The Onion files Supreme Court brief in support of man arrested for making fun of Parma police

The Onion has some serious things to say in defense of parody.
The satirical site that manages to persuade people to believe the absurd has filed a Supreme Court brief in support of a man who was arrested and prosecuted for making fun of police on social media.
“As the globe’s premier parodists, The Onion’s writers also have a self-serving interest in preventing political authorities from imprisoning humorists," lawyers for the Onion wrote in a brief filed Monday. "This brief is submitted in the interest of at least mitigating their future punishment.”
The court filing doesn't entirely keep a straight face, calling the federal judiciary “total Latin dorks.”
The Onion said it employs 350,000 people in "numerous news bureaus and manual labor camps stationed around the world," is read by 4.3 trillion people and “has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history.”
The Supreme Court case involves Anthony Novak, who was arrested after he spoofed the Parma, Ohio, police force in Facebook posts.
Neil Fischer reports: www.wkyc.com/a... --
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