Rapper’s Tweet Incites Telephone Flash Mob, Overloads LA Sheriff’s Station With Calls
- Posted on August 13, 2011 at 8:58am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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A tweet posted on rapper The Game's Twitter account left a Los Angeles County sheriff's station flooded with calls. (Los Angeles Times)
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times has posted this timeline of the rapper’s tweets.
LOS ANGELES ( The Blaze/AP) — The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department says rapper The Game incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system.
Capt. Mike Parker told the Los Angeles Times that the rapper, also known as Charles Louboutin, tweeted the number of the Compton station Friday and told his 580,000 followers that if they wanted an internship with him, they should call the number.
Lt. Suzan Young said “the phones started ringing like crazy” around 5:20 p.m. Parker said phone lines were jammed for more than two hours.
“This was beyond irresponsible,” Parker said. “The deputies’ ability to answer the phones and dispatch personnel to help these people in danger was significantly impeded.”
He said he did not know how many people were unable to get legitimate calls through to the station. Extra deputies were brought in to handle the call volume.
Parker said he sent a tweet of his own to the rapper telling him to stop and to take down the original post because it was compromising public safety.
The rapper later wrote that his account was hacked but also tweeted that it was “an accident.”
“Yall can track a tweet down but cant solve murders ! Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job !!!! #iSpeak4ThePeople,” he wrote.
The Game could face criminal charges. Parker says investigators are planning to forward a criminal complaint to the district attorney’s office.
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Comments (243)
go2mikerenzi
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:29amhe is at the peak of his potential.. pity him, maybe we can pray his stupidity away….
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:54amDo any of these rappers ever think about doing good? What a difference that would make. Twit a message to help those in need, a message to clean up a park or help some elderly. Community work that would make a difference. Come on, try something good for a change. Too much of a challenge? Pathetic.
Report Post »666Sucks
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:05amGo2, you just made me realize something… For the first time I have come to realize that there are some things that even prayer can’t fix!
Report Post »joei234
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:25amNHWINTER, doing good is not “COOL.” Round up time.
Report Post »freeus
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:30amThis idiot does not speak for me.
Report Post »Ready2Rumble
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:40amWell, you can’t fix stupid.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:42amThey want power to make change. But they are using their power the wrong way. There is no respect or power in causing havoc and disorder. There is power in doing good. Schools long ago stopped teaching about being a good citizen. That is a laughable concept now. Rebellion, rebellion and the president is advocating this by his encouragement of the young people around the world. The president is in a position to promote young people to work for the good of their community. But her doesn’t. He has rappers at the White House and dances the night away on our dime. Shame on this administration. To be able to do good but encourage the opposite is a crime against America.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:45amToo bad this gas bag wasn’t in desperate need of (too late to arrive) resucitative efforts.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 10:49amA goofy hat, asinine tattoos, yapping and jacking one’s jaws unintelligably – what talent does it take to be a rapper? None.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:02pmLike Beck said they will “overload the system”. Its coming.
Report Post »jimtrees
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:43pmJust another stupid, i’ll be nice,person.
Report Post »buckster6.0
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 2:00pmWhat a punk thing to do,what is he 10 yrs old?
Report Post »chazman
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 2:20pm… go to jail, you DAN!
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 3:33pmWhat a douche!
Report Post »Marci
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:38pm“Yall can track a tweet down but cant solve murders ! Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job !!!! #iSpeak4ThePeople,”
Gee, so eloquently spoken and even after he claims it was an accident or hacked. No Weinergate excuses. Doesn’t work.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 6:45pmMost “rappers” have never lived a life helping anybody but themselves. You just have to listen to the lyrics of the specific rapper and it does not ring like a helpful lifestyle. Pimping out his girls and shooting out the hood… etc etc…
Evil is as Evil does.
