The Post About Kenneka Jenkins

Kenneka, a 19 year old African American woman, was brutally murdered and raped. Her mother Tereasa Martin murder was contacted by her friends saying that they could not account for her whereabouts and that they were looking for her but they couldn’t find her. These accounts, reported by the mother, changed very often and there were often missing pieces to their stories. Martin went to the hotel and next morning and confronted hotel workers asking them to show her video footage of the night and asking them to help her look for her daughter.

They refused help or to lift a finger that did not help her in any way. They told her to report it to the police and file a missing person’s report. Then the police arrived at 3 or 4 p.m., mind you, her mother was at the hotel at 5am . They found her body in the freezer at the hotel. The police reported that she locked herself in the freezer, but it made no sense for her to lock herself in the freezer because the freezer doors were double steel doors. Even if she was drunk it would have been difficult to open those doors. Moreover, the freezer doors have an exit button which would have made it easy for someone to leave the freezer.

The story circling social media currently is that she was really murdered and raped by guys that join the party. There’s also a Facebook video filling around that may hold evidence to what happened that night. Her murder is a sign of how black women are the most disrespected race in America. What happened to her shows how the disappearance of black women and their murder is not met with the same ferocity and urgency that is usually met when it happens to white women.

The injustice that this young girl’s legacy is facing in this moment is reflective on what happens so often with black women. The misogyny that surrounds black women is a result of rape culture that makes men blame women who have been raped. The deeply rooted misogynoir in our society makes them blame your clothing and for being too sexual in Instagram photos. Also, women will turn around and say the same thing as a way to side with the same misogynoir that oppresses them as well. These statements are results of the rape culture prevalent in this society.

Moreover to the fact that many people believe that if she pick the right friends this would not have happened. Honestly, the only people who are at fault are the ones who raped this young girl. She did not deserve to die this way and she does not deserve to be forgotten. Her story must be heard because too many times this happens to young girls and it goes ignored. We must remember her name and her face so that people will never forget what happens to black women. We must teach our men to take care of and to protect black women.

The Post About Beyonce's Twins and Other Things Beyonce

This morning, I woke up to Beyonce's picture all over my timeline. There was Beyonce, Queen of the Universe, holding her babies while standing in front of a beautifully lit flower wreath looking like Mother Nature herself. I am here for it ya'll!!! After listening to Lemonade and 4:44 back to back for about a week, I was anticipating something hugecoming from the Carters and this was it! All of us on black twitter had a feeling that the twins had been born some time ago and that Beyonce was just witholding pictures from the public to be able to spend some time with her babies before the blogs completely lost it. And we have!! She named those babies Rumi and Sir Carter! She made sure to name her baby son Sir that way people had no choice, but to address him by Sir. I love it!

I am so happy for Beyonce, so I will be breaking down some things for people who don't understand the importance of this. When Beyonce announced her pregnancy, white women got in a tizzle over this and completely went off in their whiny nasally think pieces. Listen up here white women! What we are not going to do is speak anything but goodwill on Beyonce and her beautiful family. Beyonce has had to deal with a shifty marriage and work out all the kinks with that marriage behind closed doors. She has had many miscarriages and stillborns. Moreover, every other week people were coming out saying that Beyonce was pregnant, when she knew that she wasn't. Every single move she makes is scrutinized and criticized. People say she shouldn't dance around on stage because she's older and she's a mother. She shouldn't sing about having sex with her husband and that her feminism isn't real feminism because she focuses a lot on femininity in her music and that she doesn't give back to her community.

First of all, white women have no place to tell Beyonce anything. She is literally one of the best singers and performers of our time. Everything you are going to write about her announcements is just you complaining because it makes you feel some type of way because Beyonce is happy and you're upset that a Starbucks barista spelled your name Maggy instead of Maggie. Ya'll are really upset because when Beyonce posts a picture on her personal Instagram and we all get very excited. We are happy for Beyonce because we recognize how amazing she is and how hard she works everyday to have the level of success that she has. We recognize this, but you and some black women, I ain't forgot about ya'll "pick me's", get so upset because we are happy for Bey. Like let us have our happiness! Black women do not live happy and lavish lives to satisfy you. If you don't like Beyonce's instagram announcements,well then tough because no one care if you're hurt Becky. How aboutyou deal with whatever low self-esteem is making you take out yourwhite tears on Beyonce and her beautiful babies. Get over yourself.If you really think your negative opinion on Beyonce's growing family matters, then honey you are seriously delusional.

