Delonte West
Do 3-wheeled motorcycle (“Trike”) owners carry more weapons than the 2-wheeled brethren?
Although there is no scientific research or poll which confirms the “packing” attributes of each vehicle type, the recent arrest of NBA player Delonte West is an indicator that we might want to give the 3-wheeled riders a bit little more distance in the future!
Turns out that Mr. West, a D.C. native-turned NBA player for the Cav’s was riding his Can Am Spyder and was pulled over in Prince Georges County, MD at 10pm for — now get this — cutting off a law enforcement canine unit. After being pulled over for “making an unsafe lane change” he was arrested for weapons possession. What was most impressive was the assortment and number of weapons he was carrying on the trike — THREE! One for each wheel. A Beretta 9mm in his waistband, a Ruger .357 magnum strapped to his leg and a shotgun in a guitar case slung over his back. Police charged West with two criminal counts of carrying a handgun for the Ruger and the Beretta, and issued him a traffic citation for driving “in excess of reasonable and prudent speed.”
CanAm Spyder -- Shotgun "optional"
Either he’s been watching too much “Arnold” (Terminator) or Son’s of Anarchy on FX. Or maybe its time to put down the PS3 controller and give Grand Theft Auto a rest because this is retarded behavior.
My parents always taught me to follow the rules. Don’t run with scissors. Don’t litter. Don’t talk with your mouth full. Don’t swim right after eating. And don’t stick a loaded weapon down your pants (at least with the safety off — right Plaxico!). Clearly I was brainwashed. We have been fed this crap all our lives, that role models are the “gangsters” or rouge professional athletes. The rich and famous are the ones addicted to the drugs. Jail should be full of famous people, but they are so abnormal, and so admired, that we let them go on reduced charges.
Tomorrow, instead of going to Walmart to get a life, I’m going to steal some gasoline from the neighbors and go on a motorcycle road trip. I’ll wear a samurai sword, get a DUI, smack a girl half my size, jump up on the brew pub stage and give Beyonce a video shout-out. I’ll be abnormal tomorrow… just like Delonte… I want to get noticed for impersonating an athlete.
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But in these recessionary times, employee cuts and school district sacrifices along with budget shortfalls the message of collective sacrifice seems to have missed the NBA and pro athletes. LeBron will be paid $14.4M this season by the Cavs and his annual earnings off the court were estimated by Forbes magazine at $14M. The enormous magnitude of salary differential really hit home when I compared salaries using the Cleveland Ohio Statistics 
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