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ACLU Considers Case Of Man Jailed For Rap Lyrics
Posted by grouchy_greg | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 31-07-2009
The ACLU is considering the case of a Lakeland, Florida man, who has been sentenced to two years in prison over lyrics in a rap song.
In February, a song by rapper Antavio “T.O.” Johnson was posted to a MySpace page run by local label Hood Certified Entertainment.
Johnson was already in jail for violating his probation from a 2007 cocaine possession charge when the track “Kill Me a Cop,” was posted to Hood Certified’s page.
A Polk County gang detective unit found the...(read more)