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In 2011 the FBI tagged fans of the Insane Clown Posse (ICP), aka juggalos, as a gang. As a result, ICP fans have faced discrimination by government authorities, for example one man was denied enlistment in the US Army because his juggalo tattoo was considered a gang tattoo. ICP and the ACLU of Michigan filed suit to make the government rescind the gang designation.
But, U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland dismissed the lawsuit saying that federal government can't be blamed for any fallout from the FBI report because the gang designation was 'descriptive' and not 'prescriptive.'
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Vote for ME -- I'm well-tapered, half-cocked, ill-conceived and TAX-DEFERRED!
(Score: 3, Funny) by migz on Wednesday July 09 2014, @10:34AM
Perhaps locking up the football, soccer, and NASCAR fans would not be such a bad idea. I mean they already show such extraordinarily poor taste in hobbies. :P
(Score: 2) by etherscythe on Wednesday July 09 2014, @07:38PM
You joke, but look up the damage from what are essentially riots when certain sports teams play a match. Ignoring the whole poor taste issue, the injuries and property damage alone make a case for... well, I don't know what, but something could be done. This isn't like random idiots driving drunk, this is a centralized event directly giving rise to bad behavior. If we as a society could grow a backbone and call it for what it is (sports hysteria), we might be able to come up with a solution.
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