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just gonna go ahead and get into it, Y'ALLU. District Attorney Paul Howard of Atlanta, Georgia said that he is charging the former officer Garrett Ralf who actually shot Ray Shard Brooks in the back in the Wendy's parking lot, with eleven counts. One of them is felony murder. I know that aggravated assault is on their chrim, no damage to property, and violations to his oath of office. You guys,

this is pretty major. Yeah, like, I like it a lot. Um, It's an unfortunate circumstance, but I think, uh, these officers will think twice before they decided to try to kill, um, someone who could be innocent or guilty killing them. It's not the issue. I mean is the issue. Um, it's the force to definitely using these these deadly forced tactics. And I think it's all about their training too, Yes, for sure. And it's just like the message that um

Jamika Mallory posted on her page. She's she had on there. Just like the police escorted the guy who killed all those people in that church to Burger King, they could have escorted that young man home, ray Searn Brooks home. Yeah, And that's why for me, it is difficult to sit here and say, you know, it's training. They need to be trained. We've seen countless times when they encounter white criminals that they know how to take people in without

killing them. We have seen them show restraint over and over again. So I think what it is is, you know, police officers are able to sometimes use you know, like disrepency, like if if they see something, they can kind of gauge it out and see how they want to handle it. The thing is, black folks don't get the same opportunity

as white folks when they getting pulled over. I mean we're seeing celebrities and just you know, regular white folks on social media, tweeting about what their encounters were like when they got pulled over for being drunk. You know, even if they were miners or people who you know, all these other white people that had committed crimes that just gotta slap on the wrist. And then when you compare them to what a black person's experience is, it's

completely different. So, you know what, It's not the training, it's the fact that they are intimidated by black people. And that is what the basis of racial injustice is when it comes to systematic racism in America. They are afraid of black people. There's something about us that intimidates them. There is something about them that has the need for power. And I don't know what's gonna happen. Like you guys are obviously losing your power and they're showing out because

they see that the world is changing. But I don't really know. If these charges don't stick, now, it's it's gonna be a problem, no, because if they don't, it's gonna be another It's gonna be a lot going on out here in Atlanta. Go ahead, now, it's gonna piggyback off that for sure, because they posted up at their Wendy's every day for hours and they wait in you know, everybody's waiting. But I will say the reason I said training sewers because I think, um, they need to be

taught that we are just like our Caucasian counterparts. We are not I'm threatening, and we just have a different background. Of course, I think that they are fearful of us because we are naturally a little bit more aggressive than our Caucasian kind of parts. But that doesn't mean that we are going to kill them. The question. The crazy thing is we actually are brought up to be fearful of the police, and that is crazy because they're supposed

to protect and serve our neighborhoods. But when they come in our neighborhoods for some reason, they tend to kill us and they tell to be uh. They tend to be extra um physical with us when they arrest us, for it could be for minor things. If they feel any type of threat towards us, they tend to be

extra physical. And I think, to me, it has to be some type of training that they need to go through because and I understand your points, who I was just saying, like in the training part, like they have to tell these people like and I and then to to segue a little bit, I feel like African Americans were like a new species or something because all these other things just popping up, came out like we just came out like we're a new batch of race or something like that. So I do like how things are

starting to unfold. But unfortunately, I do think the new police officers have to have some type of, um, the sense of time reform type of training for sure to dealing with us in our communities. Well, you know, just like you said, we are brought up to fear the police, as a white person is brought up to fear black people in general. And um, I was just watching this video of this white man who was going off on

white people and just explaining the white privilege. And he said in that video, you know, whether white people admit it or not, they are raised to fear black people. When a black person comes around, or you go into a black neighborhood, lock your doors, you know. Um, so this is a top behavior. And and just like for the people, it's it's a it's a a top behavior too because you know, your parents always, you know, getting you prepared to how to on how to deal with

the police, and you know how to act. And you know what I'm trying to say, no because listen, um, I remember my mom clean houses when I was when I was a younger kid, and I would go to go with her to clean houses. And of course when we were clean houses will be in rich uh Caucasian neighborhoods. And you know, I never forget. We parked on the side of the road one time and we were walking into the house with cleaning supplies and one of the

neighbors called the police office. The police got there, my mom had to call the owner. She showed that she had the keys to the house, but the police officer went to leave until the owner came. I was in eighth grade and you know, I'm from West Palm Beach. I think we saw a post on ball alert with somebody from Wellington. We were actually in Wellington and that's a very nice area compared to where we were living in.

