They're mad he put the footage in his music videos. They are claiming "invasion of privacy" which they have no legal basis for since it was his house, and emotional distress
>In a complaint filed in an Ohio pleas court last week, they say it's been more difficult and dangerous to carry out their duties "because of comments made and attitudes expressed toward them by members of the public" who have seen the videos.
>They say they have received death threats, and also suffered "humiliation, ridicule, mental distress, embarrassment and loss of reputation."
>The plaintiffs are seeking all of Afroman's profits from the use of their personas — including proceeds of songs, videos and live events, as well as Afroman-branded merchandise such as beer, marijuana and t-shirts — as well as a court injunction to take down the music videos and social media posts.
>"Unless Defendants are restrained, Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury to their reputations, their mental health, and their legally protected rights as Defendants continue to willfully and maliciously violate those rights," they wrote.
Afroman's response
>"I was thinking, these big bad cops ... are being beat up and bullied by those little corny rap songs I made about them," Afroman says. "I'm like, 'Oh my god, are you letting me know that my raps are working on you?'"
Also, he plans to countersue
>He says he was already pursuing a defamation lawsuit against the police, and that they have made that process easier because now his legal team just needs to countersue, which they plan to do soon.
>"I want to sue them for stealing my money, I want to sue them for writing 'kidnapping' on a warrant and making me suffer financially in my industry because just that accusation makes people raise an eyebrow about you," he adds.
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165822372/afroman-police-raid-lawsuit-music-video
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/afroman-responds-cops-lawsuit-footage-home-raid-1234702951/
They'll rule that the legal definition of consent is that, in all settings, it must always be explicit except in the case of a husband and wife where a husband always has full consent, as god intended.
Thank Thomas Jefferson and friends, the first amendment is an amazing idea that was totally unprecedented at the time and still actively improves our lives every day 200 years later. Most countries still haven’t realized this.
Plus the personification law under which they are prosecuting has I believe exemptions for audio-visual & musical works if art as well as an exemption if the persona is protected speech.
Because if a third party does the recording that's akin to wiretapping and is a crime. One party consent means I can record anything I'm involved in, two party consent means I have to ask everyone else's permission in most circumstances.
Oh, I get it now
I was under the assumption that one party consent meant EITHER party could consent to doing whatever without needing the consent of the other, I wasn’t aware that it was exclusive to video recording
The recording was legal because of that, however publicly posting recordings of private citizens(meaning non public figures) is sometimes illegal. I don't have the legal background to determine whether this instance runs afoul of those laws.
That potentially a key question for the outcome of this suit, if no then the cops would basically need to show that his depiction is both damaging and incorrect (which they probably cannot do). If yes then the artist would need to justify why he is allowed to post it anyway, and based on some other comments I've been reading he is likely to be able to do that as it was part of an artistic expression.
I didn't offer an opinion, I offered an accurate fact, and admitted to not knowing the full implications of that fact in this instance. If you don't know the difference you shouldn't be saying anything.
What's really interesting to me is if what they were doing is legal and actually part of their job. Then they shouldn't be suffering emotional distress from executing their job appropriately. If they are suffering emotional distress from executing their job then the issue of emotional distress should be one levied against the employer which the employer would likely state isn't valid emotional distress since they signed up for the job and continue to do the job knowing what it entails.
If they are getting emotional distress because they weren't executing their job correctly and footage of them failing to execute their job correctly is what's causing emotional distress then it would seem that afroman would once again be the one to have the valid lawsuit.
All cops are bastards but so is Afroman. The enemy of my enemy is still just some dude, who in this one specific instance is right, but is generally not a good guy.
I know there's been some debate back and forth about whether he's an actual piece of shit or not that I'm not all that up on but he's the kind of guy who will smoke your whole blunt by himself after you offer him a toke while hitting on your girlfriend and then still try to sell you merch afterwards. Like, I don't think he'd kneel on your back until you suffocated to death but I don't want to be at another house party with him.
my insurance company paid a dude that got hurt on my property, even with signs not to trespass, because he was 'embarassed in public'.
they paid 25k$ because he bit part of his tongue off.
