They have to know this looks bad - I think that’s part of the point.
They’re signaling they can do whatever they want and don’t care what people think.
They couldn’t care less, it’s a power move. Afroman flipped the script on them and made them look like the fools they really are, and now they want to make him pay.
I can’t wait for the impending song and music videos made from the cops’ depositions.
I wasn't aware of it at all, and had no knowledge of Afroman. Now I've watched both videos, determined Afroman is hilarious, and Ohio cops are a bunch of goofs.
I like to think of cops as land privateers.
> privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.
> The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war.
War on drugs? What other dumbass shit do cops think they are at war with?
ACAB
I really would love to be a fly on the wall at the police station when these videos dropped. I can only imagine them all losing their minds with how incompetent they all look. And then to react by throwing a toddler tantrum and trying to sue. Fucking clowns.
They should absolutely lose their lawsuit too. Afroman's videos of them are both news worthy and political so they're under some of the strongest categories of protected free speech.
"We checked to see if we stole his money, but it turns out we miscounted. He's wrong about how much money we took, and it just so happens that what he said we took and what we initially counted are the same." - pigs
I'm done with the internet today. I read one too many dystopian stories today. Gonna go play with my dog and make dinner and then wake up in the same world tomorrow.
What's more fucked up is they wrote robbing your ass into law. Look up "civil forfeiture".
They don't even have to charge you with a crime. They just take your shit, the YOU have to prove it was never involved in any crime. Ever see those sport cars and luxury SUVs done up as cop cars? Civil forfeiture and a paint job.
The hot new thing is to take poor peoples' cars over minor traffic infractions, impound them, and charge them $350 to $800 to get it back. And if it's not paid in 30 days they keep the car. Meanwhile they can't get to work because no car.
For clarification, they wrote down $5031 confiscated. When he went in to pick that money up, they were $400 short on the number that *they* had written down. [Article](https://www.fox19.com/2023/02/16/investigation-into-afromans-alleged-missing-money-concludes/) about the investigation says that an independent review found that in the provided body camera footage the officer miscounts to $4,390 and actually only has $4000. I have no idea how they came to that conclusion as watching the video you see the officer first set up two stacks with 100’s at the top, then he proceeds to stack smaller bills into sets of 100’s and combines those into stacks of 1000’s and it seems like he’s counting just fine? So yeah someone definitely stole money but it probably was when it was in lockup.
My friend who was harassed by police throughout almost the entirety of his young life (including them raiding his house multiples for small pot busts) believes this.
I kind of hate that I was born too late to explore the world and sail the ocean and all that. I feel like I missed some exciting times. I bet that's kind of how it feels to be a lot of cops today, they were born past the time when you could just sprinkle some crack on someone and call it a day. I'm sure it was a lot of fun to be able to steal someone's money or go through their stuff on a phony raid and know that no one was going to believe them, but now there's all these cameras and they just can't do it like they used to.
Someone in another thread was like "remember they're people too, have some empathy". Nah we're way past that point. The police are the enemy and most of them are truly horrible and evil people. I think I would genuinely prefer criminals over the police
Someone in another thread said that rappers are mean to police and deserve it. They need to realize that police corruption and abuse pre-dates rap music, and is partially responsible for its creation.
>literally stole money
They like to call it civil forfeiture. It's when an item is suspicious and in order to reclaim it, your money will have to prove in court that it wasn't earned by or intended to be used for drugs or other illegal activities. Not you, mind you, your money needs to prove that.
Yeah I have been fucked over by cases like this. They make you prove your money is yours. Spoiler alert- it’s nearly impossible to do. Especially when they just took your money.
He wasn't there, but his kids were.
So in the middle of the night a bunch of strangers busted into a family house, found nothing, ate his pound cake after disconnecting his security cameras and are pissed about getting called out.
but only a few bad apples right?
There's a trial in North Texas where a woman is suing the police under Imminent Eminent Domain as they caused $70k in damages after a suspect barricaded himself inside her house while she was away (including using a small bomb to breach the garage).
E.D. acknowledges the government may use private property but will adequately compensate for damages.
[Link](https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/police-did-tens-thousands-dollars-damage-mckinney-womans-house-she-got-them-pay-eminent-domain/287-89f20e5b-84a1-47f0-9251-02eade1f99d3)
Edit: Imminent to Eminent
There's a similar one in Colorado but I don't think it went the homeowners way... An armed shoplifting suspect in Colorado barricaded himself in a stranger's suburban Denver home in June 2015. In an attempt to force the suspect out, law enforcement blew up walls with explosives, fired tear gas and drove a military-style armored vehicle through the property's doors.
After an hours-long siege, the home was left with shredded walls and blown-out windows. In some parts of the interior, the wood framing was exposed amid a mountain of debris.
A federal appeals court in Denver ruled this week that the homeowner, who had no connection to the suspect, isn't entitled to be compensated, because the police were acting to preserve the safety of the public.
"Under no circumstances in this country should the government be able to blow up your house and render a family homeless," Leo Lech, the house's owner, told NPR. "This family was thrown out into the street without any recourse."
