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Tyson detained at LAX on suspicion of battery

Police say boxer Mike Tyson has been detained on suspicion of battery following an incident at Los Angeles International Airport involving paparazzi.

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{"commentId":10629397,"authorDomain":"demmcc"}

Poor Iron mike, Trouble always seems to seek him out!

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  • 3 votes
Reply#1 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:54 PM EST
{"commentId":10631600,"authorDomain":"mel2877"}

I've never liked Mike Tyson but I say let him hit as many of the dirt bag photographers as he wants. The sleazy guys that hang out on street corners and in airports or in bushes waiting to jump out and attack people trying to live their lives and just get on a plane with their kids, deserve to get knocked around a little for the crap they do.

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#1.1 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:15 AM EST
{"commentId":10635984,"authorDomain":"josephhfietiv"}

I find this hard to believe,he was always such a peaceful passive guy

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#1.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:11 AM EST
{"commentId":10647592,"authorDomain":"biloxipat"}

It doesn't have to seek him out; he's always cocked and ready for it. He is a thug, a wife-beater and rapist. Any time he uses his fists against someone he is a felon. Has the law changed naming boxers' fists as lethal weapons? Send him to jail and see how big he is against several Bubbas who want to make a name for themselves.

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    #1.3 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:35 PM EST
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    {"commentId":10629804,"authorDomain":"leftyusa1"}
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    {"commentId":10630055,"authorDomain":"Colorcode"}

    the sc*mbag paparazzi strike again. They are the biggest a-holes. What...the world cannot live without a photo of Mike Tyson at an airport? I blame the paparazzi and the idiots who devour the celebrity gossip rags as if their very existence depended on it. Nosy people who are consumed with wanting to know every irrelevant detail about celebrities. They give the paparazzi all the fuel they need to continue to harass people like Mike, who can't even walk thru an airport in peace.

    You people, and you know who you are, should mind your f**king business and stop trying to stick your head up very celebrity's behind. Concentrate on living your own life and stop being consumed with every move some celebrity makes. Shows like TMZ and gossip rags like People should f**king disappear. Paparazzi and celebrity gossip lovers are nothing but a bunch of f**king losers.

    Have a nice day!

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    Reply#3 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:36 PM EST
    {"commentId":10630203,"authorDomain":"spinnut"}

    I feel sorry for Tyson.

    Paparazzi need to learn there is a time and place for picture taking. Not at a airport with wife and kid in tow. Airports are stressful enough than to have someone taking pictures and making comments adding to it. It seems they do this to harass people into reacting in defense. Then they try to sue them for their money.

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    Reply#4 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:44 PM EST
    {"commentId":10631332,"authorDomain":"optomyst-1"}

    You feel sorry for a man who routinely beats up women and anyone else he can lay his hands on?

    Get a life..................what harm is taking this man's picture? Afraid bruises might show up on THIS wife's face?????

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    #4.1 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:55 PM EST
    {"commentId":10633151,"authorDomain":"solidox"}

    Optomyst

    You feel sorry for a man who routinely beats up women and anyone else he can lay his hands on?

    Get a life..................what harm is taking this man's picture? Afraid bruises might show up on THIS wife's face?????

    A criminal past does not make stalking okay.

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    • 2 votes
    #4.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:45 AM EST
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    {"commentId":10630301,"authorDomain":"chadk08"}

    Ha! I bet Woody Harrelson is laughing right now too.

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    Reply#5 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:50 PM EST
    {"commentId":10630440,"authorDomain":"Randilly"}

    Mike has definitely mellowed. That Paparzzo is darn lucky he didn't need surgery, to have that camera removed from some orifice.

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    • 2 votes
    Reply#6 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:56 PM EST
    {"commentId":10631211,"authorDomain":"SeanDe"}

    Slimmy little punk Paparizzo probably deserved to be TKO'ed by Mike! I'm old fashioned in that I believe that honor and respect is still a virtual. If someone dishonors or disrespects you intentionally, depending on the degree, they should be prepared to back it up like a man, as in a physical confrontation. Mike isn't the bad buy here, the wimp that thought he could act like a big man is.

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    Reply#7 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:46 PM EST
    {"commentId":10637090,"authorDomain":"uaskigyrl"}

    Especially with his child...if anyone came at me like that with my children, I'm knocking them out

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    #7.1 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:57 AM EST
    {"commentId":10647652,"authorDomain":"biloxipat"}

    But Mike is already on probation and his fists are "lethal weapons." Nobody was photographing him when he beat up on his wife, or when he raped the Miss America teenager. We do have photos of his tearing off a chunk of Holyfield's ear however. Swell guy. It's a shame people want to photograph him; I have no earthly idea why. But he will have to learn to deal with that some way besides using his fists.

