Police Brutality? Cops Shut Down Smif-N-Wessun's Album Release Party. Start Beating Folks [Video]
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What should have been a celebratory event last night for Pete Rock and Smif-N-Wessun turned chaotic when the NYPD shut down their 'Monumental' album release party.
XXL is reporting that a total of eleven people, including five cops were injured when clashes between police and concert goers broke out outside of a club on Manhattan's Lower East Side last night (June 28).
The cops were initially called in by club security due to some unruly individuals. When cops arrived they detained one person outside, but the situation eventually escalated into a riot.
Police used pepper spray and billy clubs to try and disperse the crowd, but that didn't seem to work much.
Initial reports said that Pete Rock had been injured, but that rumor turned out to be false. Rock did however address the situation via twitter.
"EVERYBODY IM GOOD,IM WAITING 4 MY MAN TO COME OUT OF DA PRECINCT! COPS WERE BEATING PEOPLE UP AND ITS ALL ON FILM!!!!" he wrote. "BUT IT TOOK A BUNCH OF THEM TO DISRESPECT MY N*GGA LOUIE MAN! IT WAS LIKE 10 COPS BEATING ON 1 MAN,BILLIE CLUBS AND ALL THAT!"
General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun said that was last night's events were typical of NYPD's relationship with the hip hop community. He spoke with Jay Diamond outside of the event right as things seemed to calm down.
"Right now you are witnessing some real live New York City sh*t," Steele said. "There was no fights. There was no confrontations. It was all kinds of people in there from all over the place. It was going on, it was poppin'. Then the police came and stormed the place. Telling us that we had to get out. Then they started beating on people ," he explained further. "Then New Yorkers like myself we get frustrated when the police come in and instead of bringing order to the crowd, they create more chaos."
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Comment by BLACK PYTHON on June 30, 2011 at 8:02pm -
I CAN ONLY WATCH THAT ONCE
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Comment by BLACK PYTHON on June 30, 2011 at 8:01pm
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F*** THE POLICE
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Comment by BLACK PYTHON on June 30, 2011 at 8:01pm
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NWA.....NEED I SAY MORE
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Comment by DJ BlackAce on June 30, 2011 at 6:27pm
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at this point...someone could have shot every single cop dead and I would have not given a f***...they do this s*** all the time and blame it on us like we are the animals...the biggest gang in the world...f*** them and when I say f*** them I mean f*** all the bad ones....I'm on some Ice T s***...someone needs to remix Cop Killer...2011 styles
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Comment by SouthSideChaley.com on June 30, 2011 at 10:33am -
@Jakez, C'mon!!! did you hear what they said. NOTHING was happening but people having a GOOD TIME! No fighting what so ever. They just came in and started s***. So them being out numbered wasn't the issue, they went in there to f*** up s*** and did it.
Stop it with that, NYPD are known for their brutality and GETTING OFF FOR IT, so they just continue on with it. They're not going to jail for it so, why the f*** stop.
"Let's go f*** up this gathering cuz, waiting for someone to f*** up hasn't happened yet and I'm tired of waiting."
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Comment by The Regular Guy on June 30, 2011 at 9:52am -
Something Has Got To Be Done... These Are Dirty Cowards.
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Comment by Pablo on June 30, 2011 at 8:28am -
shiiiiiit and people still respect Ross... f*** outta here how you gonna go through all the training to be a cop and then be a king pin...
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Comment by japhala on June 30, 2011 at 8:10am -
Monumental is banging!! Co-sign Pete Rock and Smif-n-Wessun!!
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Comment by japhala on June 30, 2011 at 8:08am
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See Why Officer Ricky Should b banished from the rap scene!! He be calling his friends to take out competition!! its nothing but the truth!
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Comment by Jakez on June 30, 2011 at 3:18am -
When there's mad cops around like that, it's probably a good idea to just walk away and leave the area.. that was mad f***** up, but you gotta think in their shoes, they're way out numbered and feel threatened, they're f****** cops they know everyone hates them.
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