{"id":1608,"date":"2019-08-12T14:34:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2019-08-12T14:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:35:00","slug":"returning-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/returning-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning Home: A$AP Rocky Makes It Back To America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Returning Home: A$AP Rocky has finally made it back to America after being trapped in a Swedish jail. He has now performed his first live show in Anaheim, California, since returning home. If you are unaware of A$AP Rocky\u2019s situation, he has been dealing with an ongoing assault charge, which led him to a Swedish jail cell. Swedish authorities have just now finally let him go.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1610\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TZ64K2VE3UI6TJ3H26VYJLXT5E.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1610 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TZ64K2VE3UI6TJ3H26VYJLXT5E-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TZ64K2VE3UI6TJ3H26VYJLXT5E-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TZ64K2VE3UI6TJ3H26VYJLXT5E-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TZ64K2VE3UI6TJ3H26VYJLXT5E-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/TZ64K2VE3UI6TJ3H26VYJLXT5E-1600x1183.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Richard Shotwell\/Invision\/AP, File.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are both reasons for and reasons against A$AP\u2019s potential assault conviction in Sweden. Rocky\u2019s trial is now over and a verdict will be returned this coming Wednesday! From the footage I have seen, the evidence is against A$AP. There is clean and clear footage of him throwing a man to the ground as he, and two of his friends, continue to punch and kick the guy on the ground. However, Rocky claims this was all in self-defense. There are two more videos on the internet showing A$AP trying to defuse the situation. Regardless, A$AP was held in inhumane conditions\u2014including twenty-three hours per day of solitary confinement. To me, I believe Rocky\u2019s actions \u00a0meet the necessary elements of assault here in America; however, Swedish law may differ. From an international policy standpoint, I can see the Swedish authorities going easy on Rocky because of the controversy behind detaining Rocky. With that, stay tuned to find out what the verdict will be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInjustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returning Home: A$AP Rocky has finally made it back to America after being trapped in a Swedish jail. He has&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[487,108,46,49,148,262,138,147,87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1608\/revisions\/1612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}