A Rapper Jammed A Police Phone Line For No Reason, Hindering Emergency Services

Rapper The Game pulled a double-deception by convincing his (at the time) 580,000 Twitter followers that calling a certain phone number would gain them the opportunity to try out for an internship working directly with him. The gag was, the number he posted belonged to the L.A. Sheriff's Department's Compton station, which was immediately flooded with enough calls to effectively jam the phone lines for two hours. The police were confused at first, but once they realized they'd been had, they shared a hearty chuckle with The Game, marveling at his undeniable skill as a joke craftsman.

Just kidding -- they were fucking furious. Like we mentioned, The Game's stunt jammed up emergency lines for two hours, during which time any number of people in actual need of assistance were calling the police station and getting a busy signal. Captain Mike Parker was finally able to put an end to the flood of calls when he tweeted at The Game to knock that shit off, because it was entirely possible The Game's prank, while undeniably wacky, was endangering people's lives.

The police were understandably livid and announced they were gathering evidence in order to prosecute The Game, but ultimately decided not to bother. The Game apologized publicly on CNN and, noticeably contrite, went off to go punch an off-duty cop at a basketball game.