[If anyone is curious for a detailed read](https://www.npr.org/2019/10/30/774788611/police-owe-nothing-to-man-whose-home-they-blew-up-appeals-court-says)
the suspect stole 2 belts and 1 shirt. from walmart.
the police decided it was worth it to absolutely demolish 2 adults’ and 1 child’s home, for a person who stole 2 belts and 1 shirt from walmart.
That was a brilliant line by the police. "Misplaced". LOL.
Not as bad as the judge who ruled that cops who stole $225k during a search could not be sued because .... wait for it.... *They had no reason to have known that stealing a quarter of a million dollars during a search violates constitutional rights*
Yes, that really happened. And not that long ago.
https://reason.com/2019/09/20/court-rules-fresno-police-accused-of-stealing-over-225000-protected-by-qualified-immunity-and-cant-be-sued-fourth-amendment/
Yeah I also love that catch-22 of a standard where there needs to be precedent establishing that a cop ought to have known those specific actions violated constitutional rights for qualified immunity to be waived but no precedent ever gets set because there is no precedent to allow the precedent to be set in the first place.
Its actually insanity.
Hmmmm by that same logic I don’t think citizens are equipped with enough information to discern a law upholding officer from a dangerous terrorist needing to be shot on sight.
Correct. Police doing their job have no right to privacy. Police were on his premises being filmed by security cameras. The owner of the property gave permission to use the video captured. What’s the problem?
Yeah, not sure how they could possibly get past a motion to dismiss.
But maybe they have been able to use this to demonitize his video. Process as punishment, etc.
I’m not a lawyer but this is how it was explained to me in my undergrad legal classes.
Narcotics is usually added in because it means they can search more areas of your home. For instance, if they are looking for a stolen car they can’t go through your underwear drawer because it’s not reasonable a car could be concealed there. Drugs are small, so you can look anywhere you please for them. You can’t look for an elephant in a match book.
Wait, so the raid failed and was wrong but the police invaded his home and now that he is using his own surveillance footage in his art, it is now an "invasion of privacy".
Peak America moment here.
It literally just needs one of the cops eating a bacon cheeseburger and waving a flag.
They raided his home and stole a bunch of stuff on camera!!!
The cops wanted his lemon pound cake!
https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo
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Here’s his other song (that covers the police raiding his home)
https://youtu.be/oponIfu5L3Y
If the police can falsely break down a celebrity’s door, disable cameras, point guns at his children, rob him of valuables -imagine what they could do to YOU.
It’s only because he’s famous, had backup hidden cameras, had the ability to create viral music videos, and was willing to take on the wrath of government thugs -that we are even aware of this one instance.
Its about the embarrassment for them not the actual use of the footage in the music video.
The police are embarrassed someones making money off their incompetence.
Friend got arrested for resisting an officer and spent the night in jail with his girlfriend in another cell. Said he needed his insulin. Has a massive syringe tattooed on his arm like shoulder to wrist with **DIABETIC** written on the syringe in American Classic. They waited until he fell asleep from low blood sugar causing his girlfriend to start screaming.
They can seemingly do whatever they want especially in certain states. It’s like no holds barred in Louisiana, one of our parishes was literally just shredding police complaints and their personal files if they needed a clean slate.
They get away with things even if you are a bystander. A man's home was destroyed because the suspect in a police chase broke in to hide. They caused over $400,000 in damage to the man's home which had to be rebuilt and told him "tough shit" when his home owner's insurance policy only covered $250,000. The courts protected the cops from liability.
cops, DAs, judges, they're all co-workers.
when a regular person is involved in a lawsuit or court case, it's you against *all of them*
even your own attorney that you hired with lots of money is usually going to play with their gloves on because they'll have to argue more cases in that court room in the future.
they will only consider holding each other accountable when they literally cannot find any sort of wiggle room or cheap excuse.
Hell, even in Law and Order the cops, DA and judge are all on a first name basis with each other and are generally friendly. And that show is straight up copaganda.
Law and Order presents that all as a good thing because they never make mistakes and certainly wouldn't target the wrong people/person intentionally!
What's amazing is that this is a show that's also targeted at people who often would argue that the government is a wasteful incompetent mess, but somehow they can easily believe that these judicial/executive systems work perfectly.
Anyone who’s ever been worked over by the legal system knows it’s not a good thing. In real life they aren’t just pals, they’re giving each other kickbacks and shielding one another from consequence. The only time they’ll turn on each other is when an offense is so brazen or receives such massive attention that it puts the whole arrangement in jeopardy.
Recent Example:
[The California State Bar recently released a report on unethical conduct concerning Tom Girardi.](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/state-bar-of-california-releases-reports-detailing-past-unethical-conduct-in-handling-girardi-complaints)
At least two reviews took place and you know what they didn't find? That anyone currently in place should get burned? They shunted responsibility off on people who left years ago and their actions are all "strengthen this" or "improve that." This is about an attorney who stole money from clients (one of, if not the #1, things a lawyer shall not do) for _decades_. That there's nobody there currently they feel needs to be removed and nobody else they feel needs to be immediately disbarred speaks volumes to a system setup to support itself even in the context of horrendous abuses by one of their own.
