Disappointingly his lawyer wasn’t Harvey Birdman

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    This whole kerfuffle really irks me. The police did something wrong. They got called out on it. Then they sued. It’s vindictive and horrible. And you fucking KNOW that if he sued them instead of making the song it very likely wouldn’t have gone anywhere and they’d get to wave their qualified immunity all over. But that wasn’t enough for them. They just couldn’t stand someone besmirching their perfect name.

    The sheer irony of this whole thing is that I had forgotten. I imagine many of you did too if you even saw those videos he made after it happened a few months back. They totally Streisand effected (Streisand affected? lol) themselves. Absolutely disgusting to see them sue him over this. Very glad he won.

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      2 days ago

      Somone pleas correct me if im wrong, but he had a counter suit and everything got thrown out almost immediately because the judge was essentially gobbing the cops knobs.

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    2 days ago

    It piss me off that he support trump (I figure it’s because he got so high he didn’t know where he was) but he still does a damn good show. Saw him a few years back.

  • Ugandan Airways@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    This whole case is going to make a great documentary one day. I just hope Netflix doesn’t make it (for obvious reasons)

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        2 days ago

        Netflix doesn’t make content that’s meant to be watched anymore. It’s meant to be played in the background while you doomscroll. I’d rather watch something that wants to be watched.

      • Ugandan Airways@lemmy.zip
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        Everything Netflix makes feels like slop now. Once upon a time NF was a marker of quality, but now they make every documentary 3 or 4 parts for no reason—dragging out storylines until they are boring—and they all look the same visually. There isn’t anything that makes them unique. They feel paint by numbers.

        This is extra disappointing with a filmmaker like Chris Smith who has made some all time classic films (American Movie, American Job), but his Netflix stuff now looks like anyone in the Netflix stable could have directed them.

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    2 days ago

    Afro man def put up a badass response to that questioning…

    But it’s with also mentioning the prosecutor is fucking terrible at his job.

    Afroman did a great job in the stand, but the prosecutor was straight up LAME in their questioning.

    The lawyer rolled over at the end of questioning, that’s rare…

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    3 days ago

    I was not going to steal that poundcake,
    but I was high.
    So I scarfed down that poundcake,
    because I was high

    And now I’m stuck in court and I know why… yeah why…

  • spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Watched Aftoman’s testimony. It’s beggars belief that the police’s attorney repeatedly demands sympathy from both Afroman and the jury for the poor, victimized police officer’s hurt feelings and embarrassment after her action were made public.

    Afroman puts it well when the attorney is trying to get that sympathy, “But I’m not a person. She is. I’m sorry for being a victim. Let’s talk about the predators [instead].”

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    I just don’t understand how anybody could see what happened to this man and not understand just how deeply corrupt the police and judges in this case are. Every single one of them belongs in prison, or more accurately underground.

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      2 days ago

      I know the case wasn’t actually about this but I can’t understand why when executing a search warrant looking for kidnap victims you would proceed to ransacked the kitchen. Stick your head in there, is there anyone tied up in there, nope. So then you leave, I doubt someone’s been held captive in the cutlery drawer.

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        2 days ago

        I only watched one of his videos, but there was a whole verse about that.

        “Any kidnapping victims inside my suit pockets?” he sings, over footage of cops rummaging through the jackets hanging in his closet.

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      3 days ago

      It’s in the banana republic after all.
      In their reasoning he should be happy he wasn’t shot.
      (which could very well have happened if he was at home)