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MIAMI – Grammy-winning singer Buju Banton checked out some cocaine, put some on his finger and tasted it — all of it caught on law enforcement video inside a Florida warehouse. Now he has another chance to explain why.

His second trial is scheduled to begin Monday, just a day after his 2010 album "Before the Dawn" won the Grammy award for best reggae album. The trial comes five months after a previous jury hung on federal drug trafficking charges that could put him in prison for life.

Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie, claims he was entrapped by a confidential informant and got in over his head while trying to impress the man, who implied he could help Banton's music career. The U.S. government says Banton conspired with two associates to buy a shipment of cocaine from an undercover officer.

The two other men pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators. Their sentencing hearings are scheduled next month.

Banton, 37, was arrested in December 2009 at his Miami-area home.

He remained in custody until November, when another Jamaican singer, Stephen Marley, reggae legend Bob Marley's son, posted his South Florida home as bond. Banton has been on house arrest except for a Miami concert last month to raise money for legal expenses.

Federal prosecutors initially charged Banton with drug conspiracy and gun charges, and in November added two more drug-related charges.

"Buju is not guilty. The number of charges doesn't change that," Banton's attorney, David Markus, said in an e-mail. "The prosecution wasn't happy with the first trial, so now it is trying to throw as many charges against the wall in the hopes something sticks."

Markus has argued the singer, who rose from the slums of Kingston to massive success in the 1990s, was a victim of entrapment by an informant who's been paid $3.3 million for working with law enforcement over several years.

During his first trial, the Rastafarian singer, his long dreadlocks tied in a braid, testifed that he talked a lot about cocaine with the informant, Alexander Johnson. But he said he was only trying to impress the man, who claimed to have music industry connections. He said he had no interest in buying or selling drugs.

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"I talk too much, but I am not a drug dealer," Banton said on the stand.

In excerpts from their recorded conversations from July 2009 through December 2009 that were played for the jury, the husky-voiced singer told Johnson that he financed drug deals and that he wanted to sell drugs in Europe, buy drugs from the Caribbean and South America, and use Johnson's boat to transport drugs. The men met on a trans-Atlantic flight at the end of Banton's European tour for his album "Rasta Got Soul."

Assistant U.S. Attorney James Preston argued Banton's conversations with the informant put the conspiracy into motion. Banton testified that he never wanted nor expected Johnson to set up a cocaine deal, despite what he said in the recordings.

Johnson testified that he surprised Banton with cocaine at an undercover police warehouse in Sarasota on Dec. 8, 2009. Surveillance video shows Banton tasting the drugs.

The singer was not present two days later when his two associates, Ian Thomas and James Mack, were caught on video trying to buy the drugs at the warehouse.

His Grammy-winning album's 10 songs were recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, before his arrest. The singer worked with producers and engineers over the phone from jail to finish the album before its September release.

In an e-mail from his manager last week, Banton thanked his fans for their support and celebrated his fifth Grammy nomination.

"'Before The Dawn' is a prophetic album and if it happens to win I am grateful," Banton said. "If it doesn't, I still say thanks for the appreciation and the recognition because music is an art form that cannot be denied by any living soul. Music is my life."

In Jamaica, some fans have theorized Banton was framed by the U.S. government or gay activists who have protested violent, homophobic lyrics from early in Banton's career as a brash dancehall singer. Shows in several U.S. cities were canceled on his 2009 tour because of the protests.

Banton jabbed at his detractors during his Jan. 16 performance in Miami, referencing one of his controversial songs and the messiah of his Rastafarian faith.

He said: "Why they want to see Buju Banton cry? Is it because I said 'Boom Bye Bye'? Is it because I say Selassie I? Is it because I'm black and not shy?"
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Botty Boi's gettin his back huh?...( I ain't read'n all that shit)
 
Fugg buju.

yea i said it,whoever wants to be upset fugg em too.

sick and tired of hearing about these artists type fuggin up their lives over bullshit,then crying conspiracy when shyt hits the fan.
 
niggu on tape saying he wants to sell that shit
and on video testing that shit,
and still crying innocence!
 
