Título: Body Count (band)
Seção: Controversy over the song Cop Killer (1992)
Background: Body Count is an American crossover thrash band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1990. The group is fronted by Ice-T, who co-founded the group with lead guitarist Ernie C out of their interest in heavy metal music. Ice-T took on the role of vocalist and writing the lyrics for most of the group's songs. Lead guitarist Ernie C has been responsible for writing the group's music.

Conteúdo: The song "Cop Killer", intended to criticize corrupt police officers, encountered controversy, as it was seen as an attack against the entire police force. According to Ice-T, "I thought I was safe. I thought within the world of rock'n'roll, you could be free to write what you want. Hell, I was listening to Talking Heads singin' 'Psycho Killer.' Fuck it, I'll make 'Cop Killer'! But, that was the cross of metal with something that was real. Now we're not just killing your family, we're killing somebody so real that everybody just went, 'oh shit.'" The Dallas Police Association and the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas launched a campaign to force Warner Bros. Records to withdraw the album. Within a week, they were joined by police organizations across the United States. Some critics argued that the song could cause crime and violence. Many defended the song on the basis of the group's right to freedom of speech. In The Ice Opinion: Who Gives a Fuck, Ice-T wrote that "The people who did have a platform were way off backing me on the First Amendment. That's not where all the anger should have been directed. The anger should have been generated back at the police. [...] Because people jumped on the wrong issue they were able to drive this thing totally through Warner Brothers." Over the next month, controversy against the band grew. Vice President Dan Quayle branded "Cop Killer" as being "obscene," and President George H.W. Bush publicly denounced any record company t

user: Who wrote the song "cop killer"?

assistant: Ice-T,

user: How was this song perceived  by the community?

assistant: The Dallas Police Association and the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas launched a campaign to force Warner Bros. Records to withdraw the album.

user: Was there any action taken against the band for this song?

assistant: Ice-T decided to remove "Cop Killer" from the album of his own volition.

user: Did Warner Bros records withdraw the album?

assistant: Ice-T decided to remove "Cop Killer" from the album of his own volition.

user: Did the song cop killer receive any national attention?

assistant: The criticism escalated to the point where death threats were sent to Time-Warner executives, and shareholders threatened to pull out of the company.

user: What was the presidents reason for denouncing this type of music?

assistant: Vice President Dan Quayle branded "Cop Killer" as being "obscene,"

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: Cop Killer" was replaced by a new version of "Freedom of Speech," a song from Ice-T's 1989 solo album The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...

user: Did they recieve any awards for this album?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER