Shaggy 2 Dope argues that the FBI's gang classification was exploited by rural police departments to obtain extra government funding.

“That's really what the whole thing was in these in these rural towns. You got police the police force can say, "Hey, there's a gang here." So they get extra funding from the government to fight the gang.”

Violent J expresses that the FBI's classification of Juggalos as a gang was an unjust action that caused genuine harm to fans and had no legitimate basis.

“Jugalo started getting if they get popped for a little bit of weed or or some you know they get sentenced as a gang member you know they end this gang member file and they get logged on as a gang member and if they're fighting for custody with their ex or something they're suddenly a gang member in ”