Final Paragraph:
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.
Edited to add:
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.
You should know the difference between dejure and defacto.
I don’t want to alarm anyone from outside the US, but the pigs are pretty loose about how the rules apply to themselves.
Why don’t you try it and find out how much these theoretical legal protections are worth? 🙃
I was alive in 2020 (and before) I’m well aware how little they often care about the rules.
There are no laws in this country anymore but what can be gained through force. That goes for individuals and the police and the police get to use force at their leisure.
And they can kill you without legal repercussions.
So remember kids: Legal !== Lethal
Don’t be so selfish. Some of us have families that could do a lot with the lawsuit money.
Cops can beat the shit out of you too.
Telling a police officer to fuck off may not be illegal but it’s still inadvisable. If they don’t like you, they’re more likely to look for a reason to bust you.
You probably should know if you tell an officer to fuck off, you can legally and they can make shit up and detain you legally for a few hours.