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Chicago Police Apologize to Ice Cube (oops!)
Inside Baltimore ^ | 08/04/03

Posted on 08/04/2003 5:56:09 PM PDT by Drew68

Chicago Police Apologize to Ice Cube

Chicago - The Chicago Police Department has apologized for issuing a community alert that described a man suspected in a series of sexual assaults as resembling hip-hop artist and actor Ice Cube after a local television station aired one of the rapper's videos during its evening newscast.

Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted three woman in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, a trendy area on the city's North Side.

A police alert released Sunday described the man as a black male in his mid-20s who "resembles the popular rap artist 'Ice Cube.'"

The Chicago TV station owned and operated by CBS, WBBM-TV, subsequently broadcast one of Ice Cube's videos when it reported the story Monday night.

"We acknowledged the information should not have been on the alert," Police spokesman David Bayless said Tuesday. "We took immediate corrective action. We apologize to Ice Cube for what was an honest mistake and came with no ill intent."

The community alert was reissued without a reference to Ice Cube.

Filming had begun Monday on "Barbershop 2," a sequel to the popular movie starring the Compton, California, native, said Matt Labov, a spokesman for Ice Cube.

Labov said cast members were watching as WBBM-TV broadcast the video.

"This is an unfortunate and hurtful situation for Ice Cube," Labov said. "That his good name ever came up in association with the events currently taking place in Chicago's Wicker Park area is damaging to Ice Cube as a father, husband and artist."

Both the police department and the TV station have since apologized, Labov said.

Elizabeth Shapiro, communications director for Channel 2, acknowledged that the station used the video.

"Chicago police had issued a community alert saying a suspect in a string of crimes in Wicker Park resembled rap artist Ice Cube," she said. "So our information was taken directly from the Chicago Police Department community alert."


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: cops; donutwatch; icecube; police
Guess ol' Ice Cube is gonna have another reason to sing "F--- Tha Police!"
1 posted on 08/04/2003 5:56:10 PM PDT by Drew68
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bttt
2 posted on 08/04/2003 9:12:01 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
F--- tha media!
3 posted on 08/04/2003 9:13:28 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: *Donut watch
Ping to the Donut Watch for articles about cops.
4 posted on 08/04/2003 9:14:03 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
,,, any publicity is good publicity.
5 posted on 08/04/2003 9:14:56 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: mhking
Ping.

Don't know if you'd want this one for your black conservative list, your "hold muh beer" list or the "just damn" list --or maybe none at all.

Nonetheless...

6 posted on 08/04/2003 9:21:35 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: xm177e2
The Chicago TV station owned and operated by CBS, WBBM-TV, subsequently broadcast one of Ice Cube's videos when it reported the story Monday night.

Maybe I misinterpreted this. They were hopefully showing the video to poke fun at the police, not to help people identify the rapist. But if not, my original "F--- tha media" stands. It's bad enough the police would say something this stupid, but to have a news station follow along? Insane.

7 posted on 08/05/2003 2:38:25 AM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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To: rdb3; Khepera; elwoodp; MAKnight; condolinda; mafree; Trueblackman; FRlurker; Teacher317; ...
That was just plain dumb.

Black conservative ping

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8 posted on 08/05/2003 6:19:35 AM PDT by mhking
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To: Drew68
Guess ol' Ice Cube is gonna have another reason to sing "F--- Tha Police!"

Was that Ice Cube? I thought it was some other rapper named Ice Tea. I can't keep those two straight. I like the actor Ice Cube and I always hoped he was one of the good guys. He has seemed like one in some of his movies.

9 posted on 08/05/2003 6:33:28 AM PDT by spiffy
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10 posted on 08/05/2003 6:37:34 AM PDT by krb (the statement on the other side of this tagline is false)
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To: Drew68

11 posted on 08/05/2003 6:37:47 AM PDT by krb (the statement on the other side of this tagline is false)
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Just a really dumb move on the part of the police. Totally uncalled for... Boneheaded move.
12 posted on 08/05/2003 6:42:21 AM PDT by NYC Republican
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Ice Cube did "F--- tha Police" as part of NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" CD.

Ice T did "Cop Killer" with the group Body Count (I have a first edition CD) on the self-titled CD.

13 posted on 08/05/2003 6:43:16 AM PDT by hchutch (The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
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To: krb
He was great in "Friday". It's one of the few movies I can watch more than a couple of times and still enjoy it. The others are "Forrest Gump" and "Temptations".
14 posted on 08/05/2003 6:43:34 AM PDT by NYC Republican
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To: krb

Vanilla Ice?

15 posted on 08/05/2003 6:45:26 AM PDT by NYC Republican
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To: spiffy
I like the actor Ice Cube and I always hoped he was one of the good guys. He has seemed like one in some of his movies.

I think by all accounts he is. He's been married to the same woman throughout his career. You never read about him getting in trouble with the law. He doesn't clubhop with an entourage of sycophants. He's college educated. Seems to have his head on straight.

For a rapper from the hood this says a lot. Way too many of them have chosen the paths into bankruptcy, prison or the graveyard.

16 posted on 08/05/2003 7:59:37 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: NYC Republican
He was great in "Friday". It's one of the few movies I can watch more than a couple of times and still enjoy it.

I laughed myself silly through the first "Friday". I haven't seen the other two yet. I also really enjoyed "Barbershop". It was a nice breath of fresh Political Incorrectness.

I could have done without "Anaconda" but we all have our low points.

17 posted on 08/05/2003 8:02:30 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: NYC Republican
Just a really dumb move on the part of the police. Totally uncalled for... Boneheaded move.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the rapist turned out to be. . . Ice Cube?

18 posted on 08/05/2003 8:51:33 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68
No.
19 posted on 08/05/2003 11:24:06 AM PDT by tru_degenerate ('I have not always been right, but I have always been sincere.' - WEB Du Bois)
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To: mhking
I love Cube and this criminal did not look like him!
20 posted on 08/06/2003 10:27:37 PM PDT by JustPiper (Can you say Governor "Terminator" Arnold?)
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