Lil Wayne Faces Little Time
Once again we’re scratching our heads, asking how it can be that many law abiding citizens are denied their constitutional right, and a convicted criminal is facing a second strike that will mean just three years probation! Currently “rapper” Lil Wyane is serving time in New York City’s Rikers Island on a gun charge, and has now pleaded guilty to a similar charge – via a live video feed – in Yuma County Arizona. Entertainment Weekly reports:
“On January 22, 2008 authorities stopped Wayne’s tour bus at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint almost 80 miles east of Yuma. They found cocaine, marijuana, Ecstasy, drug paraphernalia and a .40-caliber handgun registered to Wayne. He was charged with felony possession of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia. At the time Wayne pleaded not guilty to all the felony charges.”
The entertainment magazine goes on to call Wayne an “acclaimed rapper” noting that he faces of the three years of probation AFTER he serves his time? How is this possible we ask, because he was charged with numerous felony possessions of drugs? Worse still why is the media noting he is an “acclaimed” anything, artist or otherwise, instead of noting that he is a CONVICTED criminal?
Rapper TI Gets Holiday Release
While law abiding citizens continue to have their gun rights challenged, celebrities get a free pass. The New York Times has reported rapper TI has been released:
“In March, T.I., whose given name is Clifford Harris, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison after he pleaded guilty to illegal weapons possession.”
Something seems so wrong about his sentence, especailly as many citizens of cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington can’t even own a gun!
Rapper B.G. is Hopeful in Gun Case? Seriously?
What is with MTV? Can’t the liberal-minded “music” network see the writing on the wall, or at least its own Web site? While reporting about rapper, in an article titled ”B.G. Is Optimistic About Gun-Possession Case,” the news channel starts out by saying:
“This week, B.G. saw his friend Lil Boosie sent to jail after violating probation on a gun charge. His former Hot Boys bandmate Lil Wayne is expected to be sentenced to a year in prison for gun possession too. And last week, B.G. himself was charged with illegal gun possession in New Orleans.”
While the mainstream media goes on and on about the “culture” of guns, the real danger is the culture of violence and the embracement of a gangster (or is that gangsta) lifestyle by men like B.G. Worse, when caught red-handed, B.G. is downright smug. To MTV he says:
“My lawyers told me, don’t worry about nothing, they got it. They gonna take care of it. The police report was written up real, real bad, so I feel good about it.”
Well B.G, we at FirearmsTruth do hope you get it, as in the jail time you deserve. You and your celebrity thug friends are bad news for those of us who are law abiding. We just can’t afford the lawyers who will tell, “don’t worry about nothing.”
Why Did Rapper B.G. Even Have a Gun?
There are two questions that should be asked by anyone in the mainstream media? First, why did rapper B.G. even have a firearm? He has been arrested for the fourth time this year, so he most certainly shouldn’t be carrying any sort of firearm? But the second question is the bigger one, namely why isn’t he already in jail?
HipHopRX might not be considered the mainstream press, but it is one of the few outlets actually highlighting that this is just the latest example of a celebrity who skirts the law. Let’s hope this celebrity does the time, and that the mainstream media picks up on this story.