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      #7.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:39 PM EST
      {"commentId":10661893,"authorDomain":"bluessinga"}

      Hasn't he been punished for that already - why bring that up?

      How about the fact that his little girl recently died, that's more current then the events you think are significant unless you're the victim of those crimes - give it up already! The bottom line is he was provoked and I hope he catches a break I'm sure the paparazzi was over the top and needed a beat down.

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        #7.3 - Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:21 PM EST
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        {"commentId":10631843,"authorDomain":"thebull"}

        Every body has the right to privacy and Mikes was violated. He is lucky he didn't bite his ear off

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        • 3 votes
        Reply#8 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:37 AM EST
        {"commentId":10632182,"authorDomain":"digipixx"}

        Man, Mikes about a 2/3 time loser! Guess the guys lucky he still both his ears!

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        • 1 vote
        Reply#9 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:11 AM EST
        {"commentId":10633135,"authorDomain":"solidox"}

        Putting it bold doesn't make it smarter.

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        • 3 votes
        #9.1 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:38 AM EST
        {"commentId":10636388,"authorDomain":"freedom-4all"}

        I would love to see what you would do if you were put in the same position. People wake up to the invasion...WTG to Mike for saying enough is enough!!!!

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        #9.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:29 AM EST
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        {"commentId":10632189,"authorDomain":"comrade-ray"}

        OW!!!!!!!!!! MY EAR!!!!!!!! Somebunny bit off my ear.....helllllllllp!!!

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          Reply#10 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:12 AM EST
          {"commentId":10632290,"authorDomain":"pdisken"}

          big shock here....

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          • 1 vote
          Reply#11 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:25 AM EST
          {"commentId":10632455,"authorDomain":"BILLYV"}

          Ya almost feel sorry for somebody SO STUPID, they just don't know how to stay out of trouble.....

          This guy's just a potato head........

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          • 2 votes
          Reply#12 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:46 AM EST
          {"commentId":10632604,"authorDomain":"david-vcp"}

          I like Mike Tyson, for some reason. He is a one man soap opera. I am fascinated with self destructive people. I don't like papparotzis

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          • 2 votes
          Reply#13 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:06 AM EST
          {"commentId":10632966,"authorDomain":"fusseltier"}

          who cares, he is trash anyway.

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          • 1 vote
          Reply#14 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:34 AM EST
          {"commentId":10632995,"authorDomain":"travjam33"}

          is mike tyson ever going to be non-violent. how many more years of kit gloves?

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          • 1 vote
          Reply#15 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 3:43 AM EST
          {"commentId":10633137,"authorDomain":"solidox"}

          "Kid" gloves.

          If the photographer was stalking and harassing him, more power to Mike Tyson. I think you've got the right to disable a threat, and because the threat is holding a camera makes it no less of a threat. If you don't want to get beaten up by Mike Tyson, don't stalk him at the airport.

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          #15.1 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:39 AM EST
          {"commentId":10648782,"authorDomain":"optomyst-1"}

          I did not read one word about stalking. Evidently, there were more photographers there than just this one. Taking a picture of someone at a ticket counter is hardly stalking. I realize they can get annoying, but fame does not come without a price..........whether it is negative or positive. I was under the impression that a boxer who hit someone with his fists was in big trouble since those fists are considered lethal weapons.

          Let's face it. Tyson is the bottom of the barrel. He's on probation for drug charges and he has hardly been out of the news (except when he was in prison) for beating wives, women on the street, and God knows what else. He is a disaster waiting to happen.

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            #15.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:44 PM EST
            {"commentId":10655712,"authorDomain":"DonALRIC"}

            Optomyst

            the boxer was traveling with his wife and 10-month-old child when he was attacked by an overly aggressive paparazzo. She said Echeverria repeatedly refused to comply with orders from airport personnel to leave the family alone and at one point collided with the baby’s stroller.

            I would have knocked out that paparazzi too. Ignore that fact that it is Mike Tyson and make it just a regular Joe, and then his actions might seem more justified. You can take as many pictures of me as possible, you might even mess with me, but don't mess with my child.

