BRADY LEARNS HIS FATE BUT WILL IT STAND ?

So the NFL has moved to penal­ize The New England Patriots and the league’s gold­en-boy Tom Brady.
Brady has been sus­pend­ed for the first four games in the 2015 sea­son for vio­lat­ing the NFL’s integri­ty of the game pol­i­cy. He’ll lose about $2 mil­lion in salary dur­ing the sus­pen­sion, which could be reduced upon appeal.
The recent­ly released Wells Report ruled Brady most like­ly took part in cir­cum­vent­ing the rules when he had mem­bers of the orga­ni­za­tion, Jim McNally and John Jastremski, con­spire to release air pres­sure from game balls to ille­gal lev­els after they were inspect­ed by NFL offi­cials. McNally and Jastremsky have been sus­pend­ed indef­i­nite­ly from foot­ball operations.
The team has been fined $1 mil­lion and los­es a pair of NFL Draft picks: their 1^st round selec­tion in 2016 and their 4^th round pick in 2017. Source: http://​www​.nbc​sandiego​.com/.
Ill leave the cham­pagne on ice for now , after all Brady still have the option to appeal which he has inti­mat­ed he will do.
In the end Brady is like­ly to have his sen­tence over­turned or sig­nif­i­cant­ly reduced. 
On that basis we will with­hold fur­ther com­ment until a final ver­dict is reached on this cheater. 

Prosecutor says Madison police officer won’t be charged for shooting Tony Robinson

A pros­e­cu­tor in Wisconsin said that a police offi­cer in Madison, Wis., will not face crim­i­nal charges for fatal­ly shoot­ing an unarmed man ear­li­er this year.

The deci­sion came more than two months after Anthony Robinson Jr., 19,was shot by Matthew Kenny, 45, as the police offi­cer respond­ed to calls about a disturbance.

“I con­clude that this trag­ic and unfor­tu­nate death was the result of a law­ful use of dead­ly police force and that no charges should be brought against Officer Kenny in the death of Tony Robinson Jr.,” Ismael Ozanne, the Dane County dis­trict attor­ney, announced Tuesday after­noon at a news conference.

Local author­i­ties say they have pre­pared for protests that could fol­low the announce­ment, which comes amid increased scruti­ny on how police use lethal force. Over the past sev­er­al months, protests have erupt­ed in mul­ti­ple cities — includ­ing Madison — after deaths at the hands of police.

Robinson’s March 6 death prompt­ed days of sus­tained, peace­ful demon­stra­tions in Wisconsin’s sec­ond-largest city. Police say they were respond­ing to mul­ti­ple calls about a dis­tur­bance involv­ing Robinson, includ­ing calls that said he had assault­ed oth­er peo­ple and run into traffic.

In a brief state­ment after the shoot­ing, police said that when they found Robinson, “a strug­gle ensued” and he was shot. Kenny was placed on paid admin­is­tra­tive leave, and the police chief apol­o­gized for the shoot­ing and asked for patience dur­ing the investigation.

[How the response to protests over police force changed from Ferguson to Baltimore]

Robinson’s death was inves­ti­gat­ed by the state Division of Criminal Investigation, because Wisconsin has a law requir­ing an out­side agency to look into offi­cer-relat­ed deaths. The state’s inves­ti­ga­tion involved dozens of inter­views with wit­ness­es and anoth­er series of inter­views with res­i­dents of the neigh­bor­hood, the agency said. Once the agency com­plet­ed its inves­ti­ga­tion, it turned over the details to the dis­trict attor­ney to decide whether to file any charges. “At the end of the day, this is a human tragedy for Tony Robinson’s fam­i­ly and for the police offi­cer involved,” Brad Schimel, the Wisconsin attor­ney gen­er­al, said in a state­ment short­ly after Robinson’s death.

