*MC Hammer is striking back at a cop who arrested him Thursday evening at a Northern California mall for allegedly obstructing justice.
On Saturday, Hammer launched a series of tweets that tell his side of the story. The 80s & 90s rapper/dancer said that the arresting officer asked whether he was on parole or probation before he tried to pull him out of his vehicle.
Dublin, California police claim Hammer was in a vehicle – at the Hacienda Crossings shopping center – with expired registration and he was not the registered owner.
“After asking Hammer who the registered owner was he became very argumentative and refused to answer the officer’s questions,” police spokesman Herb Walters said in an e-mail to CNN.
Hammer, whose real name is Stanley Kirk Burrell, was arrested on suspicion of resisting an officer and obstructing an officer in the performance of his duties, according to Walters.
Hammer began his tweets Saturday with “chubby elvis looking dude was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said ‘Are you on parole or probation?’”
“While I was handing him my ID he reached in my car and tried to pull me out the car but forgot he was on a steady donut diet,” Hammer continued. “It was comical to me until he pulled out his guns, blew his whistle and yelled for help (MallCop) !!! But make no mistake he’s dangerous.”
Hammer, 50, was booked and released on bail from Santa Rita Jail and is due in court next month. Meanwhile, police have until that time to decide on any charges.
In another tweet, Hammer brought the funny, saying: “only thing more dangerous than a scared man with a gun, is a scared man with an agenda, a gun and a badge.”
“I will now answer his question, contrary to his personal beliefs, all people of color are not on parole or probation fat boy!!!,” Hammer also added.
Whenever you hear anything about being arrested for obstruction, you know it’s an unjust arrest.That’s the law. They feel they can arrest you for any bull shit reason. But I’m thinking that their reign of terror is soon coming to an end. In most jurisdictions they now have to wear a microphone. So couple that with say mall surveillance and a good lawyer, and Hammer could be looking at a payday. If he actually did ask about parole, then you can also bring in racial profiling.
In this information age, we got to be one step ahead of the pigs. Hammer should have his cell phone rolling at the mere hint that something could be up.We got to find a way to stop these animals from abusing our rights, ’cause the fucking politician won’t do shit. Right now the politician even giving the police the right to charge you if you record them. Like why the fuck do we allow this in a democracy when we the people have the ultimate power to get rid of the damn politician and his corrupt police?
Cal. police will neva change. Racist bullies with guns who lie and support their own. Thats why Dorner was executed by them and why he had the problems he did. They wanted him dead and thus no call for fire department. One thing for sure he had the bullies running scared.
I don’t doubt that “Stanley” will get off but, he had a expired registration, and HE wasn’t the owner of the car so, why was he stopped in the first place?
Lesson of the story: Drive your own car.
Grace, if Hammer is rolling with bad papers on a car that’s not his, this HIS real ride must be a hoop-dee. Nothing against him but, he’s gonna try to blow this up for a little 15min, knowing full well his broke ass hasn’t paid for the other 15, 20yrs ago.
I don’t think Hammer is broke – the brother is a sought-after computer consultant and makes a lot of money with vast corporations. Racial profiling is so common with a lot of cops it’s second nature to them. Laws need to be passed so that people aren’t being harassed because some of the “boys in blue” want to get their “profiling on” for no unjust reasoning!
Hammer is definitely not broke, and he doesn’t need another 15 minutes. The brother is a smart computer innovator who is well respected in the Silicon Valley and is currently working with computer moguls who make billions. Because of this incident, all of them are supporting him. This “fat” donut eating cop may end up fired.
sigh, I know he’s not broke, but why wasn’t he driving his own sled?? Though neither here nor there, he wasn’t riding right . .Grace said it best: drive your own car!! IF . .he has one
Wow … I didn’t know he was into computers.
The last I looked, he was bankrupt from having all those people dance onstage during his act. He could have hired ME to dance, and I would have made it LOOK like 20 people dancing on stage behind him, at a fraction of the cost.