Report Post »hoohah101
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 1:46amwell, he was just doing what pimp daddy O told everyone TO do – TWITTER for FREEDOM – PROTEST! or some such nonsense like that. i think im living in an alternative universe having this PUNK in the WH. and the world burns. nice going – he’s accomplished more than i gave him credit for. this is O’s doing.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 9:01amThe only“accident” related to this pathetic incident was this morons’ conception . The whole of the rap “community” , and I‘m including its’ adherents, are nothing more than uneducated, dysfunctional and antisocial.. Unfortunately many young Caucasian people are reducing themselves to the lowest common denominator and acclimating into that subculture.This should be the theme “music” (?) of the Mullahs administration. It exemplifies his core beliefs.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 7:03amIf anyone was trying to reach the police with a real emergency and had to be put on hold because of this idiots little dumba55 plan. They could sue him for liable not only that but if anyone died because the police cqame too late due to trouble reaching the police he could be face criminal charges.
Report Post »schmite123oh
Posted on August 15, 2011 at 2:30pm“Yall can track a tweet down but cant solve murders ! Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job !!!! #iSpeak4ThePeople,” he wrote.
Okay moron, they tracked your dumb butt down because the people calling indicated they called because of you tweet. What a Jerk.
Report Post »Salt and Light
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:28amAfter reading the tweet from this rapper, anyone can conclude that this person is very ignorant. Dat be what I does mane. Dat be what I does. Dat be me. I speaks fo da peeples. Anyone that is inspired by that should be questioned too.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:43amHEY those are all OBAMA supporters.. they are the INTELLIGENT part of the populace according to OBAMA..lol..
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:44amEducation the obama way, keep them stupid and get their votes, I wonder how long it will take the White House to invite him to Poetry night.. Weeee rrrrr en BIG trabul…
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:44amAnd Norplant/male equivlant put in their arms until they prove they have become educated enough to be given the privilege to bring kids into this world, so we all don’t endup paying for more of their mistakes.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:51amThis is the result of the education system of the socialist progressives of the nation; keep people so uneducated and self centered that they need someone to keep them under control.
Report Post »cosette
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 10:37am@ Salt&Light-I missed the “tweet ” and failed to address it in my first comment (above). Needless to say, since I only speak proper English, and not Ebonics, I could not detect a cogent thought . These savages have succeeded in a total disconnect from civilized society. It is as if they have just stepped off the slave ship in shackles. It is just a matter of time until they all come full circle,.
Report Post »liberalescheisskopf
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:27amAh, the ‘yoots’ of America….
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:39amLMAO
Report Post »Cousin VINNIE!!!!
biohazard23
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:27am“Yall can track a tweet down but cant solve murders ! Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job !!!! #iSpeak4ThePeople,” he wrote.
Gee, we’re soooo proud of the LA Unified School District and the top quality students they put out – even if they do drop out in the 4th grade. They all probably sound the same as this loser even if they graduated as valedictorian….. Bravo!
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:25am“Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job !!!! #iSpeak4ThePeople,”
worthless, illiterate thug!
Report Post »“dat be so crazy. yall do yall job, yo yo click click whistle”
gotta light
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:24amSo……………….
Charles Louboutin aka the game LIES TO EVERYONE WHO FOLLOWS HIM ON TWITTER CORRECT? Because that’s what he did is it not? He also put tens if not hundreds of thousands people in harms way by having his twitter zombies calling the Los Angeles County sheriff’s Compton division and overloading the phone system…..
HHMMMMM Good thing it was Compton because “dare aint no need for anyone to be calling the po-po for help in Compton.” Its not like Compton is the the hood or anything is it….. ainT never no crime in Comptom, go on axe anyone…
WAIT A MINUTE HERE- You say WHAT!?!?!? COMPTOM IS DA HOOD. A CRIME RIDDEN CESSPOOL!! hmm GO FIGURE…
WHY DOESN’T CHARLIE LOUBOUTIN (lmao) not like or care about the people of Comptom that he would put them at risk??? Is it that “once a ni99er gets out of the hood he don‘t give a rat’s a$$ about it…… SURE LOOKS THAT WAY WITH CHARLIE LOUBOUTIN aka DA GAME
Hey bud gotta light?
