Don't always believe the hype

A woman accused of cutting in line at a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest, both misdemeanors. Under the plea agreement, which was reached after the jury received the case for deliberations. Heather Ellis will plead guilty to disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. She will serve a year of unsupervised probation, attend an anger management course and serve four days in jail before the end of the year. Ellis, then a college student with no criminal history, has said that some white patrons shoved and hurled racial slurs at her when she switched checkout lines. Store employees refused to give her her change and called police, she said. As she left the store, Ellis told the Dunklin County Circuit Court, a police officer told her, "Look at this stupid bitch. Take your ass back to the ghetto. Ellis was also charged initially with assaulting a police officer" She did not resist, but said her body was "flung around" by officers. She screamed loudly for help as officers "choked" her and pulled her hair, but she did not hit or kick them, she testified. I don’t know whether she did any of those things or whether this is a racial issue or not according to CNN.com a camera from above the cash register appeared to show Ellis' arm shoving merchandise to the side on the register's conveyor belt. Another camera showed her being led out of the store by police, with her arm in the air. A third, from the parking lot, showed her being handcuffed and put into a police car. It appeared to show Ellis kicking backward at police, as authorities allege. Her defense maintains she did so after police had assaulted her.

A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to marry an interracial couple has resigned the secretary of state's office earlier this month. Keith Bardwell resigned in person at the Louisiana secretary of state's office. The state Supreme Court will appoint an interim justice of the peace to fill Bardwell's position, a special election will be held next year to fill the position permanently. Bardwell, a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, refused to perform a marriage ceremony for Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend Terence McKay, 32 because he was concerned for the children that might be born of the relationship and that, in his experience, most interracial marriages don't last. The two were married by another justice of the peace. Bardwell also stated I'm not a racist," he said. "I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house. My main concern is for the children."
‘It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong," he said. There is the problem right there too many people still feel like this and have positions of power. I’m not one to pull out the race card on a whim, I am honestly not sure is this man is a racist or just plain ignorant. I know black women and men, who do not believe in dating or marrying outside their race. Are they racist? Or is it just keeping it real when we say it? As far as Heather Ellis goes, not everything is black and white or racially charged sometimes people just act like asses and have to the pay the price.