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BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE WORST OF
HIS TROUBLES.
POSSIBLE FELONY CHARGES COULD BE
FILED AGAINST BIEBER OVER AN
EGGING.
THAT'S RIGHT, DETECTIVES TRYING
TO GET ENOUGH EVIDENCE TOGETHER
TO DETERMINE WHETHER BIEBER IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR AN EGG-THROWING
ATTACK THAT CAUSED $20,000 IN
DAMAGE TO HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
JOINING ME NOW, JANE
VELEZ-MITCHELL, HOST OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE'S "JANE
VELEZ-MITCHELL."
WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK THAT AN
EGGING WOULD LEAD TO SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW YOU EGGED AS A KID.
>> I ACTUALLY DID NOT.
I WAS LIVING IN THE CITY --
>> OH, PLEASE.
>> WE DIDN'T PARTICIPATE.
>> I DID IT.
BUT I WAS 12, 13 YEARS OLD.
I WASN'T 19 YEARS OLD WHEN I WAS
DOING IT.
CAN HE BE DEPORTED BECAUSE OF
THIS?
>> THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS HE
IS NOT GOING TO GET DEPORTED.
ETCH IF HE WERE CONVICTED OF
EVERYTHING EVERYBODY IS ACCUSING
HIM OF, THESE ARE NOT THE
CLASSIC CRIMES THAT RESULT IN
DEPORTATION.
THESE ARE NOT THE *** AND
*** OF THE AGGRAVATED
FELONIES.
>> IT'S STILL A FELONY.
>> YES, IF HE WERE CONVICTED OF
A FELONY.
I WILL SAY THIS.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION HAS BEEN POSTING AMERICAN
TWISTS ON THIS, SUGGESTING ON
THEIR WEBSITE THAT IF HE WERE A
POOR IMMIGRANT, HE MIGHT BE IN A
HOLDING CELL SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW
AND FACING POSSIBLE DEPORTATION.
AND THEY SAY ESSENTIALLY THE
LAWS CAN BE TWISTED.
THAT THIS IDEA OF AN AGGRAVATED
FELONY HAS BECOME VERY FLEXIBLE
IN ITS DEFINITION AND IT IS
SOMETIMES TWISTED TO DEPORT
PEOPLE FOR FAR LESSER CRIMES.
WHICH TO ME SAYS THAT YES, THERE
IS A TWO-TIERED SYSTEM OF
JUSTICE IN THIS COUNTRY.
ONE FOR JUSTIN BIEBER AND THE
OTHER FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
>> SO JUSTIN BIEBER HAD BETTER
HOPE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS AREN'T LISTENING TO
TWITTER BECAUSE #DEPORTBIEBER
TRENDED ON TWITTER JUST LAST
WEEK.
COULD HE ACTUALLY GO BACK TO
CANADA AND ESCAPE THESE CHARGES?
>> WELL, HE'S IN PANAMA,
SUPPOSEDLY, FROLICKING ON THE
BEACH WITH THE GIRL THAT WAS
SUPPOSEDLY RIDING SHOTGUN WITH
HIM WHEN HE WAS DRAG RACING IN
HIS YELLOW LAM BORUSAR --
LAMBORGHINI.
I DON'T THINK HE'S GOING TO GO
INTO RETREAT ANY TIME SOON, BUT
I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR
HIGHLY DYSFUNCTIONAL CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
I MEAN, THIS GUY CAN'T REALLY
GET IN TROUBLE, RIGHT?
AND HE'S DONE THINGS THAT -- A
NEIGHBOR SAID HE SPAT IN HIS
FACE.
THAT HE ALLEGEDLY --
PURPORTEDLY, THEY'RE
INVESTIGATING, EGGED A
NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE TO THE TUNE OF
$20,000.
SOMEBODY SAYS HE'S DRAG RACING.
PULLED OVER FOR DUI.
HE CURSES AT THE COPS.
HE'S RESISTING ARREST.
AND YET, WHAT HAPPENS?
NO, POLICE RAID HIS HOUSE,
RIGHT?
THEY FIND WHAT THEY BELIEVE ARE
DRUGS.