But what if the cop had a site, and was posting country lyrics about guns and such. I can't help but think it would be brought up.
I'm not trying to argue, I just want all sides to have the same opportunities.
IMO, the question of lyrics is more gray than simple black and white.
If my kids ever posted them, I would disable their accounts. If they ever WROTE them, husband and I would launch a serious "internal investigation" of our own to see WTH is going on.
The problem is that, unfortunately, among so many otherwise good kids a lot of rap lyrics (NOT ALL, IMO) and "gangsta" wannabe posturing in social media is so ridiculously common that our reacting as if THOSE too are evidence that a kid has sunk to the depths of a (imo) cop assaulter like MB just looks unreasonable, reduces our credibility, and ZOMG Bombshell! Fatigue sets in.
It would be much more convincing to find, isolate, and focus on the lyrics he posted that are specific and truly chilling, like the one about his hands being ammo and others that have been out there for weeks. (!) Especially if he wrote them himself.
IMO, those are relevant, combined with the other things we know, to the extent that they show a propensity or pattern.
As for the hand-sign things :facepalm: the only thing that would be interesting to me would be a pattern of signs that showed a clear preference for a certain gang. Otherwise, as stupid as I think they look, there are just too many people across the spectrum posing with those hand things to make them valuable.
When even adults in Tea Party fund raisers are throwing them, fgs, they've lost their value as indicators of anything other than foolishness. :screwy: