Sheriff asks Shaq to surrender the badge
photo courtesy of safesurfincentral.com
From left, Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Roanoke, Shaquille O’Neal, and Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown in Washington, D.C., at the 2005 rollout of the basketball star as national spokesman for the Bedford-based Safe Surfin’ Foundation.
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Carrie J. Sidener
Media General News Service
Published: June 25, 2008
Shaquille O’Neal is no longer affiliated with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office or the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, known locally as Operation Blue Ridge Thunder.
Sheriff Mike Brown issued a release Wednesday afternoon in response to a video that surfaced where O’Neal used racial slurs while performing a rap song dedicated to his former teammate Kobe Bryant. The statement said his affiliation with the sheriff’s office and the task force is now over.
“As a result of this event in New York, which were unacceptable, his unofficial association with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office is suspended. His likeness, which is used by Blue Ridge Thunder, will be removed from our web page and other documents,“ Brown said in a press release.
The video was posted on TMZ.com. In the song, O’Neal raps that “Kobe couldn’t do without me,“ in reference to the Lakers’ player’s inability to win championship without O’Neal.
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