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: Entertainment Law UpdateIs giving a Cop ?the finger? Protected Speech?
By Gordon Firemark
Flipping ‘the Bird’ Is Protected Speech: “A Federal Court in Pittsburgh ruled this week that A Pittsburgh motorist was exercising his constitutional right of free speech when he gave the finger to a police officer and another driver during an argument over a parking space.
Not a good idea, but not a crime.
(Hat Tip: Legal Blog Watch.)
Full post as published by Entertainment Law Update on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).
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