TEN said:
niggu on tape saying he wants to sell that shit
and on video testing that shit,
and still crying innocence!
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yup! good luck with that
teleharp.jpg

got the worlds smallest harp playing in the background for him
 
regardless, of what he was caught doing it was still entrapment, those sarasota police are on some crazy ok skool, kkk shit, try driving while black out there in a nice car....

he was set up, and everyone knows it, sure he was tryin to make some easy money, but it was all a third parties idea... and not his....

entrapment throw the bitch out...

trust me this is great publicity, I forgot what a great artist he is, and will now check for him again...

He will get off again.... but damn isnt that like double jeopordy, help my non legalese knowing ass out...

he was not conspiring to sell drugs but a third party was conspiring to GET HIM to sell drugs...

I am lovin this Buju line right here....

He said: "Why they want to see Buju Banton cry? Is it because I said 'Boom Bye Bye'? Is it because I say Selassie I? Is it because I'm black and not shy?"


fuck da police

Buju will be freee...

I cant beleive some of yall sidin with the devil....

Buju was thinking of the people he can help with the extra money...

just like the govt thinks of all the wars they can start with the extra money..

so if bush sr, can pimp drugs and still ride free
then Buju can tooooo...

fuck the hypocrisy....

read Behold a Pale Horse...

tired of my sunblessed brothers filling up jails for wanting to be a capitalist and capitalize on the druggies in america just like the govt does...

some of yall need to get a clue and stop being so sheepish in thought.....

like he was selling cocaine to school children...

when they start arresting white boys and politicians up at the same rate as us, I might agree..

but since they aint.... Fuck em and free Buju..


WTF yall forgot about this...

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arch 22, 2006
Pot Princess Saga Over
In a follow-up to one of Gothamist's favorite stories, it turns out that Julie Diaco, who was arrested while an NYU freshman for dealing pot out of her dorm room, will get probation. Diaco held up her end of a deal from September 2004: Completing a rehab program at Clear View and being clean for 18 months. Of course, back when the deal was arranged, people attributed the leniency to her family's wealth - after all, dealing coke, pot, LSD, mushrooms and more is a big deal - especially when it was obvious she was running a thriving business and happened that she was carrying pot and a scale when selling to undercover cops. Her lawyer said that Diaco is "is a very different person than she was 18 months ago" and attends a community college in NJ. Julie, we wish you well - maybe you'll find your way helping other drug offenders or addicts.

The Post officially dubs her the "Pot Hottie," noting that she was wearing knee-high leather stiletto boots and a pin-striped suit.==============\\\


this lil drug dealer was dealing coke and they just called her the pot princess, that bitch was the cocaine Queen who just happend to sell herb as well...

But this bitch gets fuckin probation and she was a KNOWN dealer, they didnt need a third party to set her ass up....


but its different when its a black man..

sunblessed man...


If they dare find him guilty.... the hypocrisy of white privilege in this country will have been confirmed AGAIN!!!!

Free Buju from the White Supremecist Hypocritical pseudo judicial system of amerikkka....

if he goes that cocaine pot princess bitch needs to be tried again, oh I forgot...

shes white, wtf was I thinking...
 
SKATTA said:
Fugg buju.

yea i said it,whoever wants to be upset fugg em too.

sick and tired of hearing about these artists type fuggin up their lives over bullshit,then crying conspiracy when shyt hits the fan.
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Co-fuckin sign!
 
Mrfreddygoodbud said:
regardless, of what he was caught doing it was still entrapment, those sarasota police are on some crazy ok skool, kkk shit, try driving while black out there in a nice car....

he was set up, and everyone knows it, sure he was tryin to make some easy money, but it was all a third parties idea... and not his....

entrapment throw the bitch out...

trust me this is great publicity, I forgot what a great artist he is, and will now check for him again...

He will get off again.... but damn isnt that like double jeopordy, help my non legalese knowing ass out...

he was not conspiring to sell drugs but a third party was conspiring to GET HIM to sell drugs...

I am lovin this Buju line right here....

He said: "Why they want to see Buju Banton cry? Is it because I said 'Boom Bye Bye'? Is it because I say Selassie I? Is it because I'm black and not shy?"


fuck da police

Buju will be freee...