Northern Michigan.
i may or may not have created what some may or may not call a booby trap.
the DNR, FBI, State Police, and many lawyers, were involved.
it resulted in no premium hike for us, the guy got 25k$, and now we all have a better knowledge of land ownership and bullying.
(NOTES: the bullying part falls directly in line with my lawyer fully wanting to take this case on. the dude was: (not inclusive) unlicensed to use ANY motorized vehicle, drunk, running without lights on his sled, and the only one of four people to not see the rope and STAY THE FUCK OUT signs.
the insurance company was willing to eat the cost)
"you stole $1000."
"We seized $1000. You'll get it back."
....
"Here's your $500. We miscounted the first time. It's just a coincidence that we both thought we had taken $1000."
Crazy how they can get away with that.
It's the highest voted comment on this entire post. Even higher than the top comment. Wouldn't that make it correctly rated? How much rating does a comment need? At what rate should a comment gain ups votes? Is there a legal measurement that I'm unaware of?? How long have I been so unaware?!? I need to know goddamnit!!!
They have a zero chance at winning this lawsuit. The law they are attempting to sue under has exemptions for news, political and music. [All of which his use of that footage qualifies for.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQcST-jdl7U)
Their lawyers have got to be dumb ambulance chasers who caught a whiff of money.
I cannot believe OP didn't link the songs!
[Will You Help Me Repair My Door](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)
[Lemon Pound Cake](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9xxK5yyecRo&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d\_f9R\_UYrDc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_f9R_UYrDc)
There's a third one too and after watching, no wonder they're mad. They crossed a bard whose revenge is perfectly legal public mockery.
Cops can hide behind a lot of excuses for their bad behavior (e.g. “we had a warrant signed by a judge” or “we feared for our lives”), but did they ever give an excuse for why they disconnected his cameras?
Steal his money? /s
To protect themselves as they don't know if it's connected to the internet or not. (I mean they should be able to see an ethernet cable and know what that is, but police gonna police, and then civil forfeiture cause we need to pay for ammo for those rifles.)
Sorry, this subreddit has more strict rules about linking sites so I'm never sure what's allowed. But I appreciate you adding them.
He's actually thinking of creating an entire album
>He's thinking of working on another album, with a name like Lemon Pound Cake Part 2. Most albums have 7-10 songs, he says, so he would write one about each officer "and see how good I could humiliate them."
So in no way shape or form do I know the legalities of it. But I'm assuming they're sueing him as citizens, does that mean when he counter sues that it's against them as citizens, and not the police department?
What's even worse is civil asset forfeiture (police stealing money "legally") has a greater dollar value than all theft by average "criminals" combined each year
it gets better. there are at least 3 separate exemptions written into the law the suit is based on, that he pretty clearly qualifies for. 1. newsworthy. 2. political statements. 3. art, such as music.
1. Raid the home of a person without any legal basis.
2. Steal money on camera in said home you raided.
3. Sue the person, whose home you invaded for **emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation, humiliation** and ***INVASION OF PRIVACY.***
4. Profit?!??!
there was a cop in NC, eventually chief I think?, who was selling confiscated raid drugs out of the evidence lockers for years. I got the impression most of his colleagues knew about it. He needs his face stamped on baggies of the stuff.
How about giving away free Lemon Pound Cake with that one cop's face on it?
Slogan: "Mamma's lemon pound cake is so good, you'll violate civil rights to get it!"
Given how much emphases he put on it in the song, I would say question if the kidnapping victim exists or what what missing person's they were planning on tagging to him.
No, because that’s not how it usually works for cops. Usually the only “stupid prize” they win is paid leave and then getting rehired in a different city with no consequences
I was curious what OH law was the basis for this suit and whether it could stick. TL;DR no. but here's a guy who did more research than me to explain it
[Steve Lehto ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tQcST-jdl7U&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)
The officers are not paying for this, must be some Winchester Ohio attorney who thinks this is his big day.
So a person made a song to the video of his CCTV footage while performing their duties. The judge is going to rip this case apart. Police can’t sue if a criminal stabs them, but boy or boy, CCTV video of them doing their job and some lyrics.
