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Ex-NBA player Sebastian Telfair has a meltdown in court after he's sentenced to [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| August 13, 2019
| Chanucey Alcorn
Posted on 08/13/2019 9:49:43 AM PDT by C19fan
A former NBA player had an emotional meltdown in a Brooklyn, New York courtroom on Monday after a judge sentenced him to more than three years in prison on gun possession charges.
Retired NBA point guard Sebastian Telfair, 34, started shouting and crying once the verdict was announced.
Officers had found three loaded handguns, a gas-powered submachine gun, extended magazines, ammunition and a ballistic vest in his vehicle during a traffic stop in 2017.
Telfair told the court that he's being convicted of a 'victimless crime'.
'Please dont take me from society right now,' Telfair told the court. 'I am 34. I can go play in China for six years and take care of my family. Im waiting for my daughter right now to get her period. Real mental illness because I wasnt around
She hasnt even gotten her period yet.'
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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: basketball; nba; nike
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Got snared by New York's stringent gun control laws. He is a native NYer, so he was not some guy from out of town who was ignorant of the law. Telfair sounds a bit off his rocker. The only reason I know this guy is he entered the NBA draft out of HS, before 1-and-done rule. He was drafted by the TrailJailbreakers at #13 in 2004. The rumor was Nike wanted to sign Telfair to a sneaker deal but he was being courted buy Addids. So Nike put pressure on Portland to draft him.
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:49:43 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
That “gas powered sub machine gun” struck me as odd. I am sure there are some but most are either recoil, roller locked or straight blow back.
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:53:41 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: C19fan
Isnt it more than a bit odd this references his daughters period..twice?
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:54:38 AM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: C19fan
UNCONSTITUTIONAL!..........................APPEAL IT MR. TELFAIR!..................
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:55:07 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: C19fan
If you get caught with a single gun and have a clean record, you stand a good chance of not seeing time.
If you have an arsenal and are high profile, you’re ####ed.
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:55:44 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: yarddog
Well, the Greenie Weenie version must be electric!.....................
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:55:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: C19fan
Telfair told the court that he's being convicted of a 'victimless crime'. Court told Trlfair hes being convicted of a potential future atrocity.
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:55:51 AM PDT
by
immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
To: C19fan
He just got himself Red Flagged. Just like Chris Cuomo.
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:55:55 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: gibsonguy
No it’s odd that he references it ONCE!!!
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:56:06 AM PDT
by
dp0622
(Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
To: C19fan
"Im waiting for my daughter right now to get her period.
She hasnt even gotten her period yet.""Jessica" Yaniv is on it! S/he's got a purseful of pads and tampons she'd love to share.
To: Red Badger
It just struck me why it sounded so odd.
They usually say gas operated instead of gas powered.
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posted on
08/13/2019 9:58:42 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: yarddog; Red Badger
Or it's a Co2 gas full-auto BB gun like the Drozd or the Umarex MP-40 I have.
Enormous fun and legal except maybe in NY.
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:10:45 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
To: yarddog; Red Badger
Or it's a Co2 gas full-auto BB gun like the Drozd or the Umarex MP-40 I have.
Enormous fun and legal except maybe in NY.
Have since looked at the photos and the weapon in question is a 9mm on an AR frame: most likely blowback and maybe full auto but likely semiauto, since it complies with the "no stock so it's a pistol" laws.
Not sure that anyone in the NYC government would know much about real weapons - unless they were a Mafia armorer.
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:20:36 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
To: C19fan
May have enough cash to bring it to the Supreme Court.
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:20:50 AM PDT
by
fruser1
To: C19fan
“Im waiting for my daughter right now to get her period. Real mental illness because I wasnt around
She hasnt even gotten her period yet.’”
Yeesh man, I’m sure it’s really going to help her to have it publicly declared.
Freegards
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:24:08 AM PDT
by
Ransomed
To: Chainmail
I doubt it’s full auto because the safety has only 2 positions.
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:28:02 AM PDT
by
sevlex
To: yarddog
Yep, but ‘Gas Powered’ sounds so much more ominous and scary!.............
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:32:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: immadashell
Court told Trlfair hes being convicted of a potential future atrocity.
if this is the case, he is trully effed... we all are.
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:33:24 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: Chainmail
Anybody know how those BB guns at the county fairs and carnivals are operated where you ‘shoot out the star’?..............Yeah, I know they are crooked.............
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:34:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: Red Badger
My guess would be pneumatic.
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posted on
08/13/2019 10:37:13 AM PDT
by
yarddog
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