The Insane Clown Posse of Michigan filed a federal suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation claiming that the government had unlawfully classified the members of the rap group’s fan club as criminal members of a gang thereby subjecting them to police harassment. (The New York Times, January 8, 2014, by Dave Itzkoff)
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan joined in the lawsuit with the Insane Clown Posse in defense of their fan club, the Juggalos. “…DOJ’s [Justice Department’s) classification of the Juggalos as a gang is unconstitutionally vague and violates the Juggalos’ constitutional rights to association and speech,” argued the ACLU in their lawsuit. (Press Release by the ACLU of Michigan, January 8, 2014)