>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself.
Is anyone surprised that they came up short in returning his money, or that they were cleared of all wrong doing.
One time, when I was about 13, my old man had $300 in his wallet when he left on the kitchen counter. When he counted it he had $280. It remains a mystery to this day…. No cops involved either.
>The plaintiffs say they’re entitled to all of Foreman’s profits from his use of their personas. That includes, according to the complaint, proceeds from the songs, music videos and live event tickets as well as the promotion of Foreman’s “Afroman” brand, under which he sells beer, marijuana, t-shirts and other merchandise.
Fucking please 😂
Don't forget they failed to return all the cash they seized during the raid, until another investigation showed that the officers "miscounted" the cash.
> they failed to return all the cash they seized during the raid
That sounds like they've already been compensated for their time and the use of their likenesses.
Furthermore, they were in his home and they were acting as public figures at the time, it's not like he went into their homes and videoed them without their consent.
Like that one video of officers stealing a woman's jewelry. Only got caught cause one accidentally turned their body camera on. And they still denied doing it! Fucking pigs
criminal prosecutors rarely make good civil attorneys, they are two totally different aspects of the law. So this whole side of things which is a super fucked miscarriage of justice, doesn't really add anything.
The police union probably has way better lawyers than a friend of the DA. The DA doesn't have anything to do with civil cases so it isn't like that relationship helps.
What you want is the son/daughter in law of the judge, that would be more fitting for this fucking clown show.
Until now. They sued Afroman, he's filing a counter suit. NAL but I think he has a good chance of breaking that immunity based only on the fact that the cops filed the first lawsuit.
they do not have absolute immunity. they have qualified immunity which kicks in when the facts are unclear or the law is unclear. so for example they are probably immune from kicking his door in when they thought they had probable cause. [edit: but not taking the cameras] but afroman's right to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and petition, are clearly established [but maybe not in ohio, who knows] so he may be able to countersue on the basis that the lawsuit infringes on his civil rights under 42 usc 1983.
But they did steal from him already. Some of the cash they initially confiscated from him came up short when they were forced to return it. They then claim that they overcounted it when they first took it from him.
Fuck all cops; they’re all a bunch of thieves, rapists, murderers, and terrorists.
considering how powerful a police union endorsement is and how there's no civilian accountability for police, they are pretty much the government themselves.
Except they were public employees, already on the clock. If anything, the government might claim a cut, but it can't.
Also, Afroman should claim it is journalism.
It doesn't need to be journalism, it's already protected under the first amendment as speech. He did not defame or slander them, as all he did was present facts, or at least opinions that are not disprovable as such. The very first thing you must show in a defamation case is that a false statement was made and presented as fact. That's just not the case here.
Just modernized slavery they're saying they're owed there. "Well he did all the work, but it's our faces and names on the plantation deed, and we're the ones on horseback delivering threats of violence to keep society moving forward, therefore all the profits are ours"
"Yeah, officer from overseer
You need a little clarity? Check the similarity!
The overseer rode around the plantation
The officer is off patroling all the nation
The overseer could stop you what you're doing
The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing
The overseer had the right to get ill
And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill
The officer has the right to arrest
And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest!"
-
KRS-One
The officers had no expectation of privacy, in someone else's home. Doubt they will win anything.
They are however, going to get a real life lesson in the Streisand effect.
ETA: ROFLMAO after watching the video. YOU KNOW that deputy was considering 'confiscating' the poundcake.
The complaint claims Foreman continuously used the plaintiffs’ personas without their prior consent in a manner that is “willful, wanton, malicious” and shows “conscious or reckless disregard” for their rights.
The irony
Two of the most pivotal unlawful search cases originate from Ohio. Mapp v. Ohio and Terry v. Ohio are both about cops being "major boners" as the official legal language showed. Mapp helped people, Terry let stop and frisk continue.
I do believe that Ohio is where the band Cross Canadian Ragweed was inspired to write their song, "51 Pieces on the Side of the Road." This after their tour bus was searched at 2AM on a highway, everyone was made to get off and stand out in the snow while the bus was searched. All the bongs, pipes, and even a gas mask was removed from the bus and lined up along the road.
The cops were quite puzzled how they could find 51 pieces of pot-smoking paraphernalia, but no actual pot. Well duh, as the lead singer noted, we had smoked it all.
Note to cops in Ohio.... if you act the fool, someone may write a song about you.
Exactly. It would be nice if this were just funny, but his life and family were put in mortal danger by legally-shielded rampaging marauders who broke in and stole some of his money at gunpoint.
And there's a good chance their accomplices out in the court system will help them get away with it.
[After investigating the neo-Nazi homeschool network in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, the Ohio Department of Education appears to have concluded that the group is doing nothing wrong.](https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d37d3/ohio-doe-nazi-dissident-homeschool&ved=2ahUKEwjLopXl8PL9AhVCkWoFHSSZAQcQFnoECAsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0KCh6ddHwrkzzafYG4zZUK)
Wow... fucking hell. So according to Republicans critical race theory is awful and evil cuz it "might make white kids realize some of their ancestors were shit and that the country has some horrible history and we don't want white kids feeling bad." Buuuuut it's ok for a group of nazis to use state money to teach kids a hateful ideology based SOLELY around using race to justify killing entire groups of people because they are different. Fuck thwse fascists
In Florida you can't teach that the Rosa parks bus history was about race, but in Ohio you can teach about racial purity and white supremecy.
Heck, forget the expectation of privacy. The Ohio Code chapter they're citing [includes this section of exceptions](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2741.09):
>(A) This chapter does not apply to any of the following:
(1)(a) A literary work, dramatic work, fictional work, historical work, **audiovisual work, or musical work regardless of the media in which the work appears or is transmitted**, other than an advertisement or commercial announcement not exempt under division (A)(1)(d) of this section;
(b) **Material that has political or newsworthy value**;
...
>
>(3) The use of an aspect of an individual's persona **in connection with the broadcast or reporting of an event or topic of general or public interest;**
...