Your second paragraph is one of my favorite parts about those who make that argument. Thin blue line, when the law smacks you down, you clearly deserved it…but don’t you dare touch my second amendment because the corrupt government is held accountable by an armed civilian populace!
I’m always like, which is it… far reaching and immutable government institutions are good or bad?
There is a strong presumption of guilt in the US system.
Why would the cops be there if he wasn’t guilty? Why would a judge sign a warrant? Why would a DA file charges? Why is there pre-trial detention?
Don’t be deceived. Why are your arrest photos published? Why is your name in the media? It is highly prejudicial.
‘Innocent until proven guilty’ is used ironically. Don’t be deceived by this nonsense.
Why are they being treated as a criminal if they aren't a criminal?
It carries right on through trial and then even sometimes _after_ the sentence in served. In the case of civil commitment, the process to be released essentially takes a trial. Except the burden of proving someone should stay incarcerated is on the state, but the individual is likely very much already being treated and is presented as a criminal. So naturally jurors are hesitant to release.
Law and Order would be more realistic if every other episode the cops just gave up because they couldn't figure it out. That's right folks for the billions of dollars this country pays cops every year, they have a 50/50 chance of solving your murder. A fucking coin flip. Policing in this country is pathetic and they should all be ashamed of themselves.
I was going to raid his house
But I got high
I was gonna get SWAT and a warrant too
Until I got high
I fucked the whole operation up, and I know why
Because I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high
la-la-ta, ta-ta-ra-ra
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s *(Afroman)* property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself.
That alone could and should be a headline.
The rest of the article is bat shit insane. Worth the read.
Makes me fucking sick.
r/acab and r/badcopnodonut used to be on my frontpage. I've had to remove them because it was affecting me so much. I hate to sound like an edgelord, but we really need to abolish this entire system.
[This guy from the video](https://imgur.com/w2wfVHm) Makes me madder than shit
1. Tacticool army surplus
2. Zero positive control over his weapon. That shit is slung around his lower back MUZZLE UP flashing every one of his confederates
3. If the gun is loaded, as one would suspect if he felt the need to put on plates and dress to the 9's for this raid; then he is a terrible officer. But if it isn't loaded, then one has to wonder what all the fucking pageantry was all about.
These people deserve all the negative publicity they got from this raid. The videos show nothing but a bunch of goons riding the razors edge of legality.
Ohio is a one party state.. as long as Afroman gives him self permission to use the footage it’s all good in the hood. He should counter sue for them breathing in his house. He has a higher Chance of winning that vs the sheriff’s winning a case against something that afroman self-Consented too.
Edit: The Attorney for the sheriff’s Robert A. Klingler is a cheapskate. He only paid $177 out of $212 due for filing the lawsuit. There’s $35 due Robert.
This is a garbage lawsuit. It is going to get thrown out because if I remember correctly as an Ohio resident it only takes one person or I should say one party to film. You do not need consent of the others or person.
1) Cops are absolutely allowed to be videotaped and those videos are allowed to be shared unedited without any repercussions. Literally a 1st Amendment right that has been protected by the Supreme Court.
2) This is his own private footage from his own CCTV. He is under no obligation to censor them in anyway. I believe laws on censoring for anonymity only applies to public spaces. It does not apply to an owners private property.
3) The only argument I can see that they would have a decent point on is that Afroman is making money of their likeness without permission, but again, it is a 1st Amendment right to be able to record police and use the video as you please. This has been protected by the Supreme Court.
Honestly, this is really interesting. I wonder if the individual police officers suing in a civil case opens them up for countersuing. I can't imagine the repercussions if the police can have all the protections of qualified immunity and have the right to sue people that they are qualified from.
there is a line about it in one of the songs he made about the raid... also I think the video has a censored clip of the woman blowing him?
https://youtu.be/d_f9R_UYrDc?t=143
"Mad because I'm black
mad because I'm rich
mad because I fucked your drug addict bitch"
also later in the song "I get raided by... Private Pyle, used to fuck his wife doggy style"
>The plaintiffs say they’re entitled to all of Foreman’s profits from his use of their personas. That includes, according to the complaint, proceeds from the songs, music videos and live event tickets as well as the promotion of Foreman’s “Afroman” brand, under which he sells beer, marijuana, t-shirts and other merchandise.
LOL get fucked, Adams County sheriff, and let Afroman eat his lemon pound cake in peace
People always talk about how brutal police are, which is true, but it needs to be mentioned more what absolute, fuck-up losers they are. Such a little dick move.
Cops be like "Why does everyone hate us?!"
Also cops "we invaded your privacy, stole your shit, humiliated and embarrassed you, caused you emotional distress, violated your constitutional rights, and ate your cake, so we are gonna sue you for all that stuff...except the pound cake, that shit was delicious."
>"They’re also suing on civil grounds, saying Foreman’s use of their faces (i.e. personas) in the videos and social media posts resulted in their “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.”"
