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groundloop

(11,519 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:23 AM Jan 2014

Pop star Justin Bieber arrested in Miami area

Source: Yahoo News


MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — On the heels of controversy over a vandalism case, pop star Justin Bieber has been arrested after police say he drag raced on a Miami Beach street in a yellow Lamborghini and failed a sobriety test early Thursday.

Miami Beach police confirmed the 19-year-old singer's arrest in a tweet from the department's official account.

Officers saw two cars racing at 4:09 a.m. Thursday, with two vehicles apparently used to block the area off, Miami Dade-Police spokesman Sgt. Bobby Hernandez told WSVN in South Florida. He says the second car was a red Ferrari, and that driver was also arrested. Both cars were towed.

Bieber failed a field sobriety test and was taken to the Miami Beach police station for a Breathalyzer and processing, Hernandez said. Bieber will be transported to the Miami-Dade County jail, Hernandez said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/pop-star-justin-bieber-arrested-miami-area-122830307.html

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Pop star Justin Bieber arrested in Miami area (Original Post) groundloop Jan 2014 OP
Drunk and drag racing!?! When convicted I do hope we deport his ass. CBGLuthier Jan 2014 #1
Yes, people and movies that glorify street racing are crap. I've see it on my street. CurtEastPoint Jan 2014 #13
It's just not a normal car jakeXT Jan 2014 #14
Thats called a spin out..... Historic NY Jan 2014 #33
Yeah, the Carrera GT was notoriously skittish at speed Blue_Tires Jan 2014 #50
Sounds like he has crossed over into the phase of "Hard Knocks Consequnces". FarPoint Jan 2014 #2
I see Bieber as following the same path as Leif Garrett groundloop Jan 2014 #5
Leif Garrett mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2014 #38
Is this supposed to pass for "street cred"? Walk away Jan 2014 #3
Hehehe MynameisBlarney Jan 2014 #15
LOL SMC22307 Jan 2014 #55
I'm probably more "cowboy" than "gangsta", but I know what you mean JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2014 #67
Even after donating $75k to Miami's economy jakeXT Jan 2014 #4
Hey, implants and butt injections *ain't* cheap! SMC22307 Jan 2014 #56
Hopefully he'll also be charged dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #6
And doing a damned poor impersonation as well groundloop Jan 2014 #7
+1. jsr Jan 2014 #23
Planet strongly suggesting Florida reclassify drunk driving a capital offence dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #60
Kid is a twat but I hope he does not die. AngryAmish Jan 2014 #8
Being inept and foolish makes him a woman's genitals? ronnie624 Jan 2014 #27
And if I called him a dick? AngryAmish Jan 2014 #59
I can go the rest of my life and never hear about Justin Bieber or Alex Rodriguez again. Botany Jan 2014 #9
Kids today. Damn it. Why can't they be like we were? Berlum Jan 2014 #10
Hahahahahhahaha!!! It's going to be fun watching this turd crash and burn in a figurative sense Nanjing to Seoul Jan 2014 #11
a male hooker. CurtEastPoint Jan 2014 #12
Heard on the radio this AM VWolf Jan 2014 #16
Just another one.... Archae Jan 2014 #45
GREAT quote! n/t VWolf Jan 2014 #46
About time. n/t Butterbean Jan 2014 #17
19, rich, famous and the dream date for thousands of young ladies Blandocyte Jan 2014 #18
This is NEWS? SCVDem Jan 2014 #19
He's just trying to set an example for christians. Jesus tells him its ok. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #20
R U sure it isn't the blow, pot, booze and the stupid talking.... Historic NY Jan 2014 #35
How has this guy not been deported back to assfuck Ontario or wherever he is from? Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2014 #21
1-5 to leave--guess which juror I was? msanthrope Jan 2014 #26
well done snooper2 Jan 2014 #30
Well done is the only way it's edible. I fry it in a little bacon grease...nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #31
that's why my scrambled eggs taste so good snooper2 Jan 2014 #36
It's drippin's baby....nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #44
Juror #2 forgot Nickelback. JoeyT Jan 2014 #40
I was quoting the immortal Michael Moore.... msanthrope Jan 2014 #41
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2014 #49
Ironically, come this July I will be a Canadian citizen. Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2014 #42
Then, Dude, you have the right to say "assfuck Ontario." nt msanthrope Jan 2014 #43
He'll be fine...he will find some black friends to throw to the police.. HipChick Jan 2014 #22
He refused to take his hands out of his pockets...a black kid would have been beaten or shot. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2014 #52
His own fault! hrmjustin Jan 2014 #24
He was in trouble just last week for throwing eggs leftyladyfrommo Jan 2014 #25
Didn't that idiot hear about Paul Walker? And his driver was SOBER! catbyte Jan 2014 #28
Another kid Helen Borg Jan 2014 #29
These kids get money and success early, then flame out Warpy Jan 2014 #32
Deport him!! dbackjon Jan 2014 #34
Get off my lawn... thread...nt Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #37
OMG was his hair messed up? Blue Owl Jan 2014 #39
yes Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #54
It's just a PR stunt... progrocktv Jan 2014 #47
Yeah it will be a PR stunt too when he ends up in the obits. Historic NY Jan 2014 #48
Or kills an innocent bystander groundloop Jan 2014 #51
By then they won't care... progrocktv Jan 2014 #57
mugshot Jesus Malverde Jan 2014 #53
his eyes are kinda blurry grasswire Jan 2014 #58
That's without makeup, he's just a kid. legcramp Jan 2014 #61
Actual arrest picture dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #62
He races that Ferrari through his neighbor too; last May one neighbor Keyshawn Johnson went for him DeschutesRiver Jan 2014 #63
Well ... Old Union Guy Jan 2014 #64
Since this is the biggest news of the week, mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2014 #65
My reaction (video) sakabatou Jan 2014 #66

