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pokerfan

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Thu May 2, 2013, 05:10 PM May 2013

Busted for possession of iced tea.... [View all]





When rapper Christopher "Xstrav" Beatty waited for his friend Money Mal outside of a Fayetteville, North Carolina liquor store on April 29, he thought he'd enjoy a refreshing AriZona Iced Tea. He and Tito Brown waited at their car in the store parking lot, and Brown filmed them hanging out. Beatty's iced tea was half pink lemonade, half sweet tea, and contained no alcohol whatsoever. But the mere sight of Beatty drinking out of the can was apparently enough to motivate an undercover cop to ask questions.

Beatty was approached by the cop, who was not in uniform and did not show any identification. The cop demanded that Beatty hand over his drink, and when the rapper expressed hesitation at handing his tea to a man in plainclothes with no I.D. and no probable cause, the cop turned hostile. He ordered Beatty to leave the premises and then seemingly changed his mind, forcing him onto the ground, where he handcuffed him and forced him to lay while awaiting arrest.

http://www.policymic.com/articles/39293/north-carolina-rapper-busted-for-possession-of-an-arizona-iced-tea
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Fuck. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #1
Guilty of HACWB Warren DeMontague May 2013 #2
Exactly. That's disgusting. n/t Cleita May 2013 #9
DWB Fumesucker May 2013 #3
He didn't have Skittles. Hayabusa May 2013 #28
Law enforcement has been out of control for a long time now Th1onein May 2013 #4
Bad cop, no donut pokerfan May 2013 #5
in the cop's mind datasuspect May 2013 #8
Bingo. n/t Cali_Democrat May 2013 #13
The saddest truth... MattBaggins May 2013 #30
He sounds like a cop on a drug team. Occulus May 2013 #21
I was arrested by one of those bastards once. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #34
Hope we hear Chapter 2...The Lawsuit. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #6
Add drinking "Drinking Tea While Black" to the list of offenses that we have to worry about now nt MrScorpio May 2013 #7
It was probably more than 16 oz's, too much sugar for adults to choose to have The Straight Story May 2013 #10
Busted for trespassing. ManiacJoe May 2013 #11
That was a completely bogus detainment and arrest from start to finish MrScorpio May 2013 #14
Very true. ManiacJoe May 2013 #15
I'd sue these motherfuckers for an illegal arrest in a heartbeat nt MrScorpio May 2013 #17
Just do what you're told and everything will be OK. MindPilot May 2013 #16
No, it wasn't trespassing Nevernose May 2013 #18
The cop would have a better case if "X" ManiacJoe May 2013 #20
Perhaps if Beatty had been on the cop's driveway SoCalDem May 2013 #19
CITWB (carrying iced tea while black) can get you killed Cali_Democrat May 2013 #12
I think we all know this is not about ice tea. KentuckyWoman May 2013 #22
An unidentified man asked him to leave. truebluegreen May 2013 #23
heavily edited video KentuckyWoman May 2013 #25
According to your previous post, you did feel qualified. truebluegreen May 2013 #26
racism yes KentuckyWoman May 2013 #31
OK, that's fair. truebluegreen May 2013 #33
That's right, private property the cop did not own. The owner didn't tell him to leave. rug May 2013 #27
Unless the cop is moonlighting as security for the complex. OnlinePoker May 2013 #35
If he's the agent of the owner, yes. rug May 2013 #36
Oh my God, you don't know Fayetteville, NC jmowreader May 2013 #32
Court date scheduled for June 6, 2013 pokerfan May 2013 #24
Well, this fucking cop will get no punishment. And will not pay any of the damages awarded. Idiots! Logical May 2013 #29
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