Couple, unborn child killed over weave

Recently, a man, his girlfriend and their unborn child were murdered by an 18-year-old woman over hair weave. The two victims were owners of a business called VirginHair4US.com. You can catch more details on the story by clicking this link.

This isn't the first time The O.A.W. Report has offered comments on a crime regarding hair weave and it probably won't be the last. Two years ago, The O.A.W. Report reported on the killing of a Ga woman during a weave sell gone wrong in  Conyers, Ga.

Yup, that was a little more than two years ago. And look at where we are now. The weave thefts and murders are still happening. The major problem is that the media and some people aren't taking these crimes seriously. Weave thefts are summed up by reporters as, "You'll never guess what they're stealing now." Murders over weave are met with astonishment and disbelief. Some say its such a petty thing to kill over.

But what people fail to realize is that these items of beauty (if you want to call them that) are expensive. People can charge premium price for the right kind of weave. And unfortunately a lot of the people who sell hair are caught off guard and are easy targets. Much like the brazen robbers that would still the copper off of the roofs of churches, we now have predators capitalizing off the fact that they can steal and sell weave.

It is a serious problem and my heart goes out to the family of the Memphis couple that were senselessly gunned down. It's a bit disheartening that we don't see any lawmakers taking this seriously and that they aren't introducing some type of bill to perhaps curb the occurrence of some of these crimes.

Unfortunately if a  lawmaker did introduce a bill it would probably be mocked with a cutesy headline. Make no mistake folks, this is a serious crime and people will literally kill over weave.

Walmart's woes stem from lack of convenient convenience

Early Friday morning, I stopped into the local Walmart after working out, to purchase turkey bacon for the kids (they love it -especially my 4-year-old) and some simple household toiletries. What should have been a  five minute stop turned into a nearly 30 minute epic event of frustration.

Only one of the nearly 20 check out lines was open. Plus the registers at the self check out section hadn't even been turned on yet. Oh it gets worse. And the sole cashier braving the check out line - well she ran out of money - further delaying convenient and timely service.

Luckily after about 25 minutes of waiting, the self checkout lanes were turned on. But the trip was anything but convenient, and therein lies Walmart's core issue. There's not a convenient way of shopping in a store that's built solely to satisfy America's insatiable longing for convenience. I mean come on where else can you purchase an iPad and a Salisbury steak all at the same store?

 Recently media outlets reported Walmart would be closing  154 stores in the U.S. and about 115 stores overseas. The retail mega-giant said it would end its Walmart Express small-store format. The measures come as Amazon has taken a great deal of market share from the traditional brick and mortar store. Does this come to a surprise to anyone? Amazon provides service with the click of button. There's delivery to your home! No registers, no interaction with other customers or cashiers! It's ultimate convenience for some!


For years, customer service has been one of Walmart's weak points. Vacant registers, long lines, and employees who act as if you're doing them a favor by being there. If Walmart has any hope of recovering, then the company needs to work on its customer service and provide a convenient way for customers to enjoy the potential convenience it can offer. 

That's So Raven....so please just let her be!

The controversy just doesn't stop for Raven Symone. Now the former Cosby kid, and current The View co-host finds herself in hot water yet again. This time it stems from a petition to have her fired from her plush gig at The View.

Symone is just a few weeks removed from making comments regarding the Spring Valley High School incident in South Carolina, which saw a school resource officer manhandle an African American female student after she wouldn't put her cell phone away.

Here are Raven's Comments on the matter via U.S. Weekly

"The girl was told multiple times to get off the phone," Symone said. "There's no right or reason for him to be doing this type of harm — that's ridiculous — but at the same time, you gotta follow the rules in school. First of all, why are there cellphones in school? This shouldn't even be a problem to begin with, and he shouldn't have been acting like that on top of it."

Now people are up in arms. Seriously up in arms. Social media did not react well and the call to oust the former Disney star keeps growing louder.  Now I've been following Raven since the whole Watermelondrea scandal and I predicted a couple of blogs ago, that this was coming.

ABC, the network that airs The View has come out with a statement in support of the co-host, and I agree.

These are Symone's opinions, regardless if we like them or not. We should not want to end someone's livelihood just because they have an opinion that differs from our own. If it's hate speech, which in this case it is clearly not, then by all means let her go. But if you don't like her opinion... why not change the channel. Simply don't click on the link, or don't view the stream. Just my thoughts!