Reggae Star Dies During Police Drugs Raid
British reggae star DJ Smiley Culture has died during a police drugs raid on his home.
The musician, real name David Emmanuel, 48, apparently died from self-inflicted wounds.
― Alba, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
:(
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
12 Smiley Culture Police Officer Dec 1984
I have no words.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"Self-inflicted wounds" during a drugs raid?
RIP.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
The 'comments' section...
"oh no we must not prejudge the conduct of the police, oh no. Also, lol he may have slipped on a bit of toast in the kitchen. But seriously folks, our police are wonderful, probably..."
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Commenters on The Voice website a tad sceptical too:
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=19141
― I've been dancing since 9 and I'm tired and hungry (Dorianlynskey), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
"The musician, real name David Emmanuel, 48, apparently died from self-inflicted wounds."
Stop shooting yourself, stop shooting yourself. </Nelson voice>
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/138/682/917/PFnx.jpg
― piscesx, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Fucking pig bastards
RIP Smiley
― The north-east's Number 2 children's party magician (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link
RIP, love this dude
― mixtape for after you get shawcrossed (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
me & my little brother played 'Police Officer' almost nonstop for weeksthx Smiley
― zappi, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
legalise it
rip smiley
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
remember trying to find police officer anywhere backinaday. rip.
― this country is domed (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf alex in sf
― what do it take to be a legend like noz is? (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry that was in poor taste. Obviously this is awful.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Indeed, fucking disgraceful. RIP Smiley.
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:25 (thirteen years ago) link
inquest has cleared things up, self-inflicted stab wound to the chest, fuck em.
― woof, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7-TTWgiYL4
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
is there a good summary of the details of this case
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
pretty sure they're never going to come out
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:09 (eleven years ago) link
not that it even matters, but did the police find what they stormed his house to look for? none of this makes sense.
― my eventual wife (stevie), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
seems to be a reflexive response to 'why would he stab himself' which is rather strange, though it would be rather strange for the police to stab him too
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
kind of 80s feeling to this...why WOULDNT the police stab him to death
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
iirc the official version is that they were all having an amicable chat when Smiley suddenly picked up the knife, went crazy and stabbed himself. it's implausible enough to be plausible, i guess, so perhaps it wd be churlish to bring up the police's long honourable history of taking black men unharmed into custody
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah there are literally hundreds of cases of the police stabbing black people to death in their own homes rather than taking them into custody and then somehow ending up in situations where they end up suffocated in circumstances of plausibility deniability
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
i think there are a number of possibilities between the inquest verdict and a police officer calculatingly stabbing a suspect in cold blood
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
there was a single stab wound to the heart and no mention of other injuries
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
doesnt fit the pattern of a 'struggle', either he killed himself or someone else was determined to inflict fatal injuries
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
i take your point and am happy to admit that in this case the police probably didn't murder the suspect themselves
― for many people a really special folder makes a huge difference (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link