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Courts distinguish between speech that merely annoys an officer and speech that genuinely impedes their work. While police may resent offensive words, they cannot use their authority to punish individuals for lawful, protected conduct. Determining whether speech is protected or unprotected involves careful analysis of all surrounding facts and circumstances.
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Few of us here would align ourselves with the group trying to suppress information right now, so although I recognize this is not always a smart decision in every situation, I’m not really willing to get onboard with the idea that disseminating topical information from reasonable sources is a problem.
Use your downvotes as you see fit, but I’m not going to apologize for the post. Edit: And am a little disappointed to see information buried so decisively in this community on Lemmy of all places.
As somebody who has done it on a few occasions… Sure you can legally do it and they will beat your ass.
So unless you are ready to get your ass beat down, you really should STFU.
OP you really should not be “encouraging” this since idiots generally don’t understand the basic human law of FAFO
Hmm this is a good point, but I don’t entirely agree.
I know that I have wondered many times if I can drop a random (or not so random) ‘eff you’ as I pass, and I’m glad to know I probably can, whether I ever actually do or not. Knowledge is - knowledge.
Few of us here would align ourselves with the group trying to suppress information right now, so although I recognize this is not always a smart decision in every situation, I’m not really willing to get onboard with the idea that disseminating topical information from reasonable sources is a problem.