Florida Republican Rep. John Mica of Florida has been writing letters to America’s airports telling them they should get rid of their Transportation Security Administration touchy-feelies and hire private security guards instead. Read more »
Though his attorney claimed he showed up early, T.I. was a half hour late arriving to his new Arkansas prison home yesterday. The 28-year-old gun collecting rapper will serve a year and a day on various felony weapon charges after his bodyguard implicated him in a shoddy attempt to buy illegal machine guns and silencers. But with good behavior, he could be out in 10 months. |MTV|
This past Sunday, the Associated Press reported that illegal gun purchasing rapper T.I. would only have to serve 2 months in prison instead of the 1 year and 1 day he was sentenced to, claiming that 305 days of house arrest would go towards his term, but they got the story wrong. And shockingly, it was MTV News that corrected them. In reality, T.I. will have to do a minimum of 10 months and might be able to “shave almost 55 days off his sentence” for good behavior. Apparently they didn’t read the report correctly: “Once T.I. completes the prison term, he will still have to serve out the remainder of his home confinement” which amounts to about 2 months. |Miss Info|
Gun-Loving Rapper Hosting Anti-Gun Rally
Grammy award winning gun collector T.I. will hold an anti-gun and violence rally in Harlem on Monday. Last year, the rapper was convicted on various felony weapon charges after his bodyguard implicated him in a poorly planned attempt to buy illegal machine guns and silencers. Facing up to 10 years in prison, T.I. copped a deal for 1000 hours of community service and just one year behind bars, a cushy sentence that many, including 50 Cent, speculate he earned by snitching. Read more »
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