The Death of Michael Jackson & The Prosecution of Dr. Conrad Murray

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;"- from William Shakespeare's 'As You Like It'.
These are the people involved in the drama of Michael Jackson's death and as Kanye West likes to say, "Lets play the blame game."
There is the prosecution, the defense team for Dr. Conrad Murray under the leadership of J.Michael Flanagan, the long suffering matriarch of the Jacksons, Katherine and her son Jackie Jackson helping her to the car, The Justice for MJ group that attends religiously the court case and you have a representative of TMZ.
Covering stories is not easy. There is alot of waiting, dealing with the cold, getting up early or staying up late. Also sometimes there is a dead body right next to you which happened earlier in the morning on Tuesday before the court proceedings.

Bert Schneider Mourning Michael Jackson

2009 was a heart wrenching year. Very odd, very cruel. To say I was in a fog after Michael Jackson passed would be an understatement. I was overwhelmed with grief which took me by surprise. It was if MJ was a beloved family member. Michael was a symbol of my youth and with his death, it literally felt like my childhood was over. The Jackson's represented something more to Black Americans than most can verbalize. They were our royal family our Kennedy's. But let me get back to the point, some people do drugs others like me get codependent. We all have our failings. I met Bert Schneider through Quween on the scene and although we no longer are in contact, the stories these two shared and the memories are Priceless. Sometimes with great pain one receives a gift...