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)
1. Drunk and drag racing!?! When convicted I do hope we deport his ass.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:29 AM
Jan 2014

I despise both illegal drag racing and drunk drivers. Careless assholes who don't give two shits about other human beings. Just like that Paul Walker douchebag.

CurtEastPoint

(18,646 posts)
13. Yes, people and movies that glorify street racing are crap. I've see it on my street.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:57 AM
Jan 2014

It's dangerous as hell.

Sorry, Paul Walker. You were cute and all that but...

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
14. It's just not a normal car
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 10:06 AM
Jan 2014



Former world rally champion and Porsche test driver Walter Rohrl told Drive the new Porsche supercar is "the first car in my life that I drive and I feel scared".

http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-news/heres-a-superhuman-sportster-20100824-13jlf.html


Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
50. Yeah, the Carrera GT was notoriously skittish at speed
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 02:53 PM
Jan 2014

and there were a few high-profile incidents which hampered it's popularity in the showroom...

(not to mention it was FUGLY)

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
2. Sounds like he has crossed over into the phase of "Hard Knocks Consequnces".
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:30 AM
Jan 2014

Hope the Court set firm, enforceable limits. Best thing for him.

groundloop

(11,519 posts)
5. I see Bieber as following the same path as Leif Garrett
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:34 AM
Jan 2014

He's just so into himself and on a self-destructing path right now. He seriously needs to wake up and realize that the world doesn't revolve around him.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
38. Leif Garrett
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 01:14 PM
Jan 2014

I well recall Leif Garrett. If you want to see something shocking, find before and after pictures of Leif Garrett. JB is just speeding up the process.

I think I'll pass on posting them, as I don't want the folks in IT paying me a visit.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
3. Is this supposed to pass for "street cred"?
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:32 AM
Jan 2014

I'm a middle aged woman who lives in the burbs and I am more "gangsta".

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
60. Planet strongly suggesting Florida reclassify drunk driving a capital offence
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 04:24 PM
Jan 2014

The United States’ eagerness to kill people who break the law suddenly seems perfectly reasonable according to people learning of the arrest of Justin Bieber today.

>

Music fan Simon Williams told us, “I’ve been a staunch opponent of capital punishment in the United States for as long as I can remember, but then you have to look at how heinous a crime drag racing actually is.”

“If you really think about it, it’s up there with rape and child molestation. And they did catch Justin Bieber absolutely red-handed, didn’t they?”

“It’s not like there could be a miscarriage of justice here, is there? I mean he was driving, racing in fact, after drinking and taking drugs. It seems pretty clear-cut to me.”

“I think as long as they don’t have any fourteen year old girls on the jury they’d find him guilty in no time.”

http://newsthump.com/2014/01/23/planet-strongly-suggesting-florida-reclassify-drunk-driving-a-capital-offence/

ronnie624

(5,764 posts)
27. Being inept and foolish makes him a woman's genitals?
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:07 PM
Jan 2014

It's easy to see how progressive women would find that term offensive.

Botany

(70,510 posts)
9. I can go the rest of my life and never hear about Justin Bieber or Alex Rodriguez again.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:49 AM
Jan 2014

Although I do hope Bieber gets help and or jail time before he or somebody else
winds up dead. I wonder if the "fellas" in the holding cell have themselves
"Bieber Fever" too?

 

Nanjing to Seoul

(2,088 posts)
11. Hahahahahhahaha!!! It's going to be fun watching this turd crash and burn in a figurative sense
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:51 AM
Jan 2014

The spirial into being found in a room with a hooker and a pound of blow is coming.

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
16. Heard on the radio this AM
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 10:10 AM
Jan 2014

that he also dropped about $75K at a Miami strip club.

Walking timebomb/trainwreck.

Archae

(46,328 posts)
45. Just another one....
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 01:40 PM
Jan 2014

I call it the "Danny " effect, after Danny Bonaduce, who played Danny on the Partridge Family.

He said about his own flameout, "If you're cute and you suck, once you're no longer cute, you just suck."

Blandocyte

(1,231 posts)
18. 19, rich, famous and the dream date for thousands of young ladies
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 10:29 AM
Jan 2014

I'm just imagining what that must feel like and the word, indestructible, comes to mind.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
20. He's just trying to set an example for christians. Jesus tells him its ok.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 10:58 AM
Jan 2014

"Bieber is a practicing Christian, and has said he believes he has a relationship with Jesus, that he talks to him and that "he's the reason I'm here"."

