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InsAnE CLoWn Posse lose lawsuit, juggalos ARE GANG!
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Insane clowned PossGay
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Date: July 09, 2014 09:52AM
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.
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.
Re: InsAnE CLoWn Posse lose lawsuit, juggalos ARE GANG!
Posted by:
Ralph Pootawn
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Date: July 09, 2014 10:11AM
All because of those fucking magnets.
Re: InsAnE CLoWn Posse lose lawsuit, juggalos ARE GANG!
Posted by:
jhajhadjhad
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Date: July 09, 2014 05:32PM
thats insanely dumb if you ask me. Why not make all of pearl jam fans or Beibers fans a gang? they act the same way. Especially snoop dog or iggy azeila
Re: InsAnE CLoWn Posse lose lawsuit, juggalos ARE GANG!
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Tough One
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Date: July 09, 2014 05:39PM
The dumbest fucking group ever, and their fans, just as worthless. This is one case where I hope the Feds can arrest, taser, shoot ICP fans.
Re: InsAnE CLoWn Posse lose lawsuit, juggalos ARE GANG!
Posted by:
Blue Velvet
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Date: July 09, 2014 05:50PM
BUT...will the Kiss Army now be considered a terrorist organization?
Re: InsAnE CLoWn Posse lose lawsuit, juggalos ARE GANG!
Posted by:
Hatemotor
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Date: July 09, 2014 06:38PM
Bronies, your next!
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