Justices Won’t Hear ‘F**k the Police’ Rap Lyrics, Free Speech Case

Rap lyrics and the First Amendment won’t be in the spotlight at the U.S. Supreme Court next term.

The justices denied review in a rap artist’s appeal of convictions for terroristic threats and witness intimidation based on one of his songs that allegedly threatened to kill police.

Jamal Knox performs under the stage name “Mayhem Mal.” He wanted the justices to settle “once and for all” whether, to establish that a statement is a true threat unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that a “reasonable person” would regard the statement as a sincere threat of violence, or ...