After an eye-opening 2017 season, which caused NFL attendance and TV rating dropped as Trump and other critic’s scrutinized on-field protest by many of the league players. NFL commissioner Roger Goodall announced this week that the league has a new policy, “this season, all league and team personnel shall stand and show respect for the flag and the anthem. Personnel who choose not to stand for the anthem may stay in the locker room until after the anthem has been performed”.
When Trump was asked about the new policy he says, “I think the people pushed it forward. This was not me. I brought it out. I think the people pushed it forward. This country’s very smart. We have very smart people,” the president said. “And, you know, that’s something ideally could have been taken care of when it first started. It would have been a lot easier. But if they did that, they’re doing the right thing.”
The new policy stem from all of the opinion’s after former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, shocked the world when he decided to Neil for the national anthem before a preseason game and then before regular-season games throughout the 2016 season.
The protest let some to boycott watching NFL games last season and it appeared to have played a part in NFL’s ratings. Television viewership fell 9.7% across all networks last season, according to Nielsen data. An average NFL game was watch by 1.6 million fewer people compared to last year, declining overall from 16.5 million $14.9 million, ESPN reported.
Although their ratings have dropped, the NFL still signed a $1.5 billion deal with Verizon to stream games across the wireless carriers platform, according to Recode. The NFL also reached a five-year, $3 billion to broadcast Thursday night Football on Fox sports, according to Reuters.
The problem with this entire policy is that it effects the 70 percent of football players that are African American feeling the injustice in this country. Colin Kaepernick and other players have said they are not protesting the anthem or the military; they are using the anthem to bring attention to racial injustice and the issue of police abuse of black and brown Americans. Below is the video of Sterling Brown being arrested for a parking violation brings up Kaepernick’s point.
Nicki Minaj released the the visual for her track “Lookin Ass N****, which will be on her forthcoming album Rise of an Empire. In the video Nicki shows off her amazing body as a man is watching her. She shuts him down with machine gun verses and shoots him down with machine guns. With the title along we can come to the conclusion that Nicki isn’t interested in those types of guys giving her attention.
Here is some of the lyrics:
Look at yall sharin’ one bottle in the club One bottle full of bub’ ass niggas Look at yall none-having-game ass niggas Yall niggas share a chain ass niggas Same cup in the hand ass nigga In the club with a credit card scam ass nigga No dick in the pants ass nigga I be damned if I ever fucked a none-man ass nigga
I have been on Instagram and Twitter and it seems as though a lot of men are upset with the fact that Nicki came out with a song like this. I personally feel that the only reason you would be mad is if your one of those boys. I say ‘boys’ because you can can’t call a male that acts in those ways a man. Don’t get me wrong there are ‘girls’ that act the same but this song is talking about women that can’t deal with little boys. If you want a song that talks about women take a listen to Give You The Respect That You Earn. Otherwise don’t hate on the truth.
I watched her as she is on the couch sleep with her long black hair laid across my legs. She is a beautiful woman that I have the pleasure to spend endlesstime with. She could have been anywhere, but she’s here with me. Every time I look at her, she makes me want to be a better man not because I want her but I know her heart is genuine. Everything she says and does make me think about everything I have done.
Desi Renae as Meagan
Meagan opens her eyes and turns her head to look at Mike who quickly looks at the TV as if he wasn’t watching her, “How long was I asleep?”.
“About two hours”, Mike replied.
Embarrassed she said, “Why didn’t you wake me up?” sitting up on the couch.
“I didn’t want to bother you”.
Meagan began looking around, “Where is my phone?”.
“It was about to die so I put it on the charger in the room and it rang a few times too”
“Shit”, she got up and ran to the room.
After retrieving her phone she walked back into the living room scowling down her call list then called someone. She put the phone to her ears sitting on the arm of the couch. The phone rang four times before a male voice answered, “Hello”
“Hey, I just saw you call. I’m at a friend’s house and loss track of time. Do you still want to go?”
“Yeah meet me at 9”, the voice on the other end replied.
She replied with a big smile, “Okay see you soon”
“Alright Bye”
Meagan started putting on her shoes and grabs her purse. Mike asked Meagan interested, “Who are you going to meet?”
“This guy I met a few weeks ago ”
“Where did you meet him?”, he said waiting for a reply
“Why does it matter?”, she said in a skeptical tone.
“You do know some guy have expectations on the first date?
“Who said this is the first date?” she said looking up at him smiling.
Mike nodded his head. He then grabs a pen and paper handing it to Meagan, “What’s this guy’s information?”
“Mike get a life”, Meagan said rolling her eyes.
“I’m serious. I would prefer the full name and cell phone number”
“I’m also serious, get al life”, she said grabbing the pen and paper placing it on the table.
They both walk to the front door silently. Mike holds the door open as Meagan walked out. Before she left she turned and looked at Mike.
Mike says, “Be careful, I don’t trust these guys”
“Because you know what you do?” Meagan said smiling.
