Shaq gets slapped by sheriff for rap about Bryant
 

PHOENIX (AP)?Shaquille O?Neal will lose his special deputy?s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center?s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in January and promoted him to colonel of his largely ceremonial posse earlier this month.

?I want his two badges back,? Arpaio told The Associated Press on Tuesday. ?Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they?re fired. I don?t condone this type of racial conduct.?

Shaq was seen in a video posted on the celebrity news and gossip Web site TMZ.com rapping that ?Kobe couldn?t do without me.? O?Neal skewers the Lakers? star, with whom he won three straight NBA titles from 2000-2002 while with Los Angeles, for not being able to win a championship without him.

?I was freestyling. That?s all. It was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever,? O?Neal told ESPN.com Monday. A call to the Suns on Tuesday seeking comment from O?Neal was referred to his public relations firm, which didn?t immediately respond.

Arpaio, who describes himself as ?America?s Toughest Sheriff? and is best known for feeding jail inmates green bologna, clothing them in pink underwear, and making them work on chain gangs, said he didn?t expect his actions would teach Shaq a lesson. But he hoped he learns that as a role model who wants to someday be a full-time sheriff, he needs to know his words matter.

?Maybe I?m old fashioned, but I don?t think that either conduct should be out there publicly, even if media wasn?t there,? Arpaio said.

O?Neal previously served as a reserve officer with the Miami Beach Police Department while playing for the Miami Heat. He also volunteered with the Tempe Police Department after being traded to the Suns in February

Haha. Teh big Shaq looks like a friggin idiot on this one

That guy is an idiot

I was wondering why the media didn't make a story out of Shaq's claim that no white man is a bigger n*gger than he is. If a white sports player says that, it's a national headline.

what a joke

what does that mean? lol

He embarrassed himself as much or more as he clowned on bryant.

hahaha im sure shaq really cares

shaq is an idiot

I believe the line in his little rap song was "It's like a white man sayin' he's a bigger n**er than me"

said in a metaphorical sense.

That will teach him a lesson by taking away his special deputy’s badge lol

Correction, the exact line he used was: "It's like a white boy tryin' to be more n**er than me"

I'm not sure I see anything racist in that.

Good grief, this just seems like the stupidest story ever. Shaq was probably drunk from his pending divorce, and let off some steam. But taking away his honorary badge...Now that will hurt him... (yeah right)

Fuck him for even accepting that badge from that assclown anyways.