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Rapper Tiny Doo facing long prison sentence over lyrics
CNN ^ | 01/23/2015 | Emma Lacey-Bordeaux

Posted on 01/23/2015 11:26:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

Song lyrics that glorify violence are hardly uncommon. But a prosecutor in California says one rapper's violent lyrics go beyond creative license to conspiracy.

San Diego-based rapper Tiny Doo has already spent eight months in prison, and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted under a little-known California statute that makes it illegal to benefit from gang activities.

The statute in question is California Penal Code 182.5. The code makes it a felony for anyone to participate in a criminal street gang, have knowledge that a street gang has engaged in criminal activity, or benefit from that activity.

It's that last part -- benefiting from criminal activity -- that prosecutors are going after the rapper for.

Tiny Doo, whose real name is Brandon Duncan, faces nine counts of criminal street gang conspiracy because prosecutors allege he and 14 other alleged gang members increased their stature and respect following a rash of shootings in the city in 2013.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: rap; rapmusic; rapper; streetcred; tinydoo
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All right now. Who has the Tiny Doo Ping List?
1 posted on 01/23/2015 11:26:25 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

Is a tiny doo like a small turd or little afro?


2 posted on 01/23/2015 11:28:50 AM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Apparently they are running out of “rapper” names.


3 posted on 01/23/2015 11:29:08 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Is Tiny Doo something that squeezes out of a tiny dog like a Toy Poodle or Chihuahua?


4 posted on 01/23/2015 11:29:15 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: cripplecreek

A small turd with a little afro?


5 posted on 01/23/2015 11:29:45 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Vigilanteman

...or a Shit-zu?


6 posted on 01/23/2015 11:30:13 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Also FTA 

CNN Legal Analyst Mark Geragos says the district attorney may be trying to send a message "that you shouldn't glorify or glamorize gang activity."

"The problem is you're going to run straight head-on into the First  Amendment," he said. "If they don't have anything other than the album, this case I don't think would ever stand up."

 

So. Does Mr. Doo have 1st Amendment Rights here?

7 posted on 01/23/2015 11:30:16 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (See Ya On The Road; Al Baby's Mom!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sentencing someone for lyrics is going to take you down a very slippery slope.


8 posted on 01/23/2015 11:31:14 AM PST by dfwgator
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...a little-known California statute that makes it illegal to benefit from gang activities.

That's one statute that needs to become a little better know.

9 posted on 01/23/2015 11:31:18 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: cripplecreek
Is a tiny doo like a small turd

If so he's most appropriately named rapper I've heard of yet.

10 posted on 01/23/2015 11:31:31 AM PST by Cubs Fan (Is it open season on black men? No, it's open season on white cops)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This can’t possibly stand 1st amendment muster. If it does, watch out, Tea Party, aka Domestic Terrorists.


11 posted on 01/23/2015 11:31:47 AM PST by Defiant (Please excuse Mr. Clinton for his involvement with young girls. --Epstein's Mother)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I have the Tiny Poo Ding List.

But that’s not what you asked for, is it?


12 posted on 01/23/2015 11:32:14 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Responsibility2nd

white interpretation:
small bowel movement?

It is friday for gosh sakes and I am White.

Now that is funny.


13 posted on 01/23/2015 11:32:56 AM PST by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: dfwgator
Indeed.

They should probably abandon this case and charge him under the Stupid Rap-Name Reduction Act of 1997.

14 posted on 01/23/2015 11:33:34 AM PST by WayneS (Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

He don’t look too tiny. More like Tiny Dooghnuts.


15 posted on 01/23/2015 11:34:00 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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San Diego-based rapper Tiny Doo has already spent eight months in prison, and faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted under a little-known California statute that makes it illegal to benefit from gang activities.

Comeuppance? Tiny Doo must still be aspiring.

16 posted on 01/23/2015 11:35:20 AM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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So. Does Mr. Doo have 1st Amendment Rights here?

Yes. The same rights you and I have. As long as he doesn't offend islam he can say anything he wants. </obama>

17 posted on 01/23/2015 11:38:35 AM PST by null and void (The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Tiny Doo AKA Little Shit.


18 posted on 01/23/2015 11:47:48 AM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked (The more I know, the more I realize that how much more there is to learn.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Sorry but this is bull, he had nothing to do with the crime and his "music" is just the same old rap-cr@p. Tossing him jail using that anti-gang law will create a bad precedent.

On the other hand, the next time some anti-gvn group goes out fund raising by mentioning the latest criminal actions using a gvn, could they be thrown in jail for profiting on the crimes?

19 posted on 01/23/2015 11:57:37 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Responsibility2nd
TINY DOG DOO?
20 posted on 01/23/2015 11:59:07 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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