rap – Courtroom Strategy by Attorney Oscar Michelen

Court Holds YouTube Rap Video Titled “F+ck The Police” Constituted Terrorist Threat

May 9, 2016 Oscar Michelen 2

BREAKING NEWS: If you are stupid enough to upload a video to YouTube in which you threaten to shoot specific police officers (whom you name and who are scheduled to testify in your upcoming criminal trial) you might be labeled a terrorist! At least that’s what an Appellate Court in Pennsylvania told Rashee Beasley last […]

First Amendment Case is Crash Course in Rap for SCOTUS

September 16, 2014 Oscar Michelen 1

Anthony Elonis is a Pennsylvania man convicted of issuing threats to his ex-wife, who had an order of protection against him. All of the relevant threats were posted on Elonis’ Facebook page and most of them took the form of rap lyrics. He did not tag or link his ex-wife to the posts and he […]