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Officer X
04-08-2012, 11:51
To sum it up...He admittedly makes an illegal left turn from the far right lane (a move his security team taught him to help him find out if he's being followed) and he gets stopped for the traffic violation by two APD officers who didn't recognize him and are curious as to why he thinks he's being followed, and it's racial profiling??? Now APD has to spend time and effort to investigate this......
http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2012/04/tyler-perry-victim-of-racial-profiling-traffic-stop-spurs-atlanta-police-investigation.html
Wow, apparently those traffic laws are just a guideline if you are rich and famous.
Sam Spade
04-08-2012, 13:06
Wow, apparently those traffic laws are just a guideline if you are rich and famous.
I'll take your word for "rich", but I ain't never heard of him.
"Do you know who I am?"
"I will after you show me your license."
ETA: Clicked the link, saw his picture and *still* don't know who he is. It's okay, though, because I don't care who he is, either.
I don't really care what this idiot does. His show sucks.
:panties:......This....Just pay the ticket and keep the social commentary to yourself......Admit you're wrong (which he did) and move along.....
When you start off your story with "A few days before President Obama was supposed to speak at my studio, I was leaving the studio, headed to the airport. Most times when I leave the studio I have an unmarked escort.
My BS meter is already pegging. What does any of this nonsense have to do with your "gripe" with APD? Nothing. You're just trying to reach your target audience and have them ooh and aah over you.
lawman800
04-08-2012, 23:41
The whole Obama tagline is just to snag the attention of his core audience and have them start sympathizing and conjuring up the race card. It has nothing to do with what he did and if he admitted doing something wrong, and got pulled over for it, then what is there to investigate?
This country is swirling the toilet bowl right quick.
Ohio Copper
04-09-2012, 02:41
Where do I file a complain for his terrible movies?
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cowboywannabe
04-09-2012, 04:40
I dont know who that is but i can reasonably believe they are black since the race card came out right away.
I don't know if his movies suck, because I never saw a one of them. I have seen snippets of his series on TV, and it's just a 21st century version of the Urkel show.
He made a left turn from a far right lane
His windows are tinted beyond legal
It is being reported he said the two responding officers expressed incredulity at him performing that maneuver due to fear of being followed.
It is also being reported he expressed he felt badgered by the cops. The specific actions that caused this feeling are: Cop#2 banging on his passenger side window; being instructed to shut off the car; being instructed to put his foot on the brakes.
In short, if you have that much dough (Forbes Magazine says he is the highest paid entertainer in the USA for 2011 with a net worth of $350M) and if you are the only film maker to have all five of your films open at #1 in the USA box office, you need a much better security team, and you probably should have an (off duty, with arrest powers in the jurisdiction you are in) law enforcement officer as your driver, ESPECIALLY in areas where you live, work or frequent.
Also seems odd that his "security team" tells him to make these sorts of maneuvers (in reality no one does this crap outside of very hot zones, and that's with lead + tailing vehicles), and never a word on how to deal with being pulled over by the police? :headscratch:
A major problem I've always had with celebrities is they let their perception of how awesome they are distort reality. The unfortunate fact is that they also have people around (coat tail hangers, etc) who perpetuate this sort of sillyness.
-G
I still don't know who this guy is. I "IMDB'd" him, and don't recognize any of the movies or shows. Obviously I hang with the wrong peeps.
Oh, and I guess I have gotten racially profiled. Last time I was pulled over for speeding (10+ years ago), the stop went very similar to what he went through. A white cop asking me, a white male, what I was doing. Racist!!
Mayhem like Me
04-09-2012, 07:15
It's Gonna be a new movie..
Madea makes a Uey and gets a ticket...
It's Gonna be a new movie..
Madea makes a Uey and gets a ticket...
Welcome to 2009! :whistling:
http://entertainmentrundown.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/madea_goes_to_jail_poster2.jpg
Mayhem like Me
04-09-2012, 07:58
Maybe they would have recognized him in drag??
