It looks like the Insane Clown Posse is getting in on the protest marches, as the group and their Juggalo followers – who were named a “loosely organized hybrid gang” by the FBI in 2011, which has since seen an ongoing lawsuit over what the group sees as slander – are set to join forces on Washington D.C. National Mall on September 16th.
According to a website that has been launched for the event, “Over the past five years, our legal team has heard testimonies and reports from Juggalos all over the nation who have lost custody of their children, been fired from jobs, denied access into the armed forces, and the most common consequence — being officially labeled as a gang member by law enforcement agencies for wearing Juggalo related clothing or brandishing one or more Juggalo tattoos.”
The website goes on to say, “This is the day that we are asking every single Juggalo to join us in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., to make a collective statement from the Juggalo Family to the world about what we are and what we are not,” the group said on a website launched for the march. “We must collectively show them that we truly are a family that is united by a shared love of music and fellowship.”
The march will be followed by a free concert, with performances by ICP themselves, Vanilla Ice, 2 Live Crew, and more. There is a testimonial page on the site, with many fairly alarming stories that breach basic privacy and civil rights.