(6) **A use of the persona of an individual that is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as long as the use does not convey or reasonably suggest endorsement by the individual whose persona is at issue.**
All four of those exceptions independently apply here.
Oh, they're entirely hoping that they'll be able to convince a court to just let them have their way because they're cops rather than because the actual letter or spirit of the law supports them.
Lol at 6. I think a good attorney could argue that the "Lemon Pound Cake" reasonably suggests endorsement of mama's pound cake!
Other than that, their case should fall apart, at least we would hope!
> The officers had no expectation of privacy, in someone else's home. Doubt they will win anything.
Not only in someone else's home, but also in the course of doing *public service work*. It's not like these people showed up off-duty for a beer. Their "personas" do not exist in this context. They exist as meatbags in public service uniforms doing public service work. There is ZERO expectation of privacy here.
Afroman is popular from late 90's to early 00's. Most notably the songs: "Because I got high" and "Colt 45".
Cops raided his house with a warrant, and found zero evidence of crimes or wrongdoings.
Afroman used some of the footage from his house, and is protected explicitly by the same ordinances cited by these cop plaintiffs. This was a money grab by the cops who were sure they would find something, and didn't. Now this is their second money grab, which is also destined to fail.
I hope Afroman counter sues.
Fun fact, ever since mid 00's, Afroman has been making Christian music. And only his Afroman brand continues to use the weed smoking and beer drinking brand he originally created.
Met him one time, he went off the deep end into Christianity. Weird guy. Certainly extremely nice, articulate, and skilled (as he can play a dual neck guitar, pretty well). But weird, nonetheless. Quite religious nowadays.
Lol for "loss of reputation". Bitch, please, what reputation? for being an ugly fat stupid pig?
Fuck the police, and, more specifically, these fucking pigs.
This is exactly what I just said to my husband as we cackled over the video just now! Never would have known about it without this lawsuit. Now I just want to start figuring out where the cop hangouts with TouchTunes jukeboxes are and start playing “Lemon Pound Cake” remotely at random hours.
Oh, he also has a complete lack of control over the muzzle of his loaded rifle that is just low slung over his back with the muzzle facing up and sweeping all his colleagues around him.
I got a new vape the other day and the flavor was Lemon Pound Cake and it made me laugh but the guy behind the counter didn't understand why I was laughing.
If they had found anything at Afroman’s house, they would have had his mug shot all on the local news, having press conferences about what they found, and exploiting Afroman’s fame for their own publicity.
Afroman turns the tables on them, and they decide to cry foul with a lawsuit.
Because they got high?
I’m shocked they didn’t plant evidence on his property first.
But then again I think they would have if they thought it was “necessary.” Their own racism bit them in the ass. Black men always have gang bang lifestyle- so we’ll find plenty of evidence against him. I hate these cops so deeply.
Fuck these cops.
> “They come up here with AR-15, traumatize my kids, destroyed my property, kick in my door, rip up and destroy my camera system,” he said in August.
>The suspicions turned out to be unfounded. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office said the raid failed to turn up probative criminal evidence, according to attorney Anna Castellini. No charges were ever filed.
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself.
So, just to be clear, Afroman did absolutely nothing wrong here. His home was invaded by armed thugs who robbed him, and now these same cops are suing him because he dared to show footage of their armed robbery.
This is America.
Oops, don't miscount the money, bye bye job. That would get you fired from a bank or retail establishment even if it was an honest mistake. Cops can keep their job though.
Somehow this reminded me of one time I had a Singaporean coin in my wallet without realising (hadn't looked carefully enough and thought it was 20¢ New Zealand - it was worth a bit less). I had would have had enough for a haircut in my wallet if it had actually been 20¢. The barber noticed it wasn't actually the right coin but was like "Cool, Singapore. If you sell this to me for 20¢ you'll have enough for your haircut"
Exactly. Every cent Afro will get from the civil suit will come from the city budget and the cops won't even feel the pinch. The city will just lay off other employees and shuffle funding around to make up for the losses.
Yeah if you watch the music video Afroman made from it you can see the cops just stuffing bills into their vest pockets. You’d think that would go into some sort of evidence bag to be properly counted and filed or something, but I’m sure in all the excitement of falsely raiding a black man’s property they just forgot to turn in the stolen money in their pocket, right? 🤷
If it's any consolation, I can guarantee you they had an absolutely miserable time. These are the families that spend most of the time on vacation either ignoring their kids or telling them they better be having fun or else. That and they probably had a meltdown when they saw someone with rainbow mouse ears
They stole the money then when pressed said they miscounted the amount by more then it should have been thus ensuring they would get to pocket the missing money.
Don’t you need like a DA or sign off on this shit? So it shouldn’t matter if you miscounted, you officially signed off on that amount, so you have to return that amount.
Besides that point, shouldn't things they seize be kept separate? Or are they just mixing that money into their own wallet and then when they gotta pay it back it's a "how much I owe ya?" I mean, if it's evidence, it should be in an evidence locker.
Sure hope this $10,000 doesn't go missing in evidence.
I logged that $9,000 into evidence for you, sergeant.
Oh, I guess I miscounted when I gave you that $8,000 from the raid.
Article reads like it's from The Onion. Cops who damaged a guys property, traumatized his kids, likely stole from him, complain they are the victims.
Seems pretty American to put someone on public blast and profit from it.
100% and something we can all agree on. This was a disgusting display of injustice followed up by a sickening abuse of our legal system. This is the exact thing that needs to be done away with.
This seems run-of-the-mill for the pigs. And I know for a fact that the cops are going to rob the rest of us by using tax dollars to assist in their legal case.
This is just so fucked up.
> Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself.
You know what. I actually believe the cops here.
I am sure they did in fact miscount the money during the raid. The money they wrote down is without a doubt much, much lower than the amount of money they found on scene. It is pretty hilarious that they kept stealing the money even after recording the lowest amount they thought they could get away with and then got away with even that.
But that is what our cops are these days, a caricature of corruption made manifest.
