Insane Clown Posse Urges Juggalos To March On Washington

Are the Juggalos not getting enough attention? The verdict is out.

But the verdict is also out on their ongoing spat with the FBI, and because of that the group is planning a march on Washington, D.C.

At this weekend's Gathering of the Juggalos in Ohio, an ICP band member urged fans to march on Washington on Sept. 16, 2017. Insane Clown Posse's members are Joseph Bruce, known as Violent J, and Joseph Utsler, or Shaggy 2 Dope.

"In 2017, the weekend of Sept. 17, we need you. We're gonna do a (expletive) march on Washington," J told fans during the group's seminar discussion at the Gathering, per the Detroit News. "They call the Juggalo World a movement, right? Well, let's move!"

The march will begin at the Lincoln Memorial, proceed down Constitution Avenue and end at the Washington Monument, where "artists and fans will speak about what it means to be a Juggalo," per the Detroit News .

"We are going to explain to the world who the (expletive) we really are," J said. The following day, on Sunday, Sept. 17, the group will throw a picnic for fans, J said. In conjunction, it was announced the group would be throwing "a huge Juggalo concert" that weekend, free of charge, at Jiffy Lube Live in nearby Bristow, Virginia.

The demonstration will fall during the newly announced second leg of their Riddle Box Tour, which will run through Halloween, ending in Detroit, according to a post on the group's website.

"So all you Juggalos who were whining cuz we didn't come to YOUR city...keep your panties on! ICP is hitting up most of the cities they missed the first time around, starting this September and going all the up to Hallowicked in Detroit Murderous!" the website says.

The group has been embroiled for five years in a dispute with the FBI over whether they're a "loosely organized hybrid gang." The group sued the FBI over the 2011 designation, saying it illegally classified their fans as gang members. Court decisions have volleyed back and forth, with a federal appeals court in September most recently reversing a lower court's ruling to revive the lawsuit.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan weighed in, too, saying the free speech and due process rights of Juggalos were being violated after some claimed they were fired, lost their kids or were unfairly targeted by police because of the designation.

Anti-Juggalo factions claim that drug use, overdoses, and concert violence plague performances. Per the FBI report, many Juggalos have "gang-like behavior" and commit crimes. The report included a picture of a Juggalo wearing face paint and aiming a gun.

The group says its fans are a "family," not a gang.