I cant beleive some of yall sidin with the devil....

Buju was thinking of the people he can help with the extra money...

just like the govt thinks of all the wars they can start with the extra money..

so if bush sr, can pimp drugs and still ride free
then Buju can tooooo...

fuck the hypocrisy....

read Behold a Pale Horse...

tired of my sunblessed brothers filling up jails for wanting to be a capitalist and capitalize on the druggies in america just like the govt does...

some of yall need to get a clue and stop being so sheepish in thought.....

like he was selling cocaine to school children...

when they start arresting white boys and politicians up at the same rate as us, I might agree..

but since they aint.... Fuck em and free Buju..


WTF yall forgot about this...

------------------------------------------------------

arch 22, 2006
Pot Princess Saga Over
In a follow-up to one of Gothamist's favorite stories, it turns out that Julie Diaco, who was arrested while an NYU freshman for dealing pot out of her dorm room, will get probation. Diaco held up her end of a deal from September 2004: Completing a rehab program at Clear View and being clean for 18 months. Of course, back when the deal was arranged, people attributed the leniency to her family's wealth - after all, dealing coke, pot, LSD, mushrooms and more is a big deal - especially when it was obvious she was running a thriving business and happened that she was carrying pot and a scale when selling to undercover cops. Her lawyer said that Diaco is "is a very different person than she was 18 months ago" and attends a community college in NJ. Julie, we wish you well - maybe you'll find your way helping other drug offenders or addicts.

The Post officially dubs her the "Pot Hottie," noting that she was wearing knee-high leather stiletto boots and a pin-striped suit.==============\\\


this lil drug dealer was dealing coke and they just called her the pot princess, that bitch was the cocaine Queen who just happend to sell herb as well...

But this bitch gets fuckin probation and she was a KNOWN dealer, they didnt need a third party to set her ass up....


but its different when its a black man..

sunblessed man...


If they dare find him guilty.... the hypocrisy of white privilege in this country will have been confirmed AGAIN!!!!

Free Buju from the White Supremecist Hypocritical pseudo judicial system of amerikkka....

if he goes that cocaine pot princess bitch needs to be tried again, oh I forgot...

shes white, wtf was I thinking...
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I ain't reading all that shit....However, let some local or even fed cops try to set ME up on a cocaine buy....They gonna all be standing there in that warehouse looking stupid with me nowhere in sight.
 
Dumbass. He's about to be someones batty boy in prison.."Boom Bye Bye."
 
BVF said:
I ain't reading all that shit....However, let some local or even fed cops try to set ME up on a cocaine buy....They gonna all be standing there in that warehouse looking stupid with me nowhere in sight.
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Pretty much...
 
Mrfreddygoodbud said:
he was set up, and everyone knows it, sure he was tryin to make some easy money, but it was all a third parties idea... and not his....

entrapment throw the bitch out......
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even YOU admitted dude was tryin 2 do foul sheit! :lol:

and u still up here tryin to give excuses?

fuk outta here w/that bullsheit.

and i'm a buju fan like a mutha fuka. but stop tha bullsheit excuses for deep criminal behavior. doesn't matter WHAT a corrupt white cop offers you. don't do that sheit. so if a crooked cop came up to you like 'hey Mrfreddygoodbud, i got a guy over here that will pay you $50 if you do homo acts on him' then you would be on bgol trying to justify doing it?
 
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BVF said:
I ain't reading all that shit....However, let some local or even fed cops try to set ME up on a cocaine buy....They gonna all be standing there in that warehouse looking stupid with me nowhere in sight.
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:lol::lol:

hope he gets a break some how,
very careless of him.
 
i wonder if buju will get sentencing similar to:

a. linsey lohan and paris hilton
b. charlie sheen and morton downey, jr.
c. pookie and big dreak from 'round the corner, 'cross da tracks.

remember folks, "equal justice under law."

:dunno:
 
Sounds like a big time set up to me by the American government or GLAAD(Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Jamaicans are gonna stick by Buju though.

