(Via The Hill) Obama Praises LeBron James For Stoking Racial Tensions With Wearing “I Can’t Breathe” T-Shirt…

President Obama says NBA superstar LeBron James did “the right thing” when he wore a t-shirt protesting the death of Staten Island resident Eric Garner.
James and other NBA players have worn t-shirts emblazoned with “I can’t breathe,” Garner’s dying words as he was put in a chokehold by a New York City police officer.
Obama has said generally that he believed it was “important” for athletes to speak out on political and social issues. But in an interview with People magazine released Friday, he offered his strongest endorsement of the protests from James and other NBA players to date. (more…)

Thank You For Honoring Jessica Lane Chambers

The dark place where Jessica was attacked will soon light up with expressions of YOUR CARING.  Due to overwhelmingly wonderful response, the Lowes Garden Center in Batesville (near Courtland) has been wiped clean of flowers, plants and mini-trees all purchased for Jessica Lane Chambers.
Logistically, in addition to rounding all of those up, Ashley ( @ashleyryna9 ) is working with a local florist (662-563-7658) to make special wreaths and cut flowers bouquets to join with bears, candles and more to present a loving tribute on behalf of people from coast to coast who refuse to allow her name to be forgotten.

If you donated to the effort via the Treehouse you should have received the following response email: (more…)

Growing pains require a prudent revisit to some guidelines to affirm in order to move forward.  So please give this your consideration:

1.)  First READ THIS ENTIRE THREAD – and the full context of any discussion thread you wish to participate in.   Skipping to the comments to express an opinion without reading the content of the discussion is not helpful.  Often we find many of the points injected into comments are already outlined in the construct of the thread itself.
2.)  STAY ON TOPIC – please do not post something unrelated to the specific matter and content of the thread subject.  There is a ALWAYS a daily open thread available for any subject you feel should get attention.   However, if we are currently investing time in a current case discussion (ex. Zimmerman/Martin, Wilson/Mike Brown, Chambers) DO NOT, post those topics on the Daily Open Thread.
3.)  NARROW YOUR THOUGHTS – Quality beats quantity.  Construct your comments to target specific areas and not broad generalizations about the discussion topic at hand.  If you have four or five disconnected points, break them up into individual comments.
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DeAndre Joshua (Ferguson, Missouri), Jessica Chambers (Courtland, Mississippi) now another in North Memphis area of Millington, TN.  Pattern?

MILLINGTON, Tenn. (FOX13) – Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a body that was found in a burning pickup truck Thursday afternoon on Mudville Road in Millington.
A sheriff spokesman said a witness saw a pick-up on fire just after 4 p.m. in the 7800 block of Mudville Road.

When deputies and first responders arrived they found a body inside the pickup truck, which was found down in a ditch.
It is unclear if the body is male or female.  The body was found in the passenger side of the pickup truck, SCSO spokesman Chip Washington said. They are considering this as suspicious. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Remember, he was the gas station owner, until his father, Mohammed Fadhel realized that various aspects of professional licensing and registrations would get him in hot water with numerous regulatory agencies – for a 19-year-old owner/operator of M&M First Stop gas station selling beer, wine, tobacco, lottery etc.
Subsequently Ali Alsanai, aka Basem Alsanai, aka Ali Fadhel, was quickly turned into “a clerk”.
Watch this video and see how many concerns and contradictions you notice.

♦  He claims 3 hours between seeing Jessica Lane Chambers and her death. Then recants when pushed.

♦  He claims the burned vehicle was brought to him at 9:00 to 10:00pm less than an hour after the crime scene.

♦  He claims pictures of him with guns are photo-shopped.  Obvious BS. (more…)

Several people have noted that no temporary memorial exists to recognize the horrific murder of Jessica Lane Chambers.  No teddy bears, no flowers, no candles, nothing.
As if it’s all just part of something too horrible, too troubling – something no-one wants to recognize let alone be reminded of.

So we’re doing something about it.

A few hours ago we began to reach out via twitter.  A genuinely kind person in the Courtland community has willingly heard our request and has stepped in to help.
Ashley ” @ashleyryna9 ” on twitter will be delivering flowers, a wreath and poinsettias on behalf of the Treehouse Community.  A florist is going to make the wreath.  We have also contacted the local Lowes manager Bryan Smith, in Batesville, (1-662-710-1000) who has around 200 poinsettias on hand.
We’re doing it up right.  She deserves it.  She deserves to be remembered. (more…)

[…]  Bottom line: unless white Hispanic Ted Cruz confesses to the killing of Chambers, expect this Mississippi burning story to die. Holder’s DOJ has no more interest in seeing it solved than do the media”…

Jack Cashill – In August 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Chicago boy, was brutally beaten and shot for allegedly flirting with a white woman in a Mississippi delta town.
Ever since, and especially in the Obama years, the charlatans who preside over the vestiges of the civil rights movement and their media allies have been looking for a new Emmett Till. Predictably, they have been looking in all the wrong places.
One place they have chosen not to look is Courtland, Mississippi, a small town in Panola County an hour south of Memphis. There, on Dec. 6, firefighters responding to a car fire found 19-year-old Jessica Chambers near death. (more…)