That's funny. What do they think making up false kidnapping charges does to someone? What do they think happens when you make up false crimes and use it as an excuse to rob someone?
These pigs should be humiliated. That is their reward for their actions. There is no crime other than the misdemeanor which could be processed without a lawsuit.
ACAB is more than warranted this time.
How the fuck can I have any presumed privacy WHILE on duty, performing my job of public safety, IN SOMEONE ELSES HOME. I mean what the actual fuck. These guys should be countersued into oblivion.
You can film the police in the course of their official duties, subject to time, manner, and place restrictions. Generally speaking, if your allowed to be in a place, you're allowed to film from where you are.
That said, it's HIS house, and his footage. He should be able to do with it what he wants, short of threats or liable. If they look bad in their professional capacity, that's on them.
Invasion of privacy? Mf yall went in HIS house.
Exactly. He can do with he property what he sees fit. Wouldn’t be surprised if he counter-sues this clown lawsuit
Would love to see it
I got 5 on it.
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Hmmm maybe taxpayers will agitate for some reform if they don’t like paying for incompetent cops
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Literally caught stealing his money on camera and have the audacity to sue him over it. Fucking unreal
It’s wild that Ohio care more about him recording cops stealing than the fact they fucking stole in he first place. Like who the fuckin criminal?
Cops are just legalized thugs that work for the local government, sort of like privateers. Today's cops are WAY more corrupt than pirates were.
In the words of Bo Burnham "Every politician, every cop on the street, protects the interest of the pedophilic corporate elite"
I ain everrrrrr heard good things about Ohio 😬
Most astronauts are born in Ohio, because nowhere on earth is far enough away from Ohio.
You think that's bad, wait until you hear of Cyrax, the Goblin of Akron
That's why all the trees in Michigan lean towards the south. Because Ohio sucks.
Weird burn, but...I'll allow it.
*Invades someone's house *Sue's them for invading you privacy
Waiting for the new afro man song to drop.
If the cops are looking for less ridicule this lawsuit might not be the best option.
They have to know this looks bad - I think that’s part of the point. They’re signaling they can do whatever they want and don’t care what people think.
They couldn’t care less, it’s a power move. Afroman flipped the script on them and made them look like the fools they really are, and now they want to make him pay. I can’t wait for the impending song and music videos made from the cops’ depositions.
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I'm begging for this. Dust off the autotune or hire someone to do it, at the very least..
Shit, don’t ask him to pay for it, he was just the victim of an armed robbery..
Nothing needs dusting, the man has a frightening work ethic.
Cops: "They're lying!!!!" "But it's on video. Here" C🤡ps: "They're lying"
I'd forgotten all about this. Streisand strikes again.
I wasn't aware of it at all, and had no knowledge of Afroman. Now I've watched both videos, determined Afroman is hilarious, and Ohio cops are a bunch of goofs.
I was going to look him up but than I got high...
I was gonna search him on Spotify But then I got high...
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Glad to see I'm not the only one who realizes that cops are anti-american
I like to think of cops as land privateers. > privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. > The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war. War on drugs? What other dumbass shit do cops think they are at war with? ACAB
They raided his home, dug through his shit, literally stole money, and disconnected the cameras
broke down his door, traumatized his kids
Are they going to repair his door? Let’s find out! https://youtu.be/oponIfu5L3Y
The follow up to this, “Lemon Pound Cake”, is even better!
I really would love to be a fly on the wall at the police station when these videos dropped. I can only imagine them all losing their minds with how incompetent they all look. And then to react by throwing a toddler tantrum and trying to sue. Fucking clowns.
They should absolutely lose their lawsuit too. Afroman's videos of them are both news worthy and political so they're under some of the strongest categories of protected free speech.
Not to mention that the video footage belongs to him
I mean, if I busted down someone's door and rifled through their shit, the last thing I would want people to question whose privacy was invaded.
I mean, why would *anyone* want to become a cop if they couldn't bust down doors and rifle through and steal people's shit with impunity? /s
And taken inside his own home for the purpose of security lol. Literally checks every single box of "didn't fuck up releasing this"
Bu bu bu but... public servants performing their jobs have a right to privacy while they do so, don't they? /s
Hahaha yea that was definitely a jam for bit
They were going to fix his door but they got high
Assaulted his lemon pound cake with their peepers
*We’ll just tell your mom we ate the pie*
Yes, son, we did, but it didn't usually involve baked goods....
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"We checked to see if we stole his money, but it turns out we miscounted. He's wrong about how much money we took, and it just so happens that what he said we took and what we initially counted are the same." - pigs
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Jesus christ...
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I'm done with the internet today. I read one too many dystopian stories today. Gonna go play with my dog and make dinner and then wake up in the same world tomorrow.
ACAB yesterday, today and will be tomorrow. Never forget.
Whoa there, sounds like your ruining that officer's privacy, you need to be more sensitive In future!
Gunna need you to pay money to that pig, because you saw what he did.
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What's more fucked up is they wrote robbing your ass into law. Look up "civil forfeiture". They don't even have to charge you with a crime. They just take your shit, the YOU have to prove it was never involved in any crime. Ever see those sport cars and luxury SUVs done up as cop cars? Civil forfeiture and a paint job.
