50 Cent arrested driving his Murcielago in NYC

Alex,
The car could have been towed and 50 ticketed. As far as being sued, for what? What would make him anymore likely to crack up more than anyone else on the road that day? The lack of plastic in his wallet?

If you would pull a gun on another human being who was not threatning you than you are some young guy who is very immature and need a lot more learning about life. Life is not an action movie.

 

No, I pretty much know how this guy got to where he is. His story is the same as 500 before him and the next 500 who will come after. 50 Cent is not self-made, he had tremendous help along the way. Without Dr. Dre and his connections, this guy would still be selling rock to pregnant 12-year-old girls on some street corner somewhere.

Major labels will sign just about anything hip-hop related these days, sheesh, look at the Baha Men. He has a mildly interesting story (been shot, has a criminal sheet, etc) and labels feel this adds to his "street cred" - something the stiffs in marketing can use to help peddle the next album. And we all know how this plays in to the whole hip hop marketing machine. Next thing you know, he'll be in one of those HP commercials like Jay Z and Pharrell.

He's not very original and doesn't write his own beats (like Dre). "In Da Club" wasn't too bad and neither was his other song (can't remember, it had a Spanish flavor), but in the end, it's prefab radio music that's not much different in spirit than that of the Backstreet Boys. They were a "brand", too.

RMX

 

They were his fans not a lynch mob. I'm sure most groupies would leave him be after a smile and a little talk. Most fan mob scenes you see on TV are made up.

Again - TAXEEEEEE

 

Only partially true:

"Put Ya Hands Up"

Turn the ****in beat on!
Ha!! Yeah, we back! (?)
I had to switch back to Dom Perignon in rap baby!
Cock-and-run to stay in the business
Son of a *****! Double R, look at me now motherf..
Two-thousand-and-one, "Kiss the Game Goodbye" - let's get it on!

Uh uh come on put ya hands up
Nah, **** that put ya hands down
(ahh) Come on put ya hands up
Nah, **** that put ya hands down



RMX

 

Haha, good points Remix

 

re-read my post. I wasn't referring to 50 cent. I have no idea who the **** 50 cent is nor do I care.

I was referring to the kid who wrote the post I was quoting.

 

Was that one "witness" more of a fan in this case?

 

"It is not his adoration of a loser like 50 cent that upsets me"

Who were you referring too?

And what state/country do you live in?

 

To your first point I must ask, What exactly was he being "put thru". It could be just me but when you operate a vehicle on a public roadway said vehicle is, BY LAW, required to have license plate, either temp or permanent hard tags, affixed to the vehicle, in the manner set forth by law (violation #1). I guess it would also suprise you to know that MANY of those persons who operate vehicles without visible tags are doing so because they wish to avoid detection to some degree. Some do it because the car is stolen, some so it because they plan to use the vehicle in the comission of a crime. At any rate it's ILLEGAL to operate a vehicle without a plate affixed.

Second, while operating a vehicle in CLEAR VIOLATION of the law, ol fiddy decided to further disregard the law by driving in a manner which violates the law by making an illegal lane change.

Now, just so you don't loose count, thats TWO violations and we have not even come to the part where he is stopped and asked to produce the required documents one is to have IN THEIR POSSESSION when operating a motor vehicle on the public street. Those documents are a drivers license, the vehicle registration and proof of insurance, all of which he seems to believe he is "above" having because the cops should "know who he is" or "because he is famous"

So the FACT is that regardless of what happened on the video (unless they in some way PHYSICALLY ABUSED him or used EXCESSIVE FORCE) they had every legal right to stop him and once they determined he was not in possession of the required documents, every legal right to arrest him. Sorry, but it does not matter if he was pulled over by one cop car or 100 as the number of cars on the scene is a moot point, so long as the officers were acting within the scope of the law.

To your second point, yes there have been quite a few corrupt cops arrested and fired from the NOPD, and thank god. These CRIMINALS are an insult to my profession and deserve to ROT in prision. Along those lines you would be hard pressed to get me to argue in their defense, as they have none. The guy you are refering to (Len Davis, the drug dealer/hitman) was a CRIMINAL before he EVER put on the uniform and he continued to be a criminal while wearing the uniform. As to how he slipped through the cracks, I have no idea, but I will tell you two things, number one he should NEVER have been hired in the first place and second his shady nature was not only known, but REPORTED to IAD by NUMEROUS cops in the 5th District (his place of assignment). They (IAD) decided to "overlook" the allegations, which allowed the criminal activity to continue until the FBI became involved. On the bright side his crimes, along with those of a FEW other officers during the mid 90's led to numerous reforms which are aimed at preventing this stuff from happening in the future. With regard to his sentence the only problem I have is that he should have been executed for murder years ago.