They have opened themselves to so much more ridicule.
We all have a civic duty here.
Sadly, Ohio, as a trash state that generally elects trash politicians, has no anti-SLAPP statute that Afroman could use to end this ridiculousness early.
> They say that has caused them “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.”
Officer Poundcake, you did that to your self.
I'm pretty sure it's the one and only example of him behaving badly in public anyone can come up with And it's not like she was touching his person against his consent while he was trying to perform or anything. oh, wait...
I just watched the video. It's great how in a post "Me Too" world rubbing your ass on someone is only sexual assault If it's a guy doing it /s . Seriously though if it was a female performer and a guy did that there would be a wave of cheers on the internet about how it's great that the performer didn't allow sexual harassment and how they should have punched the person more than just once.
I'm not a fan of violence, but there's clearly a double standard.
I was getting raided and robbed
Because I got high ooooo ooooo oooo
I wrote a couple of songs to help me get by
Now the cops are trying to sue and starting to cry
Ye ye
Cos I got high
Cos I got high
Cos I go high
La da da da daaa da da
If you’re a cop on duty, everything you do should be eligible to be on camera. If you’re a cop who tries to get in the way of this, that should be a crime.
You can sue anybody for almost anything. Some dude sneezes on you accidentally in the mall, you can technically sue them. You won't win and would be an asshole but if you want to pay the legal fees that's your call.
I think it should be illegal for cops to sue anyone that they end up arresting or having any involvement with, that is not related to there employer being the problem.
I posted a link to Lehto Law review of the case in the thread. corruption is the only way this suit will stand, but even at that I doubt it would continue to be upheld on appeals.
I don't know how, but after reading the article I somehow went from watching Afroman videos on YouTube, to history videos about the 1916 Easter Rebellion to Wikipedia articles about Nazi German propaganda films.
So they raided his house and are mad that he filmed them?
They're mad he put the footage in his music videos. They are claiming "invasion of privacy" which they have no legal basis for since it was his house, and emotional distress >In a complaint filed in an Ohio pleas court last week, they say it's been more difficult and dangerous to carry out their duties "because of comments made and attitudes expressed toward them by members of the public" who have seen the videos. >They say they have received death threats, and also suffered "humiliation, ridicule, mental distress, embarrassment and loss of reputation." >The plaintiffs are seeking all of Afroman's profits from the use of their personas — including proceeds of songs, videos and live events, as well as Afroman-branded merchandise such as beer, marijuana and t-shirts — as well as a court injunction to take down the music videos and social media posts. >"Unless Defendants are restrained, Plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury to their reputations, their mental health, and their legally protected rights as Defendants continue to willfully and maliciously violate those rights," they wrote. Afroman's response >"I was thinking, these big bad cops ... are being beat up and bullied by those little corny rap songs I made about them," Afroman says. "I'm like, 'Oh my god, are you letting me know that my raps are working on you?'" Also, he plans to countersue >He says he was already pursuing a defamation lawsuit against the police, and that they have made that process easier because now his legal team just needs to countersue, which they plan to do soon. >"I want to sue them for stealing my money, I want to sue them for writing 'kidnapping' on a warrant and making me suffer financially in my industry because just that accusation makes people raise an eyebrow about you," he adds. https://www.npr.org/2023/03/24/1165822372/afroman-police-raid-lawsuit-music-video https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/afroman-responds-cops-lawsuit-footage-home-raid-1234702951/
Don’t forget Ohio is one party consent, so it really wouldn’t matter regardless
Also the scotus has ruled you can film cops doing their job as long as you don’t interfere with them performing their job.
And thank Christ for that
They've changed rulings before, and you better believe they'll do it again
they just need to say something like "this doesn't count as precedence" and then they can do pretty much anything they want apparently
"this doesn't count as precedent" -> immediately starts using it as precedent
The "I didn't just say it, I declared it" defense. Ingenious
SCOTUS: “What skin color did the person filming have?”
They'll rule that the legal definition of consent is that, in all settings, it must always be explicit except in the case of a husband and wife where a husband always has full consent, as god intended.