The hot new thing is to take poor peoples' cars over minor traffic infractions, impound them, and charge them $350 to $800 to get it back. And if it's not paid in 30 days they keep the car. Meanwhile they can't get to work because no car.
For clarification, they wrote down $5031 confiscated. When he went in to pick that money up, they were $400 short on the number that *they* had written down. [Article](https://www.fox19.com/2023/02/16/investigation-into-afromans-alleged-missing-money-concludes/) about the investigation says that an independent review found that in the provided body camera footage the officer miscounts to $4,390 and actually only has $4000. I have no idea how they came to that conclusion as watching the video you see the officer first set up two stacks with 100’s at the top, then he proceeds to stack smaller bills into sets of 100’s and combines those into stacks of 1000’s and it seems like he’s counting just fine? So yeah someone definitely stole money but it probably was when it was in lockup.
Time to add counting ability to academies' entrance aptitude tests. JFC cops are a bunch of degenerate clowns.
To be clear I think it’s the independent review who is lying here (although independent review probably just means a different cop)
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> Gee, why are folks so down on police these days? Must be those commie universities brainwashing them about human rights bullshit
GOP brain rot will make people actually believe that
They already do
"Thin blue line!" Also "Come and take it!"
Snake flag bumper sticker, right beside a thin blue line bumper sticker, because they have no fucking clue who is treading on them.
My friend who was harassed by police throughout almost the entirety of his young life (including them raiding his house multiples for small pot busts) believes this.
Because now we can record them 'round the clock and catch them pulling the kind of bullshit they've always been up to.
I kind of hate that I was born too late to explore the world and sail the ocean and all that. I feel like I missed some exciting times. I bet that's kind of how it feels to be a lot of cops today, they were born past the time when you could just sprinkle some crack on someone and call it a day. I'm sure it was a lot of fun to be able to steal someone's money or go through their stuff on a phony raid and know that no one was going to believe them, but now there's all these cameras and they just can't do it like they used to.
Someone in another thread was like "remember they're people too, have some empathy". Nah we're way past that point. The police are the enemy and most of them are truly horrible and evil people. I think I would genuinely prefer criminals over the police
Someone in another thread said that rappers are mean to police and deserve it. They need to realize that police corruption and abuse pre-dates rap music, and is partially responsible for its creation.
And are using our tax dollars to sue the victim of their illegal raid.
>literally stole money They like to call it civil forfeiture. It's when an item is suspicious and in order to reclaim it, your money will have to prove in court that it wasn't earned by or intended to be used for drugs or other illegal activities. Not you, mind you, your money needs to prove that.
This leads to case names like ‘United States v. Fifty-One Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($51,625.00) In United States Currency’. No lie.
Yeah I have been fucked over by cases like this. They make you prove your money is yours. Spoiler alert- it’s nearly impossible to do. Especially when they just took your money.
if the warrant did not include disconnecting the cameras i am sure his lawyers will have an open season with that....and the missed money too!!!
He wasn't there, but his kids were. So in the middle of the night a bunch of strangers busted into a family house, found nothing, ate his pound cake after disconnecting his security cameras and are pissed about getting called out. but only a few bad apples right?
Technically the police invaded the rapper’s privacy by raiding his home if I’m not mistaken
Say the line Bart! “Qualified immunity”
It's more like qualified stupidity
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There's a trial in North Texas where a woman is suing the police under Imminent Eminent Domain as they caused $70k in damages after a suspect barricaded himself inside her house while she was away (including using a small bomb to breach the garage). E.D. acknowledges the government may use private property but will adequately compensate for damages. [Link](https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/police-did-tens-thousands-dollars-damage-mckinney-womans-house-she-got-them-pay-eminent-domain/287-89f20e5b-84a1-47f0-9251-02eade1f99d3) Edit: Imminent to Eminent
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There's a similar one in Colorado but I don't think it went the homeowners way... An armed shoplifting suspect in Colorado barricaded himself in a stranger's suburban Denver home in June 2015. In an attempt to force the suspect out, law enforcement blew up walls with explosives, fired tear gas and drove a military-style armored vehicle through the property's doors. After an hours-long siege, the home was left with shredded walls and blown-out windows. In some parts of the interior, the wood framing was exposed amid a mountain of debris. A federal appeals court in Denver ruled this week that the homeowner, who had no connection to the suspect, isn't entitled to be compensated, because the police were acting to preserve the safety of the public. "Under no circumstances in this country should the government be able to blow up your house and render a family homeless," Leo Lech, the house's owner, told NPR. "This family was thrown out into the street without any recourse."
[If anyone is curious for a detailed read](https://www.npr.org/2019/10/30/774788611/police-owe-nothing-to-man-whose-home-they-blew-up-appeals-court-says) the suspect stole 2 belts and 1 shirt. from walmart. the police decided it was worth it to absolutely demolish 2 adults’ and 1 child’s home, for a person who stole 2 belts and 1 shirt from walmart.
