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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0916_lamar_kanye_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/09/16/0916-lamar-kanye-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kanye West&lt;/strong&gt; is getting prosecuted for screwing with a photographer's equipment at LAX, but&lt;strong&gt; Lamar&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Odom&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;basically did the same thing and he's not facing criminal charges ... and TMZ knows why.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... honchos in the L.A. City Attorney's Office cut Lamar a break because this is the first time he ever went on the attack against a paparazzo.&amp;#160; You'll recall Lamar went into a photog's car and chucked his camera equipment into the street, damaging it.&amp;#160; Lamar has been ordered to attend an informal hearing but will NOT face criminal charges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div style=\"width: 550px; height: 215px;\"&gt;{{tmz_video_0}} {{tmz_video_1}}&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;Our sources say the reason they're going after Kanye is his history of attacking photographers.&amp;#160; Specifically, the City Attorney has zeroed in on another incident at LAX back in 2008, when he grabbed a photog's camera and threw it to the ground.&amp;#160; The case was filed, but later dismissed after Kanye paid for the repair.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;{{tmz_video_2}}&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=\"float: right;\"&gt;&lt;!-- relatedpoll --&gt;&lt;/div&gt;We're told the City Attorney also factored in the various incidents where Kanye has lashed out at photogs ... incidents prosecutors have seen on TMZ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is unclear if the City Attorney will try to use prior incidents in Kanye's current criminal case to prove he has an M.O. -- i.e., ATTACK."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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