T.I. To Take the Stand

Posted on November 19th, 2008 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, TI

Posted by Bossip Staff

According to Livesteez, T.I is set to testify in the shooting death of his close friend in Cinci:

One of two men implicated in the murder of T.I.’s childhood friend, Philant Johnson, went on trial yesterday (November 18) in Cincinnati facing multiple charges including murder and felonious assault. Authorities spent almost two years investigating the May 2006 chase and shoot out that left Johnson dead and three other individuals in the Grand Hustle camp wounded. It wasn’t until this past summer that police caught a break, which lead to the arrest of 40-year-old Padron Thomas and 36-year-old Hosea Thomas, who stands on trial alone in the crime. The elder Thomas brother, along with two others charged with federal gun crimes, contacted officials earlier this year with details of the incident, effectively pointing the finger at Hosea as the killer.

Padron Thomas alleges, he and his friends confronted T.I. and his crew over gaining entry to the VIP area at Club Ritz in the Roselawn area of Cincinnati. Following the ensuing fight, the Atlanta-based rapper and his entourage left the scene in two vans. They were chased by a green Jeep Cherokee, from which the shots were later fired. Padron Thomas has admitted to driving the vehicle and told authorities that his brother Hosea fired shots at the vans, one which was described as a “horror scene,” with blood and brain matter dripping from the ceiling. He also claims that at least one member of T.I.’s camp returned fire. While Hamilton County prosecutor Heather Gosselin indicated in her opening statement that the states case would “come down to witness testimony,” Hosea Thomas’ lawyer Charles Isaly pointed out that the character of those witnesses should be questioned. He insisted that all of the prosecution’s proposed witnesses are out to paint his client in a negative light in order to obtain reduced sentences for their own crimes. Padron Thomas’ plea deal has guaranteed that he will serve no time behind bars for his part in the incident. Prosecutors have allowed him to plead guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter, dropping the murder charges he originally faced alongside his brother. They had also agreed to allow him to serve any sentence he receives concurrently with his federal prison sentence.

It looks like it was a ghastly encounter that would make some of the hardest thugs clean up their act.

Considering the circumstances, if TI explains exactly what happened, would that still fall under the “snitching” category?

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  • Hannibal

  • Hannibal

    SNITCH…

  • Is it that serious?

    That wouldn’t be snitching. But of course, internet thugs would say so.

  • Hannibal

    DAMN INTERNET THUGS…

  • http://comcast D.

    Snitching is when you tell and keep it a secret… Stupidity are you internet hating thugs, that sit up and probably hate on your on dick.

  • MsTip

    yup. its snitching but damn that dude snitched on his own brother….smh!

  • dapro

    No TI isn’t snitching a life was lost in this madness,

    snitching is getting caught in the act of or after the fact and implicating others because you got caught

  • TruTV

    Ohhh, now I get it, that’s how TI got out of doin mad years in the clink…..so he is a snitch. Its all good cuz murderers and criminals should go to jail. Its just that he used to preach that no snitchin BS to sell records and now look at him.

  • TruTV

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  • MsTip

    it is snitching if someone does a crime and you stand in court and say YES HE DID IT! if thats not snitching i dont know wtf is!!!

  • WAY2GROWN

    I say snitch given the fact that he a 7 time felon that got caught with army guns and got a year prison time and community service. Yeah.

  • JC ‘o B’klyn

    Snitching is when one tells on their homeboys/girls; when one becomes a witness to a crime he/she was not involved in.

  • DOT F BANGER

    DO ANY OF YOU REALIZE IT DONT MATTER WHAT HE SAY’S. THAT HIS OWN DAMN BROTHER SNITCH ON EM, NOW THAT’S FOUL.

  • closetcolumnist

    Just sad. To think- probably all of the individuals involved have kids. Now we know how these vicious cycles continue.

  • Shawn

    No it’s not snitching…

    There is only two ways to be called a snitch… You are an offender of crime along side one person to a group of persons, you get caught, and rat on others to get a reduced charge.

    Second way; you get caught in a crime, and to get a lesser charge you rat on someone police and/or detectives consider a greater person of interest.

    YOU ARE NOT A SNITCH IF A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST YOU, AND YOU DECIDE TO COOPERATE SO THAT THE OFFENDERS GET CHARGED!!!

  • dapro

    Douchebaggery

    another internet gangsta

    I never said Tip was gangsta, it’s cowards like you that act tought on a blog, face to face you couldn’t look at me or someone like me

    Seriously, lil man your a coward.

  • T$

    i’d like to know what one of you would do if your child hood friend brains got blew out right in front of you,. Now dem brothers…they snitchin trying to cover they selves but what TI is doing is cool to me cause if you can’t give em a street life sentence yourself why not set em up for life some where else.

  • Rissie

    @ Shells

    Thank you!! Very well put. I’ll be a snitch all day if it means protecting MINE…. SMFH at these dumbass internet thugs….

  • 12345

    This whole snitching thing is stupid. If you wanna clean up the neighborhood, and have your kids raised safely without the threat of drugs and gang warfare… then you better start snitching. I dont give a dam what the “street” rules say. If these thugs were real men, they would stop taking the lives of their brothers and sisters and start doing something positive for their “hood”

  • WAY2GROWN

    U clowns is confusing the streets with normal society. Anyway if u a family man how gangster can u be?

  • Tracy

    We were put on this earth to live abundantly, and I just dont understand why “men” especially black men, dont aspire for more than street life. Your life is over for stupid azz crimes.

    A man is dead for what? There is no coming back from that. If somebody gets shot or killed in front of me. I AM TELLING, I AM TELLING, I AM TELLING. My loyalty is to the safety of my community, not to a lowlife, no self esteem having loser.

