Posted on 04/27/2006 7:38:45 AM PDT by Puppage
A mini-riot erupted at Heathrow airport after rapper Snoop Dogg and a 30-strong entourage clashed with police in a departure lounge.
The men - mostly minders - apparently turned violent after being refused entry to a first-class lounge, smashing up a duty free shop, throwing bottles and attacking officers.
It took riot police over an hour to arrest the "20-stone men", who were then led out in handcuffs, with one shouting: "This is how it goes down in LA."
Witnesses believe the group, who were travelling from the US to South Africa, were refused entry to the British Airways lounge as only a few had first-class tickets. It is thought they became abusive towards staff and were turned away from their flight, running riot when police tried to guide them out of the airport.
Six men, including the 34-year-old American rapper, were arrested. A Heathrow worker, who took photos from his mobile phone, said: "There were all these huge, 20-stone men smashing up display cabinets and throwing people around. I saw Snoop Dogg on the ground, with four riot police trying to put him in handcuffs. His minders were throwing bottles at people.
"There were 15 riot vans and eight police cars outside, with dog sniffer units. They were throwing the policemen around like pillows. Then the police used pepper spray on them." The row is thought to have been witnessed by Ronan
Keating, who was in the Terminal 1 lounge.
Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin Broadus, is a former drug dealer and gang member. He comes from one of LA's most notorious areas and has been accused of several crimes during his life - including murder, although he was acquitted.
Six men were arrested for violent disorder and affray.
"Affray" is such a cool word.
Fo shizzle!
Love those Brits. In America, he'd be described as an 'oppressed minority, lashing out at the Man'.
Pepper Spray vs 20 large, PO'd, violent people. You think that the cops over there would be armed.
Snoop's only 34? God, he looks twenty years older than that.
Why do these rappers have such large groups of hangers-on with them wherever they go? Fear? Fun? Property damage?
And these scumbags are worshipped by black and white youths of the world ...And my Dad hated The Beatles !
I wonder how slow the wheels of justice move in England. Snoop and his "handlers" could be looking at spending a long time cooling their heels.
Status. The larger your "posse," the better.
"20-stone men"
Stone refers to weight. I think 8lbs = 1 stone. I'm not too sure, where is MadIvan when you need him?
And again, every one of the black heros from history, from Harriet Tubman to George Washington Carver, must be rolling in their graves over all they did fighting to make blacks acceptable in American society, only to have pinhead gangster morons like this squander their heritage. And every one of their culture's forebearers would today be classified as "white" because they actually worked hard to achieve something in their lives.
What a sad, horrible thing "black culture" has become.
"It is thought they became abusive towards staff..."
Gee, I'm shocked
One stone = fourteen pounds.
If I recall right 1 stone = 16 lbs. Need my English to, um, English conversion chart.
1 stone is 14 lbs, I'm afraid.
So 20 times 14 is 280 lbs.
Blimey.
Regards, Ivan
14 pounds is correct.
Lock 'em up and throw away the key! Obnoxious criminal a-holes!
14lbs = 1 stone.
Assaulting cops used to be serious but nowadays they'll probably get off with a slap on the wrist and, of course, "counselling" !
More like 20 "stoned" men.
You are correct- except that I think that a 20 stone man is around 280 lbs.
Uhh...someone needs to splain British football hooligans to you. This isn't a black thing.
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