San Diego Rapper, and Suspected Gang Member, Tiny Doo Faces Potential 25 Years in Prison Over Lyrics, Album Cover Depicting a Gun
22nd November 2014
Duncan, 33, who raps under the name Tiny Doo, is not accused of providing the guns or being present at the nine shootings that terrorized a neighborhood where the Lincoln Park gang has long used violence to protect its turf.
Instead, prosecutors are going after Duncan over something else: His latest album.
Entitled “No Safety,” the album features a picture of a gun and bullets on the cover.
Prosecutors say that shows that Duncan fits the legal definition of a gang member who “willfully promotes, furthers, or assists in any felonious criminal conduct by members of that gang.”
This is absurd and an obvious attempt to get around the First Amendment.
November 22nd, 2014 at 20:25
Thank goodness the prosecutors have managed to get all the real gangbangers off the streets so now they can have time to prosecute album covers.
CD covers are so small that it’s pretty hard to put anything provocative on one.
Not only that, but most people buy from iTunes and never see an album cover.
So many layers of absurdity……