ATTORNEY DROPS JOINT IN COURT WHILE TALKING TO POLICE OFFICER

If you were to ask New Orleans attorney Jason Cantrell about his most embarrassing moment, he might tell you about the time he dropped a joint in a courtroom, while talking to a policeman. The prosecutor, whose wife is currently running for City Council (ouch), abruptly resigned, pretty much leaving her to answer questions and apologize for him.

She took to her Facebook page *sigh* saying that she is "angry, embarrassed, and disappointed". She also said that she doesn't condone his actions, and that her husband will "accept the legal consequences as the judicial process takes its course".

The 43-year-old former prosecutor was just standing there chatting it up when the joint fell out of his pocket. That's when the proverbial needle scratched the record. The officer looked down, looked at a fellow officer who also saw the joint drop, and looked at Cantrell. Needless to say, he was taken away to be cited for simple possession of marijuana.

Cantrell has done a lot of things in his life including teaching in Detroit and serving as a drug court prosecutor. He owns his own law firm, but works for the city also. And don't forget about his wife running for Council. Maybe this was the thing he needed to bring him down a notch. Look at him with his suit and his bow tie and his smirk.

His wife says that she hopes this incident will encourage him to seek professional help.

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“HE WAS THE ONLY GUY WHO WAS EVER NICE TO ME…”

…and apparently dead. And still receiving Social Security checks.

That was the response a Detroit woman gave to police when asked why it was that she kept the mummified body of her deceased roommate around for as much as 18 months:

"It's not that I'm heartless. It's just that after so many bad things happen to you, I don't know," Chase told Michigan Live while wiping away tears. "I didn't want to be alone. He was the only guy who was ever nice to me."

There’s something seriously wrong with people in Detroit: not only will they keep a dead body for (allegedly) 18 months just for the money, but the local newspapers are also littered with spelling and grammatical errors. If you don’t believe me, just watch Hardcore Pawn for a week, and you’ll see: Detroit is full of crazy dumbasses, and bad public schools, it would seem.

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BANK OF AMERICA ERROR ALLOWS MAN TO WITHDRAW $1.5 MILLION; GOES ON GAMBLING SPREE, LOSES IT ALL

#insane - I firmly believe that sometimes God puts us in situations just to see what we'll do. When I was about 19 years old, Bank of America almost made me lose my mind. One day, I attempted to make a withdrawal of $40 from an ATM when I knew I didn't have that much. Don't ask why I did it, I was 19. To my surprise, it gave it to me. After that, it became a game. I wanted to see just how much money Bank of damn America would give me.

I put the card back in and requested 40 more dollars. My mindset was "maybe if I don't seem 'greedy' and ask for more than $40 at a time, they'd keep giving me money. Then I said "eff that, gimme $100". The money came out with no hesitation. Another $100. And another. And another. After that I left, because I had withdrawn the maximum for that day.

So at midnight I went to a different ATM and did it again. Money came out as easy as I requested it. Long story short, over a period of a couple of weeks, I had withdrawn nearly $5000. And I only stopped because one day, the gift that kept on giving, stopped giving. In fact, my account showed a negative figure...for the amount I had withdrawn.

The same thing happened to Ronald Page of Detroit, but the difference between Mr. Chap and Mr. Page is that Mr. Page isn't a dumb teenager who was just doing something for kicks and giggles. In fact, Page is a retired GM worker who one day wanted to let it ride at one of the casinos.

After gambling and losing, Page went to the ATM to withdraw some money. Knowing that he only had a few hundred in his account, he did what I did (on a larger scale), and was allowed to get whatever amount he put in. After losing that, he went to the window to withdraw more money from his account. The same thing happened. $10,000, $20,000, $50,000. No matter how much he wanted off that card, they gave it to him, racks at a time. Is that what the kids are saying now? Racks? It used to be "G's", then it was "stacks", then "bands". I can't keep up anymore. I'm just trying to help you understand what's happened.

When the smoke cleared after 15 days of bliss, Page had withdrawn and lost $312,000 at Greektown Casino, over $100,000 at MGM Casino, and $514,000 at Motor City Casino - my personal favorite. Apparently it was his favorite also.

