Afroman being sued by police for using his own security camera footage in a video

I have no real love for Afroman. I don't think he is talented and I don't understand why anyone really listens to his music. His most famous song is "Because I got high" and I always thought that this was an anthem for really dumb people who like to advertise the fact that they enjoy smoking weed. I have no problem with smoking weed, but is it really a badge of honor?

Anyway, Afroman is quite famous and is an outspoken individual in the legalization of marijuana for medical and recreational use. I agree with him on this because he is right.

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It went a bit viral when his house was raided in the night for a search warrant when Ohio police were hoping to find massive stashes of weed there and this abuse of police power is something that irritates me to no end. Afroman's response was to make a song about the raid and used his own security camera footage of the police kicking his front door in, going through all of his belongings, and even deactivating his security cameras while they were there.

It's not a great song, just like all of his songs IMO but it is kind of shocking to see the police do what they were doing.

The song is called "Will you help me repair my door" and it would be something I would completely ignore because of the lack of musical interest I have in this sort of thing but the abuse of police power and the total overuse of armaments and tactical gear is just alarming. Why on earth would you need to bring so many guys to look through one person's house and is the militaristic gear really necessary for a person that has no violent history? It's just absurd and dumb.

It gets dumber though. When the song went viral the Ohio police should have simply apologized and probably paid for the things that they did break during the raid. Instead though, they have doubled down on their dumbness and decided to sue Afroman for "invasion of privacy."

This is extremely ironic considering the fact that busting down someone's door and going through all of their stuff is certainly a much bigger invasion of privacy than someone using their own security footage in a video.

The lawsuit further states that the police department is somehow entitled to all the profits made from the song because he used their "personas" without their permission. Not only do they want the profits from this one video, but they want profits from live events where the song is performed and also any merchandise.

It should also be noted that during the massive raid, the police found NOTHING that they had a warrant to search for. No drugs, no paraphernalia, no weapons, nothing. No charges were filed against Afroman who wasn't even there when the raid occurred.

I'm not an ACAB guy but this is just ridiculous.