"Buju held for cocaine possession in the United States.."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

Not an easy road, Buju held for cocaine possession in the United States
Published: Sunday | December 13, 2009
Livern Barrett, Staff Reporter

RAMMY-NOMINATED deejay Buju Banton is being held in the Federal Detention Centre, Miami, Florida, in the United States following his arrest last Thursday on drug-related charges, a Miami Police Department spokesman confirmed yesterday.

The internationally renowned artiste whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie was held with "a large quantity of cocaine", according to the law-enforcement agent who identified himself as Officer Gonzalez.

"He is here ... I can't tell you when he will go to court or anything like that, but yes, he is here facing a charge of possession and the intent to distribute cocaine," Gonzalez told The Sunday Gleaner.

He said details of the arrest and subsequent charges would be released tomorrow morning. When asked if and when bail would be offered, Gonzalez said, "I am not in a position to disclose that information."

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091213/lead/lead1.html

[acsmith]

1. and this is GLBT because?

he hates gays and you are glad that he is going to prison?

peace and love.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. yes, i am glad he is going to prison. what is your objection?

cocaine is a choice, my friend.

[Ian David]

4. I can live with that. n/t

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. so can i, last i remembered, cocaine is a choice

[Name removed]

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[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. yes, i should turn the other cheek for him and let the killing of gays continue

because that has worked SO well

i am not advocating that he go to jail because of his words, but if he was carrying cocaine, damn right i am happy he is going to jail.

i would throw a party at his conviction, if i had enough free time.

[acsmith]

8. if you are an oppressed minority the only way out is through love

hate will get you destroyed.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. i strongly disagree. and whats with the " if i am"?

[acsmith]

12. if one...

my mother raised me better than that.

[ET Awful]

14. Little difference . . . Buju violated the law. He will now be punished in accordance with that law.

Priyanka violated no law. Nor have the vast majority of people that Buju spews his hate about.

Is it wrong to cheer justice? Or do you merely object to the schadenfreude that is the collateral byproduct of that justice?

[acsmith]

19. wait wait wait.

in many countries it is illegal to be homosexual. are you saying that the law in a country has to be obeyed?

[ET Awful]

21. I say that if you violate the laws of a country you visit, you pay the piper.

If you go to Malaysia and get busted selling drugs, you'll get the death penalty.

If you go to Germany and get arrested for selling Nazi Propaganda, you go to jail.

If you are in a foreign land, you abide by the laws of that land while within its borders.

If you want to engage in whatever legal means necessary to change laws, so be it.

Not liking the law is not going to hold up in any court anywhere in the world.

If you are a resident of a country that has laws you believe are unjust, you work to change them. Part of activism is accepting the risks inherent in whatever activity you engage in as part of your activism.

Is it "just"? Nope, not always. But guess what . . . There's a DRASTIC difference between knowingly chosing to violate a law against a substance which you have no need to carry with you and knowingly violating a law against who you are.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. whats with the "if"?

[acsmith]

18. what is your point?

.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. if indicates a certain level of disbelief

[joeybee12]

34. What is YOUR point?

Serioulsy, stop spouting dribble.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

35. he has been mercifully ts'd,

[Deep13]

37. Thanks, Jesus.

Mind explaining to those of us who are not Christians what the benefit of pretending to love our enemies is? Because that's the best I can do since I don't love them.

[Jamastiene]

9. "batty boys" ???

nah nah nah, you don't feel the same way, but you use anti-gay slurs. :eyes:

[Name removed]

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[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. apologize. apparently the raising skills only apply to grammar and not spelling

[acsmith]

20. you were born gay, i was born dislexic

(and too stubborn to use a spell checker)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. maybe you shouldnt have been so arrogant about your grammar

[sui generis]

30. I don't have a problem with the drugs, BUT

he should definitely go to jail for wearing that hideous blouse.

[Ian David]

3. Because cocaine is a manly, heterosexual drug. n/t

[NMMNG]

13. Yes

Banton is a rabidly anti-gay prick who routinely calls for LGBT people to be viciously killed and I'd be glad to see him rot in prison for the rest of his life.

Now do you have anything to contribute or do you just go around replying to every OP with ridiculous rants?

[Clintonista2]

25. You're not a moderator

just an FYI

[Malikshah]

28. Peace and Love for who? It is death for us and any news on this bigot is appropriate for discussing

in this forum.

Shame on you and your unfeeling rancor. You do not appear to have any idea about the concepts of peace and love.

[sui generis]

29. hey some of us could give a flying flipping shit about peace and love

this is not the kumbaya forum. He's a bigot who offered to help kill us. If buju wandered into this forum we would hunt the fucker down and make earrings out of his little bitty cannabis shrunken balls.

[chandler2]

16. LEGALIZE Freedom. No Laws Against ANY drugs.

In my relatively long life, I've never once read or heard a rational argument for criminalizing what people can drink, smoke, snort, shoot, or eat. "Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own".

[mitchtv]

26. also don't make enemies when

you are a celebrity copping drugs

[ccharles000]

24. k/r

[FreepFryer]

27. Perhaps his negaitve attitude re: homosexuality will change in prison. (n/t)

[Not Me]

31. I am lovin' me some Lioness this morning!

Even more than usual.

[Bluenorthwest]

32. This is fantastic news! This hate monger finally busted as

the criminal he is. His tours always seemed to be excuses for criminality and the spreading of ill will and nothing about music. He has been protested and boycotted by communities and booking agents all over this nation.

[sui generis]

33. he should have been arrested for wearing that hideous girlie man blouse

just sayin' :P

[queerart]

36. Karma In Motion (nt)

[Raster]

38. Oh, goodie. Throw his nasty ass in prison.