Buju Banton A Victim Of Entrapment?
Dancehall.Mobi news update – the plot has thickened in Buju Banton’s conspiracy to distribute cocaine case. According to court papers that were filed today in Tampa, Florida, Banton’s defense team may use an entrapment defense. According to Wikipedia, in criminal law, entrapment is when a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit an offense which the person would otherwise have been unlikely to commit.
In the court papers filed today, Banton’s defense reportedly states that the ‘confidential source’ [see the affidavit for details] who helped authorities to investigate Banton, had pestered him for months to join him in a cocaine deal. As a result of this, the defense is asking a judge to order prosecutors to disclose the identity of the confidential source, an individual whom Myrie reportedly met on flight from Madrid to Miami in July 2009. They allege that the confidential source is a “paid government informant.”
Today’s court papers stated: “During the long international flight to Miami, the confidential source (CS), after softening up Mr. Myrie with small talk, began discussing cocaine. Throughout the flight, the CS tried to interest Mr. Myrie in buying cocaine. Mr. Myrie, however, was not interested.” The CS they say, kept in touch with Banton, and relentlessly pressured him to sell cocaine. Some of the conversations were apparently recorded, and the defense states that the recordings captured Banton’s “repeated attempts to put off” the source. “Finally, on December 8, 2009, the CS was successful in convincing Mr. Myrie to meet with him. Just to make sure Mr. Myrie attended, at 12:50 p.m. the CS called Mr. Myrie. However, the tape of the call reflects Mr. Myrie did not want to meet. Nonetheless, according to the complaint, Mr. Myrie attended the meeting at 2:29 p.m. at an ‘undercover warehouse.’ At this preliminary meeting, the CI showed Mr. Myrie and a co-defendant a brick of cocaine. Mr. Myrie then went back to Miami.“
Two co-defendants continued to meet with the source, and the co-defendants were arrested when they met the source in a warehouse. From the court papers filed today, Buju Banton’s lawyers are seeking information about the source’s prior criminal record, and how much money the source was paid for his help in this case and others.
Banton continues to be held without bail in Federal custody in Florida.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD DEFENSE AT ALL.
Buju should’ve known better than to trust a complete total stranger. Shame on him.
See it deh! From since dem try fi put bad image pon RasTafari just fi de likkle herb sacrament. This is a sign fi all RasTa fi separate demself and hold de faith. Unfortunately for many reggae artiste once dem start mingle with de hipocrit dem subject demself to these kind of things. RasTafari is a defender of the faith spiritually and surrounded by the sacrid circle of dat deh covenant. Buju a good yute still just get trapped fi a minit. remember dem hold Mandella fi 20 some odd years and try fi kill him but true him protected by de most high dat dem must release him. Give thanks to Dancehall mobi for disya media report as I am sure that other media sources will twist and slant de ting. Anthony B TruckBack tune FREE UP DE GENERAL VOICE HOW THE MAJORITY FEEL WE NUH QUICK TO BELEIVE MEDIA LIES. Buju was set up by the homosexual police to bring him down.. Dem just nuh kno dem never can bring RasTa down! Truths and rights and we nuh stop seh de battyman ting nuh right nuff said. Haile Selassie first n all tings afta–dat we seh!
Tell me, if you meet someone on a plane that wants u to do something u r not up to, will you give them your correct digits to contact you further, or would you give the person a wrong #?
poor guy….got FORCED to buy 11 pounds of cocaine. I hate when that happens. He tried so successfully to put him off for so long, then finally couldn’t bear it any more and had to buy 5 k’s. darn.
set him nfree
I SAY ((((((((((((((((FREE BUJU)))))))))))))))) DE MAN SET HIM UP PEOPLE HATE TO SEE PEOPLE DOING GOOD DE MAN APPROACH HIM, I KNEW IT WAS A SET UP TING …………….. FREE HIM ((((((((FREE BUJU))))))))))))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freedom for Buju Banton, from you love the artist start push up unno hand…Freedom….Anthony B defnitely said it right. I believe that all reggae musican who have been influence by the Gargamel should stand together and plea for his freedom. Where is Beenie, Sizzla, Beres, Capelton, Bounty, all the reggae greats. Sing a tune for the freedom of Buju Banton. I and I ah rastafari, dreader than dread……
Man ah got brain, Di system nuh try trick we cau over and over, we come fi overstand di real ting. Dem try all dem cyan guh slew Buju and Co. True Gargamel fe done wrong guh suh done coke, but we haffe see dat dem nah stop nah nutten fe set up di fyah yute im.
Nuff Love,
Di Strength of Rastafari.
Buju For Life.