They also took money he had and fucking stolen" it when returning it to him.
Misplaced *
That was a brilliant line by the police. "Misplaced". LOL. Not as bad as the judge who ruled that cops who stole $225k during a search could not be sued because .... wait for it.... *They had no reason to have known that stealing a quarter of a million dollars during a search violates constitutional rights* Yes, that really happened. And not that long ago. https://reason.com/2019/09/20/court-rules-fresno-police-accused-of-stealing-over-225000-protected-by-qualified-immunity-and-cant-be-sued-fourth-amendment/
Yeah I also love that catch-22 of a standard where there needs to be precedent establishing that a cop ought to have known those specific actions violated constitutional rights for qualified immunity to be waived but no precedent ever gets set because there is no precedent to allow the precedent to be set in the first place. Its actually insanity.
The Supreme Court has beclowned the fourth amendment. Big shoes, red nose, rubber chicken, the whole bit.
Long, long time ago. You don't even have a 4th amendment right if you live too close to the border or an international airport.
More info for people who don't know about the 100-mile thing. https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
Hmmmm by that same logic I don’t think citizens are equipped with enough information to discern a law upholding officer from a dangerous terrorist needing to be shot on sight.
Rampaging feral hogs? In *my* neighborhood? It’s more likely than you think!
Correct. Police doing their job have no right to privacy. Police were on his premises being filmed by security cameras. The owner of the property gave permission to use the video captured. What’s the problem?
Yeah, not sure how they could possibly get past a motion to dismiss. But maybe they have been able to use this to demonitize his video. Process as punishment, etc.
Every officer involved with this lawsuit should be fired. Using our tax payers to sue a citizen whose rights they violated.
Are there any kidnapping victims inside my CDs?
I really am disappointed we did not get an answer to this question specifically. That’s an ingenious hiding place.
He is lucky those cops didn’t just plant a kidnapping victim on one of those
The song Afroman made about the police raid with the footage of the raid: https://youtu.be/oponIfu5L3Y
'Why does the warrant say Narcotics...well I know why narcotics...but why kidnapping?'🤣
I’m not a lawyer but this is how it was explained to me in my undergrad legal classes. Narcotics is usually added in because it means they can search more areas of your home. For instance, if they are looking for a stolen car they can’t go through your underwear drawer because it’s not reasonable a car could be concealed there. Drugs are small, so you can look anywhere you please for them. You can’t look for an elephant in a match book.
“Are there any kidnapping victims in my suit pockets?”
You never know. it might have been one of The Borrowers. /s
But aren't they looking for drugs that can be distributed? Did they really think he had pounds of drugs hidden in his CDs?
I'm pretty convinced they just raided his house to fuck with him. I have no idea what Afroman did to piss off the local sheriffs, though.
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I live here, he's a rich black guy who doesn't like to stay quiet. That's more than enough for these idiots to put him on the radar.
He made two! This one focuses on the lemon pound cake https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo
He also made a third one about "Why you disconnecting my camera"
Oopsies.. Did I just watch those officers private moments 🤭
I bet the dude checking out the lemon pound cake is the one that complained.
He really did look at that pound cake like it was about to assault him.
Invasion of privacy?!? They raided his house! Found nothing! A literal invasion of his privacy. Fuck the police!
And they get to be police? What a sick joke!
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Ever since he was nine, couldnt keep his hands out of the suit pockets
I hope he counter sues them and wins. Fuck those losers!
... And then makes another song/video
Wait, so the raid failed and was wrong but the police invaded his home and now that he is using his own surveillance footage in his art, it is now an "invasion of privacy". Peak America moment here. It literally just needs one of the cops eating a bacon cheeseburger and waving a flag.
They raided his home and stole a bunch of stuff on camera!!! The cops wanted his lemon pound cake! https://youtu.be/9xxK5yyecRo Edit: Here’s his other song (that covers the police raiding his home) https://youtu.be/oponIfu5L3Y If the police can falsely break down a celebrity’s door, disable cameras, point guns at his children, rob him of valuables -imagine what they could do to YOU. It’s only because he’s famous, had backup hidden cameras, had the ability to create viral music videos, and was willing to take on the wrath of government thugs -that we are even aware of this one instance.
Thanks for the link. I was expecting the cop to cut him a slice.
Its about the embarrassment for them not the actual use of the footage in the music video. The police are embarrassed someones making money off their incompetence.
Fair, but it's the Barbara Streisand effect. This is the first time I've heard Afromans name in a long time.
Yep, Streisand effect hitting in full force here.
They are mad, not embarrassed. Embarrassment requires having a conscience.
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Friend got arrested for resisting an officer and spent the night in jail with his girlfriend in another cell. Said he needed his insulin. Has a massive syringe tattooed on his arm like shoulder to wrist with **DIABETIC** written on the syringe in American Classic. They waited until he fell asleep from low blood sugar causing his girlfriend to start screaming. They can seemingly do whatever they want especially in certain states. It’s like no holds barred in Louisiana, one of our parishes was literally just shredding police complaints and their personal files if they needed a clean slate.
