This Afroman trial is giving me life.

[grob@mstdn.social]

@mekkaokereke right, next time I'm rightfully humiliated in public I'll sue and make a massive affair of it until even some rando from Germany (ahem ) knows I'm a big cwybaby about "Lemon Pound Cake, Lemon Pound Cake" Do these guys ever consult the Barbra Streisand wiki page?

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@violetmadder Yeah, though the suit is about more than that. The video I posted in another post of this thread walks through the suit. @RnDanger @mekkaokereke

[neckspike@indiepocalypse.social]

@mekkaokereke Great job Officers! All charges found in favor of the defendant, none for the plaintiffs.

[flowerpot@mas.to]

@mekkaokereke HE WON! The jury did not find him guilty. I love this for the butt hurt cops who raided him.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AiFn2WTdKQs

[julianoliver@mastodon.social]

@Mabande @mekkaokereke 100%. Rock solid like that, not to mention while testifying. Stands out because it is so rare. That was watching a very sharp and organised mind at work.

[flowerpot@mas.to]

@mekkaokereke OMG. "Lemon Pound Cake" cop's ex-wife testified in Afroman's defense!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9qCOTaxYkkM

[estelle@mstdn.social]

@mekkaokereke props to the lawyer for demonstrating what professional darvo looks like

and afroman handling this beautifully

[iveyjanette@mastodon.social]

@mekkaokereke Living While Black.

[swelljoe@mas.to]

@Su_G @CStamp @RnDanger @mekkaokereke "justice is what love looks like in public". I don't believe he was merciless at any point in this process, but the cops were at every opportunity. He was resolute and unapologetic, which isn't the same as cruelty. They didn't have to go through any of this. And, even after the initial crimes they committed, they didn't have to bring a meritless lawsuit to make it worse for themselves, and for him.

[swelljoe@mas.to]

@mdione @mekkaokereke lawyers normally tell their clients to say as little as possible, but I think he gets a pass because he can clearly talk circles around anybody. His bars are obviously not limited to songs about marijuana.

[pseudonymsupreme@pnw.zone]

@mekkaokereke Holy shit, I love him.

[danvpeterson@mastodon.social]

@mekkaokereke He is so good with all of his responses! Good on him

[lebonk@wetdry.world]

@mekkaokereke

absolutely unimaginable to them that he could have the gall to think of his own children's fear for their lives (in front of the barrel of the state's guns) being more important than the embarrassment of the children of the state thugs holding the guns.

this is how supremacy works, and Afroman is cutting straight through it, just short of explicitly asking, "Why are their feelings more important than my life? Why are their kids' feelings more important than my kids' safety? What gives you, sir, the right to talk to me as if I'm the morally reprehensible one because I won't treat them as superiors when they inflict pointless violence on me and my family?"

[iaintshootinmis@digitaldarkage.cc]

@mekkaokereke I've been cackling all day. Its hilarious. The cross examination is giving me life.

[paulhebert@sunny.garden]

@mekkaokereke Afroman is a national treasure. I loved his music as a teen (and still do as an adult lol.)

Good for him for pushing back against police over-reach and asserting his freedom of speech!

[paulhebert@sunny.garden]

@mekkaokereke “I can break into your house but you can’t make a video about me liking cake” is a wild take

[astraleureka@social.treehouse.systems]

@mekkaokereke been loving this case ever since he dropped the songs, such a bullshit raid. Good on him for speaking up - if the cops are confident enough to raid him, they're probably doing similar stuff to a lot of other people who can't speak up so loudly.

[nikashilobod@fediscience.org]

@paulhebert @mekkaokereke

Ehem, I believe it was a lemon pound cake. Have some respect for mom's baking.