Will You Help Me Repair My Door [video]
The song from his previous music video about the raid is much catcher IMO (https://youtu.be/ISe3IVBBbyU). Also, going through his channel it's crazy to see how prolific he's been.
More on topic, the raid seems like a total miscarriage of justice- these sheriffs rolled up in camo and busted in like they were storming bin Laden's compound. All that work to confiscate 2 joints (its actually kinda funny, I would've assumed Afroman would have a lot more... Although he does have a song about how he only needs 2 zigzags)
They aso tried to civil forfeiture $5k in cash but ended up giving it back. Afroman did a whole thing with the local news where he went to the sheriff to pick up the money, and they filmed him opening the evidence bags. The count cMe up short. $400 went missing while the money was in the evidence locker, whoops.
Watching this video is a reminder that if we could just enforce a minimum level of cardiovascular health via something like a three mile run time limitation or something like that the police force would naturally weed out people with poor impulse control and probably be overall a more humane and decent force.
Can someone tell me about the person dressed in full camo gear and sporting an assault rifle during the raid? Do police departments outsource some of their work to third party contractors for raids like this? Is this person part of some local militia?
Shot of the person I'm talking about at 2m11s [0].
The image of the kids drawings next to the door being broken in is quite shocking. This undoubtedly happens to people who don't have the means or the reach to record and put a video out for millions to see. What's a shame is that if Afroman is ultimately successful in getting compensated for what appears to be a pretty meaningless raid, it won't come from the police but from "low hanging fruit" like local libraries or similar :(
This isn't the first time he's been robbed by police
https://thebigfootdiaries.blogspot.com/2015/02/afroman-puts-...
Someone called up Adams County Sheriff Kimmy Rogers and asked him what happened to the kidnapping victim.
Looks like you need to have a hidden camera system monitoring your camera system.
Afroman Raid warrant
What is the safest (from a privacy perspective) and easiest way to set up in-home cameras?
The author seems to admit that narcotics on warrant were justified (or at least logical). I am not sure what his expectation is. Aren't you risking years of jail because of that alone? Seems wildly irresponsible if he has family and kids.
On the other hand, I don't know the full situation and trying to infer information from this submitted video.
I’m telling you, the only way out of this mess is to eliminate qualified immunity, and becoming a cop should entail forfeiting many civil rights in exchange for insurmountable amount of power a cop has. US police is basically a military, and should be treated as such.
Finding out Afroman is raising his family in one of the most impoverished parts of Southern Ohio was strange. I wonder if he doesn’t have much $ in the form of royalties flowing in.
Well, he was interviewed by the YouTube channel Vice and there he was showing off loads of marijuana at his place. So the police got a warrant and stormed the place.
It's wild that the cops aren't held liable for this
I can recommend the article “How US police training compares with the rest of the world” by the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56834733
Damn, this is so sad. Just when we think we have developed. Also I just remembered memories of listening to Because I Got High on the radio.
OMG. This man must be treated as a national treasure.
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