A Bronx teen being arraigned in connection with the shooting of 15-year-old Vada Vasquez doesn't seem too penitent. Clivie Smith, one of the five thugs charged with the November shooting, plead not guilty. After the proceeding, the 19-year-old was being escorted from the courtroom when he spotted two of his friends. According to the New York Post he shouted "What up, man?" Then, pretending to be scared, he cried out "Daddy!" breaking the tension in the room, as onlookers erupted in laughter. It may not help his case, but the alleged ringleader of the incident sure likes to talk. Previously Smith told the Post the cops were "crooked, crooked, crooked." He added that being held at Rikers is "like having the worst migraine you can ever have."
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