Police Secretly Watching Hip-Hop Celebs

cjbuchanan

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Wed Mar-10-04 02:13 PM
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Police Secretly Watching Hip-Hop Celebs

MIAMI - Police say they are secretly monitoring hip-hop stars P. Diddy, DMX and others in South Florida to protect them, but celebrities and critics see the surveillance as unnecessary and racist.

Officers in Miami and Miami Beach have photographed rappers and their entourages at Miami International Airport and staked out hotels, video shoots and nightclubs while consulting 6-inch-thick dossiers of rappers and associates with arrest records in New York state, The Miami Herald reported.

"We have to keep an eye on these rivalries," said Assistant Miami Beach Police Chief Charles Press. "The last thing we need in this city is violence."

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MSchreader

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Wed Mar-10-04 02:23 PM
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1. "The last thing we need in this city is violence"

Yeah, no competing with the Miami PD! When it comes to violence in S. Fla., they've cornered the market ... and then beat the hell out of it.

Just ask any anti-FTAA activist.

Martin

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flamingyouth

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Wed Mar-10-04 03:27 PM
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2. More racist bullshit from our "uniting" leader

:eyes: Don't know whether to laugh or cry here.

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ecstatic

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Wed Mar-10-04 05:52 PM
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3. 40% of 34,000 people polled think that secret surveillance of law abiding

Edited on Wed Mar-10-04 05:53 PM by Truth Hurts A Lot

citizens is OK.

I wonder if they'd feel the same way if they were the ones being spyed on.

Have the police gone too far with their surveillance of rap artists in Florida?
Yes 54%
No 40%
I Don't Know 6%
Total Votes: 34,457

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saigon68

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Wed Mar-10-04 08:41 PM
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5. Must have a lot of surplus tax money to spend

On this nonsense.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Mar-10-04 06:59 PM
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4. Wouldn't want those rappers inciting people to

vote!

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FredScuttle

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Wed Mar-10-04 09:18 PM
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6. Yup, gotta keep close watch on those hip-hop thugs...

meanwhile, Phil Spector is free to shoot up club hostesses.

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