Simply Cheris. . .

I felt bad for Lolo Jones . We mocked her. Even her teammates got pissy about the attention that Lolo received --even though it was negative attention. Now, I don't feel anything but disgust. Over the last few days, I've been off social media for extended periods of time because of the vile things people are saying about the Trayvon Martin trial and Rachel Jeantel.   She is the young lady who heard Trayvon Martin die. Ignorance on social media about this young lady is heartbreaking. And Jones, who was mocked because she failed to win a medal in the Olympics, joined in. Comparing Jeantel to Tyler Perry's Madea. Not funny Lolo. You whined and cried about the negative attention you received last year, but you're quick to mock a young lady who has to relive some real trauma?  Please have an Olympic stadium of seats. Please sit down and shut the f*** up. Lolo Jones          ✔ @ lolojones ...

What was Chris Chase of USA Today thinking? This weekend a "story" about quarterback Michael Vick appeared on the USA Today web site showing a picture the Philadelphia Eagle posted of him and his daughter at the table. In the picture, there is a Milk Bone box. Does this mean Vick has a dog? A picture posted to Vick's Twitter account (Photo: Crossing Broad via @MikeVick) OMG. The world has come to an end. Unless somebody in Michael Vick's house has an interesting palate, it appears the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is back in the dog-owning business. Vick posted a Twitter picture Thursday night of himself and his daughter hard at work at the kitchen table. Dad was looking at game film on an iPad. Daughter appears to be doing some homework. And sitting on the table, in plain view, is a box of opened Milk-Bone dog biscuits. (It's next to a pink folder with puppies on it.) It's not hard to connect the dots from there. The picture was q...

Sixteen year old Jasmine Thar was shot and killed in December. She wasn't walking around a strange neighborhood. She wasn't wearing a hoodie or carrying Skittles and iced tea, she was with her godmother and a friend getting ready to go shopping in Myrtle Beach. Thar was shot by a resident of Chadborn, N.C., a town along the N.C. coast, not too far from the S.C. coast. James Anthony Blackwell, 23, told police he was cleaning a a Remington Model 700 rifle and it fired without him pulling the trigger. The police bought that excuse and Blackwell was never charged. Thar's mother, Carletta McNeil, had to take to the Internet to get some movement on the case. She started at SignOn.org Justice For Jasmine petition. As of Wednesday morning, 9,047 people had signed the petition. The State Bureau of Investigation and the FBI are investigating the case --but there has been no charges filed against Blackwell or an arrest in the case. What's the excuse in this case? The Cha...

The shooting of Travyon Martin has people talking about race and Wednesday night, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee, Mecklenburg Ministries and Community Building Initiative hosted a discussion on Martin. What needed to happen here was a real-life discussion on the racial issues in Charlotte. Because this city has some serious underlying racial issues that no one talks about in mixed company. Tonight was a chance to do that and no one did it. Last night's event was supposed to talk about broader implications of the Martin case , including: Why is what happened so disturbing? Could it happen here? What should happen now? What we got was a PC discussion on race, a rehashing of the reported facts in the case and a group discussion where someone said they're afraid to adopt a black child and more proof that our local elected officials really don't give a damn about what's happening in Charlotte. Before I get into the meat of the program, I have...

On what planet does this flyer make sense? Who thought this was a good idea? Obviously, Bentley's in Greensboro, North Carolina. I'm going to get to the promoter in a moment. But the club owner OUGHT to be ashamed. This club OUGHT to be boycotted for allowing this trash to have been publicized. We Like To Party Wednesdays in memory of Travyon Martin, the 17-year-old who was killed at the hands of George Zimmerman. What in the world does free wings and a lingerie lounge have to with justice for Travyon. Why did the promoters of this hot ass mess party think offering free admission with an empty bag of Skittles before 11 p.m. was a good idea? Are they just stupid? I say yes, but I wanted to hear from them. So, I called the number listed on the flyer. The outgoing voicemail message said something to the effect: We know you're calling about the event for Wednesday and we've canceled it. We were going to send some of the money to the Martin family. (Yeah, right and Geor...