| Bronx Drug
Case Features Facebook Videos and
Defendant's Rap Lyrics 1st Amendment Not
Cited
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 29 – A defendant charged
in a drug conspiracy in the
Bronx is having Facebook
videos used against
him.
On March 29, U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Loretta A. Preska held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
Assistant US Attorney said it
didn't matter who had uploaded
the video, it showed the
defendant.
They have
produced a message, "Sometimes
I Be Wanting to Rob Mfers, But
Iono What Ima Say When I Up
the Glock."
DOJ also cites
his rap lyrics against him,
quoting "13 I was selling
packs, 15 I was in the trap,
17 I clapped my first, touchy
I been doing that." Do they
really need to use
songs?
The case is US v.
Lewis, et al., 20-cr-234
(Preska)
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