And of course my mom didn't drive the best car, so you know, as soon as we parked on the side of the on the side of the street where the house was at and we were walking up, neighbor called police like who are these black You know, I'm I had braids because you know, I'm in eighth grade, so I had braids in my hair, and I'm I'm pretty sure they felt threatened. That's a perfect example what

you're trying to say. Well, we are definitely happy that nothing happened to you all, that you guys are safe, because it's far too often. We know that it's the latter. We know that black people are targets no matter what they're doing. So it's time to see change. It's time to see reform, do what we have to do to make our communities feel safe again. And honestly, speaking about change, who would have thought that your pancakes might be a problem.

That's your pancakes and your syrup might be a problem. Okay, shout out to a young lady singer actually by the name of Kirby. She's single handedly, single handedly got on Jemima, the company that that produces on Jima Quaker oats to change the imaging and the name. She educated me on

something I did not know that Jemima really comes. It's inspired from a stereotype obviously many you know, and I just didn't realize how deep and when of course, it's like, we're looking at this imaging all the time, but I don't even think that as black people, we let that register. But the way that she pointed it out and explained it in her TikTok video, I guess word got back to Quaker Oats and they are changing the imaging for sure.

After one hundred and thirty one years, then Jemima name and image will be scrubbed from syrup bottles, pancake mixed packages because they are based off of, like you said, racial stereotypes. I haven't let downstairs in my kitchen. Are you what are you want to do about it? Now? Pancakes? Are you guys, pancakes? I feel you? I feel you? Are you going to continue to purchase Quaker Oats products

because listen, it's they knew where that came from. Why did it take for a revolution for them to do that? And honestly, it's hella the pancake options, like, come on, black folks don't be taking no apologies and putting money right back into their pockets because honestly, they don't really care. They just don't want to lose any money. You know, you know it hurt me, man, go ahead. I know it,

I know it hurt. Well. I was just gonna say, you know, with all that's going on and how everybody is being forced to look at race in this light, um you have, I'm glad that these corporations are taking

accountability now, you know, better late than never. Although you know what we're supposed to say, thank you for something that you have, you should have been doing exactly you know, um yeah, what you want to say, Oh yeah, we appreciate it, thunk y'all right, But the way that we really stick it to them is don't spend no money on their products. I know, man, Damn, I got the whole set up at the house to y'all, it's okay. You you got a family, you're gonna run through it

real quick, and then you're gonna buy your other options. Damn. Man. Well, hours after Quaker Oats made that announcement, another one, you're going another one. They're going to be changing the packaging for Uncle Ben's you know what, before y'all even start actually that Now that one, now it makes it's making sense. We got Aunt Jemima and then Uncle Ben. Uncle damn. I'm over here, I'm over here putting two and two together right now, like, wow, they've really even slick trying us.

But you know what, I'm glad that all this, all this stuff is coming to light now. My biggest question is what about the Quaker What about the man on the um on the Quaker oats? No, no, not not the oatmeal, the cream of wheat on the cream. Let me out, trust me. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god. I'm looking at it right now. I don't know. I saw I saw a me on Instagram that said you're next, and hey, we funding down the line. Listen. Who's okay? Listen what at a time? We are not

here value our money right now? He looks. Okay, I'm looking at it, but I don't know. I got now. We gotta research this. We gotta research this, y'all song, and y'all says on the box. Yeah. But you know what I want to say to these companies, it's not enough for you to change the imaging and the name. I want to see you all get involved in the black communities, whether it is monthly community service adventures that your employs can get into, or financially contributing like you guys.

It's not enough to just change the name. You got to prove that you are really down. What if the guy on the Quaker oats grits and the oatmeal, what if he what are the origins of him? He looks like the owner the planet, the plantation owner on that same you're making me looking at everything. I'm looking at the grids and the old man about Captain crunch, You got chill out out for that's the captain cutting. Oh hell no, he was one of the people driving the boat.

