01-02-2013, 04:45 PM
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Guitarist for hire.
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Flipping off a police officer
Do you believe you have this right? I believe it is protected under the 1st amendment of the U.S. Constitution and federal courts have generally ruled in favor of this, to my knowledge.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/art...1923125,00.html http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/20...al-not-advised/ http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx....E/htm/PE.42.htm |
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01-02-2013, 04:47 PM
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UGs #150 Hydra
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Why would you want to be a dick?
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01-02-2013, 04:48 PM
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Hey
Join Date: Jun 2009
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I dunno, but doing this is pretty funny.
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01-02-2013, 04:49 PM
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I believe it's protected as well. However you never know when you're going to run into an illiterate cop who confuses insult with assault.
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01-02-2013, 04:53 PM
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freedom homeslice juice
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I've never thought about it. Provoking people who could ruin my life isn't a hobby of mine.
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01-02-2013, 04:53 PM
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#StandWithRand
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Some NYPD will hassle you for just looking at them too long. By all means it should be a right but I'm not planning on testing it.
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01-02-2013, 04:59 PM
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Americans' obsession with their rights is ridiculous. Just use some common sense, you don't have to do something just because you can.
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01-02-2013, 05:00 PM
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Hola.
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Irrelevant, I'm too busy hoping.
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hurr durr fuq da police lol
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01-02-2013, 05:03 PM
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UG Newbie
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Location: Milwaukee
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01-02-2013, 05:22 PM
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01-02-2013, 05:24 PM
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Do Sadists go to Hell?
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: United Kingdom
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Only if he can rape you with his nightstick. After all, freedom of expression.
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01-02-2013, 05:27 PM
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MWAHAHAHAHA!
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Frozen North! (read: Northern Wisconsin)
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As an American, I agree with you. Here's the reality, TS... Cops generally work their asses off dealing with scumbags. Why exactly would you A) NOT show them basic respect ("Yes, sir", "No, sir", don't flip him off, etc.) and B) want to provoke them? How would you feel if you just spent the day booking some petty thief and then some smartass kid flips you off because 1) he says it's protected by the 1st Amendment AND 2) because he thinks it's funny. I'd be pissed. Edit: And, for the record, obscenities are NOT protected under the 1st Amendment. The Amendment states: Quote:
Obscenity (which is what flipping off a cop is; it's a "Fuck you") are not protected speech. Read this for various laws in obscenity in the US.
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01-02-2013, 05:31 PM
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Maybe this is an american thing, but I'm not sure why cops qualify for respect above and beyond what is considered the norm for everyone else. By all means be polite, but that sir shit? Sounds kinda sycophantic to be honest. |
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01-02-2013, 05:43 PM
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freedom homeslice juice
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Don't flip them off, don't be sycophants...you're giving us nothing to work with here.
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01-02-2013, 05:50 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Don't get too uptight about the specifics, he was just saying to treat him like a professional, the same way you'd treat doctors and teachers. And if you think those last two are also sycophantic, than that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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01-02-2013, 05:54 PM
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Banned before Judge Trudy
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Don't **** with police, period. Never know if they'll pull out a gun and unload 7 shots into your chest for looking at them wrong.
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01-02-2013, 05:55 PM
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Get a haircut Hippy!!
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Georgia
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The title of the second article Flipping Off Cops Is Legal, Not Advised It would fall under disorderly conduct and can get tricky. It's up to the cop to determine at which point you crossed the line from protected speech into disorderly conduct. It's legal to use foul language, but stand on the sidewalk and start screaming it at passers-by and you will get arrested. |
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01-02-2013, 05:56 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
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Well I think you should be allowed to do it, but I also think it's more trouble than it's worth.
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There seems to be an attitude of "If you don't abuse it, you lose it." Which is absurd because you should definitely lose it if you abuse it and they've been abusing it forever and are still yet to lose it. Last edited by Butt Rayge : 01-02-2013 at 05:59 PM. |
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01-02-2013, 05:57 PM
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Hola.
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Irrelevant, I'm too busy hoping.
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I know 100% that they won't because our police don't need to carry guns because our country is smart. 
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