03/22/2026
LAMA, the Liberty Alliance of Massachusetts, salutes the jury in Adams County, Ohio for finding Afroman not guilty on all counts.
Afroman is the free speech and civil rights warrior we didn’t know we needed until he rapped his way into American legal history, and into our hearts. Qualified immunity prevented Afroman from recovering damages in court, so being creative, he turned lemons into Lemon Pound Cake and mocked the Sheriff’s deputies with their own illegal and unprofessional conduct that damaged his property on video.
Regrettably, in a petty action against the jury’s findings Judge Hein used his discretion to order court costs be split by both parties, so this amounts to punishing the not guilty. Ohio law allows judges to order court costs to be paid by the losing party, which would have been the respectful thing to do. So maybe Judge Hein needs a rap music video of his own.