Update: Police initially called to House of Blues on report of a sexual attack.
Cops from across the city swarmed Lansdowne Street after a brawl broke out around 9 p.m. at what was supposed a concert by Kodak Black concert at the House of Blues, only the performer didn't show - turns out he had been arrested at a Niagara Falls border crossing on gun and marijuana charges. At least one person was arrested - and two taken to a local hospital with injuries. Some photos.
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What happens with 5,600 fans
By anon
Wed, 04/17/2019 - 11:51pm
That's how many tickets LiveNation wants to sell to a concert at the RedSox inc's Fenway Theater on Landsdowne. Wild!
I'm not sure what your point
By anon
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 9:56am
I'm not sure what your point is. Should Boston not have any ticketed concert venues? The Garden holds almost 20,000 people. Fenway holds 37,000.
Well, one of two things
By Will LaTulippe
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:19am
1) They behave themselves
2) They don't behave themselves, and the police force for which we pay a flat, fixed cost goes and intervenes
You do know..
By bosguy22
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:35am
That Fenway welcomes 38,000 people at least 81 times a year right? You don't think they can also accommodate 5,600?
Performer arrested
By jmeltzer
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 8:13am
The story's been updated since Adam posted it.
Post updated
By adamg
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 9:14am
He was stopped at the border crossing in Lewiston, ME.
Weed charges? BS
By anon
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 9:44am
That weed is legal in Canada and in MA as well. He's charged with Border Crossing While Black.
Nope
By anon
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:15pm
Nice attempt to inject race into everything, but you must've glanced over the 4 guns recovered between the 2 cars in his motorcade. One of them was some type of impractical (but flashy!) 30 round "AK style handgun" according to the article.
Soooooo...not about race at all, and the weed is kind of a footnote to the 4 guns.
I drive
By anon
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 2:52pm
“while black” across the border without issue. The key is to not bring attention to yourself. Driving a car with a temporary registration, marijuana odor, and guns in the back doesn’t help
Not legal under Federal Law
By ScottB
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 4:36pm
Weed isn't legal under Federal law; the Feds, so far, have agreed to defer to state laws with respect to marijuana. But they're going to go after you if you try to take it across the border (in or out) even if it's legal in Canada and the specific state you're entering. It is clearly illegal to import marijuana. They'll also arrest/prosecute if you're found in possession when flying.
He should be charged with Border Crossing While Stupid. Crossing the border in an expensive vehicle (Cadillac Escalade) with temporary tags from a state clear across the country (and traveling away from that state) raises so many red flags you'd think you were in Tiananmen Square. You'd get searched even if you were white and 90 years old.
If he and/or his entourage were carrying more than $10K in cash and didn't declare it they're also going to face charges for that.
I got my vehicle thoroughly searched once
By Waquiot
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 5:25pm
I was going from Winnipeg to Grand Forks, in a car with Indiana plates, rented in Chicago, with a Massachusetts driver's license. I also had no good reason for my trip (I mean, who visits either Winnipeg or Grand Forks?) I was just being me.
My favorite question in the inquisition was "how are you going to finance your trip?" I mean, was she seriously going to bar admission to an American citizen? Driving while white, I suppose. The poor punk rockers in the holding area with me were getting their van searched. I only had a compact. That had to suck.
Also, recreational marijuana isn't legal in New York, and even Canada doesn't allow the demon weed to cross international borders, so remember that if any of you are visiting Washington and decide to strike north after, um, shopping.
Is it legal in NY state, though?
By Ron Newman
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 7:15pm
That's where he was arrested. Even if it had been Lewiston, Maine, that hasn't been part of Massachusetts since 1820.
Customs and Border patrol
By anon
Sat, 04/20/2019 - 1:24am
Customs and Border patrol enforces federal laws
Lewiston is not the border
By Friartuck
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:14am
Its a city by Auburn north of Portland, he was arrested at the actual border...
Perhaps
By Waquiot
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:39am
He was arrested at the city opposite Queenstown, Ontario- Lewiston, New York.
Lewiston New York
By Pima
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:14am
The Lewiston – Queenston Bridge border crossing is an international arch bridge that connects Lewiston, New York, to Queenston, Ontario across the Niagara River. Lewiston, Maine is on the Androscoggin River, south of Augusta...not particularly close to the Canadian border!
Lewiston, NY
By RozzieRT
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:39am
Niagara Falls area.
Niagara Falls, not Maine
By Gary C
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:56am
New York state police say rapper Kodak Black was arrested on drug and weapons charges as he tried to cross from Canada into the U.S. at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.
https://twitter.com/LockportJournal
kodak black is trash. he
By schneidz
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 8:24am
kodak black is trash. he makes haitian-americans look bad.
Missed pun
By anon
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:18am
So one might say the story of Kodak Black missing the concert yesterday is still...developing?
It looks like he was stopped
By Guest Speaker Person
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 10:39am
It looks like he was stopped at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, which is at the border by Niagara Falls.
Gah, stupid mistake on my part
By adamg
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 11:10am
I saw Lewiston and, well, stopped thinking. Reference fixed, thanks.
Quite Clearly
By be
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 7:41pm
a Wicked F#cking Stupid Mistake on your part. You're not going to change.
This idiot
By MissDee0201
Thu, 04/18/2019 - 4:21pm
I swear I'm so tired of hearing about this fool for the past couple of weeks. He's a non-talented nobody trying to get fame by name dropping or disrespecting true artists who have been in the game before his little ugly ass was even thought of. His mama should have swallowed that night. He's a waste of space.
Yikes
By anon
Sat, 04/20/2019 - 1:26am
Calm down boomer. He’s not trying to get fame, he’s already very one of the biggest artists in the industry.
"Artists"
By Ron Newman
Sat, 04/20/2019 - 2:46pm
I'm not sure that word means what you think it means.
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