The LAPD officer in question could possibly face disciplinary actions after the investigators from internal affairs which determined he shot the video that appeared on the popular celebrity scandal website TMZ.com showing Game bragging with a wad of money inside his jail cell. He also throws hand signals in a holding cell.
Shortly after the video appeared on the TMZ website, LAPD officials initiated an investigation into those in and around the 77th Street station on the day the rapper was arrested.
TMZ.com posted the video titled “The Game — Still Pimpin in Custody” on May 12, the day after the LAPD arrested him at his Glendale home on suspicion of making criminal threats during a pickup basketball game in South Los Angeles.
According to authorities, Game punched an unnamed victim before retrieving a gun from his red Cadillac Escalade and threatening to shoot the person.
In The Game video probe, LAPD sources said images in the video made it easy to track down the officer involved. The probe is part of a larger effort by local law enforcement to break the pipeline between officers and other law enforcement officials and increasingly aggressive tabloids and celebrity news websites.
LAPD Internal Affairs Cmdr. Jim Voge said an officer is the subject of an investigation for shooting the video, and the matter has been referred to his commanding officer for a disciplinary decision. Voge declined to identify the officer or provide further details, citing personnel rules.
Managing editor of TMZ.com, Harvey Levin, said in a statement, “The firm does not comment on where it gets its material.”
Law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the officer told investigators he gave the video, which was shot with a cellphone camera, to TMZ because he thought it would be fun. Investigators so far have no evidence that the officer was paid for the video clip, the two sources said, but they are still investigating.
LAPD Chief William J. Bratton and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca have said they want to clamp down on any officers cooperating with the celebrity journalism industry.
Baca’s department is continuing to investigate who leaked Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest report to TMZ.
“It is a complex and lengthy investigation, and it remains ongoing,” sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said. The report revealed that far from being an arrest without incident as the Sheriff’s Department initially indicated, Gibson was belligerent and made anti-Semitic remarks.
Taylor has since been charged with making criminal threats, possession of a firearm in a school zone and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer. He was released on $50,000 bail. If convicted, The Game is facing more than five years in state prison.
COMMENTS
only wit da LAPD
2nd i was so close 2 being 1st dang it man!!!!!!
fuck the LAPD!!!
b-town finest —
2nd i was so close 2 being 1st dang it man!!!!!!
weirdo
turn da table on da Cops lol
Game Mama Raised A Fool Huh
FUk The Police!...
ooooohhhhh bruuuuv
kool topic here............but nothin really to discuss
damn game is stunting hard, yup all $33 lmao...
LAPD get away with killin BIG...u know this aint gonna pop off!
Why would you throw up signs and smile, when our being recorded on camera's and shit like an animal??? hey lookie here, This dumb Black rapper guy is smiling for the camera. takes pictures all. Stupid ass. That shit wasn't me, but that pissed me off watching it. ya cause its cool for us black ppl to get locked up. Fucking clown. Those cops should definately be Fired over this bullshit.
HAHAHAHAHA THIS PROVES IT YO GAMES A G..............GGGGGGGGunot
ok umm i dont rlly care about remy ma
the topic was on game
lol 33 dollars.
we all know it was lloyd banks taping game,don't blame him,homo got lonely after 50 wouldn't let no-one from g-unit ride his dick.
^hahaha cute,sounds right
g-unot :D
na its all a show..hes jus doin all this shit to look like a G..i think personally..every sence he became a rapper now allof a audden hes a gangster..
that loyd banks comment about riding dick was gay we all know gunit get hoes what about you and lyrically banks better than game, game fell off and why is he throwing gang signs up in jail thats suspicious to me maybe him going to jail wasfake so people can think he real but game still staight but he need to get his shit together
hahaha we all know that banks has to ride 50's dick on the streets,otherwise he'd be shot at.
Game Is A Idiot!!!
Fuck Game he has it made and then he goes and does some dumb shit what a bitch
fa 1) dis a dumb-ass article. 2) who records a mufucca in his cell, A HOMO! 3) WHO THA FUCK BRAGS ABOUT MONEY N THROWS UP GANG SIGNS IN A CELL? Nigga, EVRYBODY know who u iz. N dey kno u a blood nigga. Dat wuz jus sum dumb shyt n especially wen he wuz "sposed" 2 b on tha verge ov comin' up as a contributor 2 tha rap game.
He just don't know how stupid he look
hes tru he aint no fake like 50
lol... it was like watching monkey in a zoo..
BEST RAPPPER LIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
This is the game (jayceon taylors) wife up here in minnesota its just like him to be in and out of jail even though he has money. He is street as hell. We got married back in the 90's and he has my kids and he wont even let my keep contact with them I'm about to go public about our relationship but don't know if I should go to a magizine like the sourse or XXL or go straight to the internet I naad people to listen though because he has done bad things to my kids in the past and I want to mmake sure that my kids are ok because he did sexual things to my kids and I called the police and had him locked up so dont trust him!!!! I need to get devorced from him and get my kids we have kids that the public dosent even know about and I just want to say I created Black Wall Street and G-Unit back in the 90's and never got paid for comming up withe the concepta or the designs to yes take me serious you will be hearing alot more from me!!! I still design and sing, I have a song called minnesota flow thats hard as hell and a new Brand Called SEQUAL for Studs and Studdettes. For plus size ladies and big and tall men. I plan on launching the collection for 2008 so be looking for that real soon so thats whats up. I know he knows I 'm in Minnesota because I went to his concert back in 2005 april and he put a spotlight on me and talked to me for about 15 or 20 min and told me I know you anywere and I got your money so I know he is just holding out because I didnt show up when he wanted me to but he wanted to pick up where we left off but that aint cool because he molested my kids. So thats whats up with Jayceon Terelle Taylor hes sick in the head just like his child molesting daddy.And I know because he did it to me too see me and jayceon go way back we have knowned each other for life and he was a hemopheliac when he was younger and he was going to die so his whsh for when he was 11 and I was 12 was to get married so we did so we have been married ever since then and then we got married agian in Glendale,CA when he was 18 and I was 20 so we have been married over 10 years. This is Lenora Jonea(Ja'net) Pollard II-(Taylor)Yes this is real and I have a whole lot of mor dirt that includes Curtis Jackson,LLoyd Banks,Young Buck,Jim Jones,Dipset,FatJoe,Tarro Squad and a whole lot of outher cats that aint paid me. I have been around a long time and I have been some of every where so If you have any Questions just ask or call me at 651 207-6283 yes Im still in Minnesota this is where all the money is at and the number one state people hide in and start over!!!!
"According to authorities, Game punched an unnamed victim before retrieving a gun from his red Cadillac Escalade and threatening to shoot the person."
shows he still holds it down and has the streets on lockdown.keep it real Game.