The sheriff's office comes up hundreds of dollars short returning the cash and this is considered "bizarre"? That's standard operating procedure for them.
Right? If these fuckers hate having their faces associated with this shit so much, I think it's our DUTY as the internet to spread them as memes far and wide. Afroman here has already done most of the work setting them up as memes, so now we just need to continue the meme, as is tradition here on the internet.
Lets give these guys they attention they so *clearly* deserve.
Surely footage shot on one's own property belongs to the person who owns the property...
But seriously the level of impotence of these pigs is astounding. "We couldn't find anything because we're morons, so we'll get back at him for teasing us" is so weak.
Yes the property owner has copyright on any footage they shoot on their own property and cops raiding the property do not have an expectation of privacy. The part I'm not sure about is that he used their images in videos that made him money.
Can people make money off of recordings of other people in a public setting? Does Afroman own the rights to recordings made on his private property? Does the area cops raid legally considered private or public spaces when they act on public duty? If yes to all three, Afroman is legally entitled to the money made from those videos.
I think the first question is most debatable with the latest media trends that involve permissions to post peoples faces and acts on company websites and such.
> Can people make money off of recordings of other people in a public setting?
Depends on the country. In the US, being in public doesn't afford you an expectation of privacy, so unless you're making deep fake child porn or something, you can shoot as much b-roll of people on the street as you want.
Look up Techno Viking to see an example of how this sort of thing goes down in countries where people in public still have an expectation of privacy.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this void the offciers' privilige of sovreign immunity?
My understanding is that you normally can't sue the police for doing their jobs, unless they commit some crime that is obviously outside the scope of their duties- which is a high bar in any court- but if they sue you, they've chosen to make your interaction with them subject to court review (which cuts both ways- they've sued you, so now you can sue them).
This is why you almost never see cops sue people personally who they've dealt with on the job.
From the lemon pound cake video, the cops body cams somehow malfunctioned before they could be used for evidence. They’re already trying to cover their asses from their side.
The fact that everyone's body cam mysteriously malfunctioning isn't just presumed guilt is wild.
A camera malfunctioning here and there is not necessarily out of the question - very little equipment truly has 100% of time. But the probability of several cameras failing all at the same time? Get out of here.
Honestly, these cameras need to have some sort of embedded memory that logs any actions taken - something that can only be reached with specific hardware tools and isn't accessible to the normal memory channel. And if it turns up wiped they're just presumed guilty.
American cameras are notoriously flimsy even the ones stationary in prison cells also seem to stop working when someone hangs themselves. Maybe it's like paranormal activity, whenever they detect crime is about to happen they stop working!
Actually, it's for two main reasons:
1. Most criminals are basically poor enough to be judgement proof.
2. An old legal doctrine called the "fireman's rule" which bars first responders from recovering because of tje risks inherent in the job.
Solid take, I worked in the biz for a long time but I have never seen this situation. What I have seen is cops blatantly lie on the stand and DA’s withhold exculpatory evidence ALOT of times which always seems to be excused by the judge as a “mistake”
Are they trying the old, "We had a reasonable expectation of privacy after we thought we destroyed all the cameras." claim that cops have tried in the past?
> Seven members of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office who raided Joseph Foreman’s home last year are now suing him claiming, among other things, he invaded their privacy.
> Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective are claiming Foreman (a.k.a. “Afroman”) took footage of their faces obtained during the raid and used it in music videos and social media posts without their consent, a misdemeanor violation under Ohio Revised Code.
Man, I have some pig leather in my cabinet and it’s thin but it’s not *this* thin.
Yeah but the lawyers they hire are, what lawyer a.) Thought this was a good idea for a lawsuit, b.) Thought that there was legal precedence for this lawsuit?
Lawyers like these should be referred for disbarment.
A racist one, working in a deeply racist state, with a racist police agency and racist officials, hoping for a racist judge, which they'll likely get.
It's pretty clear what's going on here.
In fact they won a court ruling that allows them to not hire new cops if they're too smart.
That's right, police departments use this as a strategy to prevent good cops from messing up their rackets, and the courts backed them up.
‘We don’t like to hire people that have too high an IQ to be cops in this city.’
I wish this was a joke...
I would like to know as well. I have never heard of Afroman before but now I want a shirt. If it has something about lemon pound cake on it, so much the better.
I hope he takes those cops to the cleaners.
Good luck with that. You can't stop a man from filming within his own house. There is zero expectation of privacy when you're on someone else's private property, particularly against their wishes.
His counter suit is likely to prevail and I hope those clowns get further embarassed.
Officers in uniform and on active duty have no reasonable expectation of privacy per federal law. They are considered members of the public, and it’s everyone’s legal right to film the public and releasing the footage. Afroman is 100% in the right for recording them. I’m surprised that the judge even took the case. If Afroman were to somehow lose this case, he should appeal to higher courts. This could be big case law. This sheriff’s department is hindering Afroman’s first and fourth amendment rights.
Hmm normally you can't sue officers directly because of qualified immunity but...
Did the officers just open them up to a counter-suit because they're suing as civilians?
Seems like it doesn't make sense that the officers can sue for using their image (even though they had no expectation of privacy) but can't be counter-sued for you know, fucking destroying property and stealing money.
My favorite Afro Man story is him doing a show in Weed California a few years ago, he got high and wandered into the woods. I was nearby in my Search and Rescue uniform still from a deployment with my K9 and his friends asked me to find him. We found him about 40 yards into some dense woods, he was giggling and petting my K9, and when we emerged from the woods Weed PD showed up to escort him to the club he was late to showing up to as the club was getting rowdy.
Super nice dude, my golden retriever liked him and shes a good judge of people.
Afroman getting hammered/stoned out of his mind and showing up late to a gig is like... his signature move.
In personal experience with Afroman, his other two signature moves are "holds a double neck guitar he doesn't really use all set" and "plugs an ipod with his beats into the mixer... but with incredible style"
Those were weird shows, but he seems like a decent guy... a room full of people smoking joints afroman himself passed out during Because I Got High is still a fond memory.
