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Ex-Crips leader found guilty in 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur
- goawaydang 2mo ago[flagged]
- cocacola1 2mo agoWild. Never expected this. Guess it wasn’t Suge, which is the biggest surprise. I wonder if they’ll find Biggie’s killer next.
- bigmattystyles 2mo agoI mean Suge was driving the car and Tupac in the passenger seat. Seems risky.
- YouGuysAreBorin 2mo ago[flagged]
- ChrisArchitect 2mo agoAlmost 30 years to the day (Sept 7, 1996), wild indeed.
- ganjatech 2mo agoRap snitches, telling all their business Sit in the court and be their own star witness "Do you see the perpetrator?" "Yeah, I'm right here" Fuck around, get the whole label sent up for years
- edoceo 2mo agoMF Doom for those not in the loop https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtKJbptcns https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gQtKJbptcns
- iscrewyou 2mo agoMF DOOM. Just remember all caps when you spell the man name.
- e40 2mo ago— MF DOOM feat. Mr. Fantastik
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapp_Snitch_Knishes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapp_Snitch_Knishes
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- edoceo 2mo agoHe got got because he couldn't shut up. If you come at the king, better not miss is true. Don't talk about it after! Like GunRack from K&P https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPPSQhUVss https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EXPPSQhUVss
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- ares623 2mo ago> In closing arguments, prosecutor Binu Palal told jurors to take Davis at his word and find him guilty. > For years, he argued, Davis had been telling people "that he is responsible for Tupac Shakur's murder" through documentaries, his memoir, podcasts and a police interview. He'd fit quite well in Silicon Valley.
- dralley 2mo agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs
- hackernud3s 2mo agoIs it just me or does it seem like they should have caught this guy sooner?
- lenerdenator 2mo agoHaving a guy write lyrics about a killing is one thing. Having enough evidence to take to a grand jury, get an indictment, and convince a petit jury beyond a reasonable doubt, and survive appeals is another.
- hackernud3s 1mo agoRight but if it was Taylor Swift instead of Tupac Shakur... You get what I'm saying, right?
- m463 2mo agowhat used to be a crime becomes a business model. wardriving og
- SadErn 2mo ago[dead]
- Rendello 2mo ago> In closing arguments, prosecutor Binu Palal told jurors to take Davis at his word and find him guilty. > For years, he argued, Davis had been telling people "that he is responsible for Tupac Shakur's murder" through documentaries, his memoir, podcasts and a police interview. > Throughout the trial, Davis' defence team tried to persuade jurors that his comments were fiction - bravado and exaggeration intended to sell books and make money. I feel like there's a song about this... [1] Gangsters telling on themselves can be almost funny from a distance, but that violence and lack of justice is real. It's hard not to feel sick to your stomach when you see a case like the Nathan Leigh shooting, where a Toronto gangster did broad daylight execution (attempted) on camera, beat the case, and has been rapping about the crime for years later [2]. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KIhEbellKI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KIhEbellKI 2. https://youtu.be/TGmDLJ5wp4I?t=310 https://youtu.be/TGmDLJ5wp4I?t=310
- yndoendo 2mo agoPeople are easily disgusted by violent acts and yet they often only harm a single individual directly and few indirectly. People that commit fraud are more welcoming to the public but they are the ones that harm the most people. Example: Brett Farve, a millionaire, is still likable while at the same time he stole from a welfare system that was designed to help the poorest in the state of Mississippi. He is directly responsible for harm enumerable number of people. I am more disgusted by the fraudsters of the world than people like Luigi Mangione. I wish more people would realize that corrupt wealthy individuals cause the most harm against humanity than those that commit singular violent acts.
- ailun 2mo agoViolence ripples out. It’s never just one person. Living in a violent society has huge costs on all of us.
- wredcoll 2mo agoYou're right, but that doesn't discount the point about fraud, especially the "mega"fraudsters like favre and trump and friends. It's not just the literal stealing, it is, as you point out, the ripple effects of destroying trust in society/government/etc.
- GarryTanLOC 2mo ago[flagged]
- amacneil 2mo agoWildest part about this whole story is Ben Horowitz of A16z's role: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cUOTL8meN5I https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cUOTL8meN5I
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- frenchtoast8 2mo agoAssuming this story is true, is it normal that some rich guy can just ask to see police documents over dinner without any FOIA request or anything?
- arjie 2mo agoHe's pretty close to that particular police chief of staff or whatever he was. So this is probably just one of those things where if you have connections, then sometimes you take someone on vacation or fly them private and it turns out they give you some documents, rule in your favour in a case, pardon you. See https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/ben-horowitzs-cozy-relationship-with-the-las-vegas-police-department-aided-a16z-portfolio-company-skydio/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/ben-horowitzs-cozy-relatio...
- arjie 2mo ago30 years later, and he's still got appeals to go? Fascinating. Not familiar with these processes, but when he's finally away to prison how old will he be? He's in his sixties now.
- djriley 2mo agoHe's being held without bail now and will be sentenced in October. His appeals will be litigated while he is serving his time. So unless he find success with one of those appeals he will never be a free man again.
- pinkmuffinere 2mo agoWow, it sounds like he admitted to it on a talk show at least 7 years ago, and wrote about it in a book [0]! Can't believe it took this long. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uoB8zvLdI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3uoB8zvLdI edit: just watched the youtube video in full, and it isn't an admission. It's just discussing the shooting in general, and he puts blame on others.
- ButlerianJihad 2mo agoA few decades ago, I heard a story (and it is apparently true) of a court case for second-degree manslaughter. The defendant had a normal legal name, but his rap moniker was "Bloody Badass". https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ny-supreme-court/1281054.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ny-supreme-court/1281054.h... The prosecution obtained permission from the judge so that they could refer to the defendant throughout the trial, not by his legal name, but the name he took for himself: "Bloody Badass". The defense considered this a rather bad idea and attempted to overturn the case on appeal. Now it seems that plenty of concrete evidence was provided, and a person's name does not directly convict of any crime at all, except against good taste. But can you imagine the mood in that courtroom as the jury and witnesses were repeatedly exposed, all day long, to the prosecution calling him by a name he wished to be known by?
- mingus88 1mo agoGotta love how political posts critical of the tech right get flagged immediately yet 90s hip hop cold cases stand