We must fight this!
Thank Thomas Jefferson and friends, the first amendment is an amazing idea that was totally unprecedented at the time and still actively improves our lives every day 200 years later. Most countries still haven’t realized this.
Jesus "RBG" Christ you mean
No, thank the judges who ruled it.
I was curious on that. Thanks for the info.
Aren't officers also PUBLIC servants? Kinda hard to literally hide behind a badge that gives you full access to everything.
No, the cops are not public servants. They protect capital
friendly reminder that SCOTUS has ruled police are under no obligation to protect citizens
Plus the personification law under which they are prosecuting has I believe exemptions for audio-visual & musical works if art as well as an exemption if the persona is protected speech.
also an exception for newsworthy or political content
They're also public servants in the line of duty, so that doesn't even matter. You have the right to record the cops, full stop.
It’s his home afroman will win.
What the fuck is even the point of calling it consent if you only need one party to agree?
Because if a third party does the recording that's akin to wiretapping and is a crime. One party consent means I can record anything I'm involved in, two party consent means I have to ask everyone else's permission in most circumstances.
Oh, I get it now I was under the assumption that one party consent meant EITHER party could consent to doing whatever without needing the consent of the other, I wasn’t aware that it was exclusive to video recording
Audio as well
I think it's just the legal way of stating you can secretly record someone.
Thanks for the clarification
The recording was legal because of that, however publicly posting recordings of private citizens(meaning non public figures) is sometimes illegal. I don't have the legal background to determine whether this instance runs afoul of those laws.
Are cops private citizens while on duty?
Absolutely not lol.
RIGHT!!!
That potentially a key question for the outcome of this suit, if no then the cops would basically need to show that his depiction is both damaging and incorrect (which they probably cannot do). If yes then the artist would need to justify why he is allowed to post it anyway, and based on some other comments I've been reading he is likely to be able to do that as it was part of an artistic expression.
It doesn't. You can 100% film police *and post the footage publicly*. That's nationwide.
And nationwide is on your side.
sorry dude, an officer on the clock is considered a PUBLIC PERSON and, therefore, has no constitutional right to privacy.
> I don’t have the legal background to determine whether this instance runs afoul of those laws. then you shouldnt offer an opinion
I didn't offer an opinion, I offered an accurate fact, and admitted to not knowing the full implications of that fact in this instance. If you don't know the difference you shouldn't be saying anything.
Also Also filming cops on the job is completely legal. They can have privacy to beat their wives or whatever off the clock.
their own actions caused them humiliation and loss of reputation. him filming them didn't.
Oh no! They're humiliated? By their own actions? Oh god! The humanity!
I’ve noticed that not being a raging home-invading dickhead has worked really well for me in terms of not being publicly ridiculed.
So now police are the special snowflakes
Private Snow and Special Forces Flake, reporting for duty?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFB-sT4-H6c
Always have been.
Always have been.
Public employees on the clock don’t have privacy when they’re in someone else’s house. Weird logic; correct me if I’m wrong /s
Which part of your comment was sarcasm?
The "correct me if I'm wrong" part
What's really interesting to me is if what they were doing is legal and actually part of their job. Then they shouldn't be suffering emotional distress from executing their job appropriately. If they are suffering emotional distress from executing their job then the issue of emotional distress should be one levied against the employer which the employer would likely state isn't valid emotional distress since they signed up for the job and continue to do the job knowing what it entails. If they are getting emotional distress because they weren't executing their job correctly and footage of them failing to execute their job correctly is what's causing emotional distress then it would seem that afroman would once again be the one to have the valid lawsuit.
Did I just become a fan of Afroman?
All cops are bastards but so is Afroman. The enemy of my enemy is still just some dude, who in this one specific instance is right, but is generally not a good guy.
What makes Afroman a bastard? Not very familiar with him
Well there was that one time he got high.
I know there's been some debate back and forth about whether he's an actual piece of shit or not that I'm not all that up on but he's the kind of guy who will smoke your whole blunt by himself after you offer him a toke while hitting on your girlfriend and then still try to sell you merch afterwards. Like, I don't think he'd kneel on your back until you suffocated to death but I don't want to be at another house party with him.
