ICP HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO SUE THE FBI

[Jazzy]

Every year, the FBI releases its National Gang Threat Assessment List, which examines emerging gang trends and threats posed by criminal gangs and communities throughout the United States. In 2011, Juggalos were added to the list. You already know about Juggalos, those zany, slap-happy, face-painted faygo-swillers who have made the Insane Clown Posse their religion. Well, now they're all members of a criminal gang, and Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope from ICP are gang leaders.



Well, ICP is about to start fighting back, and they're reacting by suing the FBI. Let me say that again and make it clearer. Insane Clown Posse is suing the Federal Bureau of Investigation.



Last night, I was chilling with Joseph Bruce, AKA Violent J of ICP, in his bus at the 13th annual Gathering Of The Juggalos (I'm so happy I get to write that—thanks, VICE!). He told me that ICP is going to do something huge for our fans, and the world. We're suing the FBI to be taken off their list. They're trying to kill our band, and we have to fight back.



In the weeks leading up to this year's Gathering of the Juggalos, ICP's attorneys warned that there's no telling what's gonna happen at the Gathering this year. This is the first time we had the festival now that we're a 'gang.' According to the FBI, we're all at a gang rally, and our merchandise is gang apparel.



Although currently only considered a gang in four states, law enforcement in 21 states have identified and logged criminal Juggalo subsets. In those states, if an ICP fan is on probation, and he or she wears an ICP hat to a parole meeting, that's a violation of probation for wearing gang apparel.



Let's get this straight, he continued, a Juggalo is not a gang member. Consider a Juggalo that, 15 years ago, got a hatchet man tattoo or something. Now they've got a family, they're working in real estate or something, and they're driving home and get a speeding ticket. Next thing you know, he's in the gang file, and that will be taken into consideration in any trial. Suddenly, it ain't just somebody who fucked up, it's a gang member who fucked up, and they're getting a heavier sentence.



Violent J explained how the FBI's ruling has affected ICP's business in a major way: When we made that list, stores like Hot Topic stopped carrying our shit because they don't want to be selling gang apparel.

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What are your thoughts about this?



As a side note: I thank Mr. Black for giving me the idea to make this thread.

 

[Flurry]

Most welcome! And frankly, I find it weird that they are just now waiting to do this. Why not after it had first happened? If something like that happened to me, I'd be suing right then and there. Not waiting a few months. Guess the impact on their business is starting to hurt.

 

[JetWing34]

If this rally failed, then ICP, a gangsta-rap duo from Detroit (that's right, DETROIT), is nothing but dead. The FBI should never have interfered with the life of gangsta-rap.

 

[Flurry]

Gangsta-Rap? Buddy, ICP is anything but Gangsta-Rap.

 

[Sinon]

Publicity stunt.

 

[Evil Eye]

Publicity stunt.

Yes, but they have a point.

 

[Sinon]

No they don't. They're doing it for additional publicity for their upcoming album/s.

 

[Evil Eye]

They're doing it for additional publicity for their upcoming album/s.

Of course they are. So what?

Libel is an offence. The government shouldn't be committing offences. (Not that it stops them or anything

) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libel#Defamation_per_se I'd say 1 and 3 apply.

 

[Jazzy]

The government shouldn't be committing offences.

The biggest gang out there IS the FBI!

 

[Evil Eye]

The biggest gang out there IS the FBI!

I wonder if they have themselves listed