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Paul Chambers🚧

Afroman heads to court this month after deputies sued him for turning their unfounded raid on his home into viral music videos that exposed their faces and actions when he used his security camera footage of the raid.

The trial begins March 16 in Adams County, #Ohio, where the legal battle between the rapper and law enforcement has become a test case for free speech rights in the digital age.

Afroman’s argument is straightforward: he documented what happened to him and turned his story into art. #Law #FreeSpeech #Music

The music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y

The article: https://allhiphop.com/news/afroman-battles-deputies-in-court-over-viral-music-video-from-home-raid/

Afroman - Will You Help Me Repair My Door (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

2/ video: Afroman spoke with local news this week about the case

https://www.fox19.com/2026/03/05/afroman-stand-trial-this-month-over-music-video-made-deputies-raid-footage/

The ACLU is representing Afroman.
https://www.aclu.org/cases/cooley-v-foreman-aka-afroman

Afroman to stand trial this month over music video made from deputies’ raid footage

Adams County deputies sued Afroman over a music video he made using security footage from a raid on his home.

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Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

3/ The entire album #Afroman released is called "Lemon Pound Cake" #LemonPoundCake

The title song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xxK5yyecRo

Afroman - Lemon Pound Cake (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

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Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

4/ Who wants to hand out lemon pound cake and coffee during the trial as a protest ...lol #Afroman

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 17

5/ #Afroman testified today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE8mtNCsihE

Rapper Afroman testifies in Ohio trial in Adams County

Joseph Foreman, known professionally as Afroman, took the stand Tuesday in his trial in Adams County. In a lawsuit, Adams County sheriff's deputies claim For...

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Paul Chambers🚧Mar 18

6/ As of this post, Jury is currently deliberating in rapper Afroman's civil trial. I hope the the diner slips in some Lemon Pound Cake for dessert with their lunch. lol #LemonPoundCake #Afroman

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/afromans-defense-prepares-to-present-their-side-during-day-3-of-civil-trail

'America won' | Jury sides with rapper Afroman in Adams County civil trial

After two days of testimony on the plaintiff's side, the civil trial of Afroman ended with the jury siding with the 'Because I Got High' rapper.

WCPO 9 Cincinnati

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 18

7/ Video of verdict: Jury sides with rapper Afroman in Adams County, #AppalachianOhio #ohio trial. Can't wait for the new music. So proud of my neighbors. Everybody get a piece of Lemon Pound Cake and celebrate.

Afroman, on the stand, "All of this is their fault," Foreman said on Tuesday. "If they hadn't wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names, they wouldn't be on my home surveillance system, and there would be no songs ... my money would still be intact."

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/afromans-defense-prepares-to-present-their-side-during-day-3-of-civil-trail #Afroman .

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 19

8/ #Afroman speaks to local media, "I didn't win. America won. There's still freedom of speech..."

🔗'America won' | Jury sides with rapper Afroman in Adams County civil trial - https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/afromans-defense-prepares-to-present-their-side-during-day-3-of-civil-trail

'America won' | Jury sides with rapper Afroman in Adams County civil trial

After two days of testimony on the plaintiff's side, the civil trial of Afroman ended with the jury siding with the 'Because I Got High' rapper.

WCPO 9 Cincinnati

Jason844 🙃Mar 19

@paul YES! A victory for free speech! Way to go Afroman! Good job to the jury for making the right decision.

As for the cops, suffering from "...humiliation, ridicule, mental distress, embarrassment and loss of reputation..." Is what you get when public officials screw up.

Afroman had the receipts to hold them accountable. The average person doesn't.

Nice to have a victory for once.

Jason844 🙃Mar 19

@paul I NEEDED that good news!

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 19

@Jason844 Yeah. I am so glad he won. I was also a little pissed I passed on Jury term because I was called. Of course, I didn't know what the cases would be then. So glad the jury saw it for what it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4AiuqQpB1U

RANDY WALTERS IS A SON OF A BITCH

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FallsMom 🌻Mar 19

Hey hey hey thanks for sharing Paul, we don't get a lot of good news out of our Ohio these days! Hooray Afroman!👏 👏 👏 Hooray for the Jury!

