Afroman found not liable in defamation case

looofooo0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oponIfu5L3Y This is the video in question, police again falling trap to the Streisand effect.

LightBug1

As someone who has never seen that video before, could I respectfully say: LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL Thank you, Ohio cops and lawyers, for bringing this to our attention.

archerx

Those cops are the epitome of the term “cry bully”.

BLKNSLVR

Pretty funny, worth seeing at least once to be able to reference it at appropriate times. Having had my house raided, I love this. Police incompetence should be exposed at all opportunities with the hope that it makes some small amount of difference to future competence.

_qua

Damn, that case took a long time to resolve. You know what they say about justice delayed...

iamacyborg

I’ve had “lemon pound cake” stuck in my head all morning thanks to this

quietsegfault

The judge really loved the cops for some reason. So embarrassing for him.

pseudolus

https://archive.ph/sMpjA

zzzeek

gotta love some Streisand effect in the morning...

snackbroken

Going on the stand and stating that you "don't know" whether the allegedly defamatory statements you are suing over are true or not is a... bold legal strategy.

shadowgovt

One of the more interesting parts of the whole ordeal was officers getting on the witness stand and declaring that the lyrics that insinuated he had had sex with their wife were deeply traumatizing. People keep throwing around 'cuck' as an insult, but if trained officers of the law familiar with application of deadly force when necessary can be severely traumatized by the notion of another man sleeping with their wife... Maybe the cucks have been the brave ones all along?

mkovach

As fellow Ohioan Chrissie Hine and The Pretenders said, "Ay, oh, way to go, Ohio." Yeah, it was from "My City Was Gone," which isn't a pleasant song about the state, but pfft, it works here.

bdcravens

Gotta say I love Afroman's choice of courtroom atire.

lenerdenator

Y'know, officers, if you'd shown up to his house after the raid and apologized and offered to buy the guy a new door of his choosing and the installation for it, we're probably not having this conversation.

lotrjohn

I was gonnna click the link, but then I got high.

josefritzishere

This is the single funniest thing to happen in at least a decade.

Reubachi

"Mr. Foreman was not at home during the 2002 police raid, but a security camera system and his wife, using her cellphone, recorded the “faces and bodies” of the officers while they were on the property, according to the lawsuit" "2002" New York Times, everyone. Props to afroman for his perfect demeanor/attitude during all this.

hollywood_court

Those cops embarrassed themselves. Especially that one lady that was faux crying. Shameful behavior from the largest gang in the US.

postalcoder

It gives me immeasurable delight seeing afroman at the top of HN. Love me some freedom, sweet soulful music, and pie in the face of bad cops. Dang/Tom, please don't downrank this. America needs this win.

sayYayToLife

Okay at first I was like this music is not my style, but the humor was so good.