Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Snoop Dogg Acquitted of Palms Park Killing

Woodbine Park in the Palms district of West Los Angeles

While recording Doggystyle in August 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested in connection with the death of Phillip Woldemariam, a member of a rival gang who was shot and killed by Snoop's bodyguard, McKinley Lee; Snoop was charged with murder along with Lee as he was driving the vehicle from which the shooting had commenced. Snoop was defended by David Kenner, with his bodyguard McKinley Lee, while Sean Abrams (accompanying member in Snoop's vehicle) was defended by Johnnie Cochran. Both Snoop and Lee were acquitted; Lee was acquitted on grounds of self-defense, but Snoop Dogg remained entangled in the legal battles around the case for three years.
--wiki

Woodbine Park in the Palms district of West Los Angeles

On Aug. 25, 1993, Snoop Dogg was arrested on suspicion of being an accomplice in the killing of reputed gang member Philip Woldemariam in Woodbine Park in the Palms district of West Los Angeles. Broadus' bodyguard actually pulled the trigger and claimed self-defense at the trial. Both were acquitted.
-- The Snoop Dogg Group at IMEEM
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FYI: Snoop Dogg aka Cordazar Calvin Broadus was born in Long Beach, California, a large city in south Los Angeles County.

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