Jason844 🙃Mar 17

@paul Go Afroman!

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 17

@Jason844 He's holding his own!

@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote Mar 6

@paul I loved that part of the song. 🤣 🤣 🤣

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@Pineywoozle if you didn't see the post in the thread, Lemon Pound Cake is the album title for the whole release of songs and title song of the album...lol

https://oldfriends.live/@paul/116180671210181834

Paul Chambers🚧 (@[email protected])

3/ The entire album #Afroman released is called "Lemon Pound Cake" #LemonPoundCake The title song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xxK5yyecRo

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@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote Mar 6

@paul I did I listened to the lemon poundcake song and also would you like to help me fix my door lol it’s a shot of that sheriff looking longingly at the cake and then running the shot back-and-forth while he says you can have a slice, fucking killed me lol

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@Pineywoozle I didn't know if you saw the follow-up in the thread or not, or just replying to the first one because it was in your timeline.

Glad you got to see the Lemon Pound Cake, on its own, song. lol.

I'm understanding why the Adams County Walmart, our Walmart, made Lemon Pound Cake a regular, prominent item in their bakery section a couple years ago. There must have been demand for it and their computer told them to keep stocking it.

diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱Mar 6

This is why we donate to the #ACLU because they represent the most vulnerable of us when our civil rights laws are the weakest.

The ACLU might be what saves us from total collapse into brutal fascism.

Where am I going to find the best lawyers when I need help? The #ACLU

The life the ACLU saves might soon be my own.

#ACLU is union strong 💪

@paul A headline that includes the phrase, “…to stand trial over music video,” is a really good sign you’ve got fascism. That this bad excuse for a frivolous case hasn’t already been thrown out already, gives the court that unmistakable stench of kangaroo.

Jason844 🙃Mar 6

@paul I'm with Afroman on this. It's free speech. We'll see how corrupt the courts are by how it's handled.

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@Jason844 In the third post in the thread, I posted the title song to the album called 'Lemon Pound Cake's that made the sheriff sad.

FWIW, the sheriff lost his election and did get replaced. He had been sheriff for a long time. Afroman brought to light how corrupt his dept was. The new one isn't too much better but is better than the old sheriff.

Jason844 🙃Mar 6

@paul I'm getting really fed up and tired of all these corrupt cop.

🦩 Plastic Garden Fauna 🦩Mar 6

@Jason844 @paul

The question I have is why wouldn't LEOs run cop shops like a syndicate? The judiciary is has been under sustained pressure by assholes like Leonard Leo since the early 90s. Add to that the old networks of racial discrimination which have always been part of policing in America. Police officers unions and lobbyist machine keep a roof over this racket. It's entrenched at every level.

Morten Juhl-Johansen Mar 6

@Jason844 @paul A music version of 'stand your ground' rights, beautiful

@Jason844 @paul This hasn’t been thrown out yet. The countersuit was thrown out without a thought. The corruption of this is already demonstrated. It only remains to be seen if there are any limits to that corruption.
#ACAB #KangarooCourt

MegatronicThronBanks Mar 6

@paul And he wasn't High!

Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸Mar 6

"Seven law enforcement officers claimed they suffered humiliation, ridicule, mental distress, and loss of reputation after seeing themselves in the videos."

I fail to see the downside...

(to clarify, if you suffer "humiliation, ridicule, mental distress and loss of reputation" for a video that shows you doing your job, either you SUCK at your job, or your job is not something any decent person would be doing.)

@realtegan
Yes, absolutely: “if you suffer "humiliation, ridicule, mental distress and loss of reputation" for a video that shows you doing your job, either you SUCK at your job, or your job is not something any decent person would be doing”. 😐
What were they thinking of? Drawing attention to themselves, & their extremely poor behaviour, so unprofessional - for goodness sake: at least one of them - caught on camera - was a thief! Try to wrap your head around that!! A law enforcement officer stole money from the man! On camera!! 🤬😤😐
#LEOBehavingBadly #unprofessional #racists #Afroman

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@Su_G I know he got all but $400 back, too. I think the original amount taken was over $5,000. @realtegan

@paul
Wow! That is amazing. That Afroman managed to recover most of the money stolen from him by LEOs. The value of getting your own eyes (surveillance) on so-called ‘law enforcement’!

