Travis Barker Defends Himself After Intense Paparazzi Altercation

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Travis Barker is defending himself after an intense altercation with some members of the paparazzi over the weekend.

Updated at 1:53 PM CDT on Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010

Travis Barker is defending himself after an intense altercation with some members of the paparazzi over the weekend.

During the 8-minute video, posted on TMZ.com, Barker and his friends engage in a shouting match that almost turned physical after the paparazzi were filming and taking photos of the drummer with his children leaving a restaurant.

Cops were eventually called after the photographers accused members of the musician's entourage of stealing one of their cell phones, spitting in their face and slashing the tires on their car.

"Bottom line, take photos atlonger 3 of them against me and my kids. Didn't they remember threatening me an hr ago??"

As far as the 8-minute clip, which appears to show Barker and his group as the aggressors in the second incident, the rocker said the video doesn't tell the whole story.

"And of course all the footage these lames released to the press is one sided cause they edited it," he claimed.

And it appears the disdain for the photographers is something that runs in the family for Barker.

In an October 2009 clip posted on X-17 Online, Travis is spotted once again in Calabasas with is daughter and son, and his young son offers a message for the cameramen.

"Stop taking pictures! Stop it! I'm not kidding!" his young son yelled at the paparazzi, drawing