WBAY.com acknowledges that Juggalos condemn Green Bay finger-chopping ritual

As Reported on WBAY.com!

 

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – Action 2 News first reported last week that two Brown County men are behind bars after a woman voluntarily let one man cut off her finger, while the other man recorded it.

Police interviews in a criminal complaint against Anthony Schrap say he cut off a woman’s finger at her request while Preston Hyde recorded it. The two men call themselves Juggalos, which is the name the band Insane Clown Posse (ICP) gives to its followers.

Police interviews in a criminal complaint link the act of violence to the Juggalo name, believing the dismembering was done as a ritual to commemorate the anniversary of the death of a fellow Juggalo.

Nationally, the FBI classifies one million Americans as Juggalo gang members. However, in the state of Wisconsin, Juggalos are not classified as a gang.

At last week’s Brown County Public Safety Committee meeting, one commissioner questioned whether police should be concerned about Juggalos in Northeast Wisconsin.

Two founders of the Wisconsin Juggalo/’horrorcore’ group known as Wicked Wisconsin watched the Action 2 News report on the dismembering and subsequent arrests—and they reached out to us to condemn the violence and distance themselves from a ritual they don’t condone.

Donny Polinske and Rick Pfeiffer, both of Milwaukee, are the founders of Wicked Wisconsin. They are long-time friends of Preston Hyde, who goes by the stage name Bloody Ruckus.

However, they’re quick to refute the violence that put him and Schrap behind bars.

“It absolutely misrepresents Juggalos, and the subcultures in general,” said Polinske, who is known in the Juggalo world as “The DRP.”

“That’s taking things too far. That’s blurring the lines between artistic freedoms, and reality,” the rapper said.

“I don’t think anyone would really want someone to be maimed in their name,” said Pfeiffer, who is called “Rick Dogg” by Wicked Wisconsin.

Pfeiffer and Polinske say they knew the person Hyde and Schrap were commemorating, and they “have serious doubt that it’s something he would’ve actually wanted,” commented Polinske.

“Obviously, ICP [Insane Clown Posse] is shock value, but that’s how they get their records sold,” said Pfeiffer. “Like, who can say the worst thing— to get someone to say, ‘ew, no!!’”

Action 2 News asked the Wicked Wisconsin founders if groups like Insane Clown Posse have a responsibility when fans commit crime in their name.

“No. Parents have responsibility. Or your friends—to say ‘you need help,” said Pfeiffer. “You can’t just go around thinking whatever music you listen to, movies you watch, shows you watch. I like Sons of Anarchy. But i don’t drive a motorcycle, sell drugs or go gun running.”

“It’s theatrics,” said Polinske. “We’ve all seen violent movies, we’ve all seen films, music, everything. If you can’t recognize entertainment, I believe you were not raised the right way.”

Insane Clown Posse filed a lawsuit against the FBI for classifying their followers, aka Juggalos, as a gang. Members of Wicked Wisconsin plan to march on Washington D.C. in protest next September.

 

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