Zaevion Dobson murder trial, starting Monday, poses debate: Rap as art or evidence?

The December 2015 shooting death of Zaevion Dobson became a symbol for street violence and gun crime across the nation and, in Knoxville, an indictment of gang violence.

Now, the attorney for one of three young men standing trial this week in that slaying is painting some symbolism of his own - the right of rap artists and rap fans to express themselves.

"It would chill the speech of thousands of other musicians and artists," attorney T. Scott Jones wrote of prosecutors' efforts to use a rap video as evidence.

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