• Remember that guy that got arrested for making videos of kids funny? He got sentenced.
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[url]http://hypervocal.com/news/2011/update-youtube-musician-evan-emory-sentenced-to-60-days-in-jail/[/url] [quote]Evan Emory’s cunning attempt at musical comedy turned very serious, very quickly. The 21-year-old Michigan man won’t be laughing as he spends the next two months in the Muskegon County Jail. The whole nightmare for Emory began when he posted a video of himself on YouTube singing a sexually explicit song to elementary school students. But before you take the side of law enforcement and the county, it’s not as raunchy and inappropriate as it sounds. The video was only edited to make it appear as if young children were in the classroom, even though they weren’t. Emory posted two disclaimers on the video that elementary school students were not exposed to the explicit lyrics. The footage of the children was recorded in January when Emory performed a clean song for the class. It was only later that Emory returned to the empty classroom to record a vulgar song, which he edited with clips of the children and posted to YouTube in mid-February. On Tuesday, Judge William C. Marietti of the Muskegon County 14th Circuit Court sentenced Emory under a previously arranged plea deal to 60 days in jail, two years probation, 200 hours of community service, mandatory counseling and fines and costs. And when he emerges from jail, Emory can’t be within 500 feet of children under the age of 17. All for a comedy attempt gone awry. Emory in March pleaded no contest to the reduced charge of “unlawful posting of an Internet message with aggravating circumstances.” He had been charged with “manufacturing child pornography,” a charge that comes with a potential 20-year prison sentence. Under the reduced charge, Emory will not have to sign up on the sex offender registry, which would have been the biggest crime committed by anyone involved in this case. The video was taken off YouTube because of the lawsuit, and we’re unable to find a copy of it online. The judge in the case now considers it “contraband.” But some of the sexual lyrics in the song include: “I like the way you make your body move. C’mon, girl…See how long it takes to make your panties mine…I’ll add some foreplay in just to make it fun. I want to stick my index finger in your anus.” Parents of the students from Beechnau Elementary featured in the short segment attended the sentencing hearing and applauded the decision. “It was lewd, it was disgusting, it was perverted,” parent Stephan Hellman told WWMT. “You are no longer a child, you are an adult. You should have known better.” Fellow parent Charles Willick said, “An innocence was taken, something we as parents try very hard to keep, something we hold sacred and dear was taken from the kids.” Willick’s reactionary, inflammatory rhetoric begs the ultimate question: What innocence exactly was taken from the kids here? From their perspective, all they saw was a musician come in and sing them a happy, appropriate song — they were only exposed to the real thing. Emory only edited in the raunchy lyrics after the fact. So unless these first-graders have been surfing the Internet like 4chan pros and can dig up a copy of a video that doesn’t exist on the Internet, how would they have even seen the finished video? ReelSEO also has the handiest primer on the legal issues and school policy surrounding the case. Emory, as President Obama said about the Cambridge Police, certainly “acted stupidly” for failing to get permission from the kids’ parents [b](even though, according to ReelSEO’s post, there’s an opt-OUT agreement for parents at the beginning of each school year and Emory technically had permission).[/b] He deserves a swift kick in the arse. But two months in jail? For a joke video in which nobody was truly harmed in the making? That’s some harshness right there.[/quote] [quote][b]60 days in jail, two years probation, 200 hours of community service, mandatory counseling and fines and costs. And when he emerges from jail, Emory can’t be within 500 feet of children under the age of 17. [/b][/quote] So tell me, why haven't the creators of WKUK or Wonder Showzen been given a life sentence? :colbert:
That's pretty stupid, they ruined his life over a joke.
Jesus fuck thats retarded.
Yeah, this doesn't sound nearly as bad as some of the things I've seen on WKUK.
[QUOTE=Chickens!;29150491]That's pretty stupid, they ruined his life over a joke.[/QUOTE] Over a joke that's been done before and was\still is broadcasted on tv. [editline]13th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=CharadesV2;29150509]Yeah, this doesn't sound nearly as bad as some of the things I've seen on WKUK.[/QUOTE] You think WKUK is bad, look up a few Wonder Showzen clips, they have the kids swearing and everything [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdL2jiM601U[/media]
"Kids funny"? What kind of a thing is that Also link to vid or smth?
He can be a ninja now, dodging all those children.
Can someone post a link to the video please?
How was any innocence taken from the kids if they were never exposed to the shitty lyrics?
WKUK barely ever step over the line.
Jesus, I'd never do something like that, but getting sentenced for it?
Then arrest Peyton Manning. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdFg6lV-TDg[/media]
also here's a link to the same joke but with popular people in it: [url]http://www.hulu.com/watch/113207/saturday-night-live-snl-digital-short-shy-ronnie[/url]
[quote]Emory in March pleaded no contest to the reduced charge of [b]“unlawful posting of an Internet message with aggravating circumstances.”[/b] [b]He had been charged with [highlight]“manufacturing child pornography,”[/b][/highlight] a charge that comes with a potential 20-year prison sentence.[/quote] Are you fucking kidding me. [quote]“You are no longer a child, you are an adult. You should have known better.” [/quote] He' didn't break any real law? He sung a normal song to some kids, went back in the room alone much later, recorded the song by himself, and then did some editing to make it look like they were there. He was singing to CGI more or less, not actual children.
Word of the law =/= meaning of the law in this case. A psychologist would look and say "Yep, pedophile", but that's hardly a reason to put him in jail. Reduced the sentence from child pornography? Fuck, there shouldn't be a sentence in the first place
The laws are being bent. Fuck I'm so done with America
Oh thank god the U.S. judicial system works again. We need to keep monsters like this away from the children. THINK OF THE CHILDREN.
Its like Dark RP
[QUOTE=locojaws;29150654]The laws are being bent. Fuck I'm so done with America[/QUOTE] Already?
Silly little person, only corporate-owned shows can get away with child pornography.
"unlawful posting of an Internet message with aggravating circumstances" What. Is this a REAL crime? Also "Emory can’t be within 500 feet of children under the age of 17." I don't understand this bit, he got charged with and was found guilty of something that seems along the lines of posting something bad on the internet, why should he punished in the same way a paedophile would be? Usually I am against the whole idea of suing people etc to solve problems but I do hope that he sues and / or attempts to get the judgement overthrown. Also "“An innocence was taken, something we as parents try very hard to keep, something we hold sacred and dear was taken from the kids.” What. Do these people not understand that it was some editing and that the children were not there?
I can't fucking believe this. It almost makes me want to make the exact same video, just to piss of those parents. Ruining someones life over a joke, this is where political correctness gets you.
Wow, this can't be real. No judge or jury with a brain would EVER spend more than 3 seconds on this.
thank god someone thought of the kids (of whiny white upper-middle class people).
Wow what a crock of shit, poor guy just got done in for something you wouldn't even blink an eye at. Smells of pseudo-posh overbearing easily offended parents etc.
I hate cops
what
Way to go, Michigan
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/UXXPC1.png[/img] Hell cunt fuck shit bitch cunt cunt fuck hell cunt fuck shit bitch fuck According to this judge, I have just broken the law.
I can't believe this is legal. America, I feel your pain.
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