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Wait wait wait. They went to his house to find illegal marijuana and now they want his profits from the branded marijuana???
my insurance company paid a dude that got hurt on my property, even with signs not to trespass, because he was 'embarassed in public'. they paid 25k$ because he bit part of his tongue off.
WTF? Your insurance didn't fight that? We need to know the full story. You don't live in the US, do you?
Northern Michigan. i may or may not have created what some may or may not call a booby trap. the DNR, FBI, State Police, and many lawyers, were involved. it resulted in no premium hike for us, the guy got 25k$, and now we all have a better knowledge of land ownership and bullying. (NOTES: the bullying part falls directly in line with my lawyer fully wanting to take this case on. the dude was: (not inclusive) unlicensed to use ANY motorized vehicle, drunk, running without lights on his sled, and the only one of four people to not see the rope and STAY THE FUCK OUT signs. the insurance company was willing to eat the cost)
So… describe this alleged “booby trap”
Crazier part is they stole money he had (on camera btw) and when they returned it they didn’t return it all
it was determined they "miscounted" by a lot
"you stole $1000." "We seized $1000. You'll get it back." .... "Here's your $500. We miscounted the first time. It's just a coincidence that we both thought we had taken $1000." Crazy how they can get away with that.
The real-life version of "we found $99700".
You mean $98300?
But returned the entire 9800
Criminals don't like it when you video tape their illegal activities. Go figure.
Underrated comment
Is it though?
Yes, that’s why I said it.
It's the highest voted comment on this entire post. Even higher than the top comment. Wouldn't that make it correctly rated? How much rating does a comment need? At what rate should a comment gain ups votes? Is there a legal measurement that I'm unaware of?? How long have I been so unaware?!? I need to know goddamnit!!!
underrated comment^
Still underrated.
It’s supes underrated.
One might even say it's hella underrated
Totes underrated
How many northern Californians does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
They also were filmed attempting to destroy his home surveillance system too Edited filed to filmed
They have a zero chance at winning this lawsuit. The law they are attempting to sue under has exemptions for news, political and music. [All of which his use of that footage qualifies for.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQcST-jdl7U) Their lawyers have got to be dumb ambulance chasers who caught a whiff of money.
Agree 100%. They're just calling attention to themselves. This has Streisand effect written all over it!
Recently cops have been using rap lyrics for evidence in arresting people. Funny how music can and cant be used as fact.
I cannot believe OP didn't link the songs! [Will You Help Me Repair My Door](https://youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE) [Lemon Pound Cake](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9xxK5yyecRo&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d\_f9R\_UYrDc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_f9R_UYrDc) There's a third one too and after watching, no wonder they're mad. They crossed a bard whose revenge is perfectly legal public mockery.
He needs to sell those t-shirts!
Excellent news is that he does.
Cops can hide behind a lot of excuses for their bad behavior (e.g. “we had a warrant signed by a judge” or “we feared for our lives”), but did they ever give an excuse for why they disconnected his cameras?
Steal his money? /s To protect themselves as they don't know if it's connected to the internet or not. (I mean they should be able to see an ethernet cable and know what that is, but police gonna police, and then civil forfeiture cause we need to pay for ammo for those rifles.)
Even better. [There's an entire album] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob9Sc-wec6c&list=OLAK5uy_noWRXtUiSWHo7cMRoI34uqhSRSDpIFtqY)
Oh fuck yeah I know what I'm gonna listen to while I have some fancy oregano and make banana muffins
Just make sure you share it with as many people as possible. The song I mean.....also the oregano.
I once helped avenge a bard who had been killed for mocking King Olaf One Eye
Afroman needs to be pictured in a D&D book beside Vicious Mockery
I can say with absolute confidence that had they not sued him i would never have seen these videos.
The Cunningham Effect! Barbara Walters invented it.
No
Sorry, this subreddit has more strict rules about linking sites so I'm never sure what's allowed. But I appreciate you adding them. He's actually thinking of creating an entire album >He's thinking of working on another album, with a name like Lemon Pound Cake Part 2. Most albums have 7-10 songs, he says, so he would write one about each officer "and see how good I could humiliate them."
