NEWS ROUNDUP: CHINA DENIES REPORT OF BAN / FEDS DROP PROBE OF SHARPTON’S FINANCES / KILPATRICK STILL UP TO NO GOOD
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The 2008 Summer Olympics kick off next week in Beijing, and China’s Foreign Ministry denied that bars in Beijing had banned blacks.
According to a statement posted on the ministry’s site:
“The report proved to be sheerly groundless as we checked with the Beijing Public Security Bureau. Beijing’s public security departments, including the Sanlitun police station, have never demanded that any bar stop serving customers from any region or country.”
Authorities have, however, imposed mass security measures before the opening ceremony on August 8. Subway station and airport checks have increased, and anti-terrorist forces have been deployed to Olympic sites.
Additionally, some bars have been closed and others have been told they cannot have live music.
FEDS DROP PROBE OF SHARPTON’S FINANCES
Federal prosecutors have dropped their criminal investigation involving the finances of Al Sharpton.
Sharpton said he’d learned a lesson: “I have learned that everybody is not necessarily out to get you. And, I hope [prosecutors] have learned that everybody who questions the system is not trying to beat the system.”
Authorities were looking for tax fraud and probing allegations that Sharpton had extorted donations to his National Action Network from corporate sponsors by threatening to boycott them and their products.
Sharpton said that “was a total fabrication. Some of the companies called me, outraged.”
According to the reports, since the criminal case has ended, it has been turned over to the IRS to pursue civilly. The IRS is still calculating what it believes the organization owes in taxes. “I make money, so I can pay,” Sharpton said.
Sharpton recently told the N.Y. Daily News that he was invited to appear on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, as well as Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice on NBC, but declined over the importance of the upcoming election. “This is a serious election. I don’t want to be dancing with the stars when I should be protecting the vote.”
KILPATRICK STILL UP TO NO GOOD

As if he didn’t already have enough to worry about, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is now under investigation by Michigan State Police after allegedly assaulting a deputy who accompanied an investigator for the Wayne County prosecutor at his sister’s home.
Sheriff Warren Evans said the mayor allegedly pushed a sheriff’s deputy and knocked him into the female investigator while attempting to serve a subpoena on Bobby Ferguson, a city contractor and friend of the mayor. Kilpatrick’s sister, Ayanna, is married to Daniel Ferguson, a cousin of Bobby Ferguson.
Evans said, “The officer alleges the mayor pushed him with significant force to make him bounce into the prosecutor’s investigator. Any time one of my police officers is assaulted, if he was — and I’m not saying he was — it’s a big deal to me.”
Assaulting an officer or “duly authorized person” attempting to serve court papers is a felony under state law and is punishable by up to two years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
During a bond hearing following the alleged assault, a judge revoked the mayor’s bond and he was required to pay $7,500 in cash to stay free. Kilpatrick was allowed to keep already approved business travel, such as the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver next month, but the judge ordered that all personal travel be prohibited. He is also required to participated in random drug testing. [ Read more. ]
( SOURCES: IHT, NY Daily, KFOX, Detroit Free Press )
( PHOTOS: AP PHOTOS, WXYZ )








44 Comments
1.
zorro
Saturday, July 26, 2008 /
kilpatrick just needs to resign immediately
2.
Karmel
Saturday, July 26, 2008 /
Wow…
3.
why?
Saturday, July 26, 2008 /
kilpatrick is an embarrassment
4.
yes
Saturday, July 26, 2008 /
^yes he is
5.
greg
Saturday, July 26, 2008 /
just 2 yung
6.
krist
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
I used to give Kwame the benefit of the doubt but now he’s just screwing up way too much. Way to make Detroit look worse.
7.
BadGirl23
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Kwame is such a fool, he really needs to step down but he’s too full of pride to do it. Whatever little improvement Detroit has made has been erased with his actions. Sad!!
8.
Jayla James
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
What is the world coming to today?
http://www.jay-ja.com
9.
Shwalker1214
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
I live in Detroit, and yes this FOOL is draining the LIFE out of the city.
10.
