Snoop Dog And Entourage Arrested At Heathrow

[cali]

Sounds like a free for all. Also sounds like the person who took pictures on his cell phone stands to make some $$ from selling the pics to the gossip media. Here's a bit of the story:

"A mini-riot erupted at Heathrow airport after rapper Snoop Dogg and a 30-strong entourage clashed with police in a departure lounge.


The men - mostly minders - apparently turned violent after being refused entry to a first-class lounge, smashing up a duty free shop, throwing bottles and attacking officers.

It took riot police over an hour to arrest the "20-stone men", who were then led out in handcuffs, with one shouting: "This is how it goes down in LA."


Witnesses believe the group, who were travelling from the US to South Africa, were refused entry to the British Airways lounge as only a few had first-class tickets. It is thought they became abusive towards staff and were turned away from their flight, running riot when police tried to guide them out of the airport."

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http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/22449735?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5

[stop the bleeding]

1. Wow - this will surely be the news on Faux later n/t

[CottonBear]

2. Richard Quest (CNN Int'l.) said that one of the guys weighed 450 pounds!

Thanks a lot Snoop for being an ugly American. :(

[goclark]

4. Was Snoop "rioting" or was he already in the First Class

Lounge?

[Divernan]

6. In either case, he was thrown to the ground by 4 police & arrested.

If these guys are positively tested for drugs, what's the penalty in the UK?

(More from the article)
Six men, including the 34-year-old American rapper, were arrested. A Heathrow worker, who took photos from his mobile phone, said: "There were all these huge, 20-stone men smashing up display cabinets and throwing people around. I saw Snoop Dogg on the ground, with four riot police trying to put him in handcuffs. His minders were throwing bottles at people.

"There were 15 riot vans and eight police cars outside, with dog sniffer units. They were throwing the policemen around like pillows. Then the police used pepper spray on them." The row is thought to have been witnessed by Ronan Keating, who was in the Terminal 1 lounge.

Snoop Dogg, real name Calvin Broadus, is a former drug dealer and gang member. He comes from one of LA's most notorious areas and has been accused of several crimes during his life - including murder, although he was acquitted.

[One_of_8]

10. Sounds like he was part of the ruckus

The article says that not all of the "minders" had tickets for first class, so they were refused entry into the first class waiting lounge, and that's what started the trouble. Think Snoop will be refused entry to Britian next time?

[Renew Deal]

3. It's all good in the hood.

D'oh! :nuke:

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Snoop Dogg freed without charge

US rapper Snoop Dogg has been released on police bail without charge following a fracas at London's Heathrow Airport.

The star, real name Calvin Broadus, and five others were arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and affray and held in police custody overnight.
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Seven police officers were left with minor injuries after the incident, which is alleged to have ensued after members of the rapper's entourage objected to being turned away from the facility.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4949430.stm

[Ian David]

7. They're just persecuting him because he's Christian. n/t

[Ian David]

8. Now, if his dad had donated money to a Republican...

Republican gets Oklahoma City airport bomb suspect out of jail
By: Michael Hampton
Posted: August 22, 2005 3:54 pm

Post to del.icio.us

Believe it or not, you can find interesting stuff on Blog Explosion. Like the following bit of extreme stupidity.

Former Oklahoma City mayor Kirk Humphreys, a Republican, helped Charles Alfred Dreyling, 24, get out of jail last week after he was arrested carrying a pipe bomb into Will Rogers World Airport.

Dreyling told authorities that he had made the device and said it was “basically a pipe bomb,” according to an affidavit. Dreyling said he built the device for entertainment value, never intending to hurt anyone, and forgot that it was in his carryon bag when he brought it to the airport, the affidavit said.

Dreyling said he learned as a teenager how to build homemade explosives from Web sites like “The Anarchist’s Cook Book.” Dreyling said he has built and detonated several explosive devices for recreational purposes, according to the affidavit. — Airport Business

More:
http://www.ioerror.us/2005/08/22/republican-gets-oklahoma-city-airport-bomb-suspect-out-of-jail/

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Where was Diana Ross?

You know what a wild cat she can be at the airport.

[DrDebug]

11. She was at a party with Whitney and Zsa-zsa n/t