FBI Classifies Juggalos (Insane Clown Posse fans) As Gang, They Sue FBI

[Initech]

The FBI is monitoring a growing gang with members across the country who dress in customary colors, assemble for rowdy annual meetings and control the trade of an obscure Midwestern soft drink. They are Juggalos.

In a report on emerging gang trends, federal investigators revealed that they have their eyes on the loyal fans of the horrorcore group Insane Clown Posse.

Known as Juggalos, the followers of the Detroit rap act are famous for their clownish make-up, annual "Gathering of the Juggalos" celebration and their love for the soda Faygo.

But Juggalo "subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and violence," the FBI alleges in a document first reported by Wired.

Per the FBI's National Gang Threat Assessment:

Most crimes committed by Juggalos are sporadic, disorganized, individualistic, and often involve simple assault, personal drug use and possession, petty theft, and vandalism. However, open source reporting suggests that a small number of Juggalos are forming more organized subsets and engaging in more gang-like criminal activity, such as felony assaults, thefts, robberies, and drug sales.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/29/fbi-considers-juggalos-a-gang_n_1065110.html

FBI not down with the clown?

[JoeyT]

1. That sounds like a description of every group of teenagers ever.

"Most crimes committed by Juggalos are sporadic, disorganized, individualistic, and often involve simple assault, personal drug use and possession, petty theft, and vandalism."

Sounds like my AD&D group in high school. And marching band, for that matter.

The vast majority of it looks like harmless peacocking and teenage rebellion. There are criminal dumbasses in every group, but that hardly makes them a gang. Besides, proper gangs know how magnets work.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. The worst part is, they're so hard to identify in a crowd

[Initech]

3. Did you see the Workaholics ICP episode?

[Warren DeMontague]

4. ***

[Warren DeMontague]

5. See? Who even needs drugs anymore?

Reality is plenty weird enough.