    I love black men, and it saddens me that they are missing the beauty of life, by cutting their own lives short with jail, and eventually death. What kind of life is that.

  • InsertDopeWordsHere

    R.i.p. Philant. You were a good dude. Blessings to your daughter and her mother. Hope justice is served.

  • leem rothstein

    of course that aint telling but he did that already thats why he got only one year get off his dick he’s a rat bastard thats trying too do the right thing now but what about all the people in jail for his rat ass.

  • TruTV

    Its technically not snitchin, but it is for TI. For me, I would testify, but I don’t nor never have claimed to be gangster. All his records this dude made about being a G, he’s now showing that he’s a fraud. So in TI’s case, yes he’s a snitch. To non gangsters who never claimed to be gangster and are civilians, no its being a good person.

    Like dude said, if he was who he claimed to be in countless songs and the persona he made a career out of, if that was really him, a G then he would have taken care of the shooters out of court and without police. Feel me?

  • TruTV

    that whole actor excuse is played out by the way. I ain’t feelin it. He shoudl testify, i would want anyone who witnessed a murder to testify BUUUT he made millions upon millions of dollars being a fake. I bet TI genuinly believes he’s a G. And he used to tell the whole world not to snitch and to kill people in his lyrics. he gets no pass from me.

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    @Lady D

    Good job! I have been thinking and saying the same thing for years. I used to run with my older cousins and homies in a set and as I got older, I watched all of my homeboys and homegirls end up in jail, in wheelchairs, or dead behind this B.S. thug life. After a while you get tired of visiting loved ones in the hospital and visiting grave sites. Especially once they stop bangin’. What these young gangsta’s fail to realize is that it’s usually your homies who end up settin’ you up, robbin’ you, etc… because those are the fools who roll with you day in and day out. Sometimes they know you better than you know yourself. What I’m sayin’ ya’ll is that it is important to fix and make up for the wrongs you did in life, cause if you die today, are those streets gonna save you from hell? No. Are those same thugs that you were keepin’ it real for gonna save you from hell? No. Can you save yourself by reforming and saving these kids from the same B.S. that we were taught to be the thing to do, but actually hepled create more genocide for our people. Maybe. I’d rather have maybe.

    @sweetcake

    U R correct!. E-40 even said that rappin’ is entertainment, The things he raps about he has either seen or heard. They are all studio gangsta’s. The only rapper that I can think of off of the top of my head who actually probably put in work (He still denies claims) was X-raided. He probably still locked up too. So also try to distinguish the difference between reality and make-believe. That is why I sat down with my kids and explained to them at an early age the difference between T.V. and reality. Cartoons don’t die, but people do. So if you met Jeffrey Dahmer before he got caught would you have told that he was eating people? I would’ve. Call me a snitch, cause I only like a few things gettin’ ate and it ain’t my limbs! Lol!

  • KB

    Hel naw that’s not snitchin. If anyone sits by and watch the murderer of their friend get off because of fear that they would be called a snitch is not a “stand up guy” Who cares of what others think of you. As a true friend you have a duty to be tru and real. I’m tellin!

  • Kevin W.

    Why would it be snitchin’ to testify against some animal that killed your best friend? That stop snitching shyt is the reason the ghetto will remain a wasteland.

  • missunderstood

    you weak azz internet thugs need to grow up! How would you feel if someone killed your loved one right in front of you?!?! It’s not snitching, it’s standing up and being a MAN and doing what is right for his cousin. Obviously, he was attempting to handle things himself, and it didn’t work out in his favor. Let them monsters go head and rot in prison for the rest of their lives. I don’t care if he’s a rapper, actor, bum on the streets, a life is a life… where have the morals of this world gone, when we would have such people go free – let loose to roam among OUR OWN FRIENDS AND FAMILY, rather than to simply tell the freaking truth and let justice take its course? Hell in a handbag, I tell ya…. Hell in a handbag….

  • kaiistar

    Hannibal is obviously young and may i add dumb!! and has a lot to learn as well as anyone else who thinks that someone who helps take a potientially violent person off the streets is a snitch. there comes a time in a persons life when they realize street credit and trying to impress others gets u now where and u can c whats really important and begain to make wiser decisions, t.i is at that point in his life and doin wht he has to do and for that i give him applause. many should follow his lead and grow up.

  • Slim

    Snitching is when you rat on your friend or partner in order to save your own ass- as in a betrayal.

    This dude killed his best friend! This isn’t snitching, this is getting justice and peace for his murdered partner. All of you can talk some sh*t about “snitch” and “rat” but if some dude shot your best friend in the head right in front of you, you can’t even front like you wouldn’t do the same thing.

  • GODDESS1

    @Hannibalector!! up their…

    I suppose if you ass get shot and killed and your mother knew who killed you and wanted justice for you … and she pointed the finger at your killer she be snitching huh?.

    Listen fool…no matter how much you little negros want to act tough … when the gun barrel is pointed at your face… ask yourself is the face of the killer you want to protect…

    Only cowards carry guns….

    48POWERS!!!!

  • The Bear (I bleed swagger) My dog is STILL GIDDY as hell about Obama’s victory

    All this over getting into a club??? Pure foolishness.

    Padron already snitched on his own brother!!! He got subpoenaed so T.I. would be foolish not to at least testify… Technically the most T.I. could do is either confirm or deny the real snitch’s story so he gets a pass on that one.

    The Feds must have had their hand WAAYYYYYYYYY up Padron’s butt for him to snitch on his own brother. Either that or he’s got a weak mind.

  • grow-the-f$$k-up-people

    look if you kill one of my people and i see you do it and if i don’t have a gun on me at the time i will call the police. look Boston has a no snitch policy, if you don’t call the police or testify guess what you keep these same sick crazy a$$ people walking among us to kill rape and rob again

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