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Several of you got my lemon pound cake reference last week but for those who didn’t, I’m going to explain a little further.

There’s a rapper (and yes you can actually understand the words) whose stage name is Afroman (real name Joseph Foreman). In the early 2000’s he wrote a cautionary song regarding the use of marijuana. It was basically a litany of all the things he didn’t do ‘because he got high’.

Fast forward to the early 2020’s and the local gendarme actually got a warrant to search for weed and a ‘kidnapping victim’ in Afroman’s home. It was a pretty destructive search and the coppers in question showed themselves on his video system to be, IMO, totally unprofessional (using the flashlights on their weapons to ‘search’ behind a couch that was open to the room, going through the pockets of his clothing and his CDs for massive quantities of weed and a person). And then they disconnected his security system but couldn’t get to the video.

Which is great for us, because he used that video to create several songs and music videos.

Instead of sucking it up, the officers (some now former officers) decided to bring suit in civil court, thus causing a Streisand Effect reaction. So Afroman brought the receipts.

And the jury sided with Afroman under the 1st Amendment, which apparently trumps a bunch of butthurt badges who got called out for their behavior.

But apparently the judge doesn’t like Mr. Foreman. At all. So he decided that, even though Mr. Foreman won the case, he was going to have to pay half of the filing fees and administrative costs (about $300). So I think there’s still going to be some action on this.

You might be asking yourself WTF I’m posting about this. And here’s the answer. Because ultimately the way Afroman handled the situation was pure American. Laughing at those who thought they could steam-roll him. Bringing the receipts when they upped the ante. He is an example of American culture–who we are and what we stand for.

Here’s a link to Afroman’s youtube channel. And here’s a link to a pretty good lemon pound cake recipe.