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3:32 pm - 01/03/2013

Frank Ocean Busted for Weed, Rap Blogs Busted For Bullshit




The singer was pulled over for speeding on New Year's


Frank Ocean was pulled over for speeding in Mono County, California, on New Year's Eve and wound up with a ticket for marijuana possession. According to TMZ, the fella behind SPIN's Album of the Year was doing "roughly 90 in a 65." When cops approached his black BMW, they caught a whiff of weed and so searched Ocean, revealing "a small bag of pot on his person."

He was also cited for driving on a suspended license, which was confiscated, and for having tinted windows. While he was momentarily detained in the back of a police car (Ocean posted the photo to Instagram), he was eventually released with the caveat that his unidentified passenger take the wheel. Mono County is located between the Yosemite National Park and the Nevada border.

That's the entire story. All of it. But that didn't stop rap and gossip blogs from offering wildly out-of-hand, incredibly irresponsible and homophobically motivated speculation about the reason for Ocean's traffic stop. Smartly, Frank avoided comment as the false news broke, and the real story emerged with a key assist from CBS Local. Don't expect the offending sites to recant any time soon.




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Some websites were comparing him to Eddie Long and Mr.Cee. smdh
sugarcrawler 3rd-Jan-2013 08:54 pm (UTC)
i personally would never drive high and i judge others that do tbh
spartacus 3rd-Jan-2013 08:55 pm (UTC)
srsly this
ectypes 3rd-Jan-2013 08:56 pm (UTC)
oops, just deleted since it didn't really add anything to the conversation

here it is again: i've always been under the impression that weed makes people drive cautiously, as opposed to speeding. not that it's a smart thing to do either way. i would freak out if i were smoking and had to drive fast.

ita w/ you.
sugarcrawler 3rd-Jan-2013 09:00 pm (UTC)
lol np

yeah i hear that too. i cant imagine driving high, even if its just a subtle high, i just cant. my sister says that she drives the same but im just like NO stop doing that youre dumb (but she also smokes everyday so her body must be used to it, but at same time, no excuses imo)
bee_xx3 3rd-Jan-2013 09:33 pm (UTC)
I have zero knowledge on this but is driving high on weed about the same as driving drunk?
There seems to be no awareness about it at all
sugarcrawler 3rd-Jan-2013 10:05 pm (UTC)
theyre not the same, id say driving drunk is so much worse. when youre drunk, your body is physically dizzy, you cant walk your vision is impaired and so is your mind. when youre high your mind is impaired, like you laugh at dumb stuff, youre not fully there so its not a good idea to drive. some people are just in a better mood when theyre high depending on how high they are, but imo you shouldnt drive under the influence of anything, or when youre emotionally distraught, etc. also some people do get physical affects like anxiety, increased heart rate, etc so driving can exacerbate those symptoms. i think the reason for now awareness is since alcohol is so ingrained in our culture and so many people drive drunk vs weed, but still both are illegal
myhipusername 4th-Jan-2013 12:15 am (UTC)
same
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