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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:18:39 AM EDT
Not bad considering he had multiple MG's and silencers....
 http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/27/ti.sentencing/index.html TLANTA, Georgia (CNN) –– World-famous rap star T.I. was sentenced in Atlanta federal court Friday to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $100,300 fine on weapons charges related to purchasing machine guns and silencers.  T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, has mentored at-risk students as part of his community service.  The rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, reached the terms of the sentence in a plea agreement with prosecutors last year. He also was sentenced to some property forfeiture, supervised release for three years after his prison sentence, 365 days of home confinement (he has already served 305) and 1,500 hours of community service (1,030 served). He also must undergo DNA testing, drug counseling, cannot own firearms and must submit to reasonable searches and a financial audit. The plea agreement, which federal authorities called unique, allowed the rapper to remain out of prison for a year while he performed community service. In that time, he mentored at-risk students at 58 schools, 12 Boys & Girls Clubs, nine churches and many other nonprofit organizations, according to court documents. Meanwhile, T.I., 28, has released his sixth CD, "Paper Trail," which has sold close to 2 million copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The multiplatinum rapper also has starred in the MTV reality show, "T.I.'s Road to Redemption: 45 Days to Go," which chronicles his efforts to shave years off his sentence by completing his community service. The show features him talking to students and community groups "about how to avoid the trouble he now finds himself in," according to the network's Web site. "It's been rewarding in the sense that it takes my mind off my own personal circumstances when I focus the attention on helping others," he said about his time spent doing community service. "And that way, I've definitely been able to appreciate the ability to turn my negative part of my life into a positive." "You shouldn't take the things that I've gone through and the negative parts of my life and admire me for that," Harris said. "If anything, admire me for how I've accepted responsibility for the part I've played in placing myself in these situations and what I've done to recover from it."  Watch the rapper's interview with CNN's T.J. Holmes »Harris starred in the film "ATL" and could be seen in Chevy commercials with NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Harris was named to the Forbes list of top-earning rappers in 2006, banking an estimated $16 million. Later, Harris' fall from grace was sudden and dramatic. He was arrested in October 2007 in an Atlanta parking lot hours before he was to perform at the BET Hip Hop Awards. Harris was caught in a federal sting after his bodyguard-turned-informant delivered three machine guns and two silencers to him, prosecutors said. Harris had provided the bodyguard with $12,000 to buy the weapons. Harris was not permitted to own any guns, however, because he was convicted in 1998 on felony drug charges, including possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute in Cobb County in suburban Atlanta. For his court hearing Friday, Harris' attorneys submitted more than 100 letters from officials who thanked him for his community service since the weapons arrest.  One of the letters was from Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, who said Harris did an "outstanding job" talking to a group of teenagers about not breaking the law. "If only one young person in that courtroom listened to Mr. Harris, and I believe they all did, we are all better for it," Sears wrote. "He was honest, humble and inspirational." |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:23:11 AM EDT
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Bullshit
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:28:17 AM EDT
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He has a show on MTV where he helps convicts turn their lives around.
Go figure. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:46:43 AM EDT
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Where was the ATF with their "Always think Forfeiture" in this case. Oh, wait this dick wasnt a regular citizen whose rights they could trample. Another shining example of a double standard....
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:49:58 AM EDT
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Where can you get 3 machine guns and 2 suppressors $12,000?
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:52:14 AM EDT
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Where can you get 3 machine guns and 2 suppressors $12,000? From undercover ATF |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:52:34 AM EDT
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DNA testing?
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:53:36 AM EDT
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Meanwhile OLOFSON ROTS IN PRISON.
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Posted: 3/27/2009 7:54:09 AM EDT
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Somehow, I don't see a prosecutor allowing me to delay imprisonment for a year and knocking 9 years from a 10 year sentence because I offered to talk to at risk school kids if I got caught with an unregistered MG and silencer.
Fucking bullshit. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:02:25 AM EDT
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Quoted: Meanwhile OLOFSON ROTS IN PRISON. Fucking sad, isn't it.. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:04:53 AM EDT
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Yet a poor schlub who loaned a gun to a friend and that same gun doubled due to mechanical failure gets 33 months.