Pixie is Censored
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
J Dakar, did you hear anything about someone on Fox news saying a monkey must be a liberal…you should investigate it…I heard it but didn’t because I was in route to CNN and sort of just stopped mid click…don’t remember why and I heard the story leading up to it but I guess I wasn’t really “listening” and he said something about an ape or monkey like “you know he’s GOT to be a liberal” and one of the other guys got quiet and later says “I’m allowing you time to think about what you just said.” I think you should check it out!
11.
Pretty Brown
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
I LOVE MY HOMETOWN NO MATTER WHAT!! SHOUT OUT TO 6MILE AND GRANDRIVER!!!!
12.
Pretty Brown
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
WHAT’S UP DETROIT!
13.
MY DETROIT PLAYA
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
LMAO..what can I say, we elected a young gangsta for mayor!!!!!!
14.
CHEDDA BOY
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Y’ALL NEED TO LEAVE HOMEBOY ALONE. HE GOT ENOUGH ON HIS MIND…DAMN!
15.
D.Lani
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
I hope nothing bad happens at the olympics.. terrorist might see that as their golden chance to make a “statement”. Can’t wait to see the volleyball matches!!!
16.
GreatestLoveOfAll
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Kilpatrick should be ashamed of himself.
17.
dukesman2000
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Yeah China denies that they’re banning balck people tourists from entering bar and restaurant. The same way they’ve denied oppressing the Tibetan Monks? The same way they’ve denied purposely lacing toys bound for the US with lead, to poison our children? Or the same way they’ve denied being a communist country? China and the Chinese people are all full of shit!
Gone are the days of J. Edgar Hoover (the dirty racist Fed) who would chump up charges on prominent black leaders in order to throw mad monkey in the black movement. Rev. Al is smarter than the FBI; he knows that the higher the monkey climbs the more his ass s exposed. He knew they would come after him so he made sure his finances were straight. Nice to see that the feds have dropped the charges.
Now as for mayor Kilpatrick, this brother is going down fast. But say what you want he is not folding. he standing tall through out it all.
18.
Van
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Not only are blacks banned from the Olympics, but Mongolians too. Strange, ain’t it?
19.
ThatChick
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
***********I was wondering when people were going to start talking about that Beijing
***********mess. That’s good for AL even though I think he is an opportunist its seems
***********like someone maybe out to get him.
20.
lol
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
We Chinese DO NOT deny that you’re actually full of shit.
lol
21.
lol
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
for DUKESMAN2000
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J. Dakar
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
#10: I hadn’t heard about that, and I haven’t been able to get any details on it. When did you see that?
23.
pEAce
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
HE’S NO WORSE THAN ANY WHITE MAYOR, BUT SINCE HE’S BLACK, THEY PUT OUT ALL HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY!! IM NOT VOUCHING 4 HIM, BUT SOME OF U DUMBASSES ACT LIKE WHITE MAYORS DONT DO THE SAME SHIT!!!
24.
oliand1
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
23.
pEAce
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
HE’S NO WORSE THAN ANY WHITE MAYOR, BUT SINCE HE’S BLACK, THEY PUT OUT ALL HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY!! IM NOT VOUCHING 4 HIM, BUT SOME OF U DUMBASSES ACT LIKE WHITE MAYORS DONT DO THE SAME SHIT!!!
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WOW! You sound like the dumbass! We are all aware that Black public figures will be held to a different standard. We already know that they put us under a microscope as opposed to closing their biggoted eyes to the disgraces of white political figures (THINK JOHN & CINDY MCCAIN)
But since we know this SMARTASS, shouldn’t we be self aware & more concerned about how we represent ourselves & our community?
IJust because they get away with screwing over the people, we are going to allow this black man to drag us down with him?
Get it together! We need to be embracing the goodness of political reps like Barack Obama & get our damn heads out of the clouds & stop raising fists & shouting injustice for scum like the Kilpatricks, the R. Kelly’s, and the OJ’s of the damn world.
Sometimes we are our own enemies & the same media that segregates the White Kilpatricks & our Black Kilpatrick are well aware of the tight grasp they have on our puppet strings.
EFF KWAME!!!!!!!!!
25.
Confucius
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
FBI fukkin wit Sharpton b/c he stood up for the Jena 6, others & stays calling America out on its acts of injustice. Kilpatrick is extra irritated b/c of what he is going through but this is the time in his life when he must handle himself with class.
