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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: GmanJoe on October 15, 2007, 09:28:03 AM
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What I find astonishing is someone named "Clifford" could actually be arrested.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/13/rapper.arrested/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/13/rapper.arrested/index.html)
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[SIZE="7"]Rapper T.I. arrested on machine gun charges, misses BET show[/SIZE]
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Rapper T.I. was arrested on federal gun charges just hours before he was scheduled to perform at the BET Hip Hop Awards, according to federal authorities.
T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, was arrested without incident in midtown Atlanta.
1 of 2 The entertainer, whose real name is Clifford Harris, was arrested in a federal sting Saturday after his bodyguard-turned-informant delivered three machine guns and two silencers to the hip-hop star, according to a Justice Department statement.
Authorities said that Harris, 27, provided the bodyguard $12,000 to buy the weapons, which Harris is not allowed to own because he is a convicted felon. Court documents said Harris was convicted on felony drug charges in 1998, and a federal affidavit said he has been arrested on gun charges in the past.
However, one of his attorneys, Dwight Thomas, said Sunday he was not aware Harris was a convicted felon and that "a number of people" live in Harris\' suburban Atlanta home. Thomas added there were "two sides to every story -- sometimes three" and he was confident the legal system would work in Harris\' favor.
The entertainer was taken into custody about 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday in Atlanta, where the BET award show was filmed.
Harris, the show\'s top nominee, was up for nine awards, including CD of the year and lyricist of the year. He also was scheduled to perform, along with fellow rap stars Common, Nelly and Kanye West.
The show went on without the self-proclaimed "King of the South," whose car and College Park, Georgia, home were searched following his arrest. Watch a search of the rapper\'s home ยป
Authorities said they found three more firearms in the car in which Harris drove to pick up the machine guns and silencers, "including one loaded gun tucked between the driver\'s seat where Harris had been sitting and the center console."
At his home, authorities found six other guns, five of them loaded, in his bedroom closet.
"Machine guns pose a serious danger to the community, which is why they are so carefully regulated," said David Nahmias, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
"The last place machine guns should be is in the hands of a convicted felon, who cannot legally possess any kind of firearm. This convicted felon allegedly was trying to add several machine guns to an already large and entirely illegal arsenal of guns."
The sting came after Harris\' bodyguard was arrested purchasing the machine guns and silencers from an undercover Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Wednesday, according to the Justice Department statement. The bodyguard then agreed to cooperate with the ATF, the statement said.
The guns were not registered on the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record as required by law. The bodyguard -- who has worked for Harris since July -- told authorities he had bought about nine guns for the rap star in the past, the statement said.
On Wednesday, authorities said, Harris arranged for the bodyguard to pick up $12,000 in cash from a bank to buy the guns. After his arrest, the bodyguard made phone calls to Harris, which authorities recorded, the statement said.
Harris was supposed to pick up the guns after meeting the bodyguard in a shopping center parking lot in midtown Atlanta. Authorities arrested Harris there without incident, the Justice Department statement said.
Court documents in the case show Harris was convicted on felony drug charges in Cobb County, Georgia, in 1998 and sentenced to seven years\' probation. "Harris has additional arrests and at least one probation violation for unlawfully possessing firearms," according to an affidavit.
Harris\' music is built around the drug culture and is known as "trap musik," the name of Harris\' second album. A "trap" is Southern slang for a drug house.
Harris will be held in federal custody over the weekend and will appear Monday before a magistrate judge, the Justice Department statement said.
Harris soon will appear in the movie "American Gangster," starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. The film is set to open November 2
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I like the title.
Does this guy just like to collect guns or is he like a serious gangster?
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he looks like a criminal
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Yep, He\'s black.
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I heard the new dress code at CNN is this shirt...
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"inhales sharply"
nevermind...I\'m sure it\'s a misunderstanding.
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What about this story... not very widely reported...
MIAMI -- The man accused of leaving a 5-year-old girl to be eaten alive by alligators in the Everglades has been sentenced to death.
Thom Yorke, of the rock group Radiohead, attacked Quatisha Maycock and her mother after he was released early from prison in another case for good behavior. He was convicted in July of first-degree murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, attempted escape and other charges.
He was also sentenced Monday to three consecutive life terms on the kidnapping and burglary with an assault charges. He also received 30 years in prison on the attempted murder of the girl\'s mother, Shandelle Maycock, 15 years on child neglect causing great bodily harm and five years on attempted escape.
Prosecutors said Yorke tossed Maycock in the trunk of his car in 1998 and drove her to a remote sugarcane field, choked her to unconsciousness and left her to die. She never saw her child again.
The case took so long because Yorke repeatedly fired his lawyers and occasionally represented himself in court.
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I\'m not sure...but Thom Yorke of the everglades and Thom Yorke of Radiohead may not be the same person. :p
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man, i always liked their music too. such a shame, such a shame.... I saw the dude\'s mug shot yesterday too. Doesn\'t look like much of a rocker....... :sicks:
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Let me just say this...T.I. and a slew of other rappers are a bunch of idiots for REALLY tryin\' to live that gangsta lifestyle....this cat has loads of money but still can\'t leave the streets alone....i\'ve seen the news clips of the guns they\'ve found in his crib,...he already had over several at his house already....I don\'t feel sorry for any of these assholes when they get in trouble like that...all that money and they still gotta "represent" for the streets..:rolleyes:
I can understand having a gun or two for protection, it\'s your right, but he wasn\'t supposed to have any in the first place because of his record....and i think he turned into a bit of a biatch when he was in court, well because * and i don\'t know how true it is* but the news was sayin that he was usin\' some kleenex tissue to wipe his eye,...maybe he was because he is about to face some serious charges....
To comment on the radiohead dude, i\'ve heard of radiohead but i don\'t have a clue as to who this person is, but whoever he is he deserves to be skinned and turned into alligator shoes himself...
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I hear you, man. I lived in the ghetto. Glad I left it. They don\'t call it the dumps for nothin.
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What about this story... not very widely reported...
Uh, what?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21310592/
EDIT: I feel like I missed something obvious. You can all spank me later if that\'s the case.
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Well, it was a joke.
call it sarcastic social commentary... ;)
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Well, it was a joke.
Well that\'s what I figured. But I couldn\'t for the life of me figure out why it had to involve Thom Yorke. :)
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fun to. nothing like going for the obscure.
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hahaha thom yorke? i had to read parts of this thread 3x before i understood chizz was joking
prolly because im a stupid brown person :(