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Things are looking a little bleaker for T.I. this morning, after a judge remanded him “pending a bail hearing after his arrest on illegal weapons charges” that occurred over the weekend, while the Feds look to be getting ready to make an example of the rapper, assuring that there will be no special treatment in this case due to his celebrity.
He appeared nervous as he was led into court in handcuffs and responded “Yes sir,” or “Yes, your Honor” to questions as Judge Alan Baverman explained the legal process he faced.
Family members, some of whom cried, packed into the small courtroom.
“Federal law requires that I keep you in custody pending the holding of a detention hearing,” said Baverman, who set the hearing for Friday.
So T.I. will be spending at least three more days in the care of the Atlanta correctional system, while “government prosecutors said they would request that T.I. remain in jail until trial, which they said was standard in such cases.” Which, despite those pesky promises of “speedy trials,” means T.I. might want to cancel any personal appearances he’s got scheduled into 2008 at this point.
Do some cops likely target rappers? Of course. But still, how stupid can T.I. be? He’s a convicted felon, and he’s sending underlings to buy illegal firearms for him? If I were kind, I’d feel sorry for him.
An article in the AJC has a few more interesting details, including that T.I.’s bodyguard was wired during the meet-up where the weapons were handed over, and that the recording has T.I. making specific reference to the purchased silencers as causing “no bang, no flash.” Who knows what, if anything, T.I. intended to do with the guns, but it’s a bit difficult to argue that someone acquires silencers for self-defense.
Also, the gun store where the purchases were made is one of the shops sued by the City of New York for engaging in “straw man” sales to its undercover officers.
The other details are that TI’s been arrested on gun charges before, he had a loaded gun in his car (in the console) when they arrested him, he had loaded (and illegal) guns all over his house.
Dumbass.
What a tragedy! And What a moron if he did it. I don’t understand these fools: friggin millionaires frontin like they thugs. I blame Al Pacino and Brian De Palma for remaking *Scarface*.
Blame Pacino and DePalma, but also blame the morons who see “Scarface” as a pattern for living. Somehow, they conveniently overlook the fact that Tony Montana ends up nuts, drug-addled, and shot to shit, after having lost everything that halfway meant anything to him. Dumbasses indeed.
@DaeSu: That was totally only because Tony betrayed his friend, though. Up until then everything was cool.
Well, it wasn’t cool that Tony wanted to bang his own sister! Regardless, I’m not sure that Tony’s tale could have ended any other way than in blood and tears.