Snoop Clowns Trump

Please watch: "Rappers AGAINST Gun Control?"    • Rappers AGAINST Gun Control?   -~- Follow D on SnapChat : Ddotrespect In a tweet on Wednesday, President Trump implied that Snoop Dogg, “failing career and all,” would have received “Jail Time!” if the West Coast rapper had released his mock presidential-assassination video during the Obama administration. Here’s the thing, though: Rap lyrics aren’t actual bullets. So in the case of Trump vs. Snoop, there is no case, according to several lawyers specializing in the First Amendment. “If there’s not a true threat, then it’s absolutely protected free speech,” said lawyer Bruce Johnson of Snoop’s music video “Lavender,” in which the 45-year-old rapper shoots a clown version of Trump with a fake gun. Johnson said that the First Amendment protects a wide swath of speech that might very well be offensive but that it makes an exception for “true threats,” in which there is a direct link between cause and effect. The lawyer offered the example of Sarah Palin and her infamous “crosshairs map.” In 2010, the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential nominee posted a U.S. map on her Facebook page with bull’s eyes placed over the districts of 20 Democratic lawmakers whom her political action committee was targeting for defeat, including then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (Ariz.). Giffords was shot in the head 10 months later. “No one thought Sarah Palin should have been prosecuted for bringing that image to bear in the public marketplace,” Johnson said — although plenty of think pieces placed the blame at Palin’s door.