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"When the Adams County (OH) sheriff’s office raided rap artist Afroman’s home,
he didn’t just sit back and assume everyone involved operated in good faith.
The raid was captured on Afroman’s security cameras, which the artist soon
converted into a viral video/rap song entitled “Will You Help Me Repair My
Door.”
The footage — which the deputies tried to prevent from being recorded by
cutting power to Afroman’s house and unplugging any cameras they could find —
showed the deputies doing all sorts of ridiculous drug warrior stuff. Like
cautiously approaching a lemon cake in a glass container on the counter top.
And rifling through CD cases looking for evidence of drug trafficking and —
according to the warrant — kidnapping. And taking any cash they could find, of
which $400 went missing when Afroman was allowed to collect this so-called
evidence.
What wasn’t found during the raid was anything pointing to the criminal acts
that supposedly justified the intrusion. All deputies found were a couple of
joints and some loose cash. An investigation into the missing $400 by the Ohio
Bureau of Criminal Investigations came to the conclusion this was a mistake by
the deputies, who stated they had simply miscounted the take.
But that’s not the stupidest part of this debacle. The deputies who did all the
dumb stuff caught on Afroman’s cameras — dumb stuff authorized by a piece of
paper signed by a judge — are now claiming
they’re the real victims here, not
the person who house was raided and whose property was seized."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
