The Onion Schools The Supreme Court In "We No Crime" Case (Novak v. Parma)

The Onion has submitted a hilarious Amicus Brief - schooling the Supreme Court on the importance of Parody in free speech protections. Anthony Novak was arrested after posting a parodic Parma Police Department page on Facebook, mocking the police with posts which included the famous "We No Crime" slogan. Novak is seeking to overturn the Sixth Circuit's grant of Qualified Immunity to the officials who arrested him. #WeNoCrime #Novak #qualifiedimmunity Continue the discussion with the Lawful Masses Discord Community: https://discord.gg/SpC2utzr56 Support Lawful Masses! patreon.com/ljfrench sponsus.com/law THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! Oct 2022 $50+ Supporters: Eevi, Spirit Bear, Ugly Grill, torpedan, Gutbrodj, PureMagma, Eric Tams, TechTechPotato, The Blood Soaked Survivors, King Aires, Kyle Siefring Oct 2022 $5+ Supporters: Christoph Bolliger, Arron Washington, Keith Marrocco, Dustin Rodriguez, Josué Vicioso, Brian Flowers, Mark Curtis, Lazy Wolf, amelius, Meaningless, Aethero Toland, Nick Bush, EvoGamer, tdis8629, John Swanson, matthew beller, admalledd, Priscilla Astling, Schi-Schi, Kreachers, khagerou, Dawn Massaro Guy, wrozmo, Rita Loy, Medeka, robfrawley, Ryan Paul, David Zaslavsky, Christian Ullrich, Roger Chen, Brian Roush, Rudolph Bescherer Jr, Firstname Mclastname, Lydia Collinson, HotGrillsInYourArea, JH, Stephen Bank, Tron Bårdgård, Mark Randall, Sarah Gerweck, Matthew East, Pat Delaney, Mario Bonales, Euchale, Ian McDonald, Marcus Agehall, Omega, Sokar117, Jonathan Robillard, Amanda Gillies, Justin Waddell, Nathaniel, Tony Cruickshank, Jason Lingle, Zzyzx Wolfe, Kasaryth, Oisin Creaner, Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, Stephen Christopher, TEEKAY, Stefan Persson, CombatZAK, Alexander Sihn, Naomi Pool, Andrew Reid, Gregory Ford, EnvyingWrath, Brody Eastwood, sehro, Brian Rossman, FunnyHats, Dzyan, Chris Lindsay, Albert Demello, Rico Robbins, Darkwolf, John Peter, Kai Raphahn, Andrew "FastLizard4" Adams, Kean, Si Wellings, Jessica Pearson, LbxAni, Daniel Ducharme, Ph.D., majikthise, foonix, TheEuphoGuy, Brian, Matthew Bertrand, Jack Draak, Eye_Make_Stuff, Nick Rowland, Timothy James Dodd, Scott F. Comstock, James Melanson, Lewis, Kat Willhite, DreamerDon, Alan Nise, anton.molyboha, The Disturbed Angel, Elliott Ingram, Eric Woodley, Raindrop Works, Liryca, Logan Stromberg, scj643, eyebrows360, Chris Connett, Haplo, Michael Ciesielski, Chris Hilliard, Tesserakt, Travus, Greg, Q Squared, Jason Glaesemann, Eric Barker, Jeffrey Cash, Gef the Mongoose, toadbear, Gergely Varju, AnnoyedRook, itheoryon, cwestpha, DrJKL, Lawrence Groupe, Michael, DrakeDT, Andrew Venier, Bill Tonnies, Rabid Ronin, Thomas Dinsdale-Young, Katrina Middleton, Zendane, varia, pizzafourlife, jag1110, ChaoQueen, Bill Somerville, Mike Dunford, Peter Huston, jak_ub, WarrantyVoid, rcmaehl, James Oxford, Warren Rumak, Evan Davis, Michael Stokes-Byrne, c, Jorge Vittes, Nate Gray, Tony Webster, RunsWhenChased, ricin, Fubar, Ross, Dustin Bosveld, Tymorus, Bryan Lubeck, PinkFluffyTeddyBear, Paul, Rodney Nelson, Tom Paris did nothing wrong, Rovert09, Thedougler303, Ivan Chepurnyi, Rob Voisey, Kris Hetzel, Negligibly Negative, Maarten Wisman, Christina B, Robert Z, sean murphy, Matthew E, OsculatingPlane, Landon Noll, Thomas Richard Tetreault, Justin Bassett-Green, Ryan Schott, Richard Margolin, casimireffect, jsteelkw, Robert Maehl, Zoonist, Jennifer and David Brock, David LeBlanc, void, XPEric, Foxtrek_64, balayanr, zensalad, Blueberry Hill, Wolfendragoon, Andrew, A Baked Potato, Aaron Harvey, Tyy_, Learethak, Emily, Dave Meyers, Kantorock, AvaGlass, TheAmazingDave, Dood Monkey, xyv74k83yd, jSON, Jabberwoky69, Greg Edwards 00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Novak v. Parma - Case Background 04:47 - TheOnion's Amicus Brief on Parody 07:18 - Parody Functions through Trickery 13:02 - Parody Mimics in order to Critique 16:38 - A Reasonable Reader needs no Disclaimer 23:06 - Parodists should not be Prosecuted 26:57 - Leonard Thoughts 28:38 - Credits & Thanks!