Rapper Tiny Doo charged; his album 'promoted' shootings, D.A. says

Among the 15 suspected San Diego street-gang members charged in a string of shootings is Brandon Duncan, an aspiring rap singer.
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Duncan, 33, who raps under the name Tiny Doo, is not accused of providing the guns or being present at the nine shootings that terrorized a neighborhood where the Lincoln Park gang has long used violence to protect its turf.

Instead, prosecutors are going after Duncan over something else: His latest album.

Prosecutors say that shows that Duncan fits the legal definition of a gang member who “willfully promotes, furthers, or assists in any felonious criminal conduct by members of that gang.”

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Trial is set to begin Dec. 4. Duncan remains in jail in lieu of $1-million bail. If convicted, he could face a sentence of 25 years to life in prison, Watkins said.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and a police group lost a bid to join a lawsuit over local rules for determining who can carry a concealed weapon, as a federal appeals court left in place a decision that San Diego County’s gun permit rule violated the right to bear arms.

The decision by the court not to review the matter is a victory for freelance videographer Edward Peruta, who sued after his application to carry a concealed Colt 1911 .45 caliber pistol was denied by the San Diego sheriff.

A three-judge panel of the San Francisco appeals court in February ruled the county’s requirement that gun owners show a pressing need, such as a specific threat, in order to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon was unconstitutional.