This Afroman trial is giving me life.

[curtadams@urbanists.social]

@mekkaokereke Afroman is great. But it's depressing this suit wasn't thrown out.

[gsuberland@chaos.social]

@mekkaokereke Lemon Pound Cake lives in my head rent free.

[mdione@en.osm.town]

@mekkaokereke I'm not saying Afroman is wrong. I'm just saying that it's really weird that they let him answer his own questions.

And I'm not sure 'they came to my house first' is a defense the law is going to hold. A jury, OTOH, might as well. Meanwhile, IANAL and all my US law knowledge is from TV :-P

[nicovel0@mastodon.social]

@mekkaokereke he couldn’t even say his name! lol

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@CStamp @mekkaokereke
"After that, HE was supposed to feel bad that the cops were upset."

That's how supremacy generally works 🫠

[wendinoakland@beige.party]

@notyourfanboy @mekkaokereke And your point? His privacy was invaded for the “crime” of existing while Black. He’s using the law to support his right to speak out.

[ii_infinitum@mastodon.social]

@mekkaokereke he’s lucky it’s not cake fucker after the way he was eyeballing it in the video.

[drdrowland@fediscience.org]

@notyourfanboy

does he need more than this for you to like him? or are you trying to imply improprieties without naming any of them?

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@RnDanger I was thinking about Lemon Pound Cake. If he were an introspective type, he might ponder how he refers to Black people and how that might affect THEM. As for the woman crying, well, it's an opportunity for her to consider how she performs her job and the respect she shows to the people she encounters in that capacity. With regards to her kid(s), she and the kid should go into therapy to discuss how they should handle things, not letting the kid stew in her mess. @mekkaokereke

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@RnDanger Basically, the cops are dealing with embarrassment. The man and his family are dealing with actual trauma. @mekkaokereke

[heathen_cat@furs.social]

@mekkaokereke
I'm really glad he and his family weren't physically hurt! Those poor kids.

[mabande@mastodon.social]

@Nicovel0 @mekkaokereke Oh, you _know_ which word he was gonna use before stopping himself.

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@CStamp @mekkaokereke
I will watch the video later but for now at least i can definitely agree with your last comment

[mabande@mastodon.social]

@mekkaokereke I gotta admit I was not ready for how on point Afroman was. That's not someone you wanna argue with, let alone be _wrong_ when you are!

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@RnDanger The video I posted elsewhere in this thread is very good at showing what the actual charges are and the guy goes through parts of the music video to highlight possible problem areas. He's both laughing and fascinated about how the 1A will balance with the cop's right to privacy. With regards to the actual security footage, he's clear on the cops having no expectation of privacy while doing their jobs. @mekkaokereke

[nomdeb@mstdn.social]

@mekkaokereke I just watched the clip and it's not clear to me was that the plaintiff's attorney or Afroman's attorney asking the questions - because the answers they elicited sure did make Afroman's case for him. <<<g>>>

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@mekkaokereke separately it did not occur to me until @annathepiper repeated this story at me _just now_ that "lemon pound cake" and "bacon pancakes" have exactly the same scansion

[heathborders@hachyderm.io]

@mekkaokereke I love this so much

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@mekkaokereke (and now i'm just hearing the other cops go "lemon found cake makin' lemon pound cake, lemon pound cake lemon lemon pound cake" whenever he's nearby)

[westerninfidels@mefi.social]

@mekkaokereke Wow I don't know if the testimony he's offering is going to make a winning legal strategy but I very much admire his balls for offering it. For sticking to his guns, metaphorically speaking. I know that I personally can't be vehement and clear under such emotionally charged circumstances.