Now I will tell you this, most cops are just like every other decent person in the world. They go to work, do their job, care about their families and do the best they can to make ends meet on an honest paycheck. The problem is you never hear about those guys, because honest, hard working cops don't sell as many newspapers as corrupt cops who act as hit men for the local drug trafficers.

As to the avalibity of video recording devices, hey that's no problem either. I guess it would suprise you to know that these devices have saved more cops from unfound, baseless complaints, than they have caught police officers acting illegally and/or in an unprofessional manner. No problem there, video tape me all you want, all your going to get is shots of me doing my job in a FAIR, IMPARTIAL, and LEAGAL manner.

Still, my guess is that no matter what I say you're going to have some smart response as it seems you are the type that has an ax to grind with cops. Whatever, that's your issue.

 

Depends, according to Danny Glover NYC cabs don't pick up African American men, regardless of if they can afford it or not. Just saying.

 

my mistake

 

Being put thru - arrest, handcuffs, and gun drawn (being drawn) by 3 cops. Most people would find that a life altering event to have their freedom taken away. That's right, your freedom. There have been numerous supreme court cases about what constitutes an areest or "in custody", ie not FREE to go.

That is a big deal. I assume from your post that you are a NOPD officer. Cuffs might be another work tool to you but they are a big deal to non-cops who like their freedom.

I have watched expose's of the NOPD by Bill Curtis and others and I can not see how honest cops could function in that department w/o their eyes and ears closed. Everyone getting paid off to look the other way, all the chatter in the locker room, etc. The departments were dirty not individuals.

Why haven't the good cops in departments like NOPD gone to the press or the feds to clean up their cities??

As far as fiddy hiding, be serious, hiding in a chrome lambo in midday manhattan.

Cop speak "ILLEGAL LANE CHANGE" everyone else "changing lanes w/o using the blinker".

In my book it's ILLEGAL for any cop to look the other way while working in a department with any corruption. When all police departments are totally clean then maybe you can get as picky as stopping people for not using a signal for every move. I DO NOT believe you can have crooked cops in a police department w/o the whole department being tainted. Whether real life expose's like another one that was on yesterday on A&E or movies like Serpico and Copland show how most know if something dirty is happening.

I am glad that video devices have helped the decent cops, those who actually want to help people and the communities they live in.

 

I was referring to cshienerUF.

I have homes in Princeton, NJ and Hutchinson Island in Florida.

 

First of all, I miswrote, I meant to attach the loser epithet to cshienerUF.

Second of all, while on the subject of 50 cent, I imagine his entire career earnings will be made (and spent) in the span of 3 or 4 years. I have been in this business for nearly 20 years and will probably continue to do so for another 20. I like my career earning prospects much better. The wealthy young rapper (or athlete) who runs through his earnings on entourages, automobiles, jewelry and mansions only to wind up destitute is almost a cliche (Mike Tyson, anyone?)

For the record, there are 11 partners at my firm, including myself. Our senior partner earned $240 million last year. How much did this 50 cent guy earn?

I wouldn't know about M&A, I am a portfolio manager for a hedge fund. However I would argue that our ability to create market liquidity and facilitate the flow of capital and transfer of risk is the very foundation of our economic system. I think my peers add more value to society at large than any musician.

 

He broke the law, thus forfeiting his freedom to continue driving his car. He wasn't abused in any way, he was arrested for breaking the law.

50 has been shot 9 times, I highly doubt his life was altered when a cop put his hand on his firearm.

 

Woohoo! You're ahead of Miami!!!

Tell you what, take your UF diploma and your US News & World Report and come up to the HR Department at Goldman Sachs. See how impressed they are....


UF isn't in the first tier of public schools, let alone private universities. Your school doesn't compare to Berkeley, Michigan, UNC, Virginia, UCLA or Texas let alone Harvard, Yale or Princeton (two if which I attended)

Sorry to burst your bubble, junior, but you attend a third-rate state school. Who recruits there, Tropicana? SunTrust? Disney?

