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Justice didn’t prevail. Afroman had to spend THOUSANDS defending himself in this bullshit civil lawsuit, and his countersuit got thrown out because police have
by sneak 7mo ago
Justice didn’t prevail. Afroman had to spend THOUSANDS defending himself in this bullshit civil lawsuit, and his countersuit got thrown out because police have qualified immunity.
This is after they raided his house, bashed in his door, broke his cameras, stole his money, and then didn’t charge him with a single thing (and only returned part of the money).
There is no justice here.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoOne of my local (several states away) bakeries announced a "Afroman lemon cake macaron" today. His legal costs are gonna be tiny versus his YouTube/Spotify revenue out of all this. (And I wouldn't ignore the value he probably applies to being proven right in court, either.)
- Capricorn2481 7mo agoWhich is great for him. The point being this happens to other people who aren't famous, and maybe don't want to spend their time asymmetrically fighting for themselves on social media.
- ceejayoz 7mo agoThat's fine, but "There is no justice here" is incorrect.
- Capricorn2481 7mo agoHow so? The positives you described had nothing to do with the courts. That's just an outcome of his own savvy. If he didn't make the video or the song, he would be out a lot of money. That's not justice, that's an entertaining person using their virality to claw back some of what was taken from them. How would that go for Joe Average? This is the story of a guy who got sued for being harassed and had to waste years of their time and money fighting it.