Let me crush. Don't nobody eat that sugar it is I'm just talking all of these packaging um from from corn flakes. These all stem from way, way like years ago. So you never know the mindset of these companies. They're all Europeanized and you know, push that upon us and for them to unveil what you know, stereotypes that they piggybacked off of to brand their product. I could see

more companies. I'm a forward. We cannot continue to be shocked when these companies that come from the eighteen hundreds or whenever it was that they that they were born that they're not racist. They absolutely are. But you know what, speaking of something that is shocking, people are kind of tripping to Deja Harris's reaction. If you watch t I Family Hustle the latest episode, then you got to see

what Deja's reaction was. Back when t I revealed that he um he goes to the gynecologists with her to make sure that she is intact, basically to make sure his baby girl is not sexually active. So obviously we knew that she was embarrassed, you know. We we knew that she deactivated her social media, she kind of went goes for a little bit. But this was where we

actually got to physically see her reaction. And some people feel like she might be a little harsh on t I because at one at one point she actually said that she'll be a better parent, you know, not to say that he is a bad parent, but she just felt like she would be a little more empathetic and respectful of her children's privacy. And I can understand that

I can relate as a woman. I would be completely embarrassed, could not my face if my father told the world about me like that, let alone on that platform, you know, UM as a father of a teenager with now I see when I wake up in the morning, I just realized that by the last month she got boobs now and it bothers me a little bit, but I don't necessarily and my and my teenager is actually super private,

so she don't really like attention like that. So I can already imagine how, of course, growing up being TIA's daughter and being on TV for everyone to judge you, so I can kindred and teenagers. You know, once teenagers start becoming mature and you guys are you you? You ladies are females, so you will know this more than me. Once you get like sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen twenty, you kind of over here life bro a pops, You're not necessarily as cool as everybody think you. Hi, why are

you talking about my business on TV social media? You know what I'm saying. I think he could have left that private. That's my big dog. But hey, I think you could have left that alone. That's true. And it's just like the old Kanye. Piece of the old Kanye said, and we made you from the Late Registration album come on feeling better. There's some head on a Sunday afternoon better than a check that says yes too soon until

you have a daughter. That's what I call calmen and you pray the guy she don't grow breast too soon. Yeah yeah, well my my, my seventeen, my soon to be seventeen year old breasts are here. They're they're definitely here, and I don't like it. The double standard has to stop, you know. I feel like we're in an age now where people who wanted to ignore or could not understand systematic racism or racism period are starting to open their

eyes to it. And now I feel like we have other conversations to have right for centuries, for since the beginning of time, men have always talked about women's bodies, what they should do, what they should look like, how they should be and listen, it is not your place to talk about this young woman's body, no matter what stage she's in. I understand you know. This may be your child, this may be a family member, a niece.

But I promise you there is not a single young woman in the world who is truly okay with her body being talked about. They're still trying to understand their body at that age themselves. So to have to go on social media and read all these comments and then also here other men chiming in, Oh yeah, I would do that with daughter too. I mean, she she better

be a virgin. She too young. But then you turn around and you hear fathers having conversations with their kids about being baby daddy's or you have a situation like Little Boosey where he went and got a woman to service his young kids and his nephews. Like, the double standard is so extreme it just does not make sense. So please leave these young women alone. If they have a mother, let the mother deal with that. If they have aunts, let the aunt deal with that. Certain things

should be private, you know. Yeah, And if they don't have female figures in their life and you have to be that as a father, then I applaud you for being that, But please understand the boundaries and give her the respect to talk to her about what those boundaries may be. Because don't just don't assume that she'll be okay with it. Don't assume that these girls are okay and she was just mortified to even have a conversation about it with her dad. You know, that alone says

a lot. I'm pretty sure, like the conversation at if it was more of a private conversation versus it going viral or whatever, we called it, and it's just you know, it's just embarrassing. You know, just as a kid, I can kind of I would set be embarrassed. That's embarrassing, so you know, and just as a father, you you don't want to embarrass your kid. But at the same time, we don't know what's going on. We kind of see bits and pieces. Well we see the majority of it.

