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Actress Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson (pictured) gained fame and a strong fanbase following her role as a tough drug assassin in HBO's classic series 'The Wire.'
Unfortunately, her life is mimicking her on-screen role.
Pearson was arrested this week in a drug raid in Baltimore - the same city that provided the gritty backdrop for 'The Wire.'
Pearson, 30, was one of 60 people arrested in the Drug Enforcement Administration's heroin and marijuana sweep.
For someone who had to overcome an early life of violence and prison, Pearson's story offered inspiration to wannabe actors worldwide, since she was not a professional actress when she took the role of the cold-hearted killer.
At 16, Pearson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to eight years in prison. She also refused to testify as a witness in a recent murder trial in Baltimore.
With her new life as an actress, though, Pearson seemed to be turning her life around. She cofounded a nonprofit organization that worked with at-risk youth and wrote a memoir, Grace After Midnight.
Only time will tell whether Pearson will overcome her personal demons and shake free of the thug life she seems to hold so dear.
Anyone like me who watched her capture the television screen during her performances on 'The Wire' has to be saying to themselves, what a tragic waste of talent.
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By: richard on 3/10/2011 5:26PM
Is anyone suprised...geez...dauh....dauh....drugs who her she is such a fine person and such a sweet daughter...I think it's just another case of being black and misunderstood. She was raised without a father, and her mother was a junkie, and she isn't to blame because she doesn't work...blah, blah
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By: girlking on 3/11/2011 12:09PM
Charlie Sheen
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By: old hippy on 3/10/2011 5:48PM
it was not stated WHAT she was in possession of at the time of her being busted. if it was pot so what? there should no penalties for weed. not when so many DIE from cigarettes and booze. get real.
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By: guerilla jones on 3/10/2011 9:56PM
its illegal dummy,should it or shouldnt it be is not the issue,loser.
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By: Michael on 3/11/2011 5:58AM
Speeding and spitting on the sidewalk is illegal too. Let's lock up all the scofflaws and throw away the key.
That way the streets would be safe for all of us church-goers who legislate righteousness.
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By: William on 3/11/2011 9:39AM
"At 16, Pearson pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to eight years in prison. She also refused to testify as a witness in a recent murder trial in Baltimore."
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Lock this scum in a cage and put her on public display.
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By: mancha de platano on 3/11/2011 3:58PM
Clap clap clap~ why did she go back to where her life was worse than TV ?
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By: miles1202 on 3/10/2011 6:26PM
Once you are in the public eye, why would you chance harming your career over drugs? If it was pot, I agree, no big deal. However the fact remains, it is against the law. If she was a part of a much larger investigation, she should get what she deserves.
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By: btflash on 3/11/2011 2:43AM
gee, i dont know. why dont you ask charlie sheen?
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By: miles1202 on 3/10/2011 6:29PM
You called it correctly Richard. How long are we going to let THEM get away with the same ole story and the same ole excuses. You have to change your own destiny, not wait for the world to hand you something better....which of course you deserve because someone at some point enslaved your kin....bla bla bla bla.
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