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Juelz Santana Says He's Being Targeted By Police

11:53 a.m. · February 4, 2011 · by Andrew Winistorfer

Juelz Santana got out of jail on bail yesterday, after being charged with multiple weapons and drug charges. He did what everyone does when they get out of jail: He called radio stations and MTV and talked about how he's being targeted by police.

"Jersey, their laws is a little bit different. I'm definitely a target out here just because of who I am. They pull me over... [there's] only one way to get to my studio, so every day I gotta take that route when I'm going to my studio in Jersey, so I get pulled over at least three times a week, 'cause they know all my cars. They looking to get me, regardless," he said. "I don't know why. I haven't done anything. I do music. I'm not selling drugs like they said I was doing. I'm not doing none of those things. So at the end of the day, I just don't understand their need to imply all the things that they trying to imply."

 

Santana insisted the Jersey cops have been looking to set him to up to drain him of his cash.

 

"It's about money. They don't care about the criminals, they want that money. They said, 'We gon' get him, he can get high bail.' Whether the charges stick or not, they gon' get their money," said Juelz, who was released on Thursday after posting $125,000 bail.

 

"If they saying they had an investigation ... 125 percent they ain't got me doing or saying anything," he said. "They can tap my phones right now. At the end of the day, I don't care, because that's not my business. I've been done with that, that life. Especially selling weed. It ain't like they said, 'Oh we raided his studio, we found 100 pounds of marijuana.' ... They found less than a half a ounce of weed in a studio. In a studio? That's what people do — go to the studio, smoke weed. So why would you assume that's being sold instead of being smoked? Then at the end of the day, I wasn't even there, so how would you pin some charges on me?"

Surely you jest, Santana. Police would be looking for you if you have a lot of money and are known for smoking marijuana? That's insane!

I joke, but I guess he has something of a point when it comes to the distribution charges: the marijuana laws can crush people for having marijuana in two bags instead of one. But he's famous, and given Lil Wayne, T.I. and every other rapper's problems, he should have been more careful. [MTV]