Johnny Cash was lucky to never go in front of this judge.
Posted on 04/18/2015 8:57:02 AM PDT by libstripper
Prosecutors can use YouTube music videos made by the leaders of a Brooklyn drug gang called Together Forever Mafia against them at their upcoming racketeering trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The TF Mafia videos on YouTube include titles such as “Smell Murder,” “Hustler Anthem,” “TF Mafia — My Mobb” and “Brooklyn Zoo — Boo,” according to court papers.
Judge Kiyo Matsumoto’s decision to allow the video evidence to be used against defendants Michael (Rab) Garrett and Paul Rivera is the latest in a growing body of cases nationwide in which defendants who rap about criminal conduct on video see it come back to bite them.
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say it loud...
we dumb and we proud!!
It seems reasonable that if someone records and publishes a confession, it ought to be admissible as evidence.
Interesting thing about these “flash mobs” that have been plaguing the country is they’re mostly organized over social media like Twitter. Seems bit of sleuthing by going back upstream could bag a lot of the perps.
That link to the N.Y. Daily News locked up my computer, requiring a re-boot.
Johnny Cash was lucky to never go in front of this judge.
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