the paved roadway and shoulder into the western grass berm. There it struck a milepost marker, and then impacted the end of the guide rail. The rail hit immediately behind the left front wheel and penetrated the vehicle's body, continuing through the front seat floorboard area. The SUV abruptly rotated 180 degrees, before coming to rest with its back portion on top of the guide rail."
Mama Poop wants the state trooper to be given a speeding ticket and Corzine to be cited for failure to wear his seatbelt. I don't really see the point.
The car had it's emergency lights on to clear traffic from the left lane (of two).
Drivers in both lanes moved over but one nearly ran into a roadway mile marker. He moved back left to avoid it, and the driver from the left lane who had been moving over also veered to the left.
The Governor's Suburban hit the rear left of this car with its front right.
"This impact caused Trooper Rasinski to lose control and travel toward the wooded center median. Subsequent corrective steering to the right caused the Suburban to slide clockwise from the paved roadway and shoulder into the western grass berm. There it struck a milepost marker, and then impacted the end of the guide rail. The rail hit immediately behind the left front wheel and penetrated the vehicle's body, continuing through the front seat floorboard area. The SUV abruptly rotated 180 degrees, before coming to rest with its back portion on top of the guide rail."
Mama Poop wants the state trooper to be given a speeding ticket and Corzine to be cited for failure to wear his seatbelt. I don't really see the point.
Monday, April 16, 2007
A Birthday Present for Michael
Since I started my new, new schedule a couple weeks ago I have been driving home and falling asleep at around 10am. Here in New York that means I can listen to Joe Beningo scream or Max Kellerman pontificate. I choose Max Kellerman. He really is on a higher plane of understanding than the rest of us.
His analysis of the whole Rutgers/Imus thing was brilliant right down to the hypothetical he posted to Mike Greenberg:
"Let's say a team from Israel came here on a barnstorming tour and someone said 'that's a rough looking bunch of jews, they're some big nosed jews, I'll tell you that much.' How would you feel?"
His analysis of the whole Rutgers/Imus thing was brilliant right down to the hypothetical he posted to Mike Greenberg:
"Let's say a team from Israel came here on a barnstorming tour and someone said 'that's a rough looking bunch of jews, they're some big nosed jews, I'll tell you that much.' How would you feel?"
Friday, April 13, 2007
Noted Philosopher Weighs In
"It's a completely different scenario. (Rappers) are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about hos that's in the hood that ain't doing shit, that's trying to get a nigg* for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them mutha fuckas say we are in the same league as him. Kick him off the air forever."
-Snoop Dogg
-Snoop Dogg
What I Should Have Said Theater
Executives at MSNBC and CBS:
"Due the despicable remarks made by Don Imus which caused so much hurt and so much controversy we no longer feel that we can in good conscience allow his program to be broadcast on our network. His termination is effective Monday, April 16th. This will allow Mr. Imus to conduct his annual radiothon which benefits three fine and worthy charities. While we are dismayed at his remarks, we appreciate his efforts to heal the wounds he has caused. One way he does that is by enriching the lives of the people who benefit from his great charitable works. We also want to allow Don Imus two days each year to continue the fine tradition of the radiothon that he started 18 years ago.. The decision to allow him to continue on our airwaves for two more days has nothing to do with Mr. Imus himself, or the young women he has insulted. This decision was made with thoughts of the many sick youngsters who lives are made better because of the money Mr. Imus raises. We know that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are vehement in their demands for Mr. Imus' immediate termination, but they are just going to have to hold their venom for two more days. Given the circumstances they should have no problem doing so."
"Due the despicable remarks made by Don Imus which caused so much hurt and so much controversy we no longer feel that we can in good conscience allow his program to be broadcast on our network. His termination is effective Monday, April 16th. This will allow Mr. Imus to conduct his annual radiothon which benefits three fine and worthy charities. While we are dismayed at his remarks, we appreciate his efforts to heal the wounds he has caused. One way he does that is by enriching the lives of the people who benefit from his great charitable works. We also want to allow Don Imus two days each year to continue the fine tradition of the radiothon that he started 18 years ago.. The decision to allow him to continue on our airwaves for two more days has nothing to do with Mr. Imus himself, or the young women he has insulted. This decision was made with thoughts of the many sick youngsters who lives are made better because of the money Mr. Imus raises. We know that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are vehement in their demands for Mr. Imus' immediate termination, but they are just going to have to hold their venom for two more days. Given the circumstances they should have no problem doing so."
