Juggalos classified as a "Gang"!? Come on now... Really?

[Detroitnerd]

This is a gang! And I'm in it!
My man Gannon mess you up in a minute
With a run-on post so ruthless
It makes the "reply with quote" link useless!

[Hypestyles]

it will be interesting to see what happens if/when the lawsuit is formally filed..

[rex]

[[SFW) Sorta. More mob mentality than gang mentality IMO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AOy28n8iEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AOS1CEASsk

[Pcm]

I was at The Gathering of the Juggalos this year.

NOT AS A JUGGALO.

I was backstage the entire event with the TV crew for the PPV stream.

ICP puts on a crazy show. So much Faygo... so much. I spent the first half of the next day cleaning the stuff off our cameras [[which were protected with rain gear).

Their fans, rough around the edges as they may be, do appear to be an accepting "family". Every artist could be heard referring to the crowd as family.

BTW, Geto Boys put on a terrible show. Master P had so many dudes standing on stage bobbing their heads and nothing else. The only artist worth watching was ICP. Not for their music, but for their theatrics.

[Gannon]

It seems they've hired the heaviest of hitters in the local entertainment attorney pool...ya gotta love Howard Hertz.

http://www.ballerstatus.com/2012/08/...-juggalo-fans/


I've shared inipi, native sweat lodge ceremony, with his son numerous times, he and his dad are some of the best citizens of Oakland County. I don't care what the rest of 'em do, these two are outstanding.


Cheers, and best of luck to the ICP and the Juggalos.

[Meddle]

The fans, who were plaintiffs in the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit, claimed they were stopped, detained and questioned by local law enforcement in 2012 and 2013, and were or may be denied opportunities with the Army because of their Insane Clown Posse logos and tattoos, the document said.

In addition, the document said the group alleged a 2012 performance was canceled because of the federal gang designation.

Last year, the district court dismissed the suit on grounds that the Juggalos failed to show injuries suffered and that their alleged injuries were actions taken by third parties not before the court.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati on Thursday reversed the district court's decision to dismiss for lack of standing and ordered that the case be considered, the document said.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/0...11N2N520150917

[G-DDT]

Good list, Jimaz. Latin Counts and Folk were popular on my side of town [[along with a notorious family on Stahelin St.called the Jornaes-or "Jor-nays"-responsible for a lot of the bike thefts). First you see the scrawled graffiti of pitchforks [[and star of Davids, etc.-no lie) on the backsides of businesses, and then Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass! You got reports of chamber music-er-I mean, you got reports of gang activity going down around various parts.