I do believe Chinese officials on this one, like I said b/f the bars usually discriminated against other Chinese not Blacks, Whites, or anyone who is a forigner with $$$$. Don’t get it twisted though, the Chinese are racist as hell but not when it comes to taking people’s money.
26.
aquarius0124
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Detroit is in bad enough shape already…we dont need any more negativity. resign already!
27.
Yoladyhu!
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Sharpton’s just a shakedown shister, only concerned about the spotlight and “gettin’ paid”. Why don’t all these so called ministers and reverands have churches? And let us not dare to ask them about their spiritual virtues related to philanthropy.
China, with all the mess going on there before the Olympic designation was announced, how did the committee select this country as the host nation? Nail on the head, with the poison, China is the real insurgency and we are all asleep at the wheel. Poison dog and cat foot, lead toys, poison human food, crappy ass clothes, you name it, China’s name is on it. Hell, who wouldn’t doubt that this country discriminates against Blacks, they force women to only have one child per family.
Kwame is focused on the last 2 letters of his name ME!!!! He thought his well connected and political family would help him out of this mess. But let’s be real, Detroit may have Black politicians and all, but White industries are still the anchor of the city and will all his hoeing around bring the already beleagured city down, he would do well to resign for “family reasons”.
28.
andy
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Barack is quick to attack poor blacks, but says nothing about the hundreds of blacks in the entertainment community who came UP from the ghettos and cotton fields, and were blessed through affirmative action programs to inherit the lion’s share of our bloody civil rights movement. He says nothing about the fact that they use none of their enormous wealth to create businesses that create jobs for our displaced workers.
Education is nothing in a highly discriminatory world, where Blacks are routinely told they’re overly qualified for the position.
He says nothing about the fact that they “GIVE BACK” nothing to the black community with jobs, and he listens to their pathetic excuses about not being able to find qualified black people when we have CEOs, upper managers, and middle managers, and low level people who worked hard for white corporate america and still are unemployed.
Too many of these fools forget that they didn’t walk their dusty cotton feet into corporate america, and just fit right in. Some white man was patient, kind, and thoughtfully mentored their country selves for YEARS, and yet they refuse to do the same for blacks of today who still languish in the ghetto. Some of the very people they criticize likely had ancestors who died to get them where they are.
Worst of all with all the black wealth in hollywood they are still to irresponsible to own a major studio or TV network to control black images, and to create their OWN jobs, but instead are still dependent upon the white man for work. How dumb is that??
The Rap community is the only one intelligent enough to own and control their own music distributions, with new talent creation, and these jealous creeps who don’t have half the intelligence, or business sense, are still trying hard to destroy them with lies and propaganda. The lesbian oprah wants to destroy all black men, and seems to be paying other black men behind the scenes to do it with her cowardly self.
29.
vanity
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
Barack is quick to attack poor blacks, but says nothing about the hundreds of blacks in the entertainment community who came UP from the ghettos and cotton fields, and were blessed through affirmative action programs to inherit the lion’s share of our bloody civil rights movement. He says nothing about the fact that they use none of their enormous wealth to create businesses that create jobs for our displaced workers.
Education is nothing in a highly discriminatory world, where Blacks are routinely told they’re overly qualified for the position.
He says nothing about the fact that they “GIVE BACK” nothing to the black community with jobs, and he listens to their pathetic excuses about not being able to find qualified black people when we have CEOs, upper managers, and middle managers, and low level people who worked hard for white corporate america and still are unemployed.
Too many of these fools forget that they didn’t walk their dusty cotton feet into corporate america, and just fit right in. Some white man was patient, kind, and thoughtfully mentored their country selves for YEARS, and yet they refuse to do the same for blacks of today who still languish in the ghetto. Some of the very people they criticize likely had ancestors who died to get them where they are.
Worst of all with all the black wealth in hollywood they are still to irresponsible to own a major studio or TV network to control black images, and to create their OWN jobs, but instead are still dependent upon the white man for work. How dumb is that??
