Ice-T says he almost shot an Amazon delivery driver who was 'creeping up to my crib'

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/us/ice-t-amazon-delivery-trnd/index.html

(CNN)Ice-T had some strong suggestions for Amazon Tuesday.

"Now that you have regular people making your home deliveries," the musician and actor said on Twitter, "Maybe they should wear a Vest with AMAZON DELIVERY on it."

That's because he says he almost shot a delivery driver who seemed to be "creeping up" to his home earlier in the week.

One fan asked "Was he not wearing a delivery man uniform?" to which the "Law & Order: SVU" star responded that the individual was not wearing "ANY uniform."

"Just regular people workin," Ice-T wrote. "I ain't mad at them. Just sayin. That ... ain't safe."

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Link to tweet

ICE T Verified account

@FINALLEVEL

Message To Amazon: Now that you have regular people making your home deliveries.. Maybe they should wear a Vest with AMAZON DELIVERY on it..... I almost shot a MF creeping up to my crib last night.... Just sayin.

10:19 AM - 21 May 2019

Link to tweet

Dave Clark

@davehclark

Replying to @FINALLEVEL
Just sayin…thanks for the suggestion. We MF’ing love you and our drivers. Lots of innovations coming on this and many that already exist to help you track your package and delivery on a map. Thanks for being a customer.

11:48 AM - 21 May 2019

Good advice to Amazon. Jeez!

[Blues Heron]

1. Maybe if you see someone creeping up to your house with a box

try to remember if you ordered anything online?

[Ilsa]

6. My spouse orders stuff from Amazon

all the time without telling me, yet I'm the one at home more than him. He's just got other things to think about vs telling me a package will arrive.

[demigoddess]

39. could have been a bomb! try to think outside the box. OK?

[TheBlackAdder]

40. Shit! My fam orders stuff all the time. I order stuff, see a box by the door and ask, WTF is this?

.

Sometimes, it doesn't dawn on me what it is until I read the sender or open the thing.

.

[UniteFightBack]

2. So walking outside of someone's home is grounds to get shot. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

3. He didn't shoot anyone...

[hlthe2b]

5. In some of these states with "castle laws" and lots of paranoid gun hoarders, yes.

[marble falls]

4. MF? Is that for Marble Falls?

[Codeine]

8. I'm tired of all these Marble Falls snakes

on this Marble Falls plane!

[NurseJackie]

10. Ooph!

[cwydro]

7. Kinda paranoid there Ice?

[NurseJackie]

9. The Amazon drivers in our neighborhood already wear vests...

The Amazon drivers in our neighborhood already wear vests, and have been doing so for over a year (maybe longer).

They don't have the Amazon logo on them... but they are the bright fluorescent vests that utility workers wear... that meter-readers wear... that crossing guards wear... that anyone wears who WANTS to be seen and noticed.

[tavernier]

11. All our Amazon deliveries come UPS and they wear uniforms

so I might be a little suspicious as well. But the package and clipboard are normally the give-away.

Crib? I thought that word went the way of daddio and 23 skidoo.

[Wounded Bear]

22. "Crib" is shorthand for...

Big ass motherfucking mansion.

[tavernier]

26. Ooooooh... that's why I couldn't relate!

[Hekate]

36. We've had deliveries well after dark in the winter. I trust the logos on the trucks, but if Amazon

...is making deliveries part of the gig economy (and I can't tell from this article), how are any of us supposed to know who that stranger is at our door?

[MyOwnPeace]

12. I wouldn't shoot - but

he's got a point.
Yesterday I started to back out of my driveway and looked in the mirror to see that a black sedan had just pulled into my driveway. A man with a tie and jacket (could have been an insurance salesman or visiting minister) got out of the car and handed me an Amazon envelope.
Yep, that was their delivery guy for the day.
I really do like the idea of some type of ID: vest, hat, something.............

[struggle4progress]

13. "I order stuff to be delivered but look out! I might shoot the delivery man!"

[Turin_C3PO]

14. Whoa, chill out Ice T!

Although I do agree that the delivery person should wear some sort of identification.

[Ron Obvious]

15. Why is he sleeping in a crib anyway?

Enquiring minds want to know.

[bullwinkle428]

16. How do I know some rando creeping up to my door with a box

is not the next Cesar Sayoc (attempted pipe-bomber)? I totally get how that might freak someone out.

[maxsolomon]

25. Because the odds are vastly in favor of it being an Amazon delivery person

And not a pipe bomber.

[LuvNewcastle]

17. Silent elves deliver my packages.

I'm home most of the time, but I don't hear them. I just open the door and there's my parcel.

[Codeine]

18. "Look how tough and gangster and relevant I am!

Seriously! It’s like Body Count came out just yesterday!”

Put the gun down and take a nap, grandpa.

[RKP5637]

19. K&R!!!! n/t

[Polly Hennessey]

20. I get alerts.

Like: Your package is nine stops away. Another alert when package is delivered. I appreciate it and so do the dogs.

[Codeine]

28. Maybe the delivery guys should get alerts

that let them know “Crazy old guy with a gun is 9 blocks away; see where your danger is!”

[NightWatcher]

21. In my neighborhood they often drive personal vehicles. If you don't see a big box in hand

it could look like a creeper, especially if you are a celebrity with a violent past life.

Bright yellow vests would be useful.

[Marengo]

23. There was a burglary crew working a nearby neighborhood which apparently was imitating...

Amazon delivery by driving a newer model white van and wearing yellow vests. Considering he’s a higher profile celebrity I don’t consider his reaction entirely unreasonable.

[ADX]

31. +1

[Marengo]

24. The Amazon response is appallingly unprofessional. Idiot needs to be terminated.

[ADX]

32. +1 again...

[JonLP24]

27. Check to see if you have any packages arriving before pulling out a gun

[CrispyQ]

29. Maybe they should wear bullet proof vests, huh?

Did he forget he ordered something from Amazon & it comes in two days? Maybe he should back off the pipe. He sounds a little paranoid.

[Bayard]

30. I thought all big time celebrities

Lived behind locked gates.

I do, and I don't even play a celebrity on TV. I'm in the country, and I don't like people showing up unannounced at my front door. Packages are left at the gate.

[ADX]

33. The patronizing response by Amazon's SVP...

...is infinitely worse than Ice's initial post. I guarantee you that SVP would never have used such language if he'd been replying to a white musician/actor in his early 60's...

[Polybius]

35. It wasn't good

But it wasn't worse than him talking about shooting someone. The SVP didn't insult him, he actually complimented him. Of couse, he also didn't address the problem, which is bad.

[Polybius]

34. How is he even allowed to own a firearm?

He has a very lengthy criminal record. Unless his gun is unregistered.

[JonLP24]

37. Where is his criminal record?

I can't find it and Wiki usually has a legal troubles section. He also appears on films/TV.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-T

[mr_lebowski]

38. Uh ... how long ago are we talking? The 1980's?

Pretty sure one can regain one's right to own a firearm after ... you know, decades.

Esp. when one is a multi-millionaire.

Also, most likely Ice-T meant 'almost got shot by my live-in security guy', as opposed to himself.