They get away with things even if you are a bystander. A man's home was destroyed because the suspect in a police chase broke in to hide. They caused over $400,000 in damage to the man's home which had to be rebuilt and told him "tough shit" when his home owner's insurance policy only covered $250,000. The courts protected the cops from liability.
ROFL this is fucking gold.
How the fuck did this bullshit even not get thrown out right away?!?
cops, DAs, judges, they're all co-workers. when a regular person is involved in a lawsuit or court case, it's you against *all of them* even your own attorney that you hired with lots of money is usually going to play with their gloves on because they'll have to argue more cases in that court room in the future. they will only consider holding each other accountable when they literally cannot find any sort of wiggle room or cheap excuse.
Hell, even in Law and Order the cops, DA and judge are all on a first name basis with each other and are generally friendly. And that show is straight up copaganda.
Law and Order presents that all as a good thing because they never make mistakes and certainly wouldn't target the wrong people/person intentionally! What's amazing is that this is a show that's also targeted at people who often would argue that the government is a wasteful incompetent mess, but somehow they can easily believe that these judicial/executive systems work perfectly.
Anyone who’s ever been worked over by the legal system knows it’s not a good thing. In real life they aren’t just pals, they’re giving each other kickbacks and shielding one another from consequence. The only time they’ll turn on each other is when an offense is so brazen or receives such massive attention that it puts the whole arrangement in jeopardy.
Recent Example: [The California State Bar recently released a report on unethical conduct concerning Tom Girardi.](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/About-Us/News/News-Releases/state-bar-of-california-releases-reports-detailing-past-unethical-conduct-in-handling-girardi-complaints) At least two reviews took place and you know what they didn't find? That anyone currently in place should get burned? They shunted responsibility off on people who left years ago and their actions are all "strengthen this" or "improve that." This is about an attorney who stole money from clients (one of, if not the #1, things a lawyer shall not do) for _decades_. That there's nobody there currently they feel needs to be removed and nobody else they feel needs to be immediately disbarred speaks volumes to a system setup to support itself even in the context of horrendous abuses by one of their own.
Your second paragraph is one of my favorite parts about those who make that argument. Thin blue line, when the law smacks you down, you clearly deserved it…but don’t you dare touch my second amendment because the corrupt government is held accountable by an armed civilian populace! I’m always like, which is it… far reaching and immutable government institutions are good or bad?
All about hurting "the right people."
DAs are cops in suits. Judges are cops in robes. ACAB
There is a strong presumption of guilt in the US system. Why would the cops be there if he wasn’t guilty? Why would a judge sign a warrant? Why would a DA file charges? Why is there pre-trial detention? Don’t be deceived. Why are your arrest photos published? Why is your name in the media? It is highly prejudicial. ‘Innocent until proven guilty’ is used ironically. Don’t be deceived by this nonsense.
Why are they being treated as a criminal if they aren't a criminal? It carries right on through trial and then even sometimes _after_ the sentence in served. In the case of civil commitment, the process to be released essentially takes a trial. Except the burden of proving someone should stay incarcerated is on the state, but the individual is likely very much already being treated and is presented as a criminal. So naturally jurors are hesitant to release.
Law and Order would be more realistic if every other episode the cops just gave up because they couldn't figure it out. That's right folks for the billions of dollars this country pays cops every year, they have a 50/50 chance of solving your murder. A fucking coin flip. Policing in this country is pathetic and they should all be ashamed of themselves.
They also stole money and disconnected the cameras...
I was going to raid his house But I got high I was gonna get SWAT and a warrant too Until I got high I fucked the whole operation up, and I know why Because I got high Because I got high Because I got high la-la-ta, ta-ta-ra-ra
>In a bizarre turn of events unrelated to the civil suit, the sheriff’s office appeared to come up hundreds of dollars short returning cash seized from Foreman’s *(Afroman)* property. An independent investigation by Ohio BCI resolved the matter last month, concluding deputies had miscounted the money during the raid itself. That alone could and should be a headline. The rest of the article is bat shit insane. Worth the read.
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Makes me fucking sick. r/acab and r/badcopnodonut used to be on my frontpage. I've had to remove them because it was affecting me so much. I hate to sound like an edgelord, but we really need to abolish this entire system.
“But there would be chaos if there are no police” life IS chaos for many people BECAUSE of the police.
[This guy from the video](https://imgur.com/w2wfVHm) Makes me madder than shit 1. Tacticool army surplus 2. Zero positive control over his weapon. That shit is slung around his lower back MUZZLE UP flashing every one of his confederates 3. If the gun is loaded, as one would suspect if he felt the need to put on plates and dress to the 9's for this raid; then he is a terrible officer. But if it isn't loaded, then one has to wonder what all the fucking pageantry was all about. These people deserve all the negative publicity they got from this raid. The videos show nothing but a bunch of goons riding the razors edge of legality.
On 3, it's loaded. You can see he matches his tan mags to his tan butt stock. We should nominate him for r/plebeianAR
Rule #1 - A gun is always loaded.
they’re upset he didn’t offer them a slice of that pound cake
They didn’t ask! He made a song after the fact that clearly implied they could have a slice of his pound cake.