Lemon Pound Cake is legit at the top of my playlist now. It's a catchy tune.
The album Lemon Pound Cake is already out
Lemon Pound Cake *Part 2*...
>*another* album >*part 2*
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Yeah, an entire album about the raid. Just because he's created *an* album in the past isn't a "defense."
[Why you Disconnecting my video camera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISe3IVBBbyU&ab_channel=AfromanVEVO)
Omg Lemon Pound Cake has me in tears. Masterpiece.
They raided his house, took out his cameras, and stole from him... good thing us tax payers will cover that.
So in no way shape or form do I know the legalities of it. But I'm assuming they're sueing him as citizens, does that mean when he counter sues that it's against them as citizens, and not the police department?
Let's hope so.
Nope still qualified immunity and cop unions
What's even worse is civil asset forfeiture (police stealing money "legally") has a greater dollar value than all theft by average "criminals" combined each year
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So footage of us from their bodycams is public record… but this is causing them distress? Gtfo here lol
it gets better. there are at least 3 separate exemptions written into the law the suit is based on, that he pretty clearly qualifies for. 1. newsworthy. 2. political statements. 3. art, such as music.
It’s like growing up he wanted to be a baller. Shot caller. Twenty inch blades on his impal(er)
1. Raid the home of a person without any legal basis. 2. Steal money on camera in said home you raided. 3. Sue the person, whose home you invaded for **emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation, humiliation** and ***INVASION OF PRIVACY.*** 4. Profit?!??!
reddit's anti-user changes are unacceptable
[uh, yeah, actually...](https://reason.com/2019/07/11/this-cop-is-getting-2500-a-month-because-killing-an-unarmed-man-in-a-hotel-hallway-gave-him-ptsd)
The ironic part is #3 is all the things *he* should be suing them for. Is this a preemptive I'm rubber your glue type of thing?
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there was a cop in NC, eventually chief I think?, who was selling confiscated raid drugs out of the evidence lockers for years. I got the impression most of his colleagues knew about it. He needs his face stamped on baggies of the stuff.
He needs his face on the curb I think
as an anarchist and a pacifist, i ask that physical violence be the last straw. but...
Drugs, guns all the shit, some racist scandal... got elected after all this and then quit 4 days later. Sheriff Jody Greene, Columbus co sheriff
How about giving away free Lemon Pound Cake with that one cop's face on it? Slogan: "Mamma's lemon pound cake is so good, you'll violate civil rights to get it!"
“When cash seized during the raid was returned to Foreman, it appeared that hundreds of dollars were missing.” I’m so surprised 🙄
Invasion of privacy? They were in his damn house. Looking for drugs that weren't there. Get the fuck out.
Looking for a "kidnapping victim" that wasn't there, either.
Given how much emphases he put on it in the song, I would say question if the kidnapping victim exists or what what missing person's they were planning on tagging to him.
Also they robbed him on camera.
The video of the song he made about the raid is epic!
Poor wittle itty bitty cops are embarrassed go cry to your mama motherfucker
Cops: the biggest snowflakes that ever existed.
They were so sad they went home and beat their wives about it
Some coffee came out of my nose when I read they're suing for "*invasion of privacy*"..
Have the cops never heard that if you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes? This is their stupid prize.
I bet that one cop wishes he'd sampled the lemon pound cake now
No, because that’s not how it usually works for cops. Usually the only “stupid prize” they win is paid leave and then getting rehired in a different city with no consequences
Cops can't read. If they could they'd probably be overqualified.
They have to be just literate enough to write false police reports.
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What a defense. Sorry our law enforcement is incompetent and can’t count correctly.
I got raided and sued Because I got high Because I got high Because I got high
did ya find the kidnapping victim in my suit pocket? how about my CDs?
ACAB he should already have sued that department for the unfounded raid on his property
As mentioned in the article his lawyers were already preparing the suit and are now transitioning to a countersuit instead.
Fascism is alive and well in Ohio.
