Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter


 OPINION 
1

Plax, Call Diddy (and Other Tips)

Share

(Newser) – Plaxico Burress has a lot to answer for, but he can take some cues from the current economy and hip-hop history, writes Chloe Hilliard in the Village Voice. Almost every aspect of his gun infraction has precedent. Her suggestions:

  • Contact Diddy: The rap impresario has had experience with shooting crimes, and got himself and then-girlfriend JLo off scot-free following a 1999 nightclub incident

  • Cry hip-hop: No self-respecting, bling-wearing baller would go around un-strapped; blame the rap culture for shooting yourself in the leg...
  • ...or blame the recession: The only reason you were carrying was because you couldn't afford lackies, shining a spotlight on the country's economic problems
  • In vino, something fishy: Just one glass of wine can't flatten an NFL receiver, so someone must have put a "shoot yourself" pill in your drink. Right?

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is escorted from a police station in handcuffs.
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress is escorted from a police station in handcuffs.   (AP Photo)
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress.
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress.   (AP Photo)
Burress makes a touchdown reception in the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots during the Super Bowl XLII football game.
Burress makes a touchdown reception in the fourth quarter against the New England Patriots during the Super Bowl XLII football game.   (AP Photo)
Burress arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in handcuffs yesterday.
Burress arrives at Manhattan Supreme Court in handcuffs yesterday.   (AP Photo)
« Prev« Prev | Next »Next » Slideshow
OFF THE GRID
11.24.09
Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar
11.23.09
Books Are Bad for You
1 comment
VIEWING:
 
Shannonals
Dec 3, 08 2:12 PM CST
The Village Voice isn't even worthy to wrap up my fish Reply
Vote up! Vote down!
0
LEAVE A
COMMENT Comment Policy
Facebook ConnectPost this comment to Facebook?

After connecting you will have the option to post your comment on your Facebook profile.

 

Related Newser Stories

14 Stories

(Newser) - Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree this morning, as part of a plea deal that will send him to prison for two years, Newsday reports. “Unfortunately, there was no legal defense we could offer,” his attorney said. Burress... More »

MORE ABOUT:
NFL • football • guilty plea • New York Giants • plea bargain • Plaxico Burress • plea deal

(Newser) - Former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted on gun charges today in New York, where he accidentally shot himself in the leg with an unlicensed handgun in November, the Post reports. Burress is charged with two felony counts of criminal possession and one count of reckless endangerment, a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
NFL • football • New York Giants • indictment • Plaxico Burress • criminal trial • gun laws • criminal prosecution • Robert Morgenthau

(Newser) - The New York Giants have released wide receiver Plaxico Burress 4 months after he shot himself in the leg in a Manhattan nightclub, the New York Daily News reports. “We hung in there as long as we could in hopes that there could be a resolution to this... More »

MORE ABOUT:
NFL • football • New York Giants • Jerry Reese • release • Plaxico Burress • gun injury • football player

14 Stories


Plaxico arrived at work today
Associated Press

For now, Burress is still on the team
Newsday

The upside: Toomer could get more play
New York Times


Sports  •  Crime & Courts  •  Opinion 
TwitterFollow @NewserSports on Twitter

 
NFL • New York City • list • Diddy • New York Giants • arrest • Plaxico Burress • hospitalization • gunshot wounds

from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press