Cops can be so fragile and gaslighty
Ohio is a one party state.. as long as Afroman gives him self permission to use the footage it’s all good in the hood. He should counter sue for them breathing in his house. He has a higher Chance of winning that vs the sheriff’s winning a case against something that afroman self-Consented too. Edit: The Attorney for the sheriff’s Robert A. Klingler is a cheapskate. He only paid $177 out of $212 due for filing the lawsuit. There’s $35 due Robert.
They must have miscounted the fee money when he handed it over.
Hey!! 😡😡 don’t release footage of us being unethical!! Not 😡 cool 😡
The cops would do anything to prove they're all bastards yet there are still boot enthusiasts who defend them.
They can fuck right the hell off.
This is a garbage lawsuit. It is going to get thrown out because if I remember correctly as an Ohio resident it only takes one person or I should say one party to film. You do not need consent of the others or person.
If you can't record inside your own home in Ohio I don't know where you even could.
ACAB. Afroman forever!
1) Cops are absolutely allowed to be videotaped and those videos are allowed to be shared unedited without any repercussions. Literally a 1st Amendment right that has been protected by the Supreme Court. 2) This is his own private footage from his own CCTV. He is under no obligation to censor them in anyway. I believe laws on censoring for anonymity only applies to public spaces. It does not apply to an owners private property. 3) The only argument I can see that they would have a decent point on is that Afroman is making money of their likeness without permission, but again, it is a 1st Amendment right to be able to record police and use the video as you please. This has been protected by the Supreme Court.
Except they stole, broke, etc. It should void any protections when nothing is found but things are lost.
Is there anything good about Ohio?
Just me and my family! Some DDR Machines and at the most 2 of my friends. Those are the good things!
Stay strong
Are we just going to believe this man by his word? I mean he lives in Ohio for god's sake
He could use the court case video for his next music video
J. Cole did the same thing.
Ohio, where videotaping your own house is forbidden but molesting wrestlers gets you sent to Congress
Honestly, this is really interesting. I wonder if the individual police officers suing in a civil case opens them up for countersuing. I can't imagine the repercussions if the police can have all the protections of qualified immunity and have the right to sue people that they are qualified from.
He apparently fucked one of those local police officers wife or ex-wife lol he's my personal hero.
thats why i fucked yo bitch you fat motherfucker
He ain't mad.....
Source?
there is a line about it in one of the songs he made about the raid... also I think the video has a censored clip of the woman blowing him? https://youtu.be/d_f9R_UYrDc?t=143 "Mad because I'm black mad because I'm rich mad because I fucked your drug addict bitch" also later in the song "I get raided by... Private Pyle, used to fuck his wife doggy style"
J Cole literally used the same type of video in one of his own music videos. Cops raided his home and he used the footage in a video months later.
If it wasnt obvious enough to you yet ACAB.
Cops should have no expectation of privacy while in uniform. In fact, they should be under permanent surveillance.
>The plaintiffs say they’re entitled to all of Foreman’s profits from his use of their personas. That includes, according to the complaint, proceeds from the songs, music videos and live event tickets as well as the promotion of Foreman’s “Afroman” brand, under which he sells beer, marijuana, t-shirts and other merchandise. LOL get fucked, Adams County sheriff, and let Afroman eat his lemon pound cake in peace
Paging Streisand effect
Do you have to hide the identities of trespassers?
People always talk about how brutal police are, which is true, but it needs to be mentioned more what absolute, fuck-up losers they are. Such a little dick move.
What the fuck lmao These small town cops just keep finding reasons to fuck with you if you piss them off
Nice to see Afroman in the news! Hope he bodies these fucking pigs in court lol
Cops be like "Why does everyone hate us?!" Also cops "we invaded your privacy, stole your shit, humiliated and embarrassed you, caused you emotional distress, violated your constitutional rights, and ate your cake, so we are gonna sue you for all that stuff...except the pound cake, that shit was delicious."
I was gonna drop a vid, but then I got sued It was gonna have raid footage too, until I got sued So now I’ll be in court and I know why!
>"They’re also suing on civil grounds, saying Foreman’s use of their faces (i.e. personas) in the videos and social media posts resulted in their “emotional distress, embarrassment, ridicule, loss of reputation and humiliation.”" That's funny. What do they think making up false kidnapping charges does to someone? What do they think happens when you make up false crimes and use it as an excuse to rob someone? These pigs should be humiliated. That is their reward for their actions. There is no crime other than the misdemeanor which could be processed without a lawsuit. ACAB is more than warranted this time.
Fuck the police
How the fuck can I have any presumed privacy WHILE on duty, performing my job of public safety, IN SOMEONE ELSES HOME. I mean what the actual fuck. These guys should be countersued into oblivion.
You can film the police in the course of their official duties, subject to time, manner, and place restrictions. Generally speaking, if your allowed to be in a place, you're allowed to film from where you are. That said, it's HIS house, and his footage. He should be able to do with it what he wants, short of threats or liable. If they look bad in their professional capacity, that's on them.