Motherfuckers. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:07:54 AM EDT
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I was hoping to break this story myself, but I'm going to chime in with you guys. I can promise not a one of us here would be getting a year and a day on a 10 year minimum. Yes, why should suburban white kids and misguided urban youth be denied the next T.I. album? We need economic stimulus after all!
Oh, and since they're watching us anyway.... GVDJ UIF BSG |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:10:15 AM EDT
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If only he could have fought for our rights, instead of doing what he liked illegally.
We need these kind of high-profile people to be on our side - when they get caught doing something stupid it makes me  ...
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:11:50 AM EDT
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Somehow, I don't see a prosecutor allowing me to delay imprisonment for a year and knocking 9 years from a 10 year sentence because I offered to talk to at risk school kids if I got caught with an unregistered MG and silencer. Fucking bullshit. The fact that owning unregistered machine guns and suppressors is a crime is what's bullshit. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:34:04 AM EDT
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Heard about this on the radio.
Harris was caught in a federal sting after his bodyguard-turned-informant delivered three machine guns and two silencers to him, prosecutors said.
AND HE GETS A YEAR!?!??!?!?! |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:37:09 AM EDT
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Quoted:
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Somehow, I don't see a prosecutor allowing me to delay imprisonment for a year and knocking 9 years from a 10 year sentence because I offered to talk to at risk school kids if I got caught with an unregistered MG and silencer. Fucking bullshit. The fact that owning unregistered machine guns and suppressors is a crime is what's bullshit. Ding ding ding. Fuck the NFA. A lot of people here are probably foaming at the mouth over the AIG bonuses too. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:44:43 AM EDT
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all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
Being a celebrity entertainer has its perks. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 8:44:46 AM EDT
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Where was the ATF with their "Always think Forfeiture" in this case. Oh, wait this dick wasnt a regular citizen whose rights they could trample. Another shining example of a double standard.... this time you've got a guy with all the money he needs to hire the best lawyers, to fight their bullshit and not have to worry about it. He doesn't haev to miss work to go to court, can record an album in his spare time and make millions..... Might be a good case to use for precident at some point. Hope i spelled that right. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:04:36 AM EDT
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He also must undergo DNA testing, drug counseling, cannot own firearms and must submit to reasonable searches and a financial audit.
wtf??? |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:11:19 AM EDT
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He has a show on MTV where he helps convicts turn their lives around.
Go figure. and MTV will probably pay him for the shows too. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:11:54 AM EDT
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How do they think his "mentoring" at risk youth is doing anyone any good? He isn't exactly a role model.
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:12:20 AM EDT
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Who?
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:25:31 AM EDT
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Yet a poor schlub who loaned a gun to a friend and that same gun doubled due to mechanical failure gets 33 months. Motherfuckers. Yep. That is seriously fucked up 
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:45:32 AM EDT
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I call BS on the home confinement, that asswipe just had a show here on the 13th....How can you possibly have show when you're supposed to be at home?
http://www.210sa.com/content/view/5490/ |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:51:19 AM EDT
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Where can you get 3 machine guns and 2 suppressors $12,000? I was offered an M16 for $4000 and an M14 for $2500 in the last year, don't usually see suppressors up here (Kanuckistan) and no the weapons were not registered, and given the guy I am thinking probably HA, definitely a member of one club or another |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 9:57:56 AM EDT
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fuck T.I. and i dont give a shit who he is, he should rot
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:09:04 AM EDT
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why are you guys so focused on the gun thing in this story?
shouldnt you be happy that theres one less god damn PIECE OF SHIT no-talent having "rapper" making "music" and living a lavish lifestyle that most others can only dream of just because he used some dull repatitive beat and the same trendy voice-altering program (auto-tune: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-tune) that akon, t-pain, kanye, lil' wayne and every other tard-fuck "rapper" is using the shit out of now a days? fuck rap. it used to be good when it was just hiphop. shade |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:10:44 AM EDT
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Quoted: Who? +1 Quoted: Quoted: Somehow, I don't see a prosecutor allowing me to delay imprisonment for a year and knocking 9 years from a 10 year sentence because I offered to talk to at risk school kids if I got caught with an unregistered MG and silencer. Fucking bullshit. The fact that owning unregistered machine guns and suppressors is a crime is what's bullshit. The easy part is not telling anyone about it.  |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:12:33 AM EDT
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Yeah... rot.. gun charges! I don't give two shits about the guns, i'm more concerned with the double standard.
