Author Topic: Insane Clown Posse loses lawsuit against the FBI (Read 266 times)

Hack Wilson - real · « **on:** July 08, 2014, 05:42:00 PM »

https://music.yahoo.com/news/music-duo-insane-clown-posse-loses-gang-lawsuit-144932864.html

DETROIT (AP) — The federal government can't be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group Insane Clown Posse, a judge said.

U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland dismissed a lawsuit by the rap-metal duo and fans, known as Juggalos, who said they've been targeted by police because they have jewelry or tattoos with the group's symbol, a man running with a hatchet.

Cleland said the U.S. Justice Department is not responsible for how authorities use a national report on gangs.

The report "does not recommend any particular course of action for local law enforcement to follow, and instead operates as a descriptive, rather than prescriptive, assessment of nationwide gang trends," Cleland said in a 14-page opinion last week.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan filed a lawsuit on behalf of Juggalos and the group, claiming their constitutional rights to free speech and due process were violated by the report.

The FBI report labeled the Juggalos as a "loosely organized hybrid gang." It said those who identify as Juggalos have committed assaults and vandalism, and a "small number" of them have engaged in more serious crimes. There is no mention of them in the latest report.

The ACLU said it will appeal Cleland's decision.

"This is not the end. We'll keep fighting to clear the Juggalo family name," Insane Clown Posse member Joseph Bruce, known as Violent J, said in a statement released by the ACLU.

"While it is easy to fear what one does not understand, discrimination and bigotry against any group of people is just plain wrong and un-American," he said.
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TOP YAHOO COMMENTS:

"I was once at a gas station near my house and two 17 year old boys got out of there car trying to fight me. As much as I wanted to see what would have happened I walked away. As I left I noticed the ICP decals on the back window of there car. I'm not saying they are Juggaloes but having the sticker on your and acting like that does say a lot about what there fans are like. The funniest part was I saw the same car there a week later but it was only the driver. When I tried to say hello he left pretty quickly. So maybe they are only bad when they are in groups?"

"Wonderful. We can't touch the Bloods, Cryps, or any other hardcore, drug-dealing, cop-killing street gang, but we CAN go after petty vandals because they're ICP fans..."

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Hack Wilson - real · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2014, 06:52:09 PM »

61 views and nobody is gonna come in and make fun of ICP? lol

Blood$ · « **Reply #2 on:** July 17, 2014, 09:02:14 PM »

ain't much to make fun of since they literally are some clowns lol

midwestryder needs to come in here with a classic ICP roast

J. B A N A N A S · « **Reply #3 on:** July 21, 2014, 10:56:49 AM »

I'd like to thank ICP and their fans for inspiring me to clean up my language and apply myself more, really work towards doing something with my life.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/RXRAQyiqx-M" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/RXRAQyiqx-M</a>

After watching this I never wanted to use the "F Word" again, for fear of descending to the same plane as these dipshits.

One of the hicks interviewed in the video claims that juggalos come from all walks of life, but it appears that in reality it's just one, and I don't want to be there now or raise my kids there in the future.

Watch the documentary, don't be fooled by the screencap though: 100% of the female juggalos profiled in this video would be better off weighted down at their cankles and dropped in the Hudson River.

I really can't express my disgust in words to the degree that I feel for their music and fans. As a direct result of this video I am switching my wardrobe entirely to Polo Ralph Lauren and becoming a Republican. The only drugs I will do from here on out are pharmaceuticals and the only soft drink I consume will be Ginger Ale (or Sprite if in the company of blacks).

Learn from the video. Be inspired to do something in life.