“We’re not talking about me, we’re talking about you be safe”
Why am I talking like this? I’m never the one to ask anyone about their personal life.
Meagan paused and smiled, “Its cute when you show so much concern for me” She stands on her tippy toes and kisses him on the cheek and whispers, “I will be fine”.
Meagan walks off and Mike closes the door but stands in the same spot thinking.
Meagan and I have been friends for years but just recently these uncontrollable feelings have been taking over. I want to tell her but I don’t want our relationshipto change. I respectand love her; the last thing I want is to push her away. The more time I spend with her the strongermy feels get. I can’t tell anyone about this because this is just not who I am. I don’t fall in love. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I’m in love with Meagan.
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the U.S. over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.
Zimmerman, 29, blinked and barely smiled when the verdict was announced. He could have been convicted of second-degree murder or manslaughter. But the jury of six women, all but one of them white, reached a verdict of not guilty after deliberating well into the night Saturday. The jurors considered nearly three weeks of often wildly conflicting testimony over who was the aggressor on the rainy night the 17-year-old was shot while walking through the gated townhouse community where he was staying.
Defense attorneys said the case was classic self-defense, claiming Martin knocked Zimmerman down and was slamming the older man’s head against the concrete sidewalk when Zimmerman fired his gun.
Prosecutors called Zimmerman a liar and portrayed him was a “wannabe cop” vigilante who had grown frustrated by break-ins in his neighborhood committed primarily by young black men. Zimmerman assumed Martin was up to no good and took the law into his own hands, prosecutors said.
State Attorney Angela Corey said after the verdict that she believed second-degree murder was the appropriate charge because Zimmerman’s mindset “fit the bill of second-degree murder.”
“We charged what we believed we could prove,” Corey said.
As the verdict drew near, police and city leaders in the Orlando suburb of Sanford and other parts of Florida said they were taking precautions against the possibility of mass protests or unrest in the event of an acquittal.
“There is no party in this case who wants to see any violence,” Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said immediately after jurors began deliberating. “We have an expectation upon this announcement that our community will continue to act peacefully.”
The verdict came a year and a half after civil rights protesters angrily demanded Zimmerman be prosecuted.
Zimmerman wasn’t arrested for 44 days after the Feb. 26, 2012, shooting as police in Sanford insisted that Florida’s Stand Your Ground law on self-defense prohibited them from bringing charges. Florida gives people wide latitude to use deadly force if they fear death or bodily harm.
Martin’s parents, along with civil rights leaders such as the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, argued that Zimmerman — whose father is white and whose mother is Hispanic — had racially profiled their son. And they accused investigators of dragging their feet because Martin was a black teenager.
Before a special prosecutor assigned to the case ordered Zimmerman’s arrest, thousands of protesters gathered in Sanford, Miami, New York and elsewhere, many wearing hoodies like the one Martin had on the night he died. They also carried Skittles and a can of iced tea, items Martin had in his pocket. President Barack Obama weighed in, saying that if he had a son, “he’d look like Trayvon.”
Despite the racially charged nature of the case, race was barely mentioned at the trial. Even after the verdict, prosecutors said race was not about race.
“This case has never been about race or the right to bear arms,” Corey said. “We believe this case all along was about boundaries, and George Zimmerman exceeded those boundaries.”
One exception was the testimony of Rachel Jeantel, the Miami teen who was talking to Martin by phone moments before he was shot. She said he described being followed by a “creepy-ass cracker” as he walked through the neighborhood.
Jeantel gave some of the trial’s most riveting testimony. She said she overheard Martin demand, “What are you following me for?” and then yell, “Get off! Get off!” before his cellphone went dead.
The jurors had to sort out clashing testimony from 56 witnesses in all, including police, neighbors, friends and family members.
For example, witnesses who got fleeting glimpses of the fight in the darkness gave differing accounts of who was on top. And Martin’s parents and Zimmerman’s parents both claimed that the person heard screaming for help in the background of a neighbor’s 911 call was their son. Numerous other relatives and friends weighed in, too, as the recording was played over and over in court. Zimmerman had cuts and scrapes on his face and the back of his head, but prosecutors suggested the injuries were not serious.
To secure a second-degree murder conviction, prosecutors had to convince the jury that Zimmerman acted with a “depraved” state of mind — that is, with ill will, hatred or spite. Prosecutors said he demonstrated that when he muttered, “F—— punks. These a——-. They always get away” during a call to police as he watched Martin walk through his neighborhood.
To win a manslaughter conviction, prosecutors had to convince the jury only that Zimmerman killed without lawful justification.
This is the stuff that really irritates me. America claims that we are this free country but people can get away with the most heinous acts by making up a believable story. I understand that we have to go to trial, get witnesses and collect evidence but sometimes the simple things in a case can tell you what really happened. I pray that Trayvon Martin’s family are able to come to peace with this situation. I also hope that the decisions made by the jury in Martin’s case we strictly based off of case evidence and not personal views about the case or Trayvon as a person.
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