I ain't gonna lie, but I mean, I couldn't imagine being a celebrities child. Being a normal person is already enough. It's already a lot of being a celebrities child is completely different. So I guess we can go ahead and get into this. Yeah, right, well, let's go ahead and get into this Rick Ross situation since we're talking about kids. So Brianna Camille and Miami rapper Rick Ross, they've been going back and forth in a custody battle regarding their

two children. And keep in mind she is currently agnant. There's a third child on the way. They got two kids together and then she got pregnant with him. Was

well listen, she is his former living girlfriend. You know, they were in a real relationship, and last month Brianna actually said it was documented in court papers that she has no problem, you know, granting ross any parenting time like he she wants him to have time with his kids, but she wants him to test negative for COVID nineteen because she said that he's been traveling and because of her current pregnancy, it means that she's at a higher

risk of complications. Some people say she's tripping. Some people think he's tripping because he's saying that the virus is a non factor. It doesn't matter. He thinks that she just wants to keep him from from seeing his kids. Where she's just like, listen, just take the test. If it says you're negative, you can come get them right now. It just sounds like a o they're protecting her kids. Okay, guys, listen, you know what I think. It sounds like a pregnant

lady being extra number one, number two. How the hell did you get pregnant anyway? Okay, was you worried about COVID nineteen, then was you worried about COVID team, then when y'all y'all was not even together, you got pregnant. And then now you know that went together when she got pregnant because they weren't How do you know, were they quarantining together? I don't know. Do you know that?

We don't know, That's what I'm saying. And she want that, Well, he don't got COVID nineteen, but you said he that's that. That was his living girlfriend, right, Yes, they lived, so they had for the first for the first two kids. I thought they only had one together. No, they have two children, and they they've been shocking pregnant and she's all the way pregnant. So she got three months she got pregnant. She got pregn it with the breakup sex and lett y'all know she had she got pregnant with

breakup sext the beginning of fourteen. We're like almost six months in. If that's the case, they got pregnant, okay, because they did it together. And the reality is, listen, cod's emotionally unstable because she's pregnant. I get it. And she wants him to take a COVID nineteen tests across. Just take the test, bro, and just test negative and then go over there. That's it, because what if he actually has it? What if he's asymptomatic and the kids

get it? Now, what everybody's gonna be like, Oh, oh, he should have took the test. Like the mama said, she's pregnant. She don't want to, she don't want her kids to get sick. You don't want the new and she's elevatedly emotionally extra and the fair sir, take the damn test and go to your kids. Want to take the test? Man, what are you gonna listen if he took the test when when the conversation first came up,

he would have been with his kids. But that thing all over your nose, man, that ship don't even look comfortable, look like it hurts. It's up your But what's worse that are getting your kids sick? Come on now, because y'all know even y'all know eve been traveling or getting um colonoscopy. I hope by the time it's time for me to take that they have a research. They have a new way in doing it where they just think, like something in my ear or some ship. Man, that's

gonna be the worst day of my life. Well, I want to know who do y'all think is tripping? Do you think Rick Ross is tripping for refusing to take a COVID nineteen test, or do you think Brianna Camille his baby mama is tripping for asking him to take one before seeing his kids. I think Brianna Camille is tripping on. Want me to tell your why because I think deep down she knows Rick Ross does not have COVID nineteen and she's just being extra. But I could

be wrong know that. How do I think it's between them two? I think them to know they know like she know was. But I think she's just challenging him, like, Yo, you need to take the test. You've been going out and doing too much stuff. What do you think O c T. I think we're giving this too much energy. Okay, take the test. That's it. Just take the tests. Are like, don't try to make it seem like she's being evil. Just take the damn test. COVID is really out here. Okay.

I'm not saying this as crazy as they're saying it is, but just don't don't risk putting the kids in harm's way. Even even Ferrari, even Ferrai Simmons gotta change his clothes and take a shower when he gets home before he could interact and take all my clothes off and walking out straws on and go straight to the shower. Woman's mind and take the test. Okay that your baby mother the mother of your child. All right, well we're gonna move on from that because clearly we're just giving that

a little too much. Moving on, the Netflix CEO and his wife donate a hundred and twenty million dollars to historically black colleges. I hope it doesn't go to, you know, the top five colleges. I hope it goes to the ones that are bottom ranked, because they definitely need the funds. I think a number one is Spellman. I believe Spellman is the number one HBCU in the country. I think the top five HBCUs are really well funded for the most part. I hope that it goes towards I hope

