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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·26 days agoVerbal harassment isn’t a thing. You can legally tell a cop to fuck off while flipping them off. The only kind of speech that isn’t allowed is “fighting words” or calls to violence.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoTo a cop, hearing “fuck off” and being flipped off is fighting words.
minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·25 days agoAnd they’ll arrest you, the charges will be dropped, then you’ll sue and win a bunch of money.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·25 days agoIn a functioning legal system, yes. The US doesn’t have one of those.
Verbal harassment isn’t a thing. You can legally tell a cop to fuck off while flipping them off. The only kind of speech that isn’t allowed is “fighting words” or calls to violence.
To a cop, hearing “fuck off” and being flipped off is fighting words.
And they’ll arrest you, the charges will be dropped, then you’ll sue and win a bunch of money.
In a functioning legal system, yes. The US doesn’t have one of those.