The “Old Town Road” rapper, whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill, allegedly charged at officers when they approached him in the early hours of last Thursday.
Super curious if he actually laid a hand on the cops. “Allegedly assaulting officers” is like the first thing they go for against black men. The article says he punched a cop in the face twice, but that could very believably be a lie so they have something to charge him with, that’s what the cops do.
Regardless, this seems way blown out of proportion. I don’t really care if a cop gets punched in the face. Their job inherently carries physical risk. Unless there was permanent damage, this is overkill. I’m honestly amazed they didn’t shoot him, he’s lucky, and that’s fucked up.
kind of weird they waited to charge him with it too. you would think they’d overcharge at first and then negotiate down once the lawyers get involved. he also didn’t get bailed out all weekend. hopefully they didn’t rough him up and keep him away from cameras.
Super curious if he actually laid a hand on the cops. “Allegedly assaulting officers” is like the first thing they go for against black men. The article says he punched a cop in the face twice, but that could very believably be a lie so they have something to charge him with, that’s what the cops do.
Regardless, this seems way blown out of proportion. I don’t really care if a cop gets punched in the face. Their job inherently carries physical risk. Unless there was permanent damage, this is overkill. I’m honestly amazed they didn’t shoot him, he’s lucky, and that’s fucked up.
kind of weird they waited to charge him with it too. you would think they’d overcharge at first and then negotiate down once the lawyers get involved. he also didn’t get bailed out all weekend. hopefully they didn’t rough him up and keep him away from cameras.