Carmelo donates to youth center, hates threaded needles

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2697411

Thursday, December 14, 2006
Youth center to offer after-school programs
Associated Press

BALTIMORE -- Denver Nuggets star and Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony, criticized for his appearance in a street video that warned viewers to "stop stitching," is giving $1.5 million to a youth center in his hometown.

The Carmelo Anthony Youth Development Center, which offers after-school education and recreation programs to about 200 school-age children, will operate under a $1.5 million, five-year grant from Anthony.

In 2004, Anthony appeared in an underground Baltimore DVD that warned people they could be killed for cooperating with police. Anthony has said he was not aware of the DVD's message. Police have complained such intimidation hinders criminal investigations.

Anthony donated the money to the Baltimore-based Living Classrooms Foundation. The foundation was asked by a neighborhood association, The Pleasant View Gardens Tenant Council, to manage the site that was formerly operated by the Boys and Girls Club of Central Maryland, and serves six public housing communities.

The foundation is also working with The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the city and others to streamline and expand services for youth and families in East Baltimore.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

And because I'm sure the AP will pick up on it eventually, here's a screenie.

http://img305.imageshack.us/img305/1972/stopstitchingsx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[phyzik]

I dont get it... maybe because Im white and dont keep up with the Lingo :lol

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I dont get it... maybe because Im white and dont keep up with the Lingo :lol

The underground DVD he apparently appeared in was called "Stop Snitching" and served as a "warning" to people who would call the police on criminals in the area.

Carmelo's denied knowing the purpose of the video before.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

The underground DVD he apparently appeared in was called "Stop Snitching" and served as a "warning" to people who would call the police on criminals in the area.

Carmelo's denied knowing the purpose of the video before.
he didn't know the purpose of a video titled "Stop Snitching"? did he know the title? Carmelo doesn't strike me as a very smart fellow so I'd be willing to chalk it up to a case of severe stupidity on his part if he did.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

he didn't know the purpose of a video titled "Stop Snitching"? did he know the title? Carmelo doesn't strike me as a very smart fellow so I'd be willing to chalk it up to a case of severe stupidity on his part if he did.

Take it for what it's worth...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Snitchin'


The Stop Snitching campaign gained national attention in late 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland, where a DVD released by Skinny Suge Records, titled "Stop Snitching!" began to circulate. In some footage, a number of men claiming to be drug dealers address the camera, and threaten violence against anyone who reports what they know about their crimes to the authorities. This is especially directed towards those who inform on others to get a lighter sentence for their own crimes. Notably, NBA star Carmelo Anthony, a former Baltimore resident and now a part of the Denver Nuggets basketball team, appeared in the video. In subsequent interviews, Anthony claimed that his appearance in the video was a joke, the product of his neighborhood friends' making a home movie. Anthony claims the film's message shouldn't be taken seriously.

I actually might be slightly apt to believe him since I doubt this was a single "project," but something more along the lines of a edited feature.