The Rap community is the only one intelligent enough to own and control their own music distributions, with new talent creation, and these jealous creeps who don’t have half the intelligence, or business sense, are still trying hard to destroy them with lies and propaganda. The lesbian oprah wants to destroy all black men, and seems to be paying other black men behind the scenes to do it with her cowardly self.
30.
Bohwe
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
The media and the world really should be upset that the Olympic Committee decided to have the Olympics in a country where human rights are violated. I, get being upset over the whole African drama, but what about the oppression of Chinese people, that live their everyday. Black people focus too much on themselves.
31.
andy
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
I agree Bohwe that black americans focus too much on black only issues, and always seem to revel in all this attention that makes us look like black narcisstic rascist fools. During slavery blacks weren’t allowed to criticize anyone but themselves. To say anything against a white man was punished with beating or death. The traditional, the generational curse, needs to end now.
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To BOHWE:
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
You simply know nothing true about China, go there and see what’s really going on.
33.
gmisstata
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
7 mile and Ryan stand up!! Kwame…please give it up already! It hurts me to see him drag the city down…we already struggling as a community as it is. PHS “03″
34.
the_one_AND ONLY ONE
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
Okay why the drug testing, where there allegations or is it just apart of the deal in Michigan. Here is a the care of a politician who doesn’t know when to be humble, all this fighting for what, he really wants to have no reputation left. WOW!!!
35.
the_one_AND ONLY ONE
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
VANITY, @ 29, your post moved me to write this…
When do people take responsibility for their own choices? My parents were immigrants to the US, I was born here, grew up in a prodominately mix neighborhood until my parents moved us to the “black” county where I watched classmates with the same opportunity I had throw it away for something stupid, a choice that made them feel good in the moment.
I went to college, I did not do drugs or get pregnant, I studied when others partied and got high, I went to law school, then I got a my masters degree, and everyday I see what those choices have done for me.
So what the world is not fair, corporate America is racist, black people are racist, but I will not use my community or my choices to let anyone say part of my success was not due to my choices or that they were derived from some white man who gave me an opportunity. No actually it was a black man, one of the most brillant legal minds of our time (who happens to be black) and another black lawyer who gave me an opportunity out of law school because I made the right choice, the same ones we all have, for some it may be less visual then others but they are still there.
This is one of the few countries were an education is free and I see people throw it away every day, for what, so in a year or two you can be standing in the check out line as a cashier making minimum wage saying its the man, when actually it was your choice not to see that your decision today will effect your life in the long run.
People kill me when they say our schools are more harmful then helpful, there was a time when black couldn’t attend school but learn to read, when people didnt completes the first grade (let alone high school) because their parent where sharecroppers and needed the extra hands in the field but those individuals still grew up and became leaders in our country, created their own business, built homes, owned land. And yet people want to blame schools because they lack resources, hell black people have never had equal resources but we still found a way so I do not buy it.
Stop blaming people who made the right choices and start taking responsibilty for your own actions, we owe the CRM, we owe those who came before us and gave us the choices most of us now throw away.
You talk about Oprah v. rappers, how many of those same rappers speak about education in their music or give back to build independent schools in their former neighborhoods, or donate books to libraries in their community. I dont need a song about “shaking ass” in my community I need you to assist these children were our school systems have failed them. I need you to talk to them before it becomes apart of your community service requirement (T.I) or because its a tax write off or your PR agent told you it would make you look good. I need you to become outspoken and not when your album is about to drop (Nas) .
What busineses do you speak of, clothing lines, they are not independant artist, most own the record company yes, but are they not diversifying so they can run aginst and shut down the Sony’s, Aristas, Columbia, etc. They are not in distribution and that is where the money and decisions really are, these are still own by the majority who do not look like me and you. You can put out as many records as you want but if you do not own the distribution company that means absolutely nothing. Saying you have a label means what nowadays, when you start controlling what goes out, who hears what-basically controlling the market (Virgin) then you are in control.
And what is put out there is garbage and I am supposed to be happy because you employ a few people and look like me. Are you serious, when they become Magic Johnson then I will say your right but not until they stop hurting us to make themselves richer.
Like Lupa says, what is easier to do dumb it down (shake ass, sex it up, drug it out, drink it up) or speak up about how we don’t control the industries, to boost our self esteem to make us want more out of life, we have help to create the wealth within our own communities with degrading ourselves to do it.
