A$AP Rocky’s Guilty Verdict: Social Media Reacts
As previously reported, today news broke that rapper A$AP Rocky was found guilty in his Sweden assault case.
The Harlem rapper was on trial for his participation in a street fight that took place on June 30 in Stockholm.
However, A$AP Rocky won’t serve any more jail time, as he already served over a month in jail in a Swedish detention center.
The rapper’s sentence is conditional, which means that he will be subject to a probationary period of two years, as CNN reports.
The alleged victim in the case, Mustafa Jafari, was awarded damages “for violation of his integrity and pain and suffering,” by the court.
Rocky, along with two of his bodyguards who were also involved in the case, was ordered to repay legal expenses to the state in a total of $ 1,307, according to USA Today.
The high-profile case captured the attention of the hip-hop community and beyond, with even President Trump weighing in on twitter.
Take a look at some of the responses below.
Do yall remember that time when Trump thought the biggest and most important issue plaguing the "African American community" was #ASAPRocky? pic.twitter.com/njkAEIN3ok
— Ava 💜💛❤️ (@AvaWarriors) August 14, 2019
#ASAPRocky found guilty in Sweden. Welp, you know what the punishment is, right? pic.twitter.com/c7qYiq9sur
— Andrew Rogers (@agr_kc) August 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/ssuper21/status/1161642220988063747/photo/1
https://twitter.com/declanintindola/status/1161639793119416320
They knew if they found #ASAPRocky not guilty, they would've had to pay damages to asap and his team... you full of shit @SwedenUN @SwedenGeneva
— Stay Driven Media (@StayDrivenMedia) August 14, 2019
I'm not saying the US right has gone nuts, but the Daily Caller is RT tweets calling for the US to go to war with Sweden to protect #ASAPRocky if Sweden tries to extradite him. Which would be a pretty interesting move, since he only got a suspended sentence. pic.twitter.com/chqJAjcIxi
— Christian Christensen (@ChrChristensen) August 14, 2019
I called it 2 weeks ago, and i was right.
— Hellgren (@ProbiC_) August 14, 2019
As a Swede it was expected. #FreeRocky #ASAPRocky pic.twitter.com/a6ZFYmvD6a
If I got found guilty for a crime in a different country and they let me go home #ASAPRocky pic.twitter.com/Ti740nhOEN
— ǝpᴉS ɥʇɹoN ǝɥʇ ɟo ƃuᴉʞ🤘🏾 (@GEDAtheGenius) August 14, 2019
#Trump every time #ASAPRocky tweets 😩 ignore him A$AP ASAP 😂 He didn’t release you...he made the situation worse. Fact pic.twitter.com/hh4g465hq9
— Nene (@nenyloks) August 13, 2019
