Paul Chambers🚧Mar 6

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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Show threadLaura "Tegan" Gjovaag ⛈ 🐸Mar 6

@paul

"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.)

Show threadSu_G

@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

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Show threadPaul 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
Show threadSu_GMar 6

@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’!

@realtegan

Show threadPaul 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
Show threadSu_GMar 6

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

@realtegan

Show threadDealiahMar 8
@Su_G @realtegan @paul Never heard of the Streisand Effect, I take it.
Show threadPaul 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

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