Ala Yacoubi, a Tunisian rapper who calls himself Weld El 15, was sentenced to prison Thursday for four months for insulting the police. El 15 had been convicted on charges of insulting a public servant and public morals. The charges stemmed from the rapper’s performance of his song Police Are Dogs during an August concert.
El 15 was originally sentenced in absentia to 21 months. He’s on the lam and the ‘dogs’ are looking for him.
It’s a good thing El 15 did not perform Police Are Pigs. In the Muslim world pigs are about as low as you can get. His sentence would have been much stiffer had he performed a song by that name. The Tunisian court might even have ordered his tongue cut off.
Now in America, Ala Yacoubi and Police are Pigs would have been nominated for some Grammys.
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