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NAACP Blasts Police for Racist Presence at Master P Show

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Police in Southern Louisiana have raised the ire of a local branch of the NAACP, for their excessive presence at at a Master P concert in Houma, La. on Wednesday (April 27).

Close to 40 members of the Houma Police Department and Terrebonne Sheriff's Officers were stationed in the City Club Wednesday night, where Master P, his son Romeo, Mystikal and several others were performing a concert.

In addition to the officers inside, several dozen body armor-clad officers and Narcotics Task Force agents were gathered outside the venue, where a police barricade had been set up, with a Police SWAT truck parked nearby for added protection from the approximately 80 to 100 people in attendance at the nearly 300-person capacity venue.

"It had racial overtones," Jerome Boykin, head of Terrebonne's NAACP told local paper Houma Today. "When you have white rock groups come to town you don't have this much."

Indeed, close to 5,000 people attended a February concert for hair-metal band Styx at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, according to an organizer of the event, and the police presence was nowhere near as excessive, with nary a SWAT member in sight. "I've been here all my life and never seen this much security for a concert," exclaimed 40-year-old Houma resident Jerry Trosclair. "I don't know what else it could be."

Police officials reportedly denied Boykin's allegations, claiming their presence was Spring Break-related, in an effort to curtail underage drinking, but the Houma Today quotes an anonymous officer as admitting that the department was taking "preventive measures" due to the rap show. "We concentrate our forces where we expect large amounts of people," Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis explained. "We knew something was going on, and we had some extra forces during that time."

Percy "Master P" Miller shed his gangsta image over a decade ago, and now he and his son Romeo concentrate on community work, running several charities, and recently giving out free computers to disadvantaged kids in Los Angeles. He is scheduled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his seminal New Orleans rap label, No Limit Records, on May 1 at the House of Blues in Houston, Texas.

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Calvin Crabtree

not saying that all "black" rap people do that but if you would even want to spend hard earnd money on the trash he talks about , murder, crack sells, RUNNING FROM THE COPS, and other things, then you would know what im talking about

July 30 2011 at 6:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Calvin Crabtree

THE THING IS WHITE ROCK GROUPS DONT TALK BAD ABOUT "BLACK" PEOPLE
LISTEN TO A LOT OF master PEE SONS AND HE ALL WAS TALK BAD A BOUT THE "WHITE MAN"
IF YOUR BLACK AND YOU RAP YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH RACAL SLURS
AND THEN BRING UP SOME ROCK GROP THAT NEVER EVEN SO MUSCH AS HAS A PERNTAL ADVISORY ON THERE ALBUMS AND SURE DONT TALK ABOUT MAKEING CRACK AND THINGS.
GET OVER IT.
AND CHANG THE WAY OF WRIGHTING "BLACK" RAP PEOPLE.
just think about it.

July 30 2011 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ayasin89

You know what,no matter what any individual of any race,or at any concert there is going to be security BUT COME ON NOW!

July 29 2011 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ayasin89

Man in my opinion P has always been civil and has acted accordingly at all of his concerts and I'm sure he expects the same from his performers. So truly there was no cause for the swat team

July 29 2011 at 6:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cxexe

Really? And if some crap happened and somebody got hurt or killed, it would have been racism for not being there. SMMFH!

July 28 2011 at 5:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
spotty1964

Like i said gerald truth hurts. I can look at myself and see what i do wrong and own it. You just want To blame everybody else. Take a look in the mirror. Is there racism
Of course. But start taking responsibility for your
own actions when it is warrented. Let me go capitilize my name so u can think my post is valid . Cant top laughing at you.

July 28 2011 at 2:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
spotty1964

Yes gerald. Now that their is a history of this, there will be a police presence if this happend again. (The la thing) Using fire on a nightclub will not be done again. Sorry we cant say the same for rap shows. We learn from the past and dont repeat it. Just like the cops learn from the past hip hop shows. The fire argument doent even really apply. I am laughing at your allegations of me being racist. I call it like see it. Live like gangster get treated like one. Go whine and cry in your cheerios. U dont even know what race i am lol

July 28 2011 at 1:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brandon

You never hear of rival gangs attending a rock concert, but you do hear of rival gangs having a shootout at a hip hop concert. So stop crying NAACP, if the music didn't glamorize the gang lifestyle, you wouldn't have this problem. But that's what hip hop is, music that makes ignorant people think its cool to live an unsavory life. So I say to the NAACP, GO AFTER THE ARTISTS GENERATING THE VIOLENCE AND STOP BLAMING RACISM FOR ALL YOUR PROBLEMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

July 28 2011 at 1:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Baboon

Let the savages off each other like they do every day when the racist cops arent around. No police presence at any of their events. Maybe nation of ignorance can provide security at their events.

July 28 2011 at 11:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gerald

@spotty1964, @hezekiroge,@jimallen... With your pure sheer racist & hatred nature that was taught to you by ignorant people in nature do care to explain this..."Kaskade Block Party Turns Into Riot At Hollywood And Highland "????? Damage of police cars, plenty of arrests, vandalism, riots I personally never heard of an rap or hip hop concert named electric daisy carnival... Or back in 1997 at a New Jersy club when idiots at a heavy metal concert the band used active pyro inside an inclosed space. History you want I just gave you two the only logical comment so far is Stalker, and yes he/she has my respect to capitalize the first letter of his/her name because it's the only post that has validity beside mine.

July 28 2011 at 11:29 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply

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