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Game Courts Freedom for Hip-Hop Policing
Looks like the Game won't be facing this rap after all.
A New York judge has granted the star emcee a conditional discharge on a misdemeanor charge of impersonating an officer, a count the Game racked up last November during a bizarre late-night taxi ride in which he allegedly informed the cabbie that he was a badge-carrying member of the "hip-hop police."
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Marc Whiten said that the charge would be dismissed and the case file sealed, provided the "How We Do It" rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Taylor, refrains from getting arrested again for the next six months.
The ruling seems to validate the 27-year-old's decision last June to reject a plea deal offered up by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors tempted the rapper with a time-served sentence should he plead guilty to criminal impersonation in the second-degree.
The Game's attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, said he nixed the offer at the time because his client was "100 percent innocent."
As laid out in the police report, the Grammy nominee was arrested Nov. 16 shortly after a guest spot on Late Night with David Letterman. The former 50 Cent protégé hailed a livery cab, told the driver he was an undercover cop, flashed a badge and convinced the driver to run several red lights. The NYPD said the vehicle finally pulled over after 13 blocks of joyriding. The rapper was taken into custody.
The Game's account, as would be expected, differed slightly from New York's finest.
The rapper claims that after entering the vehicle, the cabbie believed he was being followed and asked the rapper who he was. The Game claims he then identified himself as "the hip-hop police" and that the driver decided on his own to run the red lights. The rapper declined to mention whether he attempted to set the driver straight, but claimed his identity should have been obvious—or at the very least, obviously not a cop.
The Game, who has his hometown of "L.A." tattooed on the side of his face, said, "I've never seen a cop with writing all over his face."
One case down, one to go. The rapper is due to return to Los Angeles court next Tuesday to stand trial on three felony counts stemming from a confrontation in February during a game of pickup basketball.
According to the alleged victim, Rodrick Shannon, he and the Game exchanged words on the court, prompting the Game to call Shannon's team "garbage" and then punching Shannon in the face. The Game left the court, Shannon claims, and headed to his Cadillac Escalade. When he returned, he was allegedly holding a gun.
The rapper is facing charges of making a criminal threat, possessing a firearm in a school zone and exhibiting a firearm on the grounds of a facility for minors.
Where's the hip-hop police when you really need 'em?
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