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Riot Charges Dropped Against Jermaine 'Funnymaine' Johnson

Local comedian Jermaine "Funnymaine" Johnson was charged with inciting a riot in downtown Birmingham. Those charges have been dropped.

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Protesters tried to tear down the Confederate monument in Linn Park May 31 after a suggestion by local comedian Jermaine Johnson.
Protesters tried to tear down the Confederate monument in Linn Park May 31 after a suggestion by local comedian Jermaine Johnson. (Michael Seale/Patch)

BIRMINGHAM, AL — Local comedian Jermaine "Funnymaine" Johnson was charged with inciting a riot after he suggested at a Black Lives Matter rally May 31 that protesters should tear down a Confederate monument in Linn Park, but those charges have been dropped. A Birmingham Times report said police dropped the charges Wednesday.

Johnson, who rose in popularity a few years ago for a series of YouTube videos on Alabama football, appeared in Birmingham Municipal Court Wednesday where the city of Birmingham dismissed the charges, according to the Birmingham Times.

Read the full report in The Birmingham Times.

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