Angry Drake followers are calling out the NYPD for what felt like digital surveillance at his sold-out Apollo Theater present — and after a clip of officers recording ticketholders went viral, the cops say it is not what it appears.
NYPD legislation enforcement sources inform TMZ Hip Hop the video reveals officers outdoors the Apollo recording concertgoers as they exited the theater. We’re informed that video was shot for a social media publish to indicate how police work with venue safety to maintain concert events protected for followers.
For offended followers, it felt like blatant profiling and surveillance meant to seize and save photographs of Drake’s followers — however NYPD’s scoffing at that notion. Our sources say the group affairs officers seen with the video cameras aren’t affiliated with the detective bureau, and don’t examine severe crimes.
There are additionally dozens of metropolis surveillance cameras across the Apollo … and the entire metropolis, for that matter. The actuality of life within the twenty first century is we’re all being recorded all through the day with out ever figuring out it.
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Drake was uptown for two nights, and contained in the venue, a short however tense second occurred in the course of the second present when a fan fell over the mezzanine balcony … onto the gang under.
The present was briefly paused for about quarter-hour when a spokesperson introduced the fan wasn’t terribly injured, and that the present would go on.
Hometown heroes Cam’ron, Jim Jones and Juelz Santana of Dipset had been introduced out and a tour together with his “Her Loss” costar 21 Savage was teased.
Aside from the balcony diver, everybody left the venue safely — which cops say was their objective all alongside.
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