Onto Beyonce giving back, she and Jay Z has donated money plenty of times to people in theUS and across the world. We all know that Beyonce and Jay- Z are extremely private about their own personal lives. So that means they have found time to give back to the community without making a huge announcement about it. Because honestly, if make a huge deal of giving back to your community, then you're really doing it for publicity and for people to think that you are a good person. Jay Zwired money to bail out the Baltimore protesters in 2015 after filmaker Dream Hampton tweeted out to him in now deleted tweets. Apparently Jay Z wired tens of thousands of dollars. Beyonce has her BeyGood foundation that does very important charity work in Nepalafter the 7.2 magnitude earthquake and in Haiti to help disadvataged children.

Now, Beyonce's feminism is valid. Just because her music is usually about women's sexuality and femininity doesn't make it invalid. Beyonce sings about having sex with her husband and she wears what she wants on stage because she is her own person! She will wear whatever she wants after any pregnancy and she will be killing it on stage! Moreover, she created Lemonade which is an award winnning piece of black feminist art that is extremely important to so many black women still to this day. Femnism comes in all kinds of packages, but as long as it focuses on being equitable to all people despite their gender identity, sexual orientation, race, physical and mental ability, or socioeconomic background. Moreover, BeyGood has focused on pushing forward an agenda to pursue worldwide gender equality.

So if ya'll got any hate for Beyonce, don't bring that negative energy over here. No ma'am

The Post About Beyonce's Formation and Kendrick Lamar's Grammy Performance

I have to say in all honesty that this month is going pretty well for black people. I know I'm late in posting this, but there is a good reason why.

Beyonce released a new video for her new single "Formation" which is basically just a celebration of her blackness. It features a cop car from New Orleans that is in flood water, a group of people in church, some young girls with beautiful Afros, and a line of ladies who are all dancing in formation. The song talks about how people attribute Beyonce's success to Illuminati, black love, taking her man to Red Lobster, and celebrating her blackness. Many love the song to death and this new song was a follow up to announce Beyonce's new Formation tour which has sold out tickets in the UK in under 30 minutes. Following her Formation single, Beyonce performed at the Super Bowl and killed it. Her dancers paid tribute to the Black Panther party and to 26 year old Mario Woods who was shot 20 times by San Francisco police. Of course, many white people were outraged by Beyonce's performance saying that it was racist and that the Super Bowl is not the platform for a political statement. Many white people are holding rallies against Beyonce and against Red Lobster because of her reference to the restuarant chain. These white people obviously think that Beyonce's song is racist and the fact that Red Lobster has not completely shamed Beyonce's for referencing them in her song that in turn they are also racist. So now there are white people who are boycotting Red Lobster and Beyonce. Good luck with that.

Kendrick Lamar was nominated for 10 Grammy's and won 5. He also had a performance that used as a platform to promote the Black Lives Matter movement. He started with his song The Blacker The Berry with him chained to other black men in jumpsuit representing the mass incarceration of black men in our society. This is correct by the way because African Americans are six times more likely to be incarcerated than White Americans are. He then went into his song Alright which has become an anthem of hope for the Black Lives Matter platform. His dancers switch from depressing jumpsuits to neon painted jumpsuits while dancing to African style music. He goes into rapping the song Alright and goes into rapping his new verse "Untitled" coming up on his new album. His whole performance was very relevant and amazing and it made me happy that I am black.

Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are using their influence to promote change and impact others. They are bringing forward issues that many people will not discuss in their everyday lives, but these issues affect millions of others. So when they see this strong representation of issues that directly affect African Americans, it is important. Like in his performance, Kendrick rapped "On Feb 26, I died too." February 26, 2012 is the day Travyon Martin died. He also rapped "2012 set us back 400 years" because 400 years ago is when we think about when black people had no rights, but unfortunately, that's still relevant today. Also, during his performance, CBS bleeped out his line in his rap lyric referencing to police brutality.

All in all these two events has made this Black History Month lit. 

