The Game's tweet leaves police asking how to call foul
Authorities wonder if legal action is possible after rapper's Twitter followers overwhelm Compton sheriff's station with calls. Some agencies are turning to social media to help prevent violence.All it took was a tweet. A famous rapper's Twitter feed posted a phone number for the Compton station of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, urging his more than half-million followers to call. Within seconds, every line on every phone at the station was jammed.
Detroit Free Press — The Los Angeles County sheriff's department says The Game incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system. more info
ContactMusic — Rapper The Game is facing criminal charges after allegedly posting the number of a Los Angeles sheriff's office on Twitter. com and encouraging his fans to call in. The s... more info
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L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Sheriff's Department said the rapper's tweet prank delayed their ability to respond to numerous emergency calls.
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Topix — The Game Could Face Charges for Tweeting Number for Sheriff's Office Posted by George H. Sirois on 08.13.2011 He says it was an accident... TMZ reports that The Game coul... more info
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is incredulous that cops want to charge him for allegedly inciting people on Twitte... more info
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department finds it interesting that The Game says he wasn't the one who Tw... more info
ContactMusic — Rapper The Game has blamed a friend for jamming the phone lines to the Los Angeles sheriff's office after inadvertently posting the number on his Twitter. com page. The D... more info
Guardian Music — Rapper denies jamming police phone lines by tweeting number of sherriff's office and telling his 580,000 followers to call itThe Game is under investigation by Los Angele... more info
E! Online — Was it a practical joke? A hacked Twitter account? Whether he was trying to be funny or not, The Game could seriously be charged for criminal annoyance.
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USA Today Music — A tweet from his account incited a telephone flash mob that overwhelmed the emergency phone system at an L.A. sheriff's department.
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L.A. Times - News — L.A. County Sheriff's Department officials said they hope other celebrities with a large Twitter following learn from the case of rapper The Game, whose Twitter account s... more info
L.A. Times - News — Authorities wonder if legal action is possible after rapper's Twitter followers overwhelm Compton sheriff's station with calls. Some agencies are turning to social media ... more info