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 (fourteen years ago)
:(
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 16:55 (fourteen years ago)
12 Smiley Culture Police Officer Dec 1984
I have no words.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:12 (fourteen years ago)
"Self-inflicted wounds" during a drugs raid?
RIP.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:15 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
"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 (fourteen years ago)
http://cdn3.iofferphoto.com/img/item/138/682/917/PFnx.jpg
― piscesx, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 17:59 (fourteen years ago)
Fucking pig bastards
RIP Smiley
― The north-east's Number 2 children's party magician (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
RIP, love this dude
― mixtape for after you get shawcrossed (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 18:37 (fourteen years ago)
me & my little brother played 'Police Officer' almost nonstop for weeksthx Smiley
― zappi, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:27 (fourteen years ago)
legalise it
rip smiley
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
remember trying to find police officer anywhere backinaday. rip.
― this country is domed (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 19:39 (fourteen years ago)
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 (fourteen years ago)
Sorry that was in poor taste. Obviously this is awful.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 March 2011 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
Indeed, fucking disgraceful. RIP Smiley.
― Tom D (Tom D.), Wednesday, 16 March 2011 11:25 (fourteen years ago)
inquest has cleared things up, self-inflicted stab wound to the chest, fuck em.
― woof, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 15:55 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
is there a good summary of the details of this case
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:08 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
kind of 80s feeling to this...why WOULDNT the police stab him to death
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 2 July 2013 16:16 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)
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 (twelve years ago)