Reggae star Buju Banton was freed from a Florida prison Wednesday, after Stephen Marley used his South Florida home to post bond and bail the embattled Dancehall artist. Banton was required to sign an extradition waiver, wear an electronic monitoring device and hire a private security team to ensure he does not flee the United States.
Banton, whose government name is Mark Anthony Myrie, has been in federal custody since December of 2009 after being arrested on attempted drug trafficking charges. DEA spokesman David Melenkevitz said Banton was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine.
In September, a jury was unable to come to a verdict, and Judge James Moody declared a mistrial. Banton maintains he spoke to an undercover officer about cocaine only to impress him, as the man claimed to have music industry connections. Banton’s attorney, David Markus, told the Associated Press he was thrilled Banton could regroup at his Florida home before his retrial, which is scheduled for February.
set-up from the get go…
Sounds like entrapment to me
Unless you know something that’s not in this site’s story, there is not enough to assume entrapment. It doesn’t take much to charge a person with conspiracy, and it doesn’t take much to defend a weak conspiracy charge. The feds rarely pursue premature or weak conspiracy cases. What’s interesting here is the mistrial.
I’m happy to see the reggae community showing this type of solidarity.
Thats a real niguh for that in this day in times for that to happen wow. How many hip hop cats would do something of that nature and look out like that.
Do yall even know the story. He me this dude on an Air Plane. and he’s not a cop he’s a Paid Informant. He’s paid plenny of doe by law enforcement to get mofo’s locked. Like His mortgage, light bill and cars, any way.
Buju’s On a Plane and dude strike a conversation with him. And steers the conversation towards drugs. They meet several times after, all the while Bujuu is getting Taped by dude and dude is talking that cocaine shit.
There s more to the story but Tell me that dont scream entrapment.
His Boy decides to take dude up on his offer and gets caught with the Blow not Buju.
The government says hey we got you On tape talking this cocaine shit. And your friend with the stuff.
Were gonna lock you up for the rest of your life.
This informant mofucker use to be the cocaine Trafficker and got caught yrs ago and has been making a living entrapping motherfukas ever since.
Picture the real rick ross Connect getting Bagged and then working as an informant.
Who gets on a plane with lets say Jay or jeezy–. Like this is an ill snake motherfuka .
Like thats the ill part of the story. this informant is a dude Buju met on a plane.
He wasnt looking to buy 5 keys and went to dude he hear about on the streets and bam he gets busted.
It was a set up. I dont think his seat on the plane was next to buju on some coincidental shit. do you. lol hahaha
What buggs me is that this informant mofucker is so good at what he does he could get a street smart person like buju caught on some shit. If you did dirt on the street u gota think about that shit.
Yall remember Paid in Full the movie that informant had to have been somebody like the cuban that got AZ hustlin.. Leaving the coke in his clothes at the Cleaner so Az would find it.
He has to be crafty like that. Cause as soon he come with that big money coke talk..I would of been paranoid like this dude is tryna set me up.lol hahaha
Its obvious that someone in Law Enforcement was watching Buju and decided to persue him.
hahah they Got Reggae Police know. They heard that Drive A song of Buju’s Too bad Album and they like lets get this motherfucka
Big up Stephen tho holding down his Rasta breadrin.
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