Last year, after George Floyd was killed, a punk rocker in Tennessee posted a few professional photos that a photographer had snapped for promotional purposes.
Under Trump, the Justice Department made a federal case out of it.
huffpost.com/entry/anarchis…
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The case came in the middle of the Trump administration’s war on “antifa.” The Trump-appointed top federal prosecutor held an whole press conference on it, and even praised the “outstanding investigative work” of law enforcement in the case. huffpost.com/entry/trump-ba…
Then the federal government actually tried to keep the guy detained for months — potentially more than a year — over a case built around a bag of weed that was found because they raided his home because of a promotional photoshoot for a band. huffpost.com/entry/justin-c…
In July, a 67-year old chief federal judge who was appointed by George W. Bush said the search warrant was trash and that any reasonable officer would’ve known they were “promotional images for a Rock band.” huffpost.com/entry/justin-c…
But the state case remained, even though the Tennessee “hoax device” law they used to charge him for doing a photoshoot with a bottle full of water and apple cider vinegar had a specific exemption for dramatic performances.
Well, as of today, all state charges (including the “hoax device” charge over an apple cider vinegar Molotov mocktail) have been dismissed.
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Trust your gut.
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