Ray Lewis Makes Uninformed Condemnation of Black Lives Matter Movement in Couch-Side Sermon

[FrodosPet]

"Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis is starring in a video in which he states a regular myth propagated in the mainstream media. The athlete basically delivers a sermon that decries the surge in murders in Chicago this year while laying the blame on the Black Lives Matter movement — which he ignorantly insists doesn't care about such things."

http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/04/06/ray-lewis-makes-uninformed-condemnation-black-lives-matter-movement-couch-side-sermon/

'Black Lives Matter' Organizer Reacts To Ray Lewis' Video

"Black Lives Matter organizer Aaron Goggans spoke with CNN's Carol Costello about ex-NFL star Ray Lewis' emotional video about black on black crime."

http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/04/07/everything-wrong-ray-lewiss-black-black-crime-rant-black-lives-matter-activist-breaks-everything-wr/?utm_content=buffer13773&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[tularetom]

1. Ray Fucking Lewis preaches about crime?

[FrodosPet]

2. I was wondering if anyone else noticed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Lewis#Murder_trial

Murder trial

Following a Super Bowl XXXIV party in Atlanta on January 31, 2000, a fight broke out between Lewis and his companions and another group of people, resulting in the stabbing deaths of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Lewis and two companions, Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting, were questioned by Atlanta police, and 11 days later the three men were indicted on murder and aggravated-assault charges. The fight occurred about 200 yards from the Cobalt Lounge at 265 East Paces Ferry Road in the Buckhead Village neighborhood about two miles north of downtown Atlanta where Lewis had been celebrating. The white suit Lewis was wearing the night of the killings has never been found. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard alleged the blood-stained suit was dumped in a garbage bin outside a fast food restaurant. A knife found at the scene did not have any fingerprints or DNA. Lewis subsequently testified that Oakley and Sweeting had bought knives earlier in Super Bowl week from a Sports Authority where Lewis had been signing autographs. Baker's blood was found inside of Lewis's limousine.

Two weeks into the trial Lewis's attorneys, Don Samuel and Ed Garland, negotiated a plea agreement with the District Attorney where the murder charges against Lewis were dismissed in exchange for his testimony against Oakley and Sweeting,[46] and his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice. Lewis admitted he gave a misleading statement to police on the morning after the killings (initially telling them that he was not at the scene). Superior Court Judge Alice D. Bonner sentenced Lewis to 12 months' probation. One year in prison is the maximum sentence for a first-time offender, and the immediate probation was the judge's decision. He was also fined $250,000 by the NFL, which was believed to be the highest fine levied against an NFL player for an infraction not involving substance abuse. Under the terms of the sentence, Lewis could not use drugs or alcohol during the duration of the probation.

Oakley and Sweeting were acquitted of the charges in June 2000.[50][51] No other suspects have ever been arrested for the incident.

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