It appears that the rap duo Insane Clown Posse is as mad as hell, and they are not going to take it any more.
You see, the FBI designated their fans as part of an organized crime gang, resulting in police stops, discrimination by military recruiters, and loss of child custody by their fans, as well as their being banned from some venues.
When ICP asked for a justification from the FBI, all they got were a few newspaper clippings showing that some of their fans had been involved in crimes.
So, along with the ACLU, they are suing the FBI and DoJ.
The Michigan rap group Insane Clown Posse filed suit on Wednesday against the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, saying that the United States government had made the “unwarranted and unlawful decision” to classify fans of the band as criminal gang members, leading to their harassment by law enforcement and causing them “significant harm.”
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The suit said, “Among the supporters of almost any group — whether it be a band, sports team, university, political organization or religion — there will be some people who violate the law.”
It added: “However, it is wrong to designate the entire group of supporters as a criminal gang based on the acts of a few. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened here.”
A spokesman for the F.B.I. declined to comment on the suit.
The seeds of this lawsuit were sown in 2011, when the F.B.I.’s National Gang Intelligence Center published a report that described Juggalos as “a loosely organized hybrid gang” whose members were “expanding into many U.S. communities.”
It seems that members of the FBI should be asking the question, "Civil liberties and the right to free assembly, how do they fucking work."
(if you don't get the reference, watch this vid of their song "Miracles". The reference is at about 1:50. Warning, this video is completely not safe for work if you are playing it using external speakers, headphones please)