Court: Flipping the bird at a cop doesn't warrant arrest
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In its decision, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that giving someone the finger is an “ancient gesture of insult” and “is not the basis for a reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or impending criminal activity.”
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There you have it, folks. It is your RIGHT as an American (or for that matter as anyone visiting or having immigrated to America) to flip off cops.
(disclaimer: while I do actually have very very deep-seated issues with the racist, sexist, heterosexist and cissexist criminal justice system in the US, the thread title is a tongue-in-cheek, attention-grabbing reference to the meaning of the gesture that has been affirmed to be legal to make towards police officers, and not an actual endorsement of actually telling cops to go fuck themselves or otherwise actually denigrating the police personally)