it goes from the bottom up. If that makes sense. Well, let's just say that. On Wednesday, more House College announced it had received forty million dollars from Patty Equivalent. I believe it's her name and read Hasting. It is the largest single donation in more Houses one and forty two year history. Oh, I have to interrupt you all. It is a high school athlete, mikey Um. He is a highly highly recruited UM upcoming senior and he's thinking about taking his talent to an HBCU think and that's how

you bring it home. Actually talked about that on a previous episode of The Ball Alert Show. I think that that was I think that would be super dope. If he does, it forces the dollars to come to the HBCUs because they will spend their money with us. Yeah, like imagine Lebron James taking do a one year in college at the HBCUs. Oh my gosh. Well, they also donated million dollars each to Spellman College and the unscf UM and we're excited about that. I'd love to see

this energy going to the black communities. They feel that they were blessed to have great, great education and they wanted to share that with some members of the black community. So it looks like they are looking to more house that is is going to pay tuition for some people. They're going to be some graduates that get to walk away debt free, and I'm hoping that in the future they turn around and bring that some of that love back to the community as well. Who's celebrating Juneteenth out

here for sure? Speaking of black Love Friday, June teenth, um is upon us and just a few corporations that are recognizing this holiday um as a holiday. Actually this year is Target also Nike, fifth Ord Bank, Quicken Loans, Twitter, Square, Lift, Adobe, the New York Times, Postmates, Google, just to name a few, and the NFL the commissioner Roger Goodell. But he just won't quit. Why I noticed, you know, with all these companies that are finally recognizing Junetee, that's a paid national holiday,

giving these people off, a lot of them are. Um. I'm seeing that they're saying that the country is experiencing this sort of trauma right now and it's not new, but it's not enough. But we'll take it with the in light of everything, we want to recognize Juneteenth. And it's just like, okay, it's a trend, but let's see what they do moving forward. Let's see what they do moving accountable. So I wants I think every African American person should get a hundred and fifty thou dollar check.

That's nothing. But this is just part one. This is just part one. Hey, guys, just send out a real stimulus to to the African American community. You want us to figure out how to buy our own block back reparations community can look a few different ways. Black people should have lower interest rates on loans, We should be able to purchase homes at lower rates. Like there should be financial um relief in a lot of different things

when it comes to the African American community. Because if America wants to keep crying that they cannot afford to give us the reparations that we so desperately deserve, then help us out in other ways. Make other things accessible to us. But please know the reparations are coming. We're gonna keep demanding that. Are you guys happy with the acknowledgement than Juneteenth is getting right now? But I think

it's I think it's a start. I think everything that's happening right now is a start, and I'm cool with that. And I think on Juneteenth to like, that's our fourth of July. But I feel like it should be recognized as such, just like the Irish kid there holiday on St. Patrick's Day, just like we coming coming. It's like to go to Mayo gets their day. You know, I feel like we should be you know, June teams should be

established like that. And I feel like a lot of these especially these corporations who are recognizing and it should do something in the black community on this day. I think it's something. I think it's coming. I think now corporations are paying attention. I think it's kind of like a worldwide like actually worldwide. It's like, oh wow, we're listening. We're sorry, we're listening, but now they're actually listening, and so we need action. I don't want I don't even

want to talk about this ship no more. Let's see the action. So June teenth cool, I'm telling you all, man, each African American should get a huntred in fifty k, just for starters, just like how they're doing June teeent and a that. Yeah, just send us all a hunt in. We need that. Come on, everybody should get a UF That's just a start, but is well on the hunting is well on the way. And make sure make sure you keep right here because Valla bell is coming up

next right right. All right, that's it in case you missed it, And now it's time for a word from our sponsors. You're you're listening to message. I actually got this one this morning, y'all. This was hot off the press. Um. I think it's funny, but you guys may not here we go, dearI I think my husband has a monthly period. Every month he completely makes up an argument and storms out of the house and I don't see him until

the next day. What man creates an argument and leaves for one to two days and goes to his mama's house. And before y'all think he say he's cheating. I have his location on his phone, so I know he's over there. Plus, well, he gonna drop his phone off over there, didn't leave. Plus his mom is always in the middle of our arguments. What do I do about my man? Slash woman? I live with wow girl. His mama has a woman that

she would rather her son be with. So when he leaves for those one or two days, that woman is at his mama house and they got a whole little fake relationship situation going on to make his mama happy. His mama is in the ships. Uh, Like I said, he gonna go with his mama house, drop his phone off, and then go to where he really going to. He gonna come back, get his phone, and he's gonna go back home. Yeah, Doc underscore SKK said, he leaves his phone at his mama house. Pull up, pull up on him.