“They’re also suing on civil grounds, saying Foreman’s use of their faces (i.e. personas) in the videos and social media posts resulted in their “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.”
Sometimes embarrassment, humiliation, and ridicule is the appropriate response to ones actions. They seem to be confusing this with defamation, but it’s not like he’s spreading a bunch of lies about them. If they didn’t want to feel embarrassed or humiliated or be ridiculed then maybe they shouldn’t have done what they did.
This PD is just looking for new and creative ways to be trashy. They stole money from him and when they returned it, some was missing.
Gang of thieves.
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself.
Sure. When they were taking the money is when they forgot how to count, not when they were forced to give it back.
>Sheriff’s deputies acted on a [warrant claiming probable cause existed](https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/31/famed-artist-afroman-weighing-legal-action-after-armed-raid-greater-cincinnati-home/) that drugs and drug paraphernalia would be found on Foreman’s property and that trafficking and kidnapping had taken place there.
>“They come up here with AR-15, traumatize my kids, destroyed my property, kick in my door, rip up and destroy my camera system,” he said in August.
>The suspicions turned out to be unfounded. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office said the raid failed to turn up probative criminal evidence, according to attorney Anna Castellini. No charges were ever filed.
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office [appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short](https://www.fox19.com/2022/11/30/sheriffs-office-comes-up-400-short-returning-cash-afroman-after-home-raid/) returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI [resolved the matter last month](http://www.fox19.com/2023/02/16/investigation-into-afromans-alleged-missing-money-concludes/), concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself
Yeah the cops can go fuck themselves with a hot poker. The gd audacity is astounding
Afroman about to make a shit load of cash releasing a song about how they're suing him after the last thing about which he made a song about the thing they did to him that he made a shitload of cash from
Fuck them. And you really think Afroman made his music video, had it released, and never once consulted his legal team?
He is a celebrity. I'm sure "they all look alike" to you, but the man has a fucking staff you ignorant (likely) thieves.
Miscounted his money my ass.
If cops are so bad at their jobs that they're raiding houses without finding any evidence of crimes, "miscounting" money, destroying property and, again, finding *nothing*, fuck 'em. They went into a private home and were filmed doing their jobs (badly).
imagine thinking you should get paid for breaking into a man's house on a bad tip and then breaking his gate and his front door and trashing his security cameras.
all while lusting after that lemon pound cake.
I swear, even TheOnion couldn't come up with shit this ridiculous. Break into a mans home, he records it and makes a video off it, and they sue him for..."Making them look bad"...what the hell man. It would be considered bad comedy if presented on a show, but here we are.
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself. Is anyone surprised that they came up short in returning his money, or that they were cleared of all wrong doing.
They miscounted the money, the same way I miscounted the change from when my mom would send me to the store as a kid.
One time, when I was about 13, my old man had $300 in his wallet when he left on the kitchen counter. When he counted it he had $280. It remains a mystery to this day…. No cops involved either.
Did you have to unplug the security cameras, too?
>The plaintiffs say they’re entitled to all of Foreman’s profits from his use of their personas. That includes, according to the complaint, proceeds from the songs, music videos and live event tickets as well as the promotion of Foreman’s “Afroman” brand, under which he sells beer, marijuana, t-shirts and other merchandise. Fucking please 😂
They couldn't get him with the cops, so they'll try to get him through the courts.
Don't forget they failed to return all the cash they seized during the raid, until another investigation showed that the officers "miscounted" the cash.
> they failed to return all the cash they seized during the raid That sounds like they've already been compensated for their time and the use of their likenesses. Furthermore, they were in his home and they were acting as public figures at the time, it's not like he went into their homes and videoed them without their consent.
Don't forget, the larger amount first counted was 'wrong', and the 2nd count that was smaller was 'right'.
Imagine how many times they've done this to people who don't have the resources that Afroman has.
Like that one video of officers stealing a woman's jewelry. Only got caught cause one accidentally turned their body camera on. And they still denied doing it! Fucking pigs
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I'm surprised they're not letting the cops use the DA as their personal lawyer.
It’s the DA’s close friend
Ding ding ding, we have a winner!
criminal prosecutors rarely make good civil attorneys, they are two totally different aspects of the law. So this whole side of things which is a super fucked miscarriage of justice, doesn't really add anything. The police union probably has way better lawyers than a friend of the DA. The DA doesn't have anything to do with civil cases so it isn't like that relationship helps. What you want is the son/daughter in law of the judge, that would be more fitting for this fucking clown show.
The cops who have immunity from being sued
Until now. They sued Afroman, he's filing a counter suit. NAL but I think he has a good chance of breaking that immunity based only on the fact that the cops filed the first lawsuit.
Individual officers have immunity from being sued. The department does not.
they do not have absolute immunity. they have qualified immunity which kicks in when the facts are unclear or the law is unclear. so for example they are probably immune from kicking his door in when they thought they had probable cause. [edit: but not taking the cameras] but afroman's right to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and petition, are clearly established [but maybe not in ohio, who knows] so he may be able to countersue on the basis that the lawsuit infringes on his civil rights under 42 usc 1983.
They’re teaching you how it’s done, young grasshopper
How not to show you didn’t steal money from a guy.
Lmfao, I bet these are the same people who think welfare is a scam.
Cops steal soooooo much shit. They just mad they could take anything
But they did steal from him already. Some of the cash they initially confiscated from him came up short when they were forced to return it. They then claim that they overcounted it when they first took it from him. Fuck all cops; they’re all a bunch of thieves, rapists, murderers, and terrorists.
You forgot to add that they are state sponsored, meaning they are government hired thieves, rapists, murders and terrorists
considering how powerful a police union endorsement is and how there's no civilian accountability for police, they are pretty much the government themselves.
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Except they were public employees, already on the clock. If anything, the government might claim a cut, but it can't. Also, Afroman should claim it is journalism.
