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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46. Bodyguard: "I took it! I took it!" As he struggles to pull it from Kanye's hands; classic tard. The bodyguard needs to get an assault charge with it.

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

47.
What a IDIOT!

He does that because of the celebrity status, try that any where else and he's getting his teeth knocked out.
I know those early morning flights can be a beetch but damn, he's got some anger issues.

Posted at 1:44PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Can of Raid

48. Ok...I totally get how annoying it must be to be photographed all the time by the paps, but just as they don't have a right to touch you, YOU don't have a right to grab their camera and smash it. What if a fan had tried to photograph him? Would he smash their camera too? These guys are just classless thugs. They just turned a nothing moment into national (gossip) news.

Posted at 1:45PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Suze

49. Somebody has anger issues.........

Posted at 1:44PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Crispy_Bug_Pilot

50. He's a stupid racist. Love that he's sitting in jail.
It looks like there's an assualt or two here as well....not just the damage to the camera/lights.
Charge him with those crimes too.
He's SO stupid!
Those pics and video that might have sold for a grand are now worth about 50-grand.
Way to put lotsa money in the photog's pockets!
STOOPID Kanye.

Posted at 1:52PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Willie Womack

51. Papparazzi deserve it!

Posted at 1:31PM on Sep 12th 2008 by BostonKate

52. HAHAHAHA This guy never learns, the pap shoulda beat his ass down with the camera. HE DID THE SAME THING ON AN OLD EPISODE OF MTV's PUNK'D He got all hard with the fake cop in the skit...he's thinks he's so hard, little does he know that his new song is HIDEOUS!

MCCAIN/PALIN 08!

Posted at 1:46PM on Sep 11th 2008 by DEXTER LUTECKI

53. Kanye knows the price he pays for fame... and the paps know the price they pay for doing the job that they do... I think Kanye is a douche... as well as a lot of the paps I see... But it still doesn't give Kanye the right to break the law. It's another example of Kanye losing his cool... If you can't handle the fame get out of the biz...

Posted at 1:46PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Just John

54. I like Kanye's music and I know the paparazzi can get out of control, but Kanye has no excuse for acting like a savage beast.

Posted at 1:47PM on Sep 11th 2008 by sobe1

55. I have a good idea for all the paps: Form a cartel and ignore him totally! After about 2 weeks he'll wonder why no one is taking his picture any longer. And...he'll blame it on George Bush! LOL!

Seriously, TOTALLY IGNORE HIM...that would be the best punishment for this bully. His 15 minutes are up anyway....

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

56. Kanye is stupid for doing that in front of a bunch of people. Photogs are just doing there job. It's a tough business and you would think Kanye would understand that. Being famous comes with the territory, get over yourself Kanye!

Posted at 1:47PM on Sep 11th 2008 by RaeChilL

57. Paparazzi tend to be lower than low at times but that does NOT give him the right to physically assault someone and damage their property.

Posted at 1:48PM on Sep 11th 2008 by Just Me

58. It again proves you can take the gangsta out of the hood,but you can't take the hood out of the gangsta.

Posted at 1:50PM on Sep 11th 2008 by stillsteve?????????????

59. Nice way to act at an airport on 9/11!What a little bitch someone slap some sense into this so called man.

Posted at 2:34PM on Sep 11th 2008 by BK

60. hey this is the way i look at it, they know the price of fame going into this line of work. It's one thing if they are stalking you at your house or your kids............but this was a public place. Idiot!

Posted at 1:49PM on Sep 11th 2008 by mom in ga

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