Report Post »billybe123
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:22amThat SOB should be arrested and charged damn it! No more of this afraid to touch a black man I am so sick of this crap! Arresst that fool, Shut down text messages. The damn things are just for the kids anyway. There being used for no good, shut down Text messaging before it really gets out of hand like England.
Report Post »Amren
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:06pmI’m with you Billy,
Report Post »I‘m a REAL teacher and my colleagues are so afraid of BLACK parents that they won’t do anything to correct the BLACK children’s behavior. I am the LEAST PC person in my school. But, I have to walk on eggshells because of this fear that has been growing for some time. The whole “Thug” mentallity is ******* me off! The BLACKS can do whatever they want and the rest of us just have to take it??
I’m sick of it. I didn’t used to be “racist” – another word I HATE – but with all this crap that BLACKS get a free pass on, things are getting tense.
Wes Hardin
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:13pmDo you work for Fox News?
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:21amStinkin Blaze is dropping posts again.
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:19pmYep I see posts way worse than mine and I always get erased…
Freedom of speech is a thing of the past.
Just like this nation.
We freedom lovers are an extinct species.
It’s over!
Report Post »Wes Hardin
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:11pmThat’s too funny. People have never had freedom of speech in America.
“Promotion of Equality Any person…who shall be guilty of printing, publishing or circulating printed, typewritten or written matter urging or presenting for public acceptance or general information, arguments or suggestions in favor of social equality or of intermarriage between whites and negroes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to fine or not exceeding five hundred (500.00) dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months or both. Mississippi “
Report Post »rfoster
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:20amMaybe the police could do their job if that black communities, reported and stepped forward as witnesses to crimes. Remember the don’t snitch shirts. It’s people like this that have no critical thinking or awareness other than what club their going to tonight.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:19amLock the ignoramus up. While he is locked up, teach him the difference between “Dat” and That.
Report Post »Teach him that pants are designed to cover your @ss, not show it and that pants are sized by waistline because they are supposed to be worn at the waist.
progressiveslayer
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:27amThe day they prosecute that boy will be the day BO turns completely black!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:28amNot unless one is advertising the fact that one is, um, “open for bidniz,” so to speak…..
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:16amWhat….he didn’t play the blame Bush card?
Report Post »usmc1063
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:14amJail his sorry butt!!! He could have caused a public catastrophe with those phone lines being jammed. It’s people like him that seem to have a lot to say but nothing with any substance behind it.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:22amJust like his brotha in the white house he talks a lot without really saying anything of any value.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:13amSend them back to Africa if they want to live like a bunch of tribesmen..
Report Post »foolish
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:01amBlackcrow:
That’s like me saying they should send you back to Europe for being stupid.
He might not even have ancestral roots in Africa. Even if he does, Africa is a whole diverse continent. Because of the slave trade, he would be almost guaranteed to have less knowledge of where he comes from than the average person of European descent.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:32amFoolish, I agree with Blackcrow, if they don’t like it here, leave. Go anywhere but here. Don’t forget that Africans sold their own kind into slavery around the world for money. This has been the land of opportunity. If you want to stay stupid, thats up to you, but don’t blame everyone else. They have the option of doing good instead of doing harm. Its their choice.
Report Post »Wes Hardin
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:08pmSince he’s an American black man some of his ancestors came from Europe. What will you do, split him in parts and send some of him to places in England, Ireland, Scotland, Spain, and various places along the west coast of Africa?
Report Post »patriotsofworkingamerica
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:13amSpeak 4 the people… You don’t speak for me u tuuurd. I think we were all warned about this gathering storm. If you were listening. Yall butter git it or yall gonna git dat. Hey we should pump some more money into the LA Co. school systems.
