The Onion helps defend a Facebook troll in Crime & Parody trailer

Though many have pointed out that the initial arrest itself sounds like a bit of a parody headline, the trailer for the doc suggests a broader exploration of free speech and police accountability. “What’s most frightening about this is that the police could come and detail any of us,” says one person interviewed in the trailer (seemingly in The Onion‘s office). Not everyone has the same means to fight something like this either, as a synopsis for the film (via Deadline) points out. “Nearly a decade before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert came under attack for their political humor, an unknown comedian from Ohio finds himself in even more serious trouble for making fun of the government,” it reads. 

Crime & Parody is directed by Will Thwaites, who was a producer on Netflix’s Full Swing and My Next Guest with David Letterman. The doc doesn’t seem to have any screenings scheduled quite yet beyond the Big Sky festival, but hopefully it makes its way around the country (or at least onto the internet) in due time.