North Texas Juggalos React To FBI Gang Designation
"I've never been on the inside of the jail. I've been a Juggalo for 13 years and I've never been locked up," said James Murrah, a self described Juggalo.
Murrah said he was not in a gang, and neither was any of his fellow Juggalos.
"We're not criminals, we're not robbers, we're not drug dealers, we're nothing like that," Murrah told CW 33 News.
Murrah said think of ICP like a horror movie; just because you watch a scary movie doesn't make you a serial killer, so listening to ICP music and watching its videos was the same thing: Entertainment.
"Anybody that would take that serious and say that's what I need to be, they have problems anyway, and they were going to do some messed up stuff without that influence," he said.
Fort Worth resident Jerry Taylor created a website, truejuggalofamily.com, to dispel the rumors about the Juggalos.
"The very soul reason that we built it was so that people can see that we're just like anyone else. We're good people," said Taylor.
The father of two said ICP and the Juggalos were all about good fun, and it was something he felt comfortable with.
"We don't care where you came from, we don't care about your class, and that's the acceptance, that's the family," said Taylor.
CW 33 News
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Their lyrics and music videos are often violent and sexual in nature, and now the FBI in their 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment has labeled some of the followers of the rap group Insane Clown Posse, called Juggalos, as a gang that was rapidly expanding into many US communities."I've never been on the inside of the jail. I've been a Juggalo for 13 years and I've never been locked up," said James Murrah, a self described Juggalo.
Murrah said he was not in a gang, and neither was any of his fellow Juggalos.
"We're not criminals, we're not robbers, we're not drug dealers, we're nothing like that," Murrah told CW 33 News.
Murrah said think of ICP like a horror movie; just because you watch a scary movie doesn't make you a serial killer, so listening to ICP music and watching its videos was the same thing: Entertainment.
"Anybody that would take that serious and say that's what I need to be, they have problems anyway, and they were going to do some messed up stuff without that influence," he said.
Fort Worth resident Jerry Taylor created a website, truejuggalofamily.com, to dispel the rumors about the Juggalos.
"The very soul reason that we built it was so that people can see that we're just like anyone else. We're good people," said Taylor.
The father of two said ICP and the Juggalos were all about good fun, and it was something he felt comfortable with.
"We don't care where you came from, we don't care about your class, and that's the acceptance, that's the family," said Taylor.
CW 33 News
9:55 p.m. CST, November 10, 2011
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