Eminem Arrest Hack: Teen's 'I'm Back' Instagram Gun Threat Sparks School Closing, Jail Time
Rapper Eminem's hard-hitting tune "I'm Back" recently got a Fresno teen in extreme trouble thanks to a troubling Instagram post inspired from The Marshall Mathers LP hit. The cyber threats were so concerning, administrators were forced to close school on Monday (August 31).
But according to the unidentified 15-year-old suspect, his account was actually hacked. According to representing attorney Linden Lindahl, the entire situation's a huge misunderstanding:
"He said that he did not post it. He did not give his password to anyone else but his guess is that it was hacked... He was cooperative. He spoke with the officers. Denied being bullied. Denied posting the Instagram. He position is we don't know how it came up on Instagram but he didn't do it" (via abc30.com).
But after police searched the boy's home earlier this week, guns were seized. Authorities also took an iPhone, iPad, and other computer devices and will now investigate to see if online hackers were indeed involved. Chief Jerry Dyer later released this statement:
"Certainly the weapons were present. The ammunition was present and perhaps even the mindset was present... They always come in and take the modem. Take the guts of the computer and examine it and tear it apart and see what was there before anything was deleted. The computer tells all. Nothing is ever gone from the computer."
Check out the controversial lyrics to Slim Shady's 2000 single [WARNING, EXPLICIT CONTENT]:
[Hook]
That's why they call me Slim Shady
(I'm back)
I'm back
(I'm back)
I'm back
(Slim Shady)
[Verse 1]
I murder a rhyme one word at a time
You never heard of a mind as perverted as mine
You better, get rid of that nine, it ain't gonna help
What good's it gonna do against a man that strangles himself
I'm waiting for hell, like hell, shit I'm anxious as hell
Manson, you're safe in that cell, be thankful it's jail
I used to be my mommy's little angel at twelve
Thirteen I was putting shells in a gauge on a shelf
I used to, get punked and bullied on my block
Til I cut a kitten's head off and stuck it in this kid's mailbox
I used to give a - fuck, now I could give a fuck less
What do I think of suc-cess
It sucks, too much press I'm stressed
Too much cess, depressed, too upset
It's just too much mess, I guess I must just blew up quick (yes)
Grew up quick (no) was raised right
Whatever you say is wrong, whatever I say is right
You think of my name now whenever you say, "Hi"
Became a commodity because I'm W-H-I-
-T-E, cause MTV was so friendly to me
Can't wait 'til Kim sees me
Now is it worth it, look at my life, how is it perfect
Read my lips bitch, what my mouth isn't working
You hear this finger, oh it's upside down
Here, let me turn this motherfucker up right now
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
I take each individual degenerate's head and reach into it
Just to see if he's influenced by me, if he listens to music
And if he feeds into this shit he's an innocent victim
And becomes a puppet on the string of my tennis shoe
{*vocal scratches*} My name is Slim Shady
I been crazy way before radio didn't play me
The sensational {*vocal scratch "Back is the incredible!"*}
With Ken Kaniff, who just finds the men edible
It's Ken Kaniff on the internet
Tryin' to, lure your kids with him into bed
It's a sick world we live in these days
"Slim for pete's sakes put down Christopher Reeve's legs"
Geez, you guys are so sensitive
"Slim it's a touchy subject, try and just don't mention it"
Mind with no sense in it, fried schizophrenic
Whose eyes get so squinted, I'm blind from smokin 'em
With my windows tinted, with nine limos rented
Doin lines of coke in 'em, with a bunch of guys hopping out
All high and indo scented
And that's where I get my name from, that's why they call me
[Hook]
[Verse 3: Eminem]
I take seven [kids] from [Columbine], stand 'em all in line
Add an AK-47, a revolver, a nine
A MAC-11 and it oughta solve the problem of mine
And that's a whole school of bullies shot up all at one time
Cause (I'mmmm) Shady, they call me as crazy
As the world was over this whole Y2K thing
And by the way, N'Sync why do they sing
Am I the only one who realizes they stink
Should I dye my hair pink and care what y'all think
Lip sync and buy a bigger size of earrings
It's why I tend to block out when I hear things
Cause all these fans screaming is making my ears ring (AHHH)
So I just, throw up a middle finger and let it linger
Longer than the rumor that I was sticking it to Christina
Cause if I ever stuck it to any singer in showbiz
It'd be Jennifer Lopez and Puffy you know this
I'm sorry Puff but I don't give a fuck if this chick was my own mother
I'd still fuck her with no rubber and cum inside her
And have a son and a new brother at the same time
And just say that it ain't mine, what's my name
[Hook]
[Eminem {*vocal scratching*}]
Guess who's b-back, back
Gue-gue-guess who's back (hi mom)
{*scratch*} Guess who's back
{*scratch*} Gue {*scratch*} guess who's back
D-12 {*scratch*} Guess who's back
Gue, gue-gue-gue, guess who's back
Dr. Dre {*scratch*} Guess who's back
Back back {*scratch*} back
{*scratch*}
Slim Shady, 2001
I'm blew out from this blunt (*sighs*) fuck
The student is now in juvenile detention for making terrorist threats and disrupting school.
"Free speech goes so far," explains Capozzi. "Free speech goes as far as my fist to your nose. It stops at that point. And here when he's saying things that affect other people I don't think that's a defense at all."
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