Ozanne, who was appoint­ed in 2010, is a life­long Madison res­i­dent and the first black dis­trict attor­ney in Wisconsin his­to­ry, accord­ing to his office. He said he viewed his respon­si­bil­i­ties through this lens as “a man who under­stands the pain of unjus­ti­fied pro­fil­ing” and described dis­cus­sions he has had recent­ly with com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers who are dis­trust­ful of the crim­i­nal jus­tice sys­tem. “My deci­sion will not bring Tony Robinson Jr. back,” Ozanne said Tuesday. “My deci­sion will not end the racial dis­par­i­ties that exist in the jus­tice sys­tem, in our jus­tice system.”He described his review of the evi­dence as method­i­cal, out­lin­ing a process that involved sift­ing through 800 pages of reports, view­ing sur­veil­lance footage and inter­view­ing res­i­dents, police offi­cers and emer­gency responders.

Ozanne said that the evening of the shoot­ing, three calls were made to 911 with­in four min­utes, all report­ing issues involv­ing Robinson. The first call came from a friend of Robinson’s who report­ed that the 19-year-old “was tweak­ing” after tak­ing mush­rooms, Ozanne said. The pros­e­cu­tor also described calls about an unarmed man who matched Robinson’s descrip­tion punch­ing a pedes­tri­an in the face and anoth­er call from some­one who said Robinson had tried to choke him. Robinson was also seen try­ing to assault peo­ple on the side­walk and block­ing traf­fic, Ozanne said.

Toxicology reports lat­er con­firmed that Robinson had mush­rooms, mar­i­jua­na and Xanax in his body at the time of his death, accord­ing to Ozanne. Kenny, who was inter­viewed by pros­e­cu­tors, said he heard “inco­her­ent yelling and scream­ing” from an upstairs apart­ment when he arrived, accord­ing to Ozanne. Kenny said that when he went up the stairs, Robinson hit him in the head and knocked him into a wall, Ozanne said. The offi­cer said he opened fire after fear­ing that he would be hit again and his gun could be tak­en and used to shoot him or oth­ers. Kenny fired sev­en shots in three sec­onds, and all of the shots hit Robinson on the front of his body, Ozanne said.

After the shoot­ing, Kenny said, he did not know how he got to the bot­tom of the stairs but that Robinson was still con­scious at the time. Kenny said he tried to give first aid to Robinson until the para­medics arrived, Ozanne said. “A young man lost his life far too soon,” Ozanne said. He urged peo­ple to respond with­out any vio­lence. Michael Koval, the Madison police chief, released a lengthy state­ment after Ozanne announced his deci­sion, again offer­ing his con­do­lences to Robinson’s fam­i­ly. “As a father of two adult sons, I can­not begin to grasp at the mag­ni­tude of their loss,” Koval wrote. “The dif­fi­cul­ties that they have faced have been for­mi­da­ble and I hope that some mea­sure of heal­ing can begin.”

Kenny will remain on admin­is­tra­tive leave until the police depart­ment fin­ish­es an inter­nal review to deter­mine whether any of its pro­ce­dures were vio­lat­ed, Koval said. In his state­ment Tuesday, Koval wrote that Madison “finds itself at a cross­road” after the deci­sion. Protesters can respond with the prop­er­ty dam­age and dis­or­der seen in oth­er cities, he said, or they can “take the high­er road” of non­vi­o­lent civ­il dis­sent and civ­il dis­obe­di­ence. “Unrest like we have wit­nessed else­where in our coun­try can­not pos­si­bly aid in con­struc­tive engage­ment and only holds us back,” Koval wrote. “The envi­ron­ment for heal­ing and rec­on­cil­i­a­tion has been forged, owing to the incred­i­ble capac­i­ty of the Robinson fam­i­ly and their urg­ing of the com­mu­ni­ty to deal with the issues at hand with respon­si­ble activism.”

