Vine star famous for inventing silly gun meme arrested on serious gun charges

[jpak]

Source: Washington Post

As the police approached the home of Bryan Silva, the viral Vine star angrily ranted and cursed into a camera and invited the approaching police to admire his Mercedes Benz (and also, a specific part of his anatomy).

The video was posted to Facebook while Silva engaged in an hours-long standoff with police Sunday, which began before dawn and lasted until his late afternoon arrest. His arrest looked like this:

Silva, 25, was arrested on suspicion of abduction and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after his 17-year-old girlfriend fled his home and went to a neighbor’s house, who called 911, the Charlottesville, Va., police said in an emailed statement to The Intersect.

The girlfriend told police that she had been held in the home against her will and that Silva had threatened her with a handgun. When police arrived, he refused to come outside, and instead posted a series of angry messages and videos to Facebook during the ensuing stand-off with law enforcement — including one in which he claims his girlfriend “betrayed” him.

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moran in custody video here...lulz

https://mtc.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/936C0CE7481295594322019942400_495cfe44677.5.0.3512868680249401551.mp4?versionId=nnUnGE2H0b9X57Bl5DKETLv9MxkjO0w3

[CurtEastPoint]

1. I'm sure his parents are so proud of him.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. Fortunately for him, his dad appears to be Danny Rayburn

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Can we stop calling people whose only claim to fame is the internet "stars"?

I prefer my stars to have actual talent. Taking videos with your cellphone and posting them on the internet does not entitle one to "stardom."

[Enrique]

4. that vine has over 18 million likes

i don't understand, i really don't

[CurtEastPoint]

5. omg his pants are around his knees. what...? just never mind. I'm getting too old for this shit.

[Hoppy]

7. Yeah, but didn't you see his hand signal? The moran is in a gang.

[CurtEastPoint]

9. Yeah but I have no idea what that stuff means.

[840high]

6. I don't know who he is

but that video made me laugh. Buy a belt.

[6000eliot]

8. Also did gay porn.

I won't link in order to keep things clean. This kid is clearly a mess.

[marble falls]

10. Gun crazies just gotta be crazy with guns.

[Codeine]

11. I think I saw that kid on Tosh.0

Total trainwreck.

[1StrongBlackMan]

12. Posted to for later train-wreck watching. eom.