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Court Says Cop Wrongly Fired for Masturbation Video
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| 1/29/04
Posted on 01/29/2004 1:36:24 PM PST by martin_fierro
Court Says Cop Wrongly Fired for Masturbation Video
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A San Diego policeman who sold videos of himself masturbating after removing a police uniform was wrongly dismissed from the force, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.
An officer named in court documents only as John Roe sold the videos on the Internet vendor eBay Inc., where his hobby was discovered by his supervisor. Roe never identified himself as a San Diego police officer in his sales pitch and gave a fictitious address in northern California.
The San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Roe that his dismissal by the San Diego Police Department in 2001 was unjust because his off-duty actions were protected by First Amendment rights to free speech.
"We hold that when the employee's speech is not about his government employer or employment, is directed to a segment of the general public and occurs outside the workplace, that speech satisfies the public concern test," the court found.
Judge Kim Wardlaw, dissenting from the three-judge panel, called the decision absurd, saying his actions were not free speech but conduct violations related to his job.
TOPICS: Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 9thcircuit; shootingblanks; waxingthenightstick
Ahem.
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posted on
01/29/2004 1:39:11 PM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Viking it. And liking it.)
To: martin_fierro; MotleyGirl70
"Dial 9-1-1, Make a Cop Come"
To: martin_fierro
hehehehe the justice system does work after all
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:05:56 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: martin_fierro
Walkin' the beat.
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:07:28 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Come see the violence inherent in the system!)
To: martin_fierro; Larry Lucido
"Haaaa Yeaaah, we're gonna need a 1094, I mean 942, on this one boys."
To: martin_fierro
His stage name is Adam 12".
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:11:03 PM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Come see the violence inherent in the system!)
To: martin_fierro
What a jerk....
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posted on
01/29/2004 2:21:50 PM PST
by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the Leftist population - have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: MotleyGirl70
So was he practicing his choke holds?
To: martin_fierro
Shiniest night stick on the force I bet.
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posted on
01/29/2004 4:18:23 PM PST
by
socal_parrot
(Now in the new Jumbo size!)
To: martin_fierro
A San Diego policeman who sold videos of himself masturbating after removing a police uniform...What the hey... After removing a police uniform?Couldn't it have been before putting on a police uniform?
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posted on
01/29/2004 5:33:45 PM PST
by
luvbach1
(In the know on the border)
To: martin_fierro
BAD MARTIN_FIERRO!!!!!
Shame on you for that sneaky link!!
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posted on
01/30/2004 11:29:49 PM PST
by
trussell
(Troll Hunter Extraordinaire)
To: trussell
Whaaaat.....?
0:) <-- halo firmly in place
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posted on
01/31/2004 2:55:58 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Viking it. And liking it.)
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