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Pennsylvania Officer Sued For Writing 'Offensive Gesture' Ticket
pittsburghchannel.com ^ | 03/14/06 | pittsburghchannel

Posted on 03/14/2006 4:16:00 PM PST by Ellesu

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1 posted on 03/14/2006 4:16:01 PM PST by Ellesu
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To: Ellesu

It would be fun to get a bunch of people to follow this guy around all the time and give him the finger. See how long it takes him to flip out.


2 posted on 03/14/2006 4:18:22 PM PST by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: Ellesu

Let it go man, let it go.


3 posted on 03/14/2006 4:18:57 PM PST by digger48
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To: Ellesu

Okay, so exactly how did this guy suffer? Did he lose time from work? Did he become disabled or die? Boo-friggin-hoo!


4 posted on 03/14/2006 4:20:31 PM PST by Joan912 (I'm sick of it all!)
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To: Ellesu

This has an ACLU smell to it.


5 posted on 03/14/2006 4:22:06 PM PST by quantim (A gullible public is the best friend of a weak politician.)
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To: Joan912

He had to show up in court, which is more than the cop did. That can be a lost day right there.


6 posted on 03/14/2006 4:22:07 PM PST by Maceman (Fake but accurate -- and now double-sourced)
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To: Right Wing Assault

He'd probably use it for something, like a coathook, maybe. Imagine: you give him a finger - and he hangs a dirty baseball cap on it.


7 posted on 03/14/2006 4:22:35 PM PST by GSlob
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To: Joan912

So how was the guy wronged? Did they tape down his middle finger? What a wuss.


8 posted on 03/14/2006 4:23:20 PM PST by shelterguy (I can hear "Jimi".)
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To: Ellesu

I'll bet the guy didn't flip them off until the traffic started moving. Flipping off construction workers can be hazardous to your health.


9 posted on 03/14/2006 4:24:08 PM PST by jazusamo (:Gregory was riled while Hume smiled:)
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To: Ellesu
If the officer was enforcing a law of the commonwealth then the he has nothing to worry about. The law may or may not be invalid (I suspect it's unconstitutional). But thats for a court to decide. Peace Officers don't get to pick and choose what laws to enforce. If he is being sued personally then the case should be dismissed forthwith.
10 posted on 03/14/2006 4:24:37 PM PST by jecIIny (You faithful, let us pray for the Catechumens! Lord Have Mercy)
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To: Ellesu

The officer and the municipality employing him should be financially responsible for any inconvienience caused in this instance. If there was a law broken the officer should have shown up in court and the offender should be prosecuted. Otherwise this is just a case of an officer giving someone a bad time because he can get away with it.


11 posted on 03/14/2006 4:26:08 PM PST by FreePaul
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Imagine how many of those would be written in Philly. Hell, the Blue Route and the Shore-kill ALONE might put a sizeable dent in the Federal deficit!


12 posted on 03/14/2006 4:26:44 PM PST by Malacoda (Islam=insane death cult)
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13 posted on 03/14/2006 4:27:36 PM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
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To: Maceman

Let's assume he spent a half day in court. Since there are no details regarding the lawsuit amount, should I assume that he is suing for a half day's wages? If he is suing for anything other than the time missed from work, that will put him in the "girly-man" category.


14 posted on 03/14/2006 4:28:34 PM PST by Joan912 (I'm sick of it all!)
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To: FreePaul

Sad to see America become a police state!


15 posted on 03/14/2006 4:29:45 PM PST by observer5 ("Better violate the rights of a few, than of all!)
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To: quantim
This has an ACLU smell to it.

That would be great, all of us could then go the ACLU offices and give them the finger all day long and they couldn't do a damn thing about it.

Oh wait, libs and the ACLU are hypocrites..."Free speech for me, but not for thee"

16 posted on 03/14/2006 4:32:31 PM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: observer5

It really looks like the cop got sense later and let the matter drop while this mope with the active digit found a lawyer with too much time on his/her hands. It really sounds like a lawyer-state issue to me.


17 posted on 03/14/2006 4:33:22 PM PST by Thebaddog (Dogs are your only friends.)
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To: Ellesu

This officer didn't even charge him with a thought crime (probably let him off with a warning), and this is the thanks he gets from this commie troublemaker?


18 posted on 03/14/2006 4:35:52 PM PST by IRememberElian
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To: jecIIny

"Peace Officers don't get to pick and choose what laws to enforce."

They don't?
Gee, then I hope they arrest themselves for their March Madness football pools (illegal gambling) and issue tickets to everyone's house or business they visit that has such a pool.

I also hope that they stop and issue tickets to every jaywalker they see, and stop everyone going 1 mph over the speed limit.

Peace officers have broad, broad discretion as to what to enforce and what to let go. If they didn't, and if they didn't use it, the laws would have been changed long ago.


19 posted on 03/14/2006 4:44:00 PM PST by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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To: Ellesu

After having spent 12 years going to Beaver County to visit my former in-laws, I don't blame this guy a bit. Western PA is one of the armpits of America.


20 posted on 03/14/2006 4:44:23 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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