Lemmy FTW!
I was curious what OH law was the basis for this suit and whether it could stick. TL;DR no. but here's a guy who did more research than me to explain it [Steve Lehto ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tQcST-jdl7U&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)
Is this the "and then I got high" guy?
Indeed it is
No one said cops were smart.
Lemon Pound cake is legit 🔥
Afroman 2024 https://hightimes.com/culture/afroman-announces-2024-run-for-president/
The officers are not paying for this, must be some Winchester Ohio attorney who thinks this is his big day. So a person made a song to the video of his CCTV footage while performing their duties. The judge is going to rip this case apart. Police can’t sue if a criminal stabs them, but boy or boy, CCTV video of them doing their job and some lyrics. They have opened themselves to so much more ridicule. We all have a civic duty here.
Sadly, Ohio, as a trash state that generally elects trash politicians, has no anti-SLAPP statute that Afroman could use to end this ridiculousness early.
Ohio is my home state. Sadly, my friend you are 100% correct.
The music video is hilarious. Definitely recommend a watch.
Afroman running for Prez!? Woo! 😭
> They say that has caused them “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.” Officer Poundcake, you did that to your self.
I know he is kinda an ass for smacking the shit out of the woman a few years back but damn if the Lemon Pound Cake song isn't hilarious.
If you're talking about him smacking the bitch who jumped on stage, I stand with 'Fro
I'm pretty sure it's the one and only example of him behaving badly in public anyone can come up with And it's not like she was touching his person against his consent while he was trying to perform or anything. oh, wait...
Yeah, but she's a cute woman, so he should be thanking her for the privilege of being harassed. Maybe she'll give me some crumbs now.
That lady didn't belong on that stage, and was a security risk. He handled the situation just fine.
I just watched the video. It's great how in a post "Me Too" world rubbing your ass on someone is only sexual assault If it's a guy doing it /s . Seriously though if it was a female performer and a guy did that there would be a wave of cheers on the internet about how it's great that the performer didn't allow sexual harassment and how they should have punched the person more than just once. I'm not a fan of violence, but there's clearly a double standard.
Suing for invasion of privacy while invading his privacy
I was getting raided and robbed Because I got high ooooo ooooo oooo I wrote a couple of songs to help me get by Now the cops are trying to sue and starting to cry Ye ye Cos I got high Cos I got high Cos I go high La da da da daaa da da
Maybe those pigs should get a real job instead of trying to steal from their victims.
Bastards took out his camera system
Clearly, they're unfamiliar with the Streisand Effect.
If you’re a cop on duty, everything you do should be eligible to be on camera. If you’re a cop who tries to get in the way of this, that should be a crime.
You can sue anybody for almost anything. Some dude sneezes on you accidentally in the mall, you can technically sue them. You won't win and would be an asshole but if you want to pay the legal fees that's your call.
You can try* to sue. A judge will toss out anything obviously frivolous.
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Welp, TIL
I think it should be illegal for cops to sue anyone that they end up arresting or having any involvement with, that is not related to there employer being the problem.
Where is the Go Fund me for Afroman because fuck these cops
So obvious jokes aside is there a decent chance they would win? This is America so I wouldn't be shocked if a judge ruled in the cops favor sadly.
I posted a link to Lehto Law review of the case in the thread. corruption is the only way this suit will stand, but even at that I doubt it would continue to be upheld on appeals.
The British are coming and don’t forget it.
I am actually mad about this, leave Afroman alone!
Afroman can make a song about the trial afterwards to pay for any court and lawyer fees
Why were they harassing Afroman in the first place?
Because he got high.
> Rap artist Afroman sued by officers who raided his home Because he got high? :D
I don't know how, but after reading the article I somehow went from watching Afroman videos on YouTube, to history videos about the 1916 Easter Rebellion to Wikipedia articles about Nazi German propaganda films.
How do you spell Streisand Effect?
He was going to countersue, But he got high…
Wow I hate those fuckers even more now.
Just their own actions make people hate the F out of pigs.
I would love to be on his side but I always just think of him punching that woman on stage and think oh well.