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Uploaded: Monday, February 25, 2013, 10:56 AM
Police release more details on MC Hammer arrest
Rapper says he was arrested without cause
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 | Legendary rapper MC Hammer was arrested during a stop in Dublin last week for allegedly resisting an officer, a police sergeant said Saturday.
Stanley Kirk Burrell - known to most as MC Hammer - was arrested Thursday night at the Hacienda Crossings Shopping Center next to interstate
Highway 580 in Dublin, Dublin Police Services Lt. Herb Walters said in an email.
Officers spotted a vehicle parked at the Shell gas station near the shopping center at about 10:20 p.m. Thursday and noticed it had expired
registration tags, Walters said. Fifty-year-old Burrell could not produce any proof that the vehicle was his and became uncooperative with the officers.
Burrell was arrested on suspicion of obstructing an officer in the
performance of his duties and resisting an officer.
Walters said Burrell was arrested in the shopping center parking lot around 10:20 p.m. on suspicion of obstructing an officer in the performance of their duties and resisting an officer.
The Tracy resident was booked into the Santa Rita Jail but posted bail and was released, Walters said.
The rapper, best known for 1990s mega-hits "U Can't Touch This" and "2 Legit to Quit," took to Twitter to relay his side of the story.
According to Burrell, a police officer approached and arrested him without cause.
In one Tweet, he said the officer "was tapping on my car window, I rolled down the window and he said, 'Are you on parole or probation?'"
"It was comical to me until he pulled out his guns, blew his whistle and yelled for help...but make no mistake, he's dangerous," he tweeted.
He then tweeted, "only thing more dangerous than a scared man with a gun, is a scared man with an agenda, a gun and a badge."
Officers found an expired registration in the car but were unable to contact the registered owner, who was not Burrell, Walters said.
Burrell has a court date set for Mar. 21. On Twitter, he called his arrest a "teachable moment" and an "eye opener."— Bay City News Service Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by , a resident of San Ramon, on Feb 25, 2013 at 8:12 pm The MC has been had expired tags and was not the registered owner of the vehicle. Anyone being a Richard Cranium under these circstances gets what they deserve. He bailed out quickly. This reeks of a publicity stunt. He was rapping at the grammies with psy. MC is looking to get back on the radar and he didn't want to do it in his own town. He can hook up with old buddy Arsinio and call DWB, but it appears like it is a goat poop claim. Don't be a Richard Cranium when you are driving someone else's car with expired tags. What a tool! Stick it too him DA in Dublin!
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Posted by Ms. Bunny, a resident of San Ramon, on Feb 26, 2013 at 8:30 am I think little of this man. Seriously pulling the "race card" to justify his ill behavior with law enforcement. WHO does he THINK he's KIDDING here? No one with half a brain.
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