But anyway.......IF he was as guilty as u kats are saying, then why was there a hung jury on the first trial. U only get a hung jury when the evidence presented isn't conclusive enough, might be altered or doctored(ie the video of him alledged selling with intent) or there is more than reasonable doubts for what ever reason. The prosecution is gonna have a hard time winning this case the 2nd go around.

Yours Truly.......Professor
 
Professor said:
Sounds like a big time set up to me by the American government or GLAAD(Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Jamaicans are gonna stick by Buju though.

But anyway.......IF he was as guilty as u kats are saying, then why was there a hung jury on the first trial. U only get a hung jury when the evidence presented isn't conclusive enough, might be altered or doctored(ie the video of him alledged selling with intent) or there is more than reasonable doubts for what ever reason. The prosecution is gonna have a hard time winning this case the 2nd go around.

Yours Truly.......Professor
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FUCK that island faggot. DEPORT HIS ASS BACK. Fuck these island niggas they have no pull in AMERICA.
 
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Johnson testified that he surprised Banton with cocaine at an undercover police warehouse in Sarasota on Dec. 8, 2009. Surveillance video shows Banton tasting the drugs.

The singer was not present two days later when his two associates, Ian Thomas and James Mack, were caught on video trying to buy the drugs at the warehouse.


this might save him....

atleast save him from doing alot of time....
 
Damn im a HUGE Buju fan, but what the fuck is a rasta doing around cocaine for ANY reason

man that shit makes no sense at all....the crazy thing is how in the hell can you have been recording since you were 15 (as Buju has), toured all over the world (where you make the real money in europe), and you cant even make bail??

hope his lawyer is good, and if he gets another hung jury he better stay the fuck out of the united states....

I bet more than anything this is heat based upon the homosexual power structure going after Jamaican performers that are supposedly anti-gay

Capleton, Sizzla, better watch out they are next on the chopping block id imagine

FUCK
 
peace
"I talk too much, but I am not a drug dealer," Banton said on the stand.
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Mrfreddygoodbud said:
regardless, of what he was caught doing it was still entrapment, those sarasota police are on some crazy ok skool, kkk shit, try driving while black out there in a nice car....

he was set up, and everyone knows it, sure he was tryin to make some easy money, but it was all a third parties idea... and not his....

entrapment throw the bitch out...

trust me this is great publicity, I forgot what a great artist he is, and will now check for him again...

He will get off again.... but damn isnt that like double jeopordy, help my non legalese knowing ass out...

he was not conspiring to sell drugs but a third party was conspiring to GET HIM to sell drugs...

I am lovin this Buju line right here....

He said: "Why they want to see Buju Banton cry? Is it because I said 'Boom Bye Bye'? Is it because I say Selassie I? Is it because I'm black and not shy?"


fuck da police

Buju will be freee...

I cant beleive some of yall sidin with the devil....

Buju was thinking of the people he can help with the extra money...

just like the govt thinks of all the wars they can start with the extra money..

so if bush sr, can pimp drugs and still ride free
then Buju can tooooo...

fuck the hypocrisy....

read Behold a Pale Horse...

tired of my sunblessed brothers filling up jails for wanting to be a capitalist and capitalize on the druggies in america just like the govt does...

some of yall need to get a clue and stop being so sheepish in thought.....

like he was selling cocaine to school children...

when they start arresting white boys and politicians up at the same rate as us, I might agree..

but since they aint.... Fuck em and free Buju..


WTF yall forgot about this...

------------------------------------------------------

arch 22, 2006
Pot Princess Saga Over
In a follow-up to one of Gothamist's favorite stories, it turns out that Julie Diaco, who was arrested while an NYU freshman for dealing pot out of her dorm room, will get probation. Diaco held up her end of a deal from September 2004: Completing a rehab program at Clear View and being clean for 18 months. Of course, back when the deal was arranged, people attributed the leniency to her family's wealth - after all, dealing coke, pot, LSD, mushrooms and more is a big deal - especially when it was obvious she was running a thriving business and happened that she was carrying pot and a scale when selling to undercover cops. Her lawyer said that Diaco is "is a very different person than she was 18 months ago" and attends a community college in NJ. Julie, we wish you well - maybe you'll find your way helping other drug offenders or addicts.