I prepped at Andover (who are they? The top private school in the country? Alma mater of two U.S. Presidents?), attended Princeton undergrad (where did they rank in your US News & World Report? #1? Again?) and I have an MBA from the Harvard Business School (Who are they? the top business school in the world?) and my resume includes names like Goldman Sachs (Who are they? The top investment bank in the industry?).

So what you are saying is that you don't like it when someone treats you like **** solely on the basis of your educational achievements (such as they are) or the institution you happen to attend? Maybe now you know how it feels to be on the other side of the attitude you displayed in your earlier post. Sucks, doesn't it? Maybe now you will show a little mroe respect to those lesser advantaged than you.

Hopefully you learned something, because I seriously doubt you learn much of anything at schools like UF or PSL High.

 

Regardless of this particular situation, I find it stunning how many ppl are so eager to give up their rights. Being hassled b/c of a lane change in manhattan? C'mon, thats like saying you used your horn too much: EVERYBODY DOES IT. Its a matter of police getting to walk out of their car "hitching their britches up" with their ghey looking hat pulled down on their brow and getting the boner inducing satisfaction of hassling a motorist for a minor infraction.

I for one do not appreciate it, especially when in my neck of the woods there are areas where crack dealers deal in plane daylight, people are killed EVERY NIGHT, and joggers and women walking home from the train are attacked on an almost daily basis. Serve and protect my ass.

Its about secondary taxing, and most have a huge inferiority complex.

 

Thats gotta be the most arrogant post I have read online. Nobody cares where you went to school, Biff.

Hopefully, when the next hedge fund goes belly up, the fed treasury won't bail out the investors. Many of the tools used by you folks are nothing but ways of the rich and pampered to screw the rest of the country and should be abolished including the NYMEX and a few other tools.

 

From the home of the brave individual to the home of the conforming pu$$ie$

 

twk63, get a life

To the Fchat community, please be assured that not everyone who went to the above-mentioned schools is that lame.

 

Ouchie. Yeah, it sucks to be *****ed at on the internet. This affects me and my standard of living how? None of the things you claim to have or have done matter to me. Your powerless against me. Remind me of why I should care? I think you just proved to everyone that you are the azzhole. That's about all your posts seem to be accomplishing. You definately aren't teaching me anything.

 

It's funny how in your effor to insult me for something I was man enough to apologize for you have gone way past my mark and shown yourself to be the very thing you say you don't like. Did you get a degree in hypocracy from Harvard as well?

I'm just going to let it go from here and not respond anymore. To talk to you the likes of you further would only lower myself. You simply aren't worth it.

 

I would disagree with the idea that he was pulled over for the lane change alone. Anyone near the car would see that it didn't have plates or temp tags. How many times have cops pulled over cars because a couple of "minor" things were out of place and found much bigger issues? That was obviously not the case here, but no one would be complaining if a cop pulled over someone else for the same offenses and ended up uncovering some new terrorist plot.

In my opinion, the fact that 50 was behind the wheel is little more than a side note that is getting most of the attention. I have nothing against 50 and give him credit for being a successful individual. He exercised poor judgement when driving his car that day, and got pulled over for the behavior and lack of good judgement, nothing more.

 

Oh yeah, that seems like it's what they did. Towed, and ticketed and released. But for them to release someone that has no license, no registration, no proof of insurance on him and let him get back in the car and drive off...someone's head would've rolled for that one, especially with all the video camera's rolling.

Yes, in real life hero's get shot and killed.

 

It was supposed to be arrogant-sounding. I am proving a point to that arseclown schinerUF. Schiener is the one who belittled cops for not going to college. You shouldn't be criticizing me, I was giving that idiot a taste of his own medicine, demonstrating how ridiculous his attitude is. I know my post comes across as arrogant and ridiculous, it is intended to. You take my comments far too seriously.



And as for your comments regarding the hedge fund industry: boy are you seriously naive and uninformed...

The fed treasury? What is that? I know what the Federal Reserve is and I know what the Department of the Treasury is (I should, since I know the heads of both personally). And I also know that the LTCM "bail-out" did not involve public funds either. Too bad you didn't.

And the "tools used by people like us" are ways to screw the rest of you?!? What the hell are you talking about? I don't know and it sure sounds like you don't either.

And abolishing the NYMEX? Hmmmmm...yep, I am sure of it. You are an idiot.