The Pinellas County State Attorney's Office just convicted a guy named Allan Burney for murder, two counts of attmepted murder, and shooting into an occupied vehicle. While I'm usually not in agreement with the prosecution, in this case, I will have to say the State did the right thing.
Let me give you a little background on this guy. Burney and his buddy make DVD's called "DA HOOD GONE WILD", depicting himself and his neighborhood friends fighting, holding guns, and degrading women. I didn't believe it myself until I Googled the wonderfully eloquent title and found his website. There's a picture of him on the site, looking like a refugee from "In Living Color". The website says it's "REACHIN OUT TO THE HOOD". Call me crazy but I thought the whole idea was to get out of the hood. If you want, you can order the Gangsta 2 pak for around $45.00. Can you think of a better way to spend your money? Do the people who actually order this stuff have credit cards?
What made me so pro prosecution in this case was Mr. Burney's self promotion on Youtube. Specifically the promo for DVD #2. Because I think he deserves no more self promotion, I won't include the video on my blog. However, for your viewing pleasure,or disgust,here's the link to YOUTUBE.
It gets even more ridiculous when you see his cell phone video from jail. Note, this is him on the other side of a plastic wall, wearing jail blues, telling his "peeps" it ain't no thing. Really? I'll let you know what he's sentenced to next month. It may be a "thing" for him when he gets life.