You cannot blame black Hollywood, when they put out positive movies about us (Spkie Lee thank you) we don’t go, we instead go to gansta movies about b.s. because for some reason some of us are stupid enough to believe that is our role in america to be pimps, hos, prostitues, druggies, ass shakers etc. We would rather see movies called “Hustle & Flow” then watch the “Great Debaters” or “Talk to Me” Whose fault is that—? And Oprah produced the Great Debaters , she bought and now owns her own network and is working to put out more movies and shows about us that you and the rest of young black america will not go see because no one is getting shot up.
BET survives because you watch the network that promotes black degradation. And it was before Viacom bought that mess that we were helping to “keep it real”, with no orginal shows, no substance, just ass shaking wack videos about nothing, helping us to dream about nothing, have nothing, stay watching as the artist move into their exclusive neighborhoods and do nothing for those places they say they are promoting through the wack videos.
Lets do a survey and the top 100 rap songs in the last year and see what those songs are really talking about (ass shaking, clinking bottles, cars, women, hos, strippers). Okay yeah that is what my children should be filling their heads with instead of reading and writing about who they are and becoming spiritually and emotionally stronger human beings.
Black people have survived a lot, history is a powerful thing so before you go talking about Obama, Oprah and all the rest of us who made the right choice think what is your role, how do you serve the community, stop giving those who are hurting us the black pass (negative hop hop) and lets start to challenge ourselves to do better. We have no other choice. America is not changing (we will not become the majority even with a man who looks like us in the white house next year) all we can do is learn to build our own, make strides in our community to give back (and not just during the holidays, because its a tax write off, or terms of our conviction or bail) and become a mentor, adopt a child in our community, listen to the words of songs and not just the beats and start to choose artist who build you up and strive to be the best you can be.
the one has spoken…
36.
dukesman2000
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
@LOL…
That’s all you can say, huh? Why don’t you dispute my argument?
37.
moxpoe1
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
Wish kwame would go ahead and resign, he continues to embarass himself at every oppourtunity he gets.
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moxpoe1
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
Wish kwame would go ahead and resign, he continues to embarass himself at every oppourtunity he gets.
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LOL
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
@DUKESMAN2000: Cuz there’s no need, you are not in China, what can you use to back your point? You only know the second-hand news.
40.
JUDAH
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
——-LMAO!
——-”LOL” is a damn chink. I knew somethin’ was up when a slant-eyed, rat
——-eating, cat eating, yellow tooth, stank breath, flat ass, heathen like yourself
——-kept stalking my comments. You other races hate it when black people reject
——-you but you want to reject blacks.
41.
MissingStringer
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
pEAce
Sunday, July 27, 2008 /
HE’S NO WORSE THAN ANY WHITE MAYOR, BUT SINCE HE’S BLACK, THEY PUT OUT ALL HIS DIRTY LAUNDRY!! IM NOT VOUCHING 4 HIM, BUT SOME OF U DUMBASSES ACT LIKE WHITE MAYORS DONT DO THE SAME SHIT!!!
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That statement is so ignorant and uninformed. So because a “White” Mayor does it, its okay.. I live, work, and pay taxes in the city of Detroit. I’ve watched my city, morph into Kawme’s Kilpatrick’s play ground. The standard of living in Detroit is terrible since lttle KK stepped into office. Because of his antics, alot of political correspondents are saying that his troubles are going to play a factor in the National Election, and may cause Barack Obama not to win Michigan. He’s an embrassement to all black men, and in my opinon the officer should
ve DRAGGED HIS FAT TO THE GROUND HANDCUFFED HIM AND SENT HIS TO WAYNE COUNTY JAIL…SO, THE REAL GOONS CAN GET TO HIS TRIFILING ASS.
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LOL
Monday, July 28, 2008 /
@JUDAH
Why do you try your ass off just to describe what do I look like? I do grasp the real meaning of the word “racism” now.
Besides, I have no rejection to the blacks. All blacks in my school has a good relationship with their classmates. What do you think of it?
When it comes to the rejection thing, why should I reject your race just because someone like you talking trash?
To end with, everyone hates it when he or she is rejected, it does not has anything to do with people of which race rejects.
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