JUGGALO MARCH descends on Washington D.C. to protest FBI designation

The Juggalos are marching in Washington D.C. in protest for being designated as a “gang” by the FBI years back. If you don’t know what a juggalo is, well, it’s kind of hard to describe. They’re fans of the rap/rock group Insane Clown Posse, but they’ve turned their fandom into a way of life, and consider each other family. The FBI calls them a gang.

Here’s a fascinating story about a probation officer who will be at the protest:

Four years into her career as a Virginia probation officer, Jessica Bonometti was summoned to her chief’s office and fired for social media postings that portrayed a “security threat group” in a positive light.

The 34-year-old was dumbfounded.

The threat group, it turned out, was Juggalos — the nickname for fans of her favorite band, the horrorcore hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse — who had been designated a gang by the FBI five years earlier.

Bonometti had liked some posts and photos on Juggalo-related Facebook pages that she said were “pretty innocuous” by fan standards. On her own page, a meme with the catchphrase “Wicked for Life” had caught the attention of higher-ups, her case file shows.

“They took my badge and credentials,” said Bonometti, a George Mason University graduate who hasn’t been able to find a new position since being terminated in March 2016. “I didn’t just lose a job. I lost my entire career.”

I mean, that’s just weird and wrong. And liberals will be tempted to blame law enforcement hawk Jeff Sessions, but it all happened under Obama of course.


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