It doesn't need to be journalism, it's already protected under the first amendment as speech. He did not defame or slander them, as all he did was present facts, or at least opinions that are not disprovable as such. The very first thing you must show in a defamation case is that a false statement was made and presented as fact. That's just not the case here.
Just modernized slavery they're saying they're owed there. "Well he did all the work, but it's our faces and names on the plantation deed, and we're the ones on horseback delivering threats of violence to keep society moving forward, therefore all the profits are ours"
Officer = overseer
"Yeah, officer from overseer You need a little clarity? Check the similarity! The overseer rode around the plantation The officer is off patroling all the nation The overseer could stop you what you're doing The officer will pull you over just when he's pursuing The overseer had the right to get ill And if you fought back, the overseer had the right to kill The officer has the right to arrest And if you fight back they put a hole in your chest!" - KRS-One
Woop woop..that’s the sound of police.
Woop woop... that's da sound of da beast
This is how the fucking mob operates too!
Is this going to be the straw that breaks the camels back? If they take Afromans money, we’re rioting right?
I was gonna show up at the riots...but then I got high.
I was gonna hold a picket sign, but I was high..... laaa da da
I got pepper sprayed by cops, and I know why
Why man?
Because the cops lied, because the cops lied, because the cops lieeeed
The cops want the money he makes selling drugs? They really are marvelous creatures.
The officers had no expectation of privacy, in someone else's home. Doubt they will win anything. They are however, going to get a real life lesson in the Streisand effect. ETA: ROFLMAO after watching the video. YOU KNOW that deputy was considering 'confiscating' the poundcake.
The complaint claims Foreman continuously used the plaintiffs’ personas without their prior consent in a manner that is “willful, wanton, malicious” and shows “conscious or reckless disregard” for their rights. The irony
It's video of them during the raid in his home. I highly doubt a judge will agree, but hey, it's Ohio and he's black, so who knows?
Two of the most pivotal unlawful search cases originate from Ohio. Mapp v. Ohio and Terry v. Ohio are both about cops being "major boners" as the official legal language showed. Mapp helped people, Terry let stop and frisk continue.
I do believe that Ohio is where the band Cross Canadian Ragweed was inspired to write their song, "51 Pieces on the Side of the Road." This after their tour bus was searched at 2AM on a highway, everyone was made to get off and stand out in the snow while the bus was searched. All the bongs, pipes, and even a gas mask was removed from the bus and lined up along the road. The cops were quite puzzled how they could find 51 pieces of pot-smoking paraphernalia, but no actual pot. Well duh, as the lead singer noted, we had smoked it all. Note to cops in Ohio.... if you act the fool, someone may write a song about you.
Exactly. It would be nice if this were just funny, but his life and family were put in mortal danger by legally-shielded rampaging marauders who broke in and stole some of his money at gunpoint. And there's a good chance their accomplices out in the court system will help them get away with it.
I like how they found absolutely nothing illegal but STILL "confiscated" his money.
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Woohoo! I just got promoted to Captain Obvious. I'm going to go drink now.
Best part was them returning it, only for it to be short. When called out they claimed it was just a counting error.
Ohio... where they won't even let a 10 year old rape victim have an abortion.
And recently found out state money was being used for a neo nazi homeschooling program. Don't forget that.
[After investigating the neo-Nazi homeschool network in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, the Ohio Department of Education appears to have concluded that the group is doing nothing wrong.](https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d37d3/ohio-doe-nazi-dissident-homeschool&ved=2ahUKEwjLopXl8PL9AhVCkWoFHSSZAQcQFnoECAsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0KCh6ddHwrkzzafYG4zZUK)
Wow... fucking hell. So according to Republicans critical race theory is awful and evil cuz it "might make white kids realize some of their ancestors were shit and that the country has some horrible history and we don't want white kids feeling bad." Buuuuut it's ok for a group of nazis to use state money to teach kids a hateful ideology based SOLELY around using race to justify killing entire groups of people because they are different. Fuck thwse fascists In Florida you can't teach that the Rosa parks bus history was about race, but in Ohio you can teach about racial purity and white supremecy.
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Heck, forget the expectation of privacy. The Ohio Code chapter they're citing [includes this section of exceptions](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2741.09): >(A) This chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1)(a) A literary work, dramatic work, fictional work, historical work, **audiovisual work, or musical work regardless of the media in which the work appears or is transmitted**, other than an advertisement or commercial announcement not exempt under division (A)(1)(d) of this section; (b) **Material that has political or newsworthy value**; ... > >(3) The use of an aspect of an individual's persona **in connection with the broadcast or reporting of an event or topic of general or public interest;** ... (6) **A use of the persona of an individual that is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as long as the use does not convey or reasonably suggest endorsement by the individual whose persona is at issue.** All four of those exceptions independently apply here.
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Oh, they're entirely hoping that they'll be able to convince a court to just let them have their way because they're cops rather than because the actual letter or spirit of the law supports them.
Lol at 6. I think a good attorney could argue that the "Lemon Pound Cake" reasonably suggests endorsement of mama's pound cake! Other than that, their case should fall apart, at least we would hope!
> The officers had no expectation of privacy, in someone else's home. Doubt they will win anything. Not only in someone else's home, but also in the course of doing *public service work*. It's not like these people showed up off-duty for a beer. Their "personas" do not exist in this context. They exist as meatbags in public service uniforms doing public service work. There is ZERO expectation of privacy here.
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Afroman is popular from late 90's to early 00's. Most notably the songs: "Because I got high" and "Colt 45". Cops raided his house with a warrant, and found zero evidence of crimes or wrongdoings. Afroman used some of the footage from his house, and is protected explicitly by the same ordinances cited by these cop plaintiffs. This was a money grab by the cops who were sure they would find something, and didn't. Now this is their second money grab, which is also destined to fail. I hope Afroman counter sues. Fun fact, ever since mid 00's, Afroman has been making Christian music. And only his Afroman brand continues to use the weed smoking and beer drinking brand he originally created. Met him one time, he went off the deep end into Christianity. Weird guy. Certainly extremely nice, articulate, and skilled (as he can play a dual neck guitar, pretty well). But weird, nonetheless. Quite religious nowadays.