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:13:33 AM EDT
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all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. http://dina4liniertmitrand.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/animal_farm.jpg Being a celebrity entertainer has its perks. My signature for a reason. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:15:25 AM EDT
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he was convicted in 1998 on felony drug charges, including possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute in Cobb County in suburban Atlanta
Well there's your problem. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:15:40 AM EDT
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fucking scumbag should be executed
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:17:41 AM EDT
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Where was the ATF with their "Always think Forfeiture" in this case. Oh, wait this dick wasnt a regular citizen whose rights they could trample. Another shining example of a double standard.... He also was sentenced to some property forfeiture, supervised release for three years after his prison sentence, 365 days of home confinement (he has already served 305) and 1,500 hours of community service (1,030 served).
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:46:06 AM EDT
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This is what happens when you have lots of money and can hire the best defense in the country.....
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:48:17 AM EDT
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I don't think we should let him back on the streets, he is reputed to be as "wild as the Taliban."
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:49:13 AM EDT
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I call BS on the home confinement, that asswipe just had a show here on the 13th....How can you possibly have show when you're supposed to be at home? http://www.210sa.com/content/view/5490/ Community service.... Wait you mean his TV show, rr do you mean a concert show? |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 10:53:54 AM EDT
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Bullshit I'm with you....... |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:00:21 AM EDT
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...One of the letters was from GeorgiaSupreme Court Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, who said Harris did an"outstanding job" talking to a group of teenagers about not breakingthe law. She certainly seems very fair and impartial. 
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:01:02 AM EDT
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STFU
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:02:10 AM EDT
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Why in the hell didn't they go after him like they would everyone else? Is his wife, kids and dog so much more important than everyone else's that they found no need to shoot them and lock him up for 10 years?
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:10:20 AM EDT
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T.I. used to make a hell of a good calculator, then he got all mixed up with the hippity-hop music
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:15:27 AM EDT
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fuck T.I. and i dont give a shit who he is, he should rot For merely possessing MGs and suppressors? By supporting his conviction, you tacitly lend your support to these unconstitutional laws. |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:17:16 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:20:31 AM EDT
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Yet a poor schlub who loaned a gun to a friend and that same gun doubled due to mechanical failure gets 33 months. Motherfuckers. Yep. That is seriously fucked up You just gotta love America 
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Posted: 3/27/2009 11:51:04 AM EDT
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I call BS on the home confinement, that asswipe just had a show here on the 13th....How can you possibly have show when you're supposed to be at home? http://www.210sa.com/content/view/5490/ Community service.... Wait you mean his TV show, rr do you mean a concert show? I mean a concert!! |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 12:07:46 PM EDT
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I call BS on the home confinement, that asswipe just had a show here on the 13th....How can you possibly have show when you're supposed to be at home? http://www.210sa.com/content/view/5490/ Could that be interpreted as employment? |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 12:12:54 PM EDT
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Meanwhile OLOFSON ROTS IN PRISON. He not bees equal enough yo |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 4:06:56 PM EDT
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What is the "year and a day" thing? Why the extra day?
Can someone explain that? |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 4:07:54 PM EDT
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He has a show on MTV where he helps convicts turn their lives around.
Go figure. AKA here's me doing some "good" before I go before the judge - see, I'm reformed!
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Posted: 3/27/2009 4:08:37 PM EDT
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What is the "year and a day" thing? Why the extra day? Can someone explain that? Minimum sentence, maybe? |
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Posted: 3/27/2009 4:12:13 PM EDT
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fuck this govt bullshit double standard
My first suppressor took longer to transfer than that hip hop fuckstick will spend in prison. |
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