Imus Causes an Accident
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine was seriously injured in a car accident on his way to the meeting between Don Imus and the Rutgers women's basketball team.
He suffered numerous broken bones and had two hours of surgery.
He had a broken sternum, a broken collarbone, a slight fracture of his lower vertebrae, a broken left leg, six broken ribs on each side and a laceration on his head.
He has a breathing tube until he can breathe on his own again.
Despite all that, his injuries are not considered life threatening.
He suffered numerous broken bones and had two hours of surgery.
He had a broken sternum, a broken collarbone, a slight fracture of his lower vertebrae, a broken left leg, six broken ribs on each side and a laceration on his head.
He has a breathing tube until he can breathe on his own again.
Despite all that, his injuries are not considered life threatening.
Good for Ratings
The average number of households with their television tuned to the Don Imus show:
April 2: 253,000
April 3: 296,000
April 4: 372,000 (the day he made the remark)
April 5: 300,000
April 6: 320,000
April 9: 401,000
April 10: 567,000
April 11: 462,000
April 2: 253,000
April 3: 296,000
April 4: 372,000 (the day he made the remark)
April 5: 300,000
April 6: 320,000
April 9: 401,000
April 10: 567,000
April 11: 462,000
My Take on Imus
The dam has broken. Too many people pushing against it for NBC and CBS to ignore.
Don Imus has been fired. But don’t cry for him, he’ll probably resurface on satellite radio which should be interesting to see whether he really does step up the discourse or uses his new found freedom to call Al Sharpton a ho.
I’ve been examining this issue a lot over the past week and I think too much emotion has come in to play. It’s always best with any problem to try to solve it rationally.
So here’s the problem: Imus insulted some people with a bad word. That these people are college students who epitomize the exact opposite of a ho, is what made this problem so big for Imus.
His comments warrant a reaction. But before we react, we should figure out what we’re hoping to accomplish.
1) Do we want to punish the man?
2) Do we want to raise the level of discourse in this country?
3) Do we want to heal young black women by no longer subjecting them to cruel, offensive and demeaning remarks?
4) Or do we want to work towards removing the barriers separating the races in this country?
What Sharpton and Jackson have done is number 1. They say they want 2 and 3 but they haven’t done anything but punish Imus. I’d like to work towards number 4. And what they have done is actually counter-productive to the cause they should be pursuing, number 4.
I understand black people feel like they are at the bottom in this country. But you don’t get to the top by dragging someone else down. You need to lift black women up by saying “look at Essence Carson. She’s a smart black woman who plays basketball and the piano. She’s not a ho.”
The only way black people are ever going to achieve equal footing in this country is when everyone meets black people, sees black people and realizes that all these stereotypes are false.
Unfortunately, lynching Imus isn’t going to accomplish anything.
Don Imus has been fired. But don’t cry for him, he’ll probably resurface on satellite radio which should be interesting to see whether he really does step up the discourse or uses his new found freedom to call Al Sharpton a ho.
I’ve been examining this issue a lot over the past week and I think too much emotion has come in to play. It’s always best with any problem to try to solve it rationally.
So here’s the problem: Imus insulted some people with a bad word. That these people are college students who epitomize the exact opposite of a ho, is what made this problem so big for Imus.
His comments warrant a reaction. But before we react, we should figure out what we’re hoping to accomplish.
1) Do we want to punish the man?
2) Do we want to raise the level of discourse in this country?
3) Do we want to heal young black women by no longer subjecting them to cruel, offensive and demeaning remarks?
4) Or do we want to work towards removing the barriers separating the races in this country?
What Sharpton and Jackson have done is number 1. They say they want 2 and 3 but they haven’t done anything but punish Imus. I’d like to work towards number 4. And what they have done is actually counter-productive to the cause they should be pursuing, number 4.