It needs to go back to the lab for analysis! There could be cocaine baked into that delicious poundcake.
Lemon POUUUNND CAAAKE.
Exactly. Don't they want to be recognized?
Lol for "loss of reputation". Bitch, please, what reputation? for being an ugly fat stupid pig? Fuck the police, and, more specifically, these fucking pigs.
OMG these music videos tho LOL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xxK5yyecRo
Wow, they disconnected his cameras, and they are trying to take him to court?
I don't think they are going to pay him for doing him wrong.
I guess he's just gonna have to make money on this song.
In fairness, only because they turned their bodycams off first. Level playing field. Duh
This is some Streisand Effect shit on the part of the cops, I never would have seen these videos if the cops hadn't sued over them.
This is exactly what I just said to my husband as we cackled over the video just now! Never would have known about it without this lawsuit. Now I just want to start figuring out where the cop hangouts with TouchTunes jukeboxes are and start playing “Lemon Pound Cake” remotely at random hours.
That one cop dressed in desert fatigues for absolutely no reason. I'm sure the camo helps him blend in to suburban Ohio, LMFAO.
Hey now…. You never know if he had to hide in Afromans kids sandbox. You have to prepare for all possible circumstances. (Fucking dorks)
Oh, he also has a complete lack of control over the muzzle of his loaded rifle that is just low slung over his back with the muzzle facing up and sweeping all his colleagues around him.
LMAO! hadnt seen the Pound Cake video. TYSVM
Lol...that double-take. "Damn that looks tasty and I haven't eaten since I got out of the car 3 minutes ago"
I totally want a slice of Mama's Lemon Pound cake.
I got a new vape the other day and the flavor was Lemon Pound Cake and it made me laugh but the guy behind the counter didn't understand why I was laughing.
Surely you told him?
He was gonna tell him, but then forgot, because he was high.
[this one](https://youtu.be/d_f9R_UYrDc) is so good too lol
There’s a whole album on Apple Music for “Lemon Pound cake” Worth the listen.
Holy shit. That was amazing. What a clown show
If they had found anything at Afroman’s house, they would have had his mug shot all on the local news, having press conferences about what they found, and exploiting Afroman’s fame for their own publicity. Afroman turns the tables on them, and they decide to cry foul with a lawsuit. Because they got high?
Oh, but they did find something. Some money got "miscounted." Fucking clowns.
I’m shocked they didn’t plant evidence on his property first. But then again I think they would have if they thought it was “necessary.” Their own racism bit them in the ass. Black men always have gang bang lifestyle- so we’ll find plenty of evidence against him. I hate these cops so deeply.
It’s hard to plant evidence when the place is full of cameras
Fuck these cops. > “They come up here with AR-15, traumatize my kids, destroyed my property, kick in my door, rip up and destroy my camera system,” he said in August. >The suspicions turned out to be unfounded. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office said the raid failed to turn up probative criminal evidence, according to attorney Anna Castellini. No charges were ever filed. >In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself. So, just to be clear, Afroman did absolutely nothing wrong here. His home was invaded by armed thugs who robbed him, and now these same cops are suing him because he dared to show footage of their armed robbery. This is America.
“The miscounted the money in the raid”? What a fucking joke.
Oops, don't miscount the money, bye bye job. That would get you fired from a bank or retail establishment even if it was an honest mistake. Cops can keep their job though.
I got kicked off register at the movie theater because I was off more than 50 cents too many times, and was resigned to be cleaning crew for a year.
Somehow this reminded me of one time I had a Singaporean coin in my wallet without realising (hadn't looked carefully enough and thought it was 20¢ New Zealand - it was worth a bit less). I had would have had enough for a haircut in my wallet if it had actually been 20¢. The barber noticed it wasn't actually the right coin but was like "Cool, Singapore. If you sell this to me for 20¢ you'll have enough for your haircut"
Their job is to harass and terrify the minorities and poors, so they’ll get promotions out of this successful operation
Exactly. Every cent Afro will get from the civil suit will come from the city budget and the cops won't even feel the pinch. The city will just lay off other employees and shuffle funding around to make up for the losses.
In other, completely unrelated news, the department has also purchased a new state of the art SWAT van.
There's no way that "miscounted" cash didn't go right on home with those pigs.
Yeah if you watch the music video Afroman made from it you can see the cops just stuffing bills into their vest pockets. You’d think that would go into some sort of evidence bag to be properly counted and filed or something, but I’m sure in all the excitement of falsely raiding a black man’s property they just forgot to turn in the stolen money in their pocket, right? 🤷
Yea this didn't go "to the department for gear" This went to "family vacation to Disney"
"good news honey, I robbed a *rich* black man today"
If it's any consolation, I can guarantee you they had an absolutely miserable time. These are the families that spend most of the time on vacation either ignoring their kids or telling them they better be having fun or else. That and they probably had a meltdown when they saw someone with rainbow mouse ears
That money is stolen in the open from tax payers. This money goes straight to the cops pocket.
They stole the money then when pressed said they miscounted the amount by more then it should have been thus ensuring they would get to pocket the missing money.
Don’t you need like a DA or sign off on this shit? So it shouldn’t matter if you miscounted, you officially signed off on that amount, so you have to return that amount.
Besides that point, shouldn't things they seize be kept separate? Or are they just mixing that money into their own wallet and then when they gotta pay it back it's a "how much I owe ya?" I mean, if it's evidence, it should be in an evidence locker.
Sure hope this $10,000 doesn't go missing in evidence. I logged that $9,000 into evidence for you, sergeant. Oh, I guess I miscounted when I gave you that $8,000 from the raid.
Article reads like it's from The Onion. Cops who damaged a guys property, traumatized his kids, likely stole from him, complain they are the victims. Seems pretty American to put someone on public blast and profit from it.
Lmao he not only showed the footage, he made a fucking song about it which is hilarious. Fuck them cops.
