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Tunisia rapper gets 2 years prison for police song
Associated Press ^ | Jun. 13, 2013 3:30 PM EDT

Posted on 06/14/2013 4:20:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A Tunisian court convicted on Thursday a rap artist for insulting police with a song calling them dogs and sentenced him to two years in prison, his lawyer said. …

Yacoub’s song “Boulicia Kleb,” or “The Police Are Dogs,” was released on YouTube.

He was originally tried and convicted in absentia for inciting violence against officials and insulting police back in March. He turned himself in and was retried, but given the same two-year sentence. …

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: ennahda; rapper; rop; tunisia
In absentia = no habeas corpus.
1 posted on 06/14/2013 4:20:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
for insulting police with a song calling them dogs

I wonder what the going rate is for the rap song, "Cop Killer."

2 posted on 06/14/2013 4:44:58 AM PDT by John123 (US$ - I owe you nothing. Euro - Who owes you nothing.)
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To: John123

IMO, all rap “music” and the “rappers” need to be eliminated. It’s garbage!


3 posted on 06/14/2013 5:37:33 AM PDT by DaveA37 (I'm for SMALLER , HONEST government)
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To: Olog-hai

Note to rap fans: this is what happens when the government takes away your freedom. Catching on yet?


4 posted on 06/14/2013 6:38:19 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: John123

“for insulting police with a song calling them dogs”

Actually, the real reason for the sentence was the jailbird to be confused calling cops “dogs” with calling them “pigs”.

The Great Satan is in the details.


5 posted on 06/14/2013 6:54:41 AM PDT by GladesGuru (Islam is antithetical to, and Islam is irreconcilable with, America. Therefore - Islam Delenda Est)
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To: John123

Or “—— tha Police”, by N.W.A.


6 posted on 06/14/2013 6:56:24 AM PDT by dfwgator
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