Now Page is going before a federal judge who has to decide whether to give him probation, community service or prison time. Prosecutors recommend 15 months in prison, saying that Page merely had a "lapse of judgment" and the bank was to blame for allowing the situation to happen. Wow. Really? 

What's more amazing than the amount of money he was able to withdraw, is the unbelievable amount of bad luck he had. He spent $1.5 million spent at the casino, and won $0. Advantage: House.

This goes way beyond overdraft protection. This was a flat-out bank error. Have you ever been in a situation like ours? What would you do if you ever found yourself able to withdraw whatever you wanted? Would you take out a "manageable" amount of money knowing that you're going to have to pay it back?

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VIDEO: ROBOCOP ADDRESSES THE CITY OF DETROIT

It started as a joke on Twitter about having a monument of Robocop erected in my hometown of Detroit, MI.  Thanks to the internet, that idea spread like wildfire all the way to the Mayor's office.  He quickly shot that notion down, calling it "silly".  It was thought by others that a Robocop statue could be a tourist attraction, bringing more positive PR to the city.  And since the Mayor's statement, money has been raised to build the statue, with a group looking into having the city accept it as a gift.

At first, I thought the idea was silly too.  Robocop is a fictional character. Detroit could spend money making Hitsville USA a respectable museum. It could also build a museum honoring rock and roll music. It is Detroit "rock" city.  I don't even need to mention the building up of the riverfront and skyline.  But then I thought about the statue of Rocky in Philly, and how that attracts tourists from all over.  Tourists mean money, and Detroit needs money.  I wondered to myself how the supercop felt about all this.  Well, he has a statement for Mayor Dave Bing and the city of Detroit:

RoboCop Speaks to Detroit from Peter Weller

I'm sold. Where do I donate?

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FLASHBACK FRIDAY: FIVE REALITY SHOWS YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE (FROM 9/09)

It seems like the airways are flooded with trash TV.  From shows with 20 chicks/dudes competing for a member of the opposite sex, some celebrity and their family doing regular family shit, to my favorite: glorified talent shows.  Thanks to Viacom for providing us with The Real World back in the day...now the country is obsessed with watching someone's every move.


In the spirit of bringing awareness to the fact that all reality shows aren't good, I put together five out of the millions of reality shows that will probably never make it to television.



1. Real housewives of Detroit:  As much as I want to know how the people are living in the hometown, I don't want to know that bad.  I'm not interested in seeing these chicks trading EBT credits for cash, and I definitely don't want to see what their nightlife is like.  Besides, I've witnessed what the Real Housewives of Detroit do.  They gossip about the other wives not in the clique, at least one has a drug problem and at least one is secretly dating a kid.

2. Real children of Cambodia: I don't care who you are...that's funny.










3. Real Gay, Black, Jewish Klansmen of Smyrna: I'd actually watch this one.  I don't know what they'd actually talk about or do, but I'd wait to see.

4. Real joggers of Central Park: This show wouldn't last long due to lack of characters, but at least it would make good TV.

5. America's Next Top President: To be able to make a phone call and vote as much as you want for the next POTUS seems cool, but remember how stupid Americans are.  Wake up the next morning and Carrot Top would be at the podium introducing his new Osama Bin Laden bear trap that uses pork as bait.







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MIKE EPPS BEATS CAMERAMAN UP FOR FILMING HIM AND WIFE

Mike Epps really is Top Flight security of the world.  At least that was the case last week in Detroit.  He was celebrating his wife's birthday with friends at the Key Club, when he noticed a guy filming them.  In an interview with TMZ, Epps said, "It was a private celebration for my wife's birthday.  I asked the photographer numerous times not to film, but he refused to let up.  I then attempted to retrieve the tape from the camera."  


Here's the video of that attempt:



What can I say?  He told the guy not to film them.  I mean, he can't go around beating up everyone that wants a picture, but hey.  I guess I can't be too mad.  He did confess to being special ed growing up, so what can you do?  Check this out:



I'm not against special needs people.  Some of my closest friends are retarded.  The next First Family in 2012  has special needs children in it.  I'm just saying, while you were beating this guy up for trying to tape you, somebody was taping that!  Oh well...

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