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Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

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

Also probably a rare case where there are a few Streisand effect's all packed together, where the cops at each step made it worse for themselves. If they never did the raid in the first place, no music video, no "embarrassment". They could have cut their losses, and not made a big deal about it and probably way less people (including myself) would have ever heard about it. Instead they decided to sue, which made even…

> don't cops have lawyers who can inform them about what is a smart move vs not?

Generally, municipalities have at least some sort of attorney on retainer for this sort of thing.

Generally. I don't know if that's the case where he lives.

Either way, the police have to be smart enough to listen to that attorney, and have to be given a consequence for not doing so. If you can brush off everything as qualified immunity and say you were acting under color of law while a part of a union that would raise absolute hell for any sort of corrective action taken against you, you might not be introduced to said consequence.

Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

#33

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

Also probably a rare case where there are a few Streisand effect's all packed together, where the cops at each step made it worse for themselves. If they never did the raid in the first place, no music video, no "embarrassment". They could have cut their losses, and not made a big deal about it and probably way less people (including myself) would have ever heard about it. Instead they decided to sue, which made even…

>I know cops aren't known for being smart

Even worse. Police departments can actively reject you for being smart.

https://abcnews.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story...

(granted this is a one off case, but it is astonishing and speaks to the larger issue)

Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

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"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.

Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

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post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but not limited to just that one. https://www.youtube.com/@ogafroman/videos He also has other videos where he calls one of them a pedofile, questioning their gender (Licc'm low lisa) and more.

I think you're confusing gender and sexual orientation. He's calling her a lesbian

No, I'm not. He also posted about her deep voice and people should check what genitals she really has.

Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

#38

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

here appears to be his celebration of his victory, pretty catchy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM8Ee6pcXvQ

> here appears to be his celebration of his victory

No, that video seems to be from 4 days ago, the verdict of the jury came yesterday.

Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

#39

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.

When he started reversing the video around lemon pound cake I really thought the officer was backing up to take a piece lol

Re: Afroman found not liable in defamation case

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also probably a rare case where there are a few Streisand effect's all packed together, where the cops at each step made it worse for themselves. If they never did the raid in the first place, no music video, no "embarrassment". They could have cut their losses, and not made a big deal about it and probably way less people (including myself) would have ever heard about it. Instead they decided to sue, which made even…

> don't cops have lawyers who can inform them about what is a smart move vs not? Generally, municipalities have at least some sort of attorney on retainer for this sort of thing. Generally. I don't know if that's the case where he lives. Either way, the police have to be smart enough to listen to that attorney, and have to be given a consequence for not doing so . If you can brush off everything as qualified immunity…

I have no evidence besides my own experience, but I think that the "back the blue" mentality might skew their support staff's objectivity a bit. Especially in smaller cities and towns where cops aren't just law enforcement, they are foundational pillars of morality and governance. The point I hope I'm making is that they are getting bad advice not because they are stupid, or the people around them are, but rather because it's inevitable due to complex social and psychological reasons.
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