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
35. R U sure it isn't the blow, pot, booze and the stupid talking....
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:40 PM
Jan 2014

the strip club relations must have been a hoot.

 

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)
21. How has this guy not been deported back to assfuck Ontario or wherever he is from?
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 11:11 AM
Jan 2014

Does he even have a visa or is he going in and out on equivalent B2 status?

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
26. 1-5 to leave--guess which juror I was?
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:02 PM
Jan 2014

On Thu Jan 23, 2014, 10:53 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

How has this guy not been deported back to assfuck Ontario or wherever he is from?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=706139

REASON FOR ALERT

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"Assfuck Ontario".... could the person who made this post have done it without insulting our Canadian neighbors?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Thu Jan 23, 2014, 11:01 AM, and the Jury voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT.

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JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
40. Juror #2 forgot Nickelback.
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 01:22 PM
Jan 2014

And Celine Dion, too.

We'll stop abusing Canada when they stop sending us terrible artists.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
41. I was quoting the immortal Michael Moore....
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 01:26 PM
Jan 2014


Even he could not foresee the coming apocalypse of Dion/Nickelback in 1995.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
49. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 02:48 PM
Jan 2014

Maybe Canada will stop sending "terrible artists" (musicians) when you stop buying their music and going to their shows.

"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." H. L. Mencken

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
25. He was in trouble just last week for throwing eggs
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 11:54 AM
Jan 2014

at a house and it caused $20,000 worth of damage. He may be charged with a felony for that one.

I did just read that his new album was 14th - not good. Looks like he is on a real downward spiral.

I hate to see these kids with so much talen just piss it away (as Paul Newman said about young actors that have so much talent and then just piss it away doing drugs and acting crazy).

catbyte

(34,393 posts)
28. Didn't that idiot hear about Paul Walker? And his driver was SOBER!
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:14 PM
Jan 2014

He seriously needs to go away for a good long time & re-enter the reality based world. Too much too soon gets you every time.

Warpy

(111,267 posts)
32. These kids get money and success early, then flame out
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 12:35 PM
Jan 2014

Very few of them have the talent to make it as adult acts and they're left with money, alcohol, drugs, and sports cars--and feeling like has beens. This is not a healthy combination.

A wiser solution might be to set up trust funds for them that dole the money out over time, giving them enough to live on while they decide what to be when they grow up.

Handing them the entire thing at 18 doesn't seem to be working.

progrocktv

(38 posts)
47. It's just a PR stunt...
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 01:46 PM
Jan 2014

to keep his name in the headlines. 6 months ago to the DAY, when all of this M1ley shock-and-awe was going on, I said just wait, 6 months from now we'll be seeing B1eber doing something "shocking" to keep his name in the headlines and postings all over Facebook (it spreads the name around and you get users to do all of the work for free). 6 months before that I said "M1ley hasn't been in the news lately, time for her to do a G@ga/L0han/Mad0nna/etc. It's all the same pattern, you can almost set your watch to it.

progrocktv

(38 posts)
57. By then they won't care...
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 03:32 PM
Jan 2014

the PR firm/record label will have moved on to the next teen pop star while B1eber is either dead or on Dr. Drew.

DeschutesRiver

(2,354 posts)
63. He races that Ferrari through his neighbor too; last May one neighbor Keyshawn Johnson went for him
Thu Jan 23, 2014, 09:48 PM
Jan 2014

When he blew by at top speed where the retired NFL player and his 3 year old were. He put the child inside and went to Bieber's place, but the little miscreant wouldn't open the door and I believe the cops ended up not charging him calling it just immaturity. Another source said that the some of neighbors plan to beat the living crap out of him unless he quits putting their kids at risk.

The recent house egging is only the last in a long list of stunts he has been pulling as he drugs it up. Letting him off the hook when the result if us would be in on the ground bleeding and in lockup for months is contributing to the danger he poses to the rest of us and probably won't end well for him.

I guess it is just called immaturity because he is a famous little fucker, and only until he kills someone or himself. Looks like the clock is ticking on that outcome...

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,464 posts)
65. Since this is the biggest news of the week,
Fri Jan 24, 2014, 12:15 PM
Jan 2014

I might as well add this:

What is sizzurp? Justin Bieber reportedly addicted to dangerous drink favored by rappers like Lil Wayne
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/sizzurp-justin-bieber-reportedly-addicted-dangerous-drink-article-1.1588877

Is Justin Bieber hooked on "sizzurp"?

In the wake of the troubled teen idol's DUI arrest in Miami, reports are circulating that the singer's handlers want to put him in rehab for an addiction to the homemade party drink, commonly a mixture of prescription drugs codeine and promethazine sweetened with soda and Jolly Ranchers. Bieber is reportedly also abusing prescription pills.


I guess I was okay with that until they got to the Jolly Ranchers.
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