The Post About The Chicago Police

The Chicago Police department have been under fire for quite some time. Maybe it's over the shooting of Laquan McDonald, a 17 year old teen who was shot 16 times in 13 seconds by police officer Jason Van Dyke after being seen that he was armed with a 3 inch knife.
For more on that story:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/17/us/laquan-mcdonald-video-records-comparison/

There have also been more killings by the Chicago Police Department. Quintonio LeGrier, 19, called police three times Dec. 26 to ask for help. During one of the calls, the dispatch operator hung up on the teen, who was later fatally shot by police. According to ABC News, audio of the 19-year-old's 911 calls made Dec. 26 were released late Monday by Chicago's Independent Police Review Authority, which is investigating both LeGrier's death and the death of his neighbor Bettie Jones. Jones, 55, was also shot and killed by police after she opened their apartment building door to let police in. Earlier that day, LeGrier called 911 asking that a police officer be sent to his address. The first call was made at 4:18 a.m., and the last call was made three minutes later.

"There's an emergency, can you send an officer?" LeGrier can be heard saying on one of the calls.

During one call, LeGrier didn't respond to the 911 operator's questions and the dispatcher hung up on the teen, ABC reports.

When the dispatcher asked the teen what was wrong, he responded, saying, "Someone is ruining my life."

ABC reports that LeGrier's father, Antonio LeGrier, called 911 at 4:24 a.m. and asked for an officer to be sent to the same address.

"My son has freaked out. I need an officer," Antonio LeGrier said on the call. "He's got a baseball bat in his hand right now."

accident and say that LeGrier was charging them when he was shot. According to autopsies by the Cook County medical examiner on both victims, LeGrier was shot six times and Jones, a mother of five, was shot once, ABC reports.

"Upon arrival, officers were confronted by a combative subject resulting in the discharging of the officer's weapon, fatally wounding two individuals," police said in a statement released shortly after the shooting.

But there is something more to the stories here. This post may not be related to LeGrier, but I felt it was essential to update you on what happened there. That story is important for the public to see. Now onto to the issue that I dearly wished to address.

Police dashcams. These devices were put into police vehicles in order to prevent instances like Laquan McDonald from happening. However, new evidence has risen to show why these events keep happening.

Police officers have been destroying their dashcams on purpose. Maintenance records reveal that Chicago police officers have been involved in routine destruction and sabotage of dashboard cameras and microphones. This troubling revelation sheds light on what happened the night of Oct. 20, 2014, when Officer Jason Van Dyke — who was recently released on bond after being charged with first-degree murder — shot and killed a 17-year-old black boy named Laquan McDonald. The incident was recorded by multiple police dash cameras, but many of them did not record audio, including Van Dyke's.

In Van Dyke's case, the reason for this is now clear: He'd intentionally made his camera not work. The 15-year veteran took the camera from his patrol car to the department's maintenance team in June 2014, three months after reporting it broken. Repairs were completed June 17. The next day, the camera was "suddenly" broken again. Then, on Oct. 8 — 12 days before Van Dyke killed McDonald — the maintenance team fixed it for a second time, citing "intentional damage" as the reason for its malfunction.

The night of Oct. 20, the same camera wasn't recording any audio. Investigators decided this was because the microphone hadn't been synced.

The camera's repeated breakdowns and failure to record sound appear to be part of a systematic issue in Chicago. Technicians have identified 90 cases between September 2014 and July 2015 where Chicago Police Department officers had actually hidden their dashcam mics in the glove compartment of their cars. While in 30 other instances, there was evidence that recording devices were "intentionally defeated" or not activated by police personnel, DNA Info reported.

Meanwhile, another audio recording — this time from a cellphone camera — played a key role in helping people understand the circumstances around 43-year-old Eric Garner's death in July 2014. "I can't breathe," Garner said, repeatedly, as police officers in Staten Island, New York, wrestled him to the ground and choked him to death.

Interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante responded to the revelations by formally reprimanding some officers, and by suspending others for up to three days. "To boil this down, the police department will not tolerate officers maliciously destructing equipment," police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told DNA Info.

For more information

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/28/laquan-mcdonald-shooting-jason-van-dyke-dashcam-mic-destroyed-chicago-police