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Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Ohio cops who raided home

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Afroman found not liable in defamation case brought by Ohio cops who raided home

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RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 14 days ago
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Afroman found not liable in bizarre defamation case brought by Ohio cops who raided his home
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The verdict was the icing on the cake. Afroman did not defame Ohio cops in a satirical music video that featured footage of them fruitlessly raiding the rapper’s house, a jury found on Wednes…

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    How would it ever be defamation to show videos of what public officials actually did?

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defamation

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