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              #15.3 - Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:45 AM EST
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              {"commentId":10633150,"authorDomain":"solidox"}

              Is it even still legal to stalk people and photograph them without permission, particularly in airports? This is ridiculous. There's no reason for it and all it ever does is cause problems. In 1997, well before all the insanity, I tried to take pictures of relatives at ATL after we'd gone through security and some guard had a fit. Wtf? I was a teenager at the time. If a teenager gets admonished for taking pictures of family in an airport, why the hell do stalkerazzi get to run around after celebrities?

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              • 4 votes
              Reply#16 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:44 AM EST
              {"commentId":10633673,"authorDomain":"drmsedumedi"}

              At least the photographer had learned his lesson. I liken these type of photographers like a mosquito. Why can't the mosquito just such up your blood quietly without making noise and waking you up? We have photographers who do not have respect for our celebrities and think the best shots of our celebrities must be taken when their subjects are angry. Lady Diana hated to be photographed but the photographers went to take pictures of her anyway. Iron Mike should have been made Lady Diana's bodyguard against these photographers.

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              • 1 vote
              Reply#17 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:35 AM EST
              {"commentId":10634021,"authorDomain":"woodstocker"}

              IF Tyson is found guilty, I hope they throw the book at him. He is a disgrace to his race and to the sport of boxing. He may be a big man in the ring, but he is a social coward.

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              • 1 vote
              Reply#18 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:18 AM EST
              {"commentId":10636276,"authorDomain":"freedom-4all"}

              Hey you need an education....what rock do you live under anyway.

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              #18.1 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:24 AM EST
              {"commentId":10648792,"authorDomain":"optomyst-1"}

              I agree with woodstocker. Sorry about that!

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                #18.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:45 PM EST
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                {"commentId":10634090,"authorDomain":"drmsedumedi"}

                Photography 101 - if it is Mike Tyson you are shooting, you might have your ear bitten off! If I was ask to anger Mike first before taking his picture, I would have my ears insured.

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                • 1 vote
                Reply#19 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:23 AM EST
                {"commentId":10634243,"authorDomain":"awesome-kong"}

                big talk woodstocker.... bet you couldn't squash a grape ina fruit fight. and Mike tyson is not a "disgrace to his race" He's a man with a troubled past. To the best of my knowledge he's never murdered anyone and if you've done research on the Rape alligation, you'd doubt the situation happened like how the media would have you believe. Anyway, Woodstocker, jump off a bridge and have a horrible day.

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                • 1 vote
                Reply#20 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:35 AM EST
                {"commentId":10647704,"authorDomain":"biloxipat"}

                His "troubled past" was his own doing! Nobody pushed his wife's face into his fist, or forced him to rape that teenager. Hell, he's led a charmed life for the average baboon.

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                  #20.1 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:42 PM EST
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                  {"commentId":10634255,"authorDomain":"awesome-kong"}

                  and all you clowns with the ear bite jokes...that crap is CORNY!!!! BOOOOO you are not funny!

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                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#21 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:36 AM EST
                  {"commentId":10634845,"authorDomain":"PatrickNaplesFL"}

                  New airport rule: Whenever "Rot-zi" is present; they are gulty no matter what happens; no one else. Mike's not my favorite but let's be real. You don't bother any person who is just living his life in peace. Tyson should get an apology and Rot-zi should be banned from public!!!!

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                  • 2 votes
                  Reply#22 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:12 AM EST
                  {"commentId":10635037,"authorDomain":"pete-j1513"}

                  I don't get it. With today's technology and modern camera lenses, these photo ass clowns should never need to be within arms reach of a celebrity, no matter where they're trying to take the shot.

                  If you're in arms reach of a celebrity, you deserve what you get.

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                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#23 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:25 AM EST
                  {"commentId":10635304,"authorDomain":"jasonberes"}

                  he better not get oin trouble, he had his 10 month old. his other kid died. f-n pavorazzi.

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                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#24 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:38 AM EST
                  {"commentId":10636229,"authorDomain":"freedom-4all"}

                  The paparazzi has to be stopped. If they want to get beat up and have their equipment damaged trying to take pictures then that is the risks of the job. I don't think they have the right to get mad at ANYONE who beats the heck out of them for what they are doing. If they get permission then okay other wise, they are risking thier lives, is what I think. And really all of the people who buy the magazines where these pictures are published are just as quilty as the photographer. Lets put them out of business by not buying into the invasion of someones personal life.

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                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#25 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:22 AM EST
                  {"commentId":10642378,"authorDomain":"rami-1"}

                  The photographer was probably trying to instigate him on purpose. He deserved the "love tap" Tyson gave him. I probably would have done the same thing.

                  Paparazzi = scum of the earth

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                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#26 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:39 PM EST
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