Shaq de-deputized

[skippy]

Shaq gets slapped by sheriff for rap about Bryant

1 hour, 59 minutes ago

AP - Jun 24, 4:45 pm EDT

PHOENIX (AP)—Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in 2006 and promoted him to colonel of his largely ceremonial posse later that year.

“I want his two badges back,” Arpaio told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they’re fired. I don’t condone this type of racial conduct.”

Shaq was seen in a video posted on the celebrity news and gossip Web site TMZ.com rapping that “Kobe couldn’t do without me.” O’Neal skewers the Lakers’ star, with whom he won three straight NBA titles from 2000-2002 while with Los Angeles, for not being able to win a championship without him.

“I was freestyling. That’s all. It was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever,” O’Neal told ESPN.com Monday. A call to the Suns on Tuesday seeking comment from O’Neal was referred to his public relations firm, which didn’t immediately respond.

Arpaio, who describes himself as “America’s Toughest Sheriff” and is best known for feeding jail inmates green bologna, clothing them in pink underwear, and making them work on chain gangs, said he didn’t expect his actions would teach Shaq a lesson. But he hoped he learns that as a role model who wants to someday be a full-time sheriff, he needs to know his words matter.

“Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I don’t think that either conduct should be out there publicly, even if media wasn’t there,” Arpaio said.

O’Neal previously served as a reserve officer with the Miami Beach Police Department while playing for the Miami Heat. He also volunteered with the Tempe Police Department after being traded to the Suns in February.

[westcoastO]

Shaq can't play cops and robbers now. I'm sure he's real upset...

[Jahred]

thats ****ing weak

[be47320]

shaq having a good laugh about this right now while he is banging and simultaneously causing internal injuries to a stripper

[cuse_man]

hahahahhaah

[domafia]

ooooh shaq can't arrest illegal aliens running around in the Maricopa county desert now, oh my! will be shocked if shaq ever sets foot near there again anyway, there's not much else out there but sand and dirt.

[westcoastO]

shaq probably didnt even know what they were talking about when they asked for the badges back

[Dr. Jack]

What a joke. lol

[westcoastO]

"shaq we're gonna need those badges back"

"huh"

[RanPicks]

I think the sheriff was just embarassed to be associated w such a sh*tty rapper... lol

[skippy]

Originally Posted by skippy

..... Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in 2006 and promoted him to colonel.....

I didn't think you could fire a VOLUNTEER as they are not on the payroll.

I guess Shaq now has the same authority/power as another famous colonel......Col. Sanders

[goldengreek]

Originally Posted by be47320

shaq having a good laugh about this right now while he is banging and simultaneously causing internal injuries to a stripper

are u in love with Shaq ?

[be47320]

Originally Posted by goldengreek

are u in love with Shaq ?

no, are you?