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@Su_G It's been so long ago, but if my recollection is correct, he had to go to court or threaten to, to get any back. @realtegan

@paul
Jeez… outrageous!! His own money… stolen by LEOs while the cameras watched… (his own cameras). 😤

@Su_G @realtegan @paul Never heard of the Streisand Effect, I take it.

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 8

@Dealiah yeah. For ppl that don't know what it means, Barbara Streisand sued to stop a photograph of her home taken for a costal erosion research project that would not have been seen by a lot of people and it ended up being seen by millions because of her trying to censor it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect?wprov=sfla1

@Su_G @realtegan

Streisand effect: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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@realtegan @paul in this case both

The Gaffer Mar 6

@paul The video capture of the cop taking the 💴 💰 out of his pocket is insane. Unbelievable.

rlonstein Mar 6

@paul Is this still going on? I remember seeing the videos and lol-ing.

@paul Brilliant

MinmiTheDino Mar 6

@paul I really hope this lawsuit gets thrown right in the trash and this just lives on as the most beautiful Streisand effect ever.

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@minmi It's been going on since 2023. His countersuit got thrown out and it is finally going to trial.

https://www.aclu.org/cases/cooley-v-foreman-aka-afroman

Cooley v. Foreman AKA Afroman | American Civil Liberties Union

After a musician used footage of officers searching his home in music videos criticizing that search and the officers more broadly, they sued him for damages and asked the court to order him to stop speaking about them. The ACLU of Ohio and the ACLU filed an amicus brief in support of the musician’s motion to dismiss the suit, arguing that the lawsuit sought to silence criticism in violation of the First Amendment.

American Civil Liberties Union

MinmiTheDino Mar 6

@paul truly absurd.

rjohnsonmn ❌👑Mar 6

@paul That cop was definitely thinking hard about taking a piece of lemon pound cake 🤣

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@rjohnsonmn Lemon Pound Cake is the title to the album about it. lol The entire album is hilarious.

@justin
@theplaguedoc

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Fardels Bear Mar 6

@rjohnsonmn @paul

I looked at the sheriff and thought of Newman in Seinfeld.

@paul
I laughed so hard at his music video. 🤣

@paul I had forgotten all about Afroman. Glad to see he's doing well for himself, and he's right - this song / video *is* art.

JoeJoeTom (aka Eerie Tom)Mar 6

@paul Reminds me of the #GeorgeMichael video (“Outside”) where he satirized his arrest for lewd behavior. [

from Wikipedia:
In 1999, [arresting officer Marcelo Rodríguez] brought a US$10 million court case in California against Michael. The court dismissed the case, but an appellate court reinstated it on 3 December 2002. The court then ruled that Rodríguez, as a public official, could not legally recover damages for emotional distress.

Karl Heinz Häsliprinz Mar 6

@paul Barbara Streisand called and is looking for her effect

@KarlHeinzHasliP
🤣😂🤣🎶

Andreas Fink Mar 6

@paul streisand effect incoming

Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

@afink esp for Sheriff Lemon Pound Cake

MisWiredKE Mar 6

@paul thanks for reminding me of this song!

Renke Meuwese Mar 6

@paul I remember! And now they're suing him over it? That's very very dumb.

Conny Nasch Mar 6

@paul Have you seen this? It made my morning 😁
https://youtu.be/xIPwqM2Wyr4

Trump Fires Kristi Noem, Missing Epstein Files Published & Republicans Play Both Sides of Iran War

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@paul He owns the footage and they have no right to privacy while trespassing.

If you're afraid of being seen being the bad guy, the fix is to not be the bad guy.

@paul
Came here for the 🍋£🎂
#lemonpoundcake

yunchtime Mar 6

self-own is the new macho. I hope Afroman is acquitted and his song goes platinum!