Snoop Dogg Pleads Not Guilty In Giant Battering Stick Case
January 25th, 2007 at 15:30 by Stuart Heritage

Snoop Dogg may be able to spit a mean rhyme, but when it comes to understanding and complying with new aviation hand luggage rules, he could use a little help - especially with the rule about not carrying huge deadly weapons onto a plane.

And thanks to this simple misunderstanding of a fundamental rule, Snoop Dogg has ended up in all sorts of trouble. Just because he tried to sneak a 21-inch collapsible metal police baton in his hand luggage onto a plane in Orange County back in September, Snoop Dogg has been hauled into court on a possession of a deadly weapon charge. But don't worry, because Snoop Dogg has instructed his lawyers to enter a not guilty plea on his behalf, possibly in the hope of downgrading the charge to one less provocative, like possession of a deadly weapon and some quite nice shoes.


When it comes to larking about in airports, Snoop Dogg is one of the best there'll ever be. Forget Scott Stapp's whiny attention-seeking or David Hasselhoff's soggy trousers; if you want thrills, Snoop Dogg is the man to turn to. And you know what sort of thrills we mean - the sort of policeman-injuring, lounge-trashing thrills that get you banned from entire countries forever. Snoop Dogg is the king of stuff like that - except for when he gets caught, of course.

For instance, when Snoop Dogg was caught trying to take a giant metal police baton onto a plane in September he didn't get the chance to use it for its intended purposes - like altering the air condition levels from 21 inches away, clearing the aisle of blankets and coats so the flight attendants could have clear passage in emergencies and busting up the heads of any jive-ass muthafuckers who looked at him funny. Instead, the authorities arrested Snoop Dogg and charged him with possession of a deadly weapon. And now Snoop Dogg's case is up, he's decided to enter a not guilt plea, as Forbes reports:

Snoop Dogg pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge of possessing a deadly weapon, a collapsible police baton found in his luggage at an airport. The rapper did not attend as his lawyer entered the plea in Orange County Superior Court and he remains free on $150,000 bail. If convicted, he could face up to three years in prison.

Snoop Dogg's plea seems to be based on Snoop's claims that the baton was merely for a video - for the hastily-recorded song See Coppers This Is The Video With The Baton In It (Don't Put Me In Prison Please, I'll Do Anything). The pretrial hearing begins in April.