In addi­tion, Koval detailed what kinds of protest activ­i­ties are legal­ly allowed and what types of activ­i­ties could lead to fines or jail time for pro­test­ers. He wrote that some peo­ple will choose to get arrest­ed and called that “a hall­mark of civ­il dis­obe­di­ence,” though he encour­aged peo­ple to vio­late city ordi­nances (which car­ry fines) rather than com­mit­ting mis­de­meanors or felonies (which lead to jail time). The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin said the deci­sion “leaves a cloud of uncer­tain­ty” over who is respon­si­ble for Robinson’s death. “If Officer Kenny did not vio­late the law, then is any­one legal­ly respon­si­ble for Mr. Robinson’s death?” Chris Ahmuty, the group’s exec­u­tive direc­tor, said in a state­ment. “Does the crim­i­nal law pro­tect indi­vid­u­als like Mr. Robinson from dead­ly force exer­cised by police offi­cers? Are police offi­cers above the law?” Decisions not to charge offi­cers in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City last year were fol­lowed by heavy protests in those cities. The Young Gifted and Black Coalition, a group that orga­nized protests after Robinson’s death, said it planned to hold a march on Wednesday. The group ear­li­er post­ed on Facebook that it did not expect charges against Kenny but said it did not plan to lead any activ­i­ties on Tuesday out of respect for Robinson’s fam­i­ly. [Thousands of police shoot­ings, but crim­i­nal charges rarely follow]

Jim Palmer, exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association, released a state­ment call­ing the deci­sion “appro­pri­ate,” say­ing that Kenny was act­ing in response to a dead­ly threat. City offi­cials said police in Madison have spent weeks prepar­ing for the announce­ment and meet­ings with com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers. “It is our hope — that work­ing togeth­er — Madison can come through these chal­leng­ing days ahead with­out vio­lence or prop­er­ty dam­age,” the city said in a state­ment. In the days after Robinson’s death, protests in Madison stretched into the state capi­tol, with demon­stra­tors march­ing from the University of Wisconsin’s cam­pus to the capitol’s rotun­da. Madison author­i­ties said they know protests could fol­low the deci­sion about charges, and they vowed that police will help demon­stra­tors march safe­ly in the city. “It is our belief that Madison can endure with­out being frac­tured,” the city’s state­ment said.

After Robinson’s death, the police chief, may­or and oth­er city lead­ers described the shoot­ing as a tragedy, promised answers and called for changes. This quick response under­scored what observers say is a changed atmos­phere since last summer’s ini­tial protests in Ferguson, as author­i­ties have tried to act quick­ly to avoid unrest. Madison schools are plan­ning on pro­vid­ing “struc­tured oppor­tu­ni­ties” for stu­dents to dis­cuss the deci­sion once it is announced, accord­ing to the school dis­trict . In addi­tion, the dis­trict said that while mid­dle and high school stu­dents may want to par­tic­i­pate in protests, it has urged par­ents to encour­age their chil­dren to remain in class dur­ing the school day. “While we have been proud of how respon­si­bly and safe­ly our stu­dents have par­tic­i­pat­ed in events through­out the com­mu­ni­ty, we also think it is impor­tant for you to talk with your child about both their rights and respon­si­bil­i­ties as part of a protest if they choose to par­tic­i­pate, as well as the con­se­quences of a pos­si­ble arrest,” Jennifer Cheatham, super­in­ten­dent of the Madison Metropolitan School District, wrote in a mes­sage to fam­i­lies in the community.

Right-Wing Media Accuse “Angry” Michelle Obama Of “Race Baiting” In Tuskegee Commencement Address

Right-wing media accused First Lady Michelle Obama of “wast­ing an oppor­tu­ni­ty,” “play­ing the race card,” and recit­ing a “litany of vic­tim­iza­tion” after the first lady’s com­mence­ment address at Tuskegee University in Alabama.

Bloomberg: Michelle Obama “Spoke Frankly” About The Role Of Race During Her Commencement Address.  During Michelle Obama’s com­mence­ment address at Tuskegee University on May 9, Obama spoke about the role her racial iden­ti­ty played in the 2008 cam­paign, slights African-Americans face every­day, and the fact that those expe­ri­ences were “not an excuse” to “lose hope.” [Bloomberg, 5/​10/​15]

Right-Wing Media Accuse “Angry” Obama Of “Race Baiting”, “Playing The Race Card”