Report Post »Scottsman
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:17amThat LOSER should be thrown in jail and made to answer 911 calls as part of his “community” service.
Report Post »Carol Ingian
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:12amWell, the good news is police lines are recorded, phone calls can be traced. It will be a help for the police to find the thugs who were involved. I hope no one had an actual emergency at that time.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:20amDo you think mayor villa will allow anything to happen to these poor misunderstood youths
Report Post »truthseekerusa
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:37pmIf some one has died because of this ignorant fools tying up the phone lines, can he be charged as an accessory to murder?
Report Post »WhatWasShallBe
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:12amhe should be arrested and flogged. I’m tired of the lawlessness…………………
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:48amWHAT they actually arrest and punish a black person?? Look at what they are doing in WI sweeping it under the rug EVEN when they were told that in fact they were targeting whites.. this will go on till one of them gets hurt real bad by a white person.. THAN it will be a race riot.. because whites DARED to defend themselves.. be ready it’s coming..as the police lay down and let themselves get walked on.. out of fear for not being PC..
Report Post »Wes Hardin
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 1:19pmThat reminds me of the guy in the mob who always had rope tied in a noose as they charged the jail.
Report Post »Wes Hardin
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 12:49pmSo you’re a fan of Sharia law.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:12amIsn’t it always an accident? Something like “the gun just went off” so I had it pointed at her head at the time it was an accident,can I go home now?
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:26amHe used excuse #1 from the “official list” –
1) it was an accident
2) my account was hacked
(funny how 90% of the “hacked” accounts have comments meant to incite negative actions)
3) blame the Tea Party or Conservatives or Republicans or the “bible clutching gun toting religious right etc
4) blame Bush
5) they’re racists
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:32amsorry – meant to say “He used excuse #1 AND #2 from the “official list”
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 12:08pmSeems that were the same excuses, in almost the same order used by THE WEINER. Antnee must be selling the excuse franchise. Just ax him.
Report Post »Marengo Ohio Patriot
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:11amdat waz a assident! yall leave dat por black boy alone.. dang ******* racist‘s mo’ fo’s!!
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:11amIgnorance.
Report Post »Ex_Masshole
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 11:35amig·no·rance/ˈignərəns/
Noun: Lack of knowledge or information
ir·re·spon·si·ble/ˌiriˈspänsəbəl/
Report Post »Adjective: (of a person, attitude, or action) Not showing a proper sense of responsibility.
freethinking
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 4:45pmIgnorance… Thats an understatement. He’s an idiot for doing what he did.
Report Post »The part I don’t get is, WHATS WITH ALL THE HATE???
Some of these posts make me sick.
kentuckypatriot
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:11amSome role model for our youth. He looks like a thug. he needs to be locked up.
Report Post »Carol Ingian
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:21amProbably already has a cell somewhere that he calls his second home. I mean crib.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:11amCan’t just let this go. This is a form of domestic terrorism. I hope they throw the book at this guy. Lets see how he likes THE GAME in jail. Need to make an example out of him.
Report Post »burr99
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:11amAnother example of the “dark side” of information tech.
Report Post »Bermuda Onion
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:09amThen the rappers think that they are the conscious filled philosophers of the here and now. What they spew is violence, hate and stupidity. If they really cared about their brethren in the hood they would tell them to pull themselves up by the boot straps or actually they, themselves would go into the hood and help with all their cash. The rappers are like democRATS they are very generous with everybody else’s money.
Report Post »Nobamazone
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:20amThey would also use ENGLISH so that maybe, just maybe it would influence those who listen and they might be able to type out an entire word.
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:08amHe should be held accountable for ANYONE who died during that time frame in that jurisdiction. Of course, that would be racist.
Report Post »wbaranowski
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:05amIt was an “axident”.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on August 13, 2011 at 9:17amjust axe him…..LOL
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on August 14, 2011 at 4:29pmBro, I axed you not to do that bee yutch
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