--- title: Juggalos Maim Roommate Because He Hadn't 'Earned' Insane Clown Posse Tattoo description: No word on what it actually takes to "earn" an ICP tattoo canonical: https://time.com/3099007/juggalos-maim-roommate-insane-clown-posse-tattoo/ author: Bijan Stephen article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-10T20:54:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:19.458Z og:title: Juggalos Maim Roommate Because He Hadn't 'Earned' Insane Clown Posse Tattoo og:description: No word on what it actually takes to "earn" an ICP tattoo og:url: https://time.com/3099007/juggalos-maim-roommate-insane-clown-posse-tattoo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0f0ffec5f903c76/69869efd3bc999bdb61a4da3/ap976224760405.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1909 og:image:height: 1074 og:image:alt: Tattoo Assault og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Juggalos Maim Roommate Because He Hadn't 'Earned' Insane Clown Posse Tattoo twitter:description: No word on what it actually takes to "earn" an ICP tattoo twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd0f0ffec5f903c76/69869efd3bc999bdb61a4da3/ap976224760405.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Juggalos Maim Roommate Because He Hadn't 'Earned' Insane Clown Posse Tattoo > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Aug 10, 2014 8:54 PM UTC  Paul Hurst and Cary Edwards Paul Hurst and Cary Edwards Wicomico County Sheriff's Office/AP by [Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Aug 10, 2014 8:54 PM UTC America’s sweethearts of horrorcore music, the Insane Clown Posse (ICP), are once again under the media spotlight, after two Maryland fans (or “Juggalos”) were arrested for attempted murder, after they allegedly [tried](http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/08/07/juggalos-try-to-cut-off-mans-insane-clown-posse-tattoo-because-he-hadnt-earned-it/) to carve off their roommate’s ICP tattoo because he hadn’t “earned it.” Victim Zachary Swanson was beaten severely before Paul Martin Hurst and Carey Lee Edwards tried to cut out the offending tattoo from Swanson’s arm, CBS Detroit reports. Dissatisfied with their results, they allegedly then drenched Swanson’s arm with flammable liquid and lit it on fire. After being rushed to a Baltimore hospital’s burn unit, Swanson had to be amputated below the elbow, CBS reports. Insane Clown Posse has fallen into controversy before, thanks to extremely violent acts by die-hard fans. In fact, Juggalos were listed as an emerging [gang](http://info.publicintelligence.net/NGIC-Juggalos.pdf) by the FBI in 2011, though some found that classification [ridiculous](http://www.wired.com/2013/03/fbi-juggalos/). In a 2010 interview with the Pittsburgh _Post Gazette_, Juggalo Shaggy 2 Dope (otherwise known as Joseph Utsler) offered a broader, more magnanimous view of Juggalos as a whole. “A Juggalo comes from all walks of life—from poverty, from rich, from all religions, all colors. Anyone can be a Juggalo,” he said. 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