T.I. Arrested for Purchasing Weapons AKA B.E.T Award Show Props
T.I. was on his way to the B.E.T. Awards. After all, he was nominated for a nine of them, which is more than anyone else. Since he was pretty much guaranteed an award, someone set him up:
T.I. was arrested after an undercover operation by ATF agents that started on October 2 when ATF agents learned an individual was seeking to buy machine guns without registering them, the Justice Department said in a statement.That individual, who turned out to be a bodyguard for the artist, was arrested on Wednesday after paying $2,200 for three machine guns, two silencers and a pistol. He said he was buying the guns for T.I., and with the blessing of ATF agents arranged to deliver them to T.I.’s house on Saturday.
The bodyguard was probably working under the direction of another B.E.T. Awards nominee who was jealous of T.I.’s record nominations. What better way to eliminate the competition than set him up with a gun charge?
For all we know, T.I. needed the guns as props for his stage performance at the B.E.T. Awards, and needed the real things, since replica guns wouldn’t fool the hardcore gangstas watching his performance.
I feel for T.I. as he was arrested in a case of where keeping it real went wrong.
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October 14th, 2007 at 5:22 am
Just another punk idiot. He needs to be in Federal prison for a long, long time as required by federal law. Thats what its going to take for the rest of the punks to learn.
October 14th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Maybe he ran out of material and needed the arrest and prison stint for inspiration.
When will these guys learn that Grand Theft Auto is all the inspiration you need?