Maybe they would have recognized him in drag??
My wife's thoughts exactly, when we 1st read this. She also thinks that for a professed upstanding Christian man he certainly plays the role in a somewhat convincing manner.
Dude is big. Certainly wouldn't be the 1st brother on the down low...
jwhite75
04-09-2012, 08:08
First off like the article and OP said....he did something illegal in a car and got pulled over. Get over your self you pompous jack hole
Second, Atlanta has a HUGE African American population. If they APD profiled every African American they would never get anything doen but traffic stops.
The arrogance and self entitlement of these "celebrities" of any color are just amazing.
improper turn, tinted windows, wants to get out of car, being followed....yup, this may take a minute.
lawman800
04-09-2012, 09:13
If he thought he was being followed... did he report the car that followed him to the cops immediately?
It's Gonna be a new movie..
Madea makes a Uey and gets a ticket...
:rofl::rofl::rofl:....PLEASE, don't give him any ideas.....Next he'll be on one of the Oprah channels doing this...:crying:
lawman800
04-09-2012, 09:37
Madea gets harassed by the police for no good reason. Coming out in time for Christmas for that Holiday cheer.
CLoft239
04-09-2012, 10:54
My response to this is simple: he's an idiot.
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lawman800
04-09-2012, 14:45
My response to this is simple: he's an idiot.
You only said that because you're a racist.:whistling:
merlynusn
04-10-2012, 07:56
I love how he claims he was profiled while also admitting he made a traffic violation.
lawman800
04-10-2012, 08:18
When are some people going to learn that criminal profiling is perfectly legal? Yeah, I said it. He violated the law. He admitted it. He is a criminal. We profile criminals. Anyone have a problem with that?
mikeynuss
04-10-2012, 14:13
Oh my lerd!
GumbyDammit
04-12-2012, 23:43
That's his security plan? What kind of advice is that?? Say he makes a left turn from the right turn lane and grandma t-bones him. Only security I see in that scenario is payday for her grandkids.
Hey probably has to run SDRs to make sure someone doesn't pie his ass for his ****ty movies.
That's his security plan? What kind of advice is that?? Say he makes a left turn from the right turn lane and grandma t-bones him. Only security I see in that scenario is payday for her grandkids.
It is an EXTREMELY basic surveillance detection technique that some "contractor" probably "trained" him on for about $500 an hour.
:supergrin:
GumbyDammit
04-13-2012, 00:37
It is an EXTREMELY basic surveillance detection technique that some "contractor" probably "trained" him on for about $500 an hour.
:supergrin:
I know a couple of guys on GT that would train him way better for only slightly more $$
I had to post on his Facebook page, and thought it was funny that many others posted he over reacted to what he caused too.
It is an EXTREMELY basic surveillance detection technique that some "contractor" probably "trained" him on for about $500 an hour.
:supergrin:
Yes, and they saw it in one of the Godfather movies - I think it was on the 238the street bridge connecting the Bronx with Manhattan.
Mayhem like Me
04-13-2012, 08:01
I know a couple of guys on GT that would train him way better for only slightly more $$
We are the wrong color...
LilCop2002
04-13-2012, 09:29
We are the wrong color...
I could probably pass for the right one. If you train me, I'll train him, and we split the proceeds...:dunno:
lawman800
04-13-2012, 11:47
I'll trade him free training if he stops making those ****ty tv shows and movies.
steveksux
04-14-2012, 06:48
Maybe they would have recognized him in drag??
Bingo! :rofl: Although I think if they thought they had pulled over Madea, they probably should have tazed him immediately, cause she is ALWAYS combative.
The guys in KISS probably always had problems with police not knowing who they were when they got stopped for doing stupid stuff in traffic too.
http://www.friendsaskingamy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/KISS2.gif
I'm also wondering how he was profiled if his windows were tinted too dark to be legal...
Randy
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