Kanye Attack Caught on Tape

We just got the video of Kanye West grabbing a still photog's camera at LAX this morning.
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You see Kanye (in a gray hooded sweatshirt) and his bodyguard/road manager (in the red) grabbing the camera away from the photog. It appears the bodyguard, Don Crowley, gets the camera and Kanye gets the lighting component. Crowley smashes the camera to the ground and Kanye does the same with the light.

Erik, our camera guy, then comes closer and the bodyguard then comes up and wrestles his camera away, ultimately breaking it.

As we first reported, both Kanye and his bodyguard were arrested for vandalism. They're both being held on $20,000 bail.





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31. That was awesome! Kayne is such a douche bag.

Posted at 2:55PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Awesomeness

32. Lame!!!! That paparazzi sitting there screaming police and you can see him smiling. What a bunch of crap

Posted at 1:37PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Truth

33. Im with Kanye!

Posted at 1:39PM on Sep 11th 2008 by iloverocknroll

34. LAPD cares about black people.

Posted at 1:38PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Zicko

35. I JUST WANT TO KNOW ONE THING: WHY IS THIS "IDIOT BOY" FLYINF COMMERCIAL IF HE DOESN'T WANT HIS PHOTO TAKEN ??? HE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO YOUNG PEOPLE EVERYWHERE AND HE IS BY NO MEANS A "ROLE MODEL". HE SHOULD HAVE USED THAT ENERGY WHEN HISMOTHER'S HOME WAS FORECLOSED ON TO PAY THE MORTGAGE !!!!

Posted at 1:46PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Barbara Lee

36. SOME OF YOU PAPS DESERVE A BEAT DOWN! FREE KANYE!

Posted at 1:38PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Jay

37. what a POS he is.... they think they are above the law. Even his mgr said there is no police. I would punk both of them

Posted at 1:39PM on Sep 11th 2008 by krnnsr

38. we are all laughing at Kanye... ugly mofo... he sucks.... TMZ ROCKS!!!

Posted at 1:40PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Hate Kanye

39. anyone hating on Kanye for something like this is retarded. funny how the video doesn't show anything prior to Kanye grabbing the camera....i wonder what was said? If someone came up in your face and said obnoxious stuff constantly, what would you do? I would say " i got an idea, leave or i make you leave" Just because he is a star, they press his buttons. Glad dude stays real. keep it real, 10K is nothing, F dudes camera

Posted at 1:41PM on Sep 11th 2008 by ji,

40. HAHA to funny calling the police like a little girl. Stay out of peoples faces and that won't happen and for the racist remarks that aree posted guess what he's still richer than you TRAILER PARK LOSERS!MUUUHAHHAHA Help police LMAO

Posted at 1:41PM on Sep 11th 2008 by jay

41. Damn Kanyizzle is crazy as hell.....dude your famous deal with people are gonna want to take your picture

Posted at 1:41PM on Sep 11th 2008 by tia

42. So he'll replace the equipment he broke and probably get sued for traumatizing the paps. It's utter foolishness.

Top cop Bill Bratton needs to quit worrying about Lindsay Lohan's sexuality and do something to enforce laws against celebrity stalking and aggressive paparazzi.

Posted at 1:43PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Carolyn A-B

43. WOW!!! What a complete bunch of idiots! Like they thought they would get away with doing that? Several camera people and hundreds of witnesses? I D I O T S!!!!!!! The paps may be a complete pain for celebs, but these paps got the shots they wanted AND will probably get a ton of $ in upcoming lawsuits! Kanye sure is a pissy little bitch! Now he'll pay for it and the paps will be out for create more drama and probably even more blood thirsty when they see him now. It's like a golden ticket for the paps.

Posted at 1:41PM on Sep 11th 2008 by WTF!

44. West needs his ass thrown in jail. He is a racist and a want to be thug. If it wasn't for his "posse" he would get his ass kicked everytime he pulls one of his stunts. Good for you camera man, all the courts need to convict is a video of West being his regular self.

Posted at 8:55PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Iowa Guy

45. The paps are always breathing down these celebs backs. I don't blame them if they lose it. The paps can be overagressive to the point where they have endangered people. Granted that's their job, to get the story first, but it doesn't mean everyone just has to sit back and take it.

Posted at 1:43PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Newsy

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