Celebrity Justice
Cops to Diddy: Freeze!

Diddy was introduced to the barrel of a gun early this morning.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ at around 3:00 AM, Puff Daddy, aka Diddy, aka Sean "Puffy" Combs, aka Sean Combs, was being driven by an entourage on the Sunset Strip. One of the cars didn't have proper tags and deputies from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department made the stop.

We're told the other three cars in the entourage stopped as well. It's Sheriff Dept. policy to call for backup when other cars linger at a traffic stop. Backup arrived and the driver of the second car became "extremely uncooperative," to the point he had to be detained. At that point, Diddy and the remaining five or six members of the entourage got out of their cars and began walking toward the detained member of their posse.

That's when one deputy drew his weapon, not knowing what the dudes were up to. We're told at the time the weapon was drawn, deputies did not know Diddy was part of the group.

Ultimately things became peaceful, the detained guy was let go and everyone lived happily ever after ... for the rest of the night. BTW, the guy who was stopped -- turns out he was in a rental car so he wasn't ticketed.

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151. The only mistake the cops made is they didn't open fire.
That would have cleaned up another bunch of dirt bags.

Posted at 7:44PM on Aug 25th 2008 by Sal

152. Hey Guys black/white whatever diddy is a jerk with no talent that song with danity cane is great until diddy opens his mouth to try to rap,he should have hired a real rapper.I am a 43 year old blk women I commend the officer those jerks should have kept their A**es in the car.

Posted at 8:12PM on Aug 25th 2008 by Lisa J. Johnson

153. I have worked with the officers who pulled that car over! One officer is hispanic and the other officer was black!

Posted at 8:13PM on Aug 25th 2008 by mark

154. Ok...let's settle this...once and for all...everyone here who thinks he / she can spell...guess what?...you can't...therefor you all are getting 'spellcheckers' for Christmas.

Posted at 8:16PM on Aug 25th 2008 by Forward Observer

155. Rich people - once again acting as they are above the law..it has nothing to do with race - it is the lack of brains and manners.

Posted at 9:14PM on Aug 25th 2008 by Catalog

156. Rich people - once again acting as they are above the law..it has nothing to do with race - it is the lack of brains and manners.

Posted at 9:04PM on Aug 25th 2008 by Catalog

157. Rap sheet, rap sh*t, nose in-a snitch.
If ya don't get shot-at, the law stay your bitch.

Posted at 9:21PM on Aug 25th 2008 by John

158. why did he get outand have anything to do with this I am sure a cell call would have been sufficient. behavior demonstrates the pack mentality of th entourage and how something so mundane could have been a major mistake due to his arrogance.

Posted at 10:28PM on Aug 25th 2008 by huntvega

159. If they(LA cops) were real police, like in other states, after taking a head count phoned in for same number of body bags. Then throw out the trash. Color has nothing to do with it, 'trash is trash.' Matt and a couple of other entries has it right.

Posted at 8:56AM on Aug 26th 2008 by Tag'n'Bag'em

160. first of all!!!! none of you dumb a@ses even know diddy to even make a comment about him good or bad! be serious do you really think he cares about what you're saying good or bad about him? we know he's an arrogant jerk especially with a face only a mother could love!! but whatever money makes you look good because without that money well you know.....lol

Posted at 10:09AM on Aug 27th 2008 by kerri

161. cant we all just get along

Posted at 10:49PM on Aug 26th 2008 by Ljj

162. This is completely absurd to me! These officers acted accordingly to their rules and regulations! How were they to know that these men coming up to them weren't a threat to their lives? They're not psychic, they're only human. I will be the first to admit that there are shady ass law enforcement officers out there. But, please do not forget that there are also those who work their asses off to protect and serve! As for the person who posted way earlier in the comments about needing to take the guns away from cops....How are they to protect themselves when they really need to use them! I'm sorry...but if it comes down to my husbands life or some idiot who can't follow the law....I'm choosing my husbands and I hope he chooses his own!

Posted at 12:36AM on Aug 27th 2008 by ProudDeputysWife

163. "2. Wow Racial profiling at it's best. Ass hole cops. Why don't they pull over some real criminals for a change? Nice cars and black occupants should not make them automatic potential crime suspects, no matter what time of day it is.

Posted at 9:39PM on Aug 23rd 2008 by jean"

did you read the story?!?! im guessing "no". Improper tags will get ANYONE pulled over. you can keep living and playing the race/victim card all you want...it wont get you anywhere...you might have noticed that already though.

Posted at 9:55AM on Aug 27th 2008 by MP

164. Hey JC, dumb comment regarding taking guns away from cops. If you want this environment, visit London or other places in the UK. Police officers across the board have a very tough, demanding, and difficult jobs. They need weapons to protect themselves and the public from those who are influenced by the rap genre. Don't know where you are from, but I would bet it is somewhere in a known liberal mecca.

Posted at 4:17PM on Aug 27th 2008 by Frodo2007

165. hey frodo what about those who are influenced by heavy metal music we need police protection from those psycopaths too duh

Posted at 4:51PM on Aug 27th 2008 by Ljj

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