Bernie Sanders needs to bow out now, but will he?

I can respect a man for his fight and tenacity, by not letting what people say deter him from his mission. Bernie Sanders believes that he still has a fighter’s chance to win the democratic nomination, even though it’s not statistically possible. 

Sanders is now starting to in my opinion embarrass himself, as he’s getting blown out the water by the presumed nominee Hillary Clinton. As just reported, Sanders’ campaign is running low on funds, and he’s making a big mistake by not bowing out.

Many Sanders supporters want to see him go the whole nine innings and not call it quits, as did former republican candidates Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz. First off, Sanders isn’t even a democrat; he’s an independent. 

Listen, Sanders doesn’t have a path to any kind of victory that he’s portraying to his supporters, the media and the super delegates. Hypothetically, let’s just say Sanders does become president; he would be a disaster in my view, but he’ll still be better than Trump. But come on guys, who wouldn’t be better than Trump?

Clinton can only beat herself against Trump in the general election. Out of the three candidates that are left, she is the most qualified and ready to take on the task as Commander in Chief. Yes, Clinton does have her problems, but she would be a damn good president for our country. 

With Sanders still in the race for the democratic nomination, he’s taking away precious time Clinton can have, by strategically finding ways to defeat Trump in November.

We all hope that Sanders comes to his senses, and stop wasting his supporters time and just quit. That doesn’t mean you’re a quitter if you decide to step aside. It will be in the best interest of the party, that you finally realize that Clinton is the better and more qualified opponent. As we would like to say “the people have spoken”. Once Clinton clinches the nomination, then we can focus on the party uniting, and standing behind her, so she can beat Donald Trump.

Trump can play the woman card and go on with his rhetoric all he wants, but that will not win him the presidency. Trump doesn’t understand that Clinton is a bulldog, and isn’t scared of the moment and challenges that she’ll encounter with this cruel man.

Mental illness in America: NYPD officers shot and kill man in midtown Manhattan

NYPD officers shot and killed a man with a knife in midtown Manhattan last week Wednesday morning. The man that was killed was identified by police as 46-year-old Garry Conrad Jr. According to police, Conrad had become very aggressive and belligerent while trying to buy a beer at Food Emporium on West 49^th street and Eighth avenue around 8:30 a.m.

Police were alerted of Conrad’s behavior, and when officers arrived on the scene, violence began to spill out on the very busy Manhattan streets. The perpetrator and an officer got into a scuffle, and while both were on the ground, the four-inch knife that belonged to Conrad fell out of his pocket. Conrad would go on to injure the officer. Then after, everything came to a halt as police demanded him to drop the knife. 

After continuous demands by police, it went on deaf ears. Officers then began to let off rounds of bullets; nine shots to be exact, which then killed the suspect on the scene. Remind you, this is going on in rush hour in Manhattan, where there are a ton of tourist in the area and locals trying to get to work. So I can just imagine how scared, surprised and terrified onlookers were.

This story goes way beyond a man being shot and killed for his attack on a police officer with a knife. It was reported that Garry Conrad Jr. was a mentally ill individual. So this comes as no surprise that a man of his capacity would wield a knife at officers. We as Americans are seeing it more often than not that mental illness has become very prevalent in the 21^st century.

The growth of people that have a mental illness, the numbers are just staggering. This topic isn’t talked about much in the media, as people try to cover it up and think that this problem doesn’t exist in our country. My concerns are the individuals that have a mental illness across the nation and not properly treated; crime, violence and the intent to harm would definitely rise.

The question remains, and many are wondering where is the money going to? Tax payers are in a cloud when it comes to the resources that are supposed to help people with mental illness. If you work or live in New York City, the streets are filled with mentally ill people, and it’s a bit frightening at times just to be in their presence because you don’t know what their next move might be. 

I do hope within the next few years that changes be made by congress to provide more financial assistance in helping people that are living with mental illness. If that happens to be medication, providing housing and food, that’s always a great start to change. What’s currently in place isn’t working, and we want to have rapid change. It’s in the best interest of the safety of the American people.

Jevon C. Smith | Motivation | Are you willing to pay the price?

George Zimmerman: Acquitted killer to gun salesman

George Zimmerman: Acquitted killer to gun salesman

George Zimmerman mostly notorious for the killing of an unarmed black teenager named Trayvon Martin in 2012, again finds himself in the middle of controversy. Zimmerman is making more headlines in the news as he decided to auction off the gun that killed Martin in what he called self-defense.

The online host for this auction was UnitedGunGroup.com. They put Zimmerman’s Kel-Tec PF9 9mm up for sale, and many came flocking to try to capture his prized possession. Many auctioneers didn’t want any part of this sickening act and felt that it goes against morals and ethics. As United Gun Group put themselves in association with Zimmerman and the murder weapon, they have to understand criticism and scrutiny will follow them for years to come.

The online bidding ended on Wednesday as the final offer of $138,900 needs to be verified. This was definitely a horrible and distasteful move on Zimmerman’s part. To be acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter, you would think that Zimmerman would stay out of trouble and just go live his life, but he can’t somehow.

This is an evil and mentally sick individual. Zimmerman even went as far as blaming Trayvon Martin’s parents by saying it’s their fault on why their son is dead; they didn’t raise him right. That’s just plain disgusting to tell the parents of whom son you killed. Zimmerman says he wants to use the money from the auction to help causes that he believes in. But many sources are reporting that he’s run out of money and this was his last resort of cashing in. 

Zimmerman can now be compared to O.J. Simpson as a man that got away with murder allegedly, and just found a way to not get out of his own way. We all know how this story ends, because in life you reap what you sow. I wouldn’t be shocked or surprised if Zimmerman kills again because he’s going down that same road. Years later when we all look back, we’ll say that the justice system failed Trayvon Martin and his family.

Donald Trump will not win in November