That works every time. Oh so they agreed, right, yeah, got again? She said, well, she picking him up at his mama's house, and he leaves his phone at his mama. So at his mama, so you can keep thinking he at his mama house. I'm trying to tell baby J wants that either he's leaving his phone at his mom's house or his mom is the other bitch my gosh. Okay, this is a deep one. The m the the motherfucking editor. Okay,

that's the m F and editor. If a man is holding you emotionally hostage, or or if his emotions are taking up all your space of your relationship, that you you find yourself not even being able to emote your femininity because he's hoarding all emotional labor. That all, if he's holding all the emotional labor, then let him go. It's unsafe for your mental and you deserve a grown man that uses his words, not a little girl man that treats his mother like the other woman. That ship

is weird. Who has who has all that time? Okay for him? Well, Pory, what do you think? What's your advice? I think yeah, I think his mom is in on it. I think he goes over there, he leaves the phone with his mom, and I think maybe even his mom is the person arguing back and forth for her while his while her son goes out and do his dirt and then come back, don't come back because and then you as a woman, just letting your man leave for

two days, one to two days. I wish I would leave my house girl, tunisia, Tunisia, change the locks up in this thing. And she would be like, that'd be last time you leave this house. You you can't come back, And she says this happens often, So I ain't feeling that I would go with him, open to them, where are we going? All right? Argue over there? Yes, yes, cooking tonight, right, I'll be there. Yeah. So yeah, I think, um, I think you need y'all need to I wouldn't even

recommend counsel. I think y'all need to go here and go y'all separate ways because that's toxic both. I agree. I ain't doing nothing. And now it's time from a word from our sponsors. And now it's type of common creeping. Now y'all know I'd never do stuff like this. I never really be and drama like this, but two people that I know. One I'm super cool with it's like a brother to me, and the other one I'm I've been a part of his um beginning, part of the

stages of him being an artist. So why ko Cyrus shoots his shot at uh wife and Lucci's ex girlfriend. Okay, Regina, Um, please play the audio. Come on, just give me a chance. I'm not like these other rappers. I'm gonna I'm gonna give you the world. Leave me on head please. I know you're tired of the bull crowd. Nick's doing dumb jump, but I'm not gonna do it. Your Dady's gonna like me. I'm gonna give you the world, baby, listen, and I'm smart and I love God. Okay, wife and Lucci comments,

shot ain't none, it's a brick. M m m. That's my wife, and Luci said basically, would you know him? And uh you know? Um they're talking now. I don't think no, no, no, I don't think that they're talking like in their relationship. I think that's fine. They could be cool. You don't have nothing to do with with her next relationship or the next person that wants to talk to her. Just being protective of it. You know. No, I think the P word that you're looking for is possessive.

I mean it's a difference between protective and possessive. That man is not out possessive. He ain't looking out for her in that type of way. Okay, I'm done, but yo, we appreciate that common creep in as messy as that was rory. Before we get out of here, Balling Nation, do you have a word for us? Yeah, I'm about to pull it up. All right, Before we get out of here, ball Nation, I just want to say happy June teenth to everybody, every black person. I hope he

is celebrate like it's fourth of July. Yes, and I appreciate you guys tuning into the ball Alert Show podcast each and every week. We love you guys. Don't forget to follow us on social media. We love reading your comments, and we will be sharing some of your comments on next week's episodes for some of our hottest topics. To go on ahead and get those hen shout. Okay, I mean my comments are quick, y'all. I don't really have too much more to say. I just had a couple

of things to say. All right, leave us with a word eight minutes forty six seconds. Eight minutes forty six seconds, that's how long the knee was on George Floyd's neck. So um, I challenge anyone who listened to this right now to do something for eight minutes and forty six seconds and see how long that is, and then and then replay I need being on your neck for that same length. Okay, okay, love all, just because the true is real.