The Post officially dubs her the "Pot Hottie," noting that she was wearing knee-high leather stiletto boots and a pin-striped suit.==============\\\


this lil drug dealer was dealing coke and they just called her the pot princess, that bitch was the cocaine Queen who just happend to sell herb as well...

But this bitch gets fuckin probation and she was a KNOWN dealer, they didnt need a third party to set her ass up....


but its different when its a black man..

sunblessed man...


If they dare find him guilty.... the hypocrisy of white privilege in this country will have been confirmed AGAIN!!!!

Free Buju from the White Supremecist Hypocritical pseudo judicial system of amerikkka....

if he goes that cocaine pot princess bitch needs to be tried again, oh I forgot...

shes white, wtf was I thinking...
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Professor said:
Sounds like a big time set up to me by the American government or GLAAD(Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation). Jamaicans are gonna stick by Buju though.

But anyway.......IF he was as guilty as u kats are saying, then why was there a hung jury on the first trial. U only get a hung jury when the evidence presented isn't conclusive enough, might be altered or doctored(ie the video of him alledged selling with intent) or there is more than reasonable doubts for what ever reason. The prosecution is gonna have a hard time winning this case the 2nd go around.

Yours Truly.......Professor
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max-dawg said:
I wonder if buju will get sentencing similar to:

a. linsey lohan and paris hilton
b. charlie sheen and morton downey, jr.
c. pookie and big dreak from 'round the corner, 'cross da tracks.

remember folks, "equal justice under law."

:dunno:
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durham said:
Damn Im a HUGE Buju fan, but what the fuck is a rasta doing around cocaine for ANY reason

man that shit makes no sense at all....the crazy thing is how in the hell can you have been recording since you were 15 (as Buju has), toured all over the world (where you make the real money in europe), and you cant even make bail??

hope his lawyer is good, and if he gets another hung jury he better stay the fuck out of the united states....

I bet more than anything this is heat based upon the homosexual power structure going after Jamaican performers that are supposedly anti-gay

Capleton, Sizzla, better watch out they are next on the chopping block id imagine

FUCK
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Keeping the pressure on Gargamelle
trying to mek him a


peace
 
You cant excuse a nigga for trying to come up off niggas using the white mans product.

Everyone knows the game at this point

They bring coke for niggas to sell in the black community.

Thats always been the case.

You can cry about them giving stiffer sentences or just not sell their shit.

Every one knows the Rick Ross story at this point so there is no
way in hell you can feel sorry for any nigga who would go near
the "devils deal" now.

Black people went through crack in the 80s-90s and most are
glad to see the shit has faded for the most part.

Niggas like him dont give a fuck about anyone but self.

Fuck that conspiracy shit you have to play along to even get caught up.

He played along.

2jzmk3 said:
Man, sod to see all these dudes that get a little money,waste it on bullshit to the point of desperation then self destruct trying to get back by taking the "devils deal"
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fixed

durham said:
Damn im a HUGE Buju fan, but what the fuck is a rasta doing around cocaine for ANY reason

man that shit makes no sense at all....

I bet more than anything this is heat based upon the homosexual power structure going after Jamaican performers that are supposedly anti-gay
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nigga is doing damage to black folks with the coke...

fuck faggots they gonna be aight

the system is on their side

they use coke as a double edged sword on niggas

they fuck the user and the seller up

cant believe niggas still falling for that shit :smh:


THEY NEED niggas to fall in that trap badly

They would be hurt if niggas stopped selling their shit.
 
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Man I like buju and all but unless he was kidnapped and him fam was threatened ain' no fuckin conspiracy:smh:
 
This case is funny because with all that evidence why is this case still going on.

Is over a year now, didn't at one point it was a mistrial?

Something doesn't sound right, normally if the FEDS have concrete evidence against you, you would be serving your sentence now.
 
Rudey said:
This case is funny because with all that evidence why is this case still going on.

Is over a year now, didn't at one point it was a mistrial?

Something doesn't sound right, normally if the FEDS have concrete evidence against you, you would be serving your sentence now.
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voodoo
 

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