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Hail, hail, the gang's all here. Now I see their colors, on some of their brothers...

By Marks & Katz, LLC

 Bill of Rights. (From the public domain.) Florida law outlaws even the display of gang symbols on the Internet. Would such a ban apply today to Our Gang, which some might have seen as including some ne'er do wells; Kool and the Gang; or the Gang of Four, which in a show trial was convicted as a group of criminals in a Chinese show trial?   Thanks to Carlos Miller for posting on an ongoing Florida prosecution of two men -- Elvis Rodriguez and Richard Figueroa-Santiago -- over their posting of gang symbols on MySpace.  The law involved appears to be Fla. Stat. § 874.11, which provides: "Any person who, for the purpose of benefiting, promoting, or furthering the interests of a criminal gang, uses electronic communication to intimidate or harass other persons, or to advertise his or her presence in the community, including, but not limited to, such activities as distributing, selling, transmitting, or posting on the Internet any audio, video, or still image of criminal activity, commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on August 07, 2009 (boomark / email).