I understand black people feel like they are at the bottom in this country. But you don’t get to the top by dragging someone else down. You need to lift black women up by saying “look at Essence Carson. She’s a smart black woman who plays basketball and the piano. She’s not a ho.”
The only way black people are ever going to achieve equal footing in this country is when everyone meets black people, sees black people and realizes that all these stereotypes are false.
Unfortunately, lynching Imus isn’t going to accomplish anything.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
A Black Man's Point of View
Imus isn't the real bad guy
Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture.
By JASON WHITLOCK - Columnist
Thank you, Don Imus. You've given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.
You've given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social equality.
You've given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.
Thank you, Don Imus. You extended Black History Month to April, and we can once again wallow in victimhood, protest like it's 1965 and delude ourselves into believing that fixing your hatred is more necessary than eradicating our self-hatred.
The bigots win again.
While we're fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I'm sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent's or Snoop Dogg's or Young Jeezy's latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.
I ain't saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don't have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas.
It is us. At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.
Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.
It's embarrassing. Dave Chappelle was offered $50 million to make racially insensitive jokes about black and white people on TV. He was hailed as a genius. Black comedians routinely crack jokes about white and black people, and we all laugh out loud.
I'm no Don Imus apologist. He and his tiny companion Mike Lupica blasted me after I fell out with ESPN. Imus is a hack.
But, in my view, he didn't do anything outside the norm for shock jocks and comedians. He also offered an apology. That should've been the end of this whole affair. Instead, it's only the beginning. It's an opportunity for Stringer, Jackson and Sharpton to step on victim platforms and elevate themselves and their agenda$.
I watched the Rutgers news conference and was ashamed.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for eight minutes in 1963 at the March on Washington. At the time, black people could be lynched and denied fundamental rights with little thought. With the comments of a talk-show host most of her players had never heard of before last week serving as her excuse, Vivian Stringer rambled on for 30 minutes about the amazing season her team had.
Somehow, we're supposed to believe that the comments of a man with virtually no connection to the sports world ruined Rutgers' wonderful season. Had a broadcaster with credibility and a platform in the sports world uttered the words Imus did, I could understand a level of outrage.
But an hourlong press conference over a man who has already apologized, already been suspended and is already insignificant is just plain intellectually dishonest. This is opportunism. This is a distraction.
In the grand scheme, Don Imus is no threat to us in general and no threat to black women in particular. If his words are so powerful and so destructive and must be rebuked so forcefully, then what should we do about the idiot rappers on BET, MTV and every black-owned radio station in the country who use words much more powerful and much more destructive?
I don't listen or watch Imus' show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it's cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they're suckers for pursuing education and that they're selling out their race if they do?
When Imus does any of that, call me and I'll get upset. Until then, he is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you're not looking to be made a victim.
No. We all know where the real battleground is. We know that the gangsta rappers and their followers in the athletic world have far bigger platforms to negatively define us than some old white man with a bad radio show. There's no money and lots of danger in that battle, so Jesse and Al are going to sit it out.
Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture.
By JASON WHITLOCK - Columnist
Thank you, Don Imus. You've given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.
You've given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social equality.
You've given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.
Thank you, Don Imus. You extended Black History Month to April, and we can once again wallow in victimhood, protest like it's 1965 and delude ourselves into believing that fixing your hatred is more necessary than eradicating our self-hatred.
The bigots win again.
While we're fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I'm sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent's or Snoop Dogg's or Young Jeezy's latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.
I ain't saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don't have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas.
It is us. At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.
Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.
It's embarrassing. Dave Chappelle was offered $50 million to make racially insensitive jokes about black and white people on TV. He was hailed as a genius. Black comedians routinely crack jokes about white and black people, and we all laugh out loud.
I'm no Don Imus apologist. He and his tiny companion Mike Lupica blasted me after I fell out with ESPN. Imus is a hack.
But, in my view, he didn't do anything outside the norm for shock jocks and comedians. He also offered an apology. That should've been the end of this whole affair. Instead, it's only the beginning. It's an opportunity for Stringer, Jackson and Sharpton to step on victim platforms and elevate themselves and their agenda$.
