WOW!

Atlanta radio talk show host Neal Boortz is getting negative national attention for a rant earlier this week on violent crime in Atlanta. In that show, he basically called for the people of Atlanta to take matters in their own hands and deliver their own brand of street justice

“This town is starting to look like a garbage heap. And we got too damn many urban thugs, yo, ruining the quality of life for everybody. And I’ll tell you what it’s gonna take. You people, you are – you need to have a gun. You need to have training. You need to know how to use that gun. You need to get a permit to carry that gun. And you do in fact need to carry that gun and we need to see some dead thugs littering the landscape in Atlanta. We need to see the next guy that tries to carjack you shot dead right where he stands. We need more dead thugs in this city.”

The chairman of the Georgia NAACP said he was shocked.

“Not shocked that Neal Boortz would say something inflammatory, he’s done that before,” said Edward DuBose. “But shocked that he would go to this extent. This is in many ways advocating violence, vigilante-type taking thing into your own hands.”

At any rate, pull your pants up and put your hat on straight when you walk in Neal Boortz’s neighborhood….you’ve been warned.

Funeral Services for actress Clarice Taylor will be held Tuesday in Harlem.

Best known for her recurring role as Heathcliffe Huxtable’s mother Anna Huxtable on the Cosby Show, Taylor died at home surrounded by family, of heart failure on Monday, May 30. She was 93

Born on September 20, 1917 in Buckingham County, Virginia, Taylor went on to grace the stage and screen for more than half a century. Her stage credits include the hit musical The Wiz, as Addaperle, the Good Witch of the North and an Obie for a touring production of her own one-woman show Moms (based on the life of Moms Mabley); she was also one of the founding members of the Negro Ensemble Company in the East Village in 1967. Clarice Taylor’s many career highlights include playing Harriet on the television show Sesame Street, and roles in such films as Otto Preminger’s Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, Clint Eastwood’s “Play Misty For Me,” and Oscar Williams “Five On The Black Hand Side. ”

Funeral services will be open to the public early in the day, however there will be a private wake and a celebration of her life later in the evening with the Rev. Al Sharpton presiding.

Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, a former Black Panther Party leader who spent 27 years in prison on a murder conviction that was later overturned, died at his home in a small village in Tanzania.

Stuart Hanlon, Pratt’s attorney, who assisted Johnny Cochran in helping Pratt win his freedom, told The Associated Press from San Francisco on Thursday about his death.

Hanlon said he learned of Pratt’s death through the former activist’s family members. He did not know what caused Pratt’s death, but said he had suffered from high blood pressure.

Rihanna responded to critics of her new video today, saying that she’s no parent.

The ex of Chris Brown went to her Twitter page today after the Parents Television Council condemned the “Man Down” video for depicting a premeditated murder, implying that killing is an acceptable form of revenge.

Rihanna tweeted, “I’m a 23 year old rockstar with NO KIDS! What’s up with everybody wantin me to be a parent? I’m just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!”

After Rihanna’s response, a rep for BET tells us the network refuses to pull the video — explaining, BET “has a comprehensive set of standards and guidelines that are applied to all of our content.  The Rihanna ‘Man Down’ video complied with these guidelines and was approved for air.”

Watch and judge for yourself: