Campaigners are urging ministers to change the law so that music lyrics are inadmissible in court...
Whut?
....a shift that they say would stop a practice that disproportionately affects young black men and criminalises creativity.
Oh. Of course. Here we go again...
At present, police can produce lyrics written by defendants, and even flag an appearance in the background of a music video, as evidence that a suspect is affiliated with a gang or involved in criminality. Campaign groups want a change to the victims and courts bill, which is currently making its way through parliament, to stop police from being able to present lyrics as evidence except when they are “literal, rather than figurative or fictional”.
So you can't be done for singing about shooting the sheriff unless you actually do plan to shoot the sheriff... How riduculous, what sort of morons are supporting this leniency for undoubtedly dangerous criminals?
The amendment, which is being tabled by Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and has support from Baroness Doreen Lawrence, is due to be debated in the Lords this week.
Oh.Say no more...
Charkrabarti told the Guardian: “We’re in a ridiculous position at present where somebody’s musical taste is somehow probative of their criminal intent. It is like saying that my love of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather makes me a mobster. It’s extraordinary.”
Strange how it alway turns out to be accurate, though...
She is hopeful the amendment will be supported by the deputy prime minister, David Lammy.
Oh, god. The cavalcade of calamity continues.
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