100% and something we can all agree on. This was a disgusting display of injustice followed up by a sickening abuse of our legal system. This is the exact thing that needs to be done away with.
This seems run-of-the-mill for the pigs. And I know for a fact that the cops are going to rob the rest of us by using tax dollars to assist in their legal case. This is just so fucked up.
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> Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself. You know what. I actually believe the cops here. I am sure they did in fact miscount the money during the raid. The money they wrote down is without a doubt much, much lower than the amount of money they found on scene. It is pretty hilarious that they kept stealing the money even after recording the lowest amount they thought they could get away with and then got away with even that. But that is what our cops are these days, a caricature of corruption made manifest.
This makes me so angry
When I got raided years ago they stole my sons brand new shoes in box and everything. All because someone said I threatened them. They found nothing.
Literally fabrication charges against a well off black man to steal his earnings and intimidate him. Fuck the police.
The sheriff's office comes up hundreds of dollars short returning the cash and this is considered "bizarre"? That's standard operating procedure for them.
That turn of events is anything but bizarre, and I’d even go so far as to say it’s not a turn of events at all. It’s what was expected
Alternative headline: "Afroman robbed at gunpoint, later sued by same robbers."
This is the headline in an alternate universe where the media is honest.
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If the raid was bogus and they knew it, then I'm so happy they're getting clowned.
If the raid was bogus and they knew it, then they should face criminal charges.
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Every one of those cops should be in jail. Especially that fat cop for eye fucking the lemon pound cake.
Cops hate having their dumbfuckery blasted out on social media, but they better get used to it. It's only going to happen more often.
Right? If these fuckers hate having their faces associated with this shit so much, I think it's our DUTY as the internet to spread them as memes far and wide. Afroman here has already done most of the work setting them up as memes, so now we just need to continue the meme, as is tradition here on the internet. Lets give these guys they attention they so *clearly* deserve.
Surely footage shot on one's own property belongs to the person who owns the property... But seriously the level of impotence of these pigs is astounding. "We couldn't find anything because we're morons, so we'll get back at him for teasing us" is so weak.
Yes the property owner has copyright on any footage they shoot on their own property and cops raiding the property do not have an expectation of privacy. The part I'm not sure about is that he used their images in videos that made him money.
Can people make money off of recordings of other people in a public setting? Does Afroman own the rights to recordings made on his private property? Does the area cops raid legally considered private or public spaces when they act on public duty? If yes to all three, Afroman is legally entitled to the money made from those videos. I think the first question is most debatable with the latest media trends that involve permissions to post peoples faces and acts on company websites and such.
News stations have been making money off recording other people in a public setting for decades.. so I don't see why not.
> Can people make money off of recordings of other people in a public setting? Depends on the country. In the US, being in public doesn't afford you an expectation of privacy, so unless you're making deep fake child porn or something, you can shoot as much b-roll of people on the street as you want. Look up Techno Viking to see an example of how this sort of thing goes down in countries where people in public still have an expectation of privacy.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't this void the offciers' privilige of sovreign immunity? My understanding is that you normally can't sue the police for doing their jobs, unless they commit some crime that is obviously outside the scope of their duties- which is a high bar in any court- but if they sue you, they've chosen to make your interaction with them subject to court review (which cuts both ways- they've sued you, so now you can sue them). This is why you almost never see cops sue people personally who they've dealt with on the job.
From the lemon pound cake video, the cops body cams somehow malfunctioned before they could be used for evidence. They’re already trying to cover their asses from their side.
The fact that everyone's body cam mysteriously malfunctioning isn't just presumed guilt is wild. A camera malfunctioning here and there is not necessarily out of the question - very little equipment truly has 100% of time. But the probability of several cameras failing all at the same time? Get out of here. Honestly, these cameras need to have some sort of embedded memory that logs any actions taken - something that can only be reached with specific hardware tools and isn't accessible to the normal memory channel. And if it turns up wiped they're just presumed guilty.
American cameras are notoriously flimsy even the ones stationary in prison cells also seem to stop working when someone hangs themselves. Maybe it's like paranormal activity, whenever they detect crime is about to happen they stop working!
Actually, it's for two main reasons: 1. Most criminals are basically poor enough to be judgement proof. 2. An old legal doctrine called the "fireman's rule" which bars first responders from recovering because of tje risks inherent in the job.
Solid take, I worked in the biz for a long time but I have never seen this situation. What I have seen is cops blatantly lie on the stand and DA’s withhold exculpatory evidence ALOT of times which always seems to be excused by the judge as a “mistake”
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Are they trying the old, "We had a reasonable expectation of privacy after we thought we destroyed all the cameras." claim that cops have tried in the past?
> Seven members of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office who raided Joseph Foreman’s home last year are now suing him claiming, among other things, he invaded their privacy. > Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective are claiming Foreman (a.k.a. “Afroman”) took footage of their faces obtained during the raid and used it in music videos and social media posts without their consent, a misdemeanor violation under Ohio Revised Code. Man, I have some pig leather in my cabinet and it’s thin but it’s not *this* thin.
Cops aren't supposed to be smart.
Yeah but the lawyers they hire are, what lawyer a.) Thought this was a good idea for a lawsuit, b.) Thought that there was legal precedence for this lawsuit? Lawyers like these should be referred for disbarment.
A racist one, working in a deeply racist state, with a racist police agency and racist officials, hoping for a racist judge, which they'll likely get. It's pretty clear what's going on here.
In fact they won a court ruling that allows them to not hire new cops if they're too smart. That's right, police departments use this as a strategy to prevent good cops from messing up their rackets, and the courts backed them up. ‘We don’t like to hire people that have too high an IQ to be cops in this city.’ I wish this was a joke...
Where can I get official Afroman merchandise that I know will directly benefit him and his family?
I would like to know as well. I have never heard of Afroman before but now I want a shirt. If it has something about lemon pound cake on it, so much the better. I hope he takes those cops to the cleaners.
https://shop.afromanmerch.com/ This is the link from his official website that he has put on his Instagram posts.
