New York Gov. David Paterson Pardons Murder Attempting Rapper

Associated Press ^ | May 23, 2008

[franklog]

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. David Paterson is granting a full and unconditional pardon to rapper Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters for the attempted murders of two men in 1991.

The pardon is expected to halt efforts to deport Walters to the United Kingdom, the country he left as a child.

[franklog]

Attempting murder OK in NY...as long as you can rhyme to a beat. Having immigration problems also a plus.

[TheWasteLand]

Can't he see what a mistake he's making?!?!?

[Cicero]

It is a bit myopic.

[My Favorite Headache]

Already posted ;)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2020538/posts

[wastedyears]

Where’s Henry Bowman?

[nmh]

Tell me is the rapper black like the new Governor?

Anyone seeing a pattern with this?

[Paleo Conservative]

Blind justice?

[nmh]

Here’s Slick Ricky Walters

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Slick-Rick-New-York-New-York-Gov-David-Paterson-attempted-murders/photo//080523/482/81ff38ba7caa481eb7a3c3a061da30a1//s:/ap/20080523/ap_on_en_mu/paterson_slick_rick;_ylt=AgkvVV7XkLoVkZFlbUZP8z4nHL8C

Okay .... and OJ is not guilty ... and doesn’t deserve punishment. Well, we can see where this NEW Governor of NY is coming from.

[DemforBush]

Great. The whole Rap “industry” already has way more than its share of violence, and now the NY Governor is sending the message that a killer can get off the hook.

Simply brilliant.

I wonder how long it will be before Mumia gets a pardon?

[DemforBush]

Er, attempted killer/attempted murderer that is.

Sorry!

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

A case where I would not feel the least guilty about deliberately tripping a blind person.

[Free ThinkerNY]

[franklog]

My bad. Keyword search on “Paterson” didn’t bring it up for some reason.

No one hit “Justice is blind” yet, right?

[Bender2]

A man came in said, "All rise." Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters stood up, and the DA stood up with the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures, and the Guv walked in sat down with a seeing eye dog, and he sat down, Slick Rick sat down. The DA looked at the seeing eye dog, and then at the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seeing eye dog. And then at twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one and began to cry, 'cause the DA came to the realization that it was a typical case of American blind justice, and there wasn't nothing he could do about it, and the Guv wasn't going to look at the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against Slick Rick.

[nyyankeefan]

New York Gov. David Paterson Pardons Murder Attempting Rapper....

blind justice ~ another pardon so that a rapper can vote for b. HUSSEIN....

but it could NOT be racist in nature....no whites were the perps except the system...putting that poor rapper in the slammer!!!

there should be a puke alert after the headline!!!!