I watched the Rutgers news conference and was ashamed.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for eight minutes in 1963 at the March on Washington. At the time, black people could be lynched and denied fundamental rights with little thought. With the comments of a talk-show host most of her players had never heard of before last week serving as her excuse, Vivian Stringer rambled on for 30 minutes about the amazing season her team had.
Somehow, we're supposed to believe that the comments of a man with virtually no connection to the sports world ruined Rutgers' wonderful season. Had a broadcaster with credibility and a platform in the sports world uttered the words Imus did, I could understand a level of outrage.
But an hourlong press conference over a man who has already apologized, already been suspended and is already insignificant is just plain intellectually dishonest. This is opportunism. This is a distraction.
In the grand scheme, Don Imus is no threat to us in general and no threat to black women in particular. If his words are so powerful and so destructive and must be rebuked so forcefully, then what should we do about the idiot rappers on BET, MTV and every black-owned radio station in the country who use words much more powerful and much more destructive?
I don't listen or watch Imus' show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it's cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they're suckers for pursuing education and that they're selling out their race if they do?
When Imus does any of that, call me and I'll get upset. Until then, he is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you're not looking to be made a victim.
No. We all know where the real battleground is. We know that the gangsta rappers and their followers in the athletic world have far bigger platforms to negatively define us than some old white man with a bad radio show. There's no money and lots of danger in that battle, so Jesse and Al are going to sit it out.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Nappy Headed Hos To Speak
Rutgers women's basketball team will hold a news conference this morning. I expect C. Vivian Stringer and maybe one player (probably Essence Carson) to speak.
I hope they say something like this:
"We do not accept Don Imus' apology. His words were hurtful and offensive and we view them as a personal attack. But we do not wish for him to be fired. We hope that he is allowed back on the air and that all the people who detest his remarks will stop listening and watching him. And all the companies that advertise on his shows will no longer do so. That is the only way to show that this type of speech will not be tolerated. But Imus is not the only one using these words. All over America young black men call young black women hos, and worse, and that is a much bigger problem. So we don't want to waste our time worrying about the thoughts of one old white man when a much bigger problem exists. We are proud of the great season we had as a team this year and we deeply regret that our sensational run to the NCAA title game has been marred by and inextricably linked to this current controversy."
I hope they say something like this:
"We do not accept Don Imus' apology. His words were hurtful and offensive and we view them as a personal attack. But we do not wish for him to be fired. We hope that he is allowed back on the air and that all the people who detest his remarks will stop listening and watching him. And all the companies that advertise on his shows will no longer do so. That is the only way to show that this type of speech will not be tolerated. But Imus is not the only one using these words. All over America young black men call young black women hos, and worse, and that is a much bigger problem. So we don't want to waste our time worrying about the thoughts of one old white man when a much bigger problem exists. We are proud of the great season we had as a team this year and we deeply regret that our sensational run to the NCAA title game has been marred by and inextricably linked to this current controversy."
Monday, April 09, 2007
Juice Loves Nappy Headed Hos
Don Imus is under fire for referring to members of the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy headed hos."
I guess it's ok to make fun of people's appearance but when you are white and you call black women hos, that's racist.
Now every black person and half the white people in America want Imus to be fired.
I hate when people call for someone to be fired.
If you don't like what he said, don't listen to his show. Boycott NBC and WFAN if you are that mad. Make your voice heard that way. I think it would be more effective if they actually staged a real boycott, and it succeeded, it would show how much power they really have.
Imus will not get fired and his ratings will not suffer.
I guess it's ok to make fun of people's appearance but when you are white and you call black women hos, that's racist.
Now every black person and half the white people in America want Imus to be fired.
I hate when people call for someone to be fired.
If you don't like what he said, don't listen to his show. Boycott NBC and WFAN if you are that mad. Make your voice heard that way. I think it would be more effective if they actually staged a real boycott, and it succeeded, it would show how much power they really have.
Imus will not get fired and his ratings will not suffer.
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