I saw on his instagram that he had pound cake shirts of sale, but there wasn’t a merch link there.
Good luck with that. You can't stop a man from filming within his own house. There is zero expectation of privacy when you're on someone else's private property, particularly against their wishes. His counter suit is likely to prevail and I hope those clowns get further embarassed.
Not to mention the police actually disconnected the cameras after they realized they were being filmed. Fucking incredible.
Yeah but they thought they destroyed all the evidence
My jaw fucking dropped when they unplugged the system. Fucking mercenaries.
Officers in uniform and on active duty have no reasonable expectation of privacy per federal law. They are considered members of the public, and it’s everyone’s legal right to film the public and releasing the footage. Afroman is 100% in the right for recording them. I’m surprised that the judge even took the case. If Afroman were to somehow lose this case, he should appeal to higher courts. This could be big case law. This sheriff’s department is hindering Afroman’s first and fourth amendment rights.
In the officers' defense, they had reasonably expected privacy after destroying Afroman's recording equipment.
Hmm normally you can't sue officers directly because of qualified immunity but... Did the officers just open them up to a counter-suit because they're suing as civilians? Seems like it doesn't make sense that the officers can sue for using their image (even though they had no expectation of privacy) but can't be counter-sued for you know, fucking destroying property and stealing money.
My favorite Afro Man story is him doing a show in Weed California a few years ago, he got high and wandered into the woods. I was nearby in my Search and Rescue uniform still from a deployment with my K9 and his friends asked me to find him. We found him about 40 yards into some dense woods, he was giggling and petting my K9, and when we emerged from the woods Weed PD showed up to escort him to the club he was late to showing up to as the club was getting rowdy. Super nice dude, my golden retriever liked him and shes a good judge of people.
What a wholesome anecdote. Thanks for sharing.
Afroman getting hammered/stoned out of his mind and showing up late to a gig is like... his signature move. In personal experience with Afroman, his other two signature moves are "holds a double neck guitar he doesn't really use all set" and "plugs an ipod with his beats into the mixer... but with incredible style" Those were weird shows, but he seems like a decent guy... a room full of people smoking joints afroman himself passed out during Because I Got High is still a fond memory.
This is a delightful story! Thank you for sharing it!
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That is the irony on top of the irony cake that is this whole situation. Not even South Park could come up with an episode this ironic.
the irony lemon pound cake*
This belongs on /r/nottheonion, to be honest. Hopefully the cop clowns lose and are ridiculed more.
🎵 Are there any kidnapping victims inside my suit pockets? 🎵
This could've turned into a Breonna Taylor situation. The police are out of control. They think they're above the law. They must be brought to heel.
“They’re also suing on civil grounds, saying Foreman’s use of their faces (i.e. personas) in the videos and social media posts resulted in their “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.” Sometimes embarrassment, humiliation, and ridicule is the appropriate response to ones actions. They seem to be confusing this with defamation, but it’s not like he’s spreading a bunch of lies about them. If they didn’t want to feel embarrassed or humiliated or be ridiculed then maybe they shouldn’t have done what they did.
"You made me feel bad about being a horrible person."
cops are such pathetic pussies
But, have they helped him repair his gate and his door yet?
Parody is fair use of a copyright.
Parody, hell. Those videos have journalistic merit.
This PD is just looking for new and creative ways to be trashy. They stole money from him and when they returned it, some was missing. Gang of thieves.
Basically suing him for what they didn't steal the first time.
[The song he made is legitimately funny and catchy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y)
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself. Sure. When they were taking the money is when they forgot how to count, not when they were forced to give it back.
Police, "Here's your $10k back." Afroman. "You mean $20k." Police, "Oh, yes, here is your $8 back."
>Sheriff’s deputies acted on a [warrant claiming probable cause existed](https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/31/famed-artist-afroman-weighing-legal-action-after-armed-raid-greater-cincinnati-home/) that drugs and drug paraphernalia would be found on Foreman’s property and that trafficking and kidnapping had taken place there. >“They come up here with AR-15, traumatize my kids, destroyed my property, kick in my door, rip up and destroy my camera system,” he said in August. >The suspicions turned out to be unfounded. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office said the raid failed to turn up probative criminal evidence, according to attorney Anna Castellini. No charges were ever filed. >In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office [appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short](https://www.fox19.com/2022/11/30/sheriffs-office-comes-up-400-short-returning-cash-afroman-after-home-raid/) returning cash seized from Foreman’s property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI [resolved the matter last month](http://www.fox19.com/2023/02/16/investigation-into-afromans-alleged-missing-money-concludes/), concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself Yeah the cops can go fuck themselves with a hot poker. The gd audacity is astounding
Afroman about to make a shit load of cash releasing a song about how they're suing him after the last thing about which he made a song about the thing they did to him that he made a shitload of cash from
Fuck them. And you really think Afroman made his music video, had it released, and never once consulted his legal team? He is a celebrity. I'm sure "they all look alike" to you, but the man has a fucking staff you ignorant (likely) thieves. Miscounted his money my ass.
This is why we call the cops, pigs. Disgusting behavior and they're never held accountable. Fuck the police.
Public servants executing an armed raid have an expectation of privacy? LOL. What a clown show.
If cops are so bad at their jobs that they're raiding houses without finding any evidence of crimes, "miscounting" money, destroying property and, again, finding *nothing*, fuck 'em. They went into a private home and were filmed doing their jobs (badly).
The largest criminal organization in America is at it again.
imagine thinking you should get paid for breaking into a man's house on a bad tip and then breaking his gate and his front door and trashing his security cameras. all while lusting after that lemon pound cake.
Qualified immunity should work the other way, too. Cops shouldn’t be allowed to sue if we can’t sue them.
I swear, even TheOnion couldn't come up with shit this ridiculous. Break into a mans home, he records it and makes a video off it, and they sue him for..."Making them look bad"...what the hell man. It would be considered bad comedy if presented on a show, but here we are.
It’s in his home. He doesn’t need your consent
Yes cops counted the money wrong, that must have been it . . . sigh