and the RATS, take another one in the...............HA ha!!!
Posted on 08/24/2007 3:07:38 PM PDT by Terpfen
Deputies with the Maricopa County sheriff's office raided the Cave Creek, Arizona, home of rapper DMX on Friday morning (August 24), and according to a police spokesperson, 12 pit bulls were removed from the residence, all in bad condition. Police would not get into specifics but did say the animals are being tended to by veterinarians.
At this point, DMX (real name: Earl Simmons) has not been officially charged with any crime, but police are still investigating. DMX was not at his home at the time of the raid, during which police also discovered a large cache of weapons. Police do not believe the rapper is in Arizona but would like to question him as part of their investigation.
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is expected to speak more about the investigation during a press conference outside DMX's Cave Creek home at about 6 p.m. ET.
This isn't the first time police have taken an interest in DMX's dogs. Back in 2002, the rapper pleaded guilty in New Jersey to charges of animal cruelty, stemming from a 1998 raid of DMX's home. Police claimed he had neglected 13 pit bulls. He eventually plea-bargained down to fines, probation and community service, and even starred in a public-service announcement against animal abuse.
The DMX news comes the same day that NFL star Michael Vick admitted his own involvement with dogfighting (see "Why Does The Michael Vick Case Hurt Hip-Hop?"). The Atlanta Falcons quarterback told the U.S. District Court in Richmond, Virginia, that he would plead guilty to "conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture." Vick faces a maximum term of five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
What about Latrell Sprewell and others as well? When someone is a vicious punk, he doesn't change his stripes by becoming a multimillionaire. It just makes him more vicious and more of a punk.
dark man X
I agree. And excellent points altogether!
A rapper in Maricopa County is an incarceration waiting to happen.
Sounds like a nice place to live for those of us with both brains and musical taste.
If you like Mariachi music.
Better than rap.
If true, he’s a dead man walking.
From what little rap music I’ve heard it doesn’t respect human life. Why should the people who make it respect any kind of life? These people are soul less.
Rap and the rap culture is disgusting at so many levels. Coming down on the gangstas will put them higher up on the pedastal of thuggery; you know, just more of being a victim of the man. The disparity between the races when it comes to Vick is huge, believe me, I live in Atlanta. Downtown was holding rallies in support of Vick, even here in the burbs its hard to find a black person who is down on him.
Though DMX is an example of an uber-thug, I don't trust Sheriff Joe one bit. The man lives in his own little kingdom and gets to bully everyone around. Remind me to stay the hell outta Maricopa Ct.,
You can’t buy class with cash.
Bill’s a puss. If he wants something, he needs to git his butt out after some trout. Damm things never cooperate.
Psychopathic thrills.
Is possession of a “large cache of weapons” against the law in Arizona?
Interesting comments. I would add to it the wealth mixed with the personality of a sociopath in Vick’s case.
Good! Thanks for posting.
I hope this is the beginnings of a wave that will sweep the nation and clean up a lot of this crap.
The courts need to give the maximum to get the word out that if you’re caught you’re doing serious time.
These crumbs need to be given the same chance they gave the dogs, none.
I don’t want to see any plea deals for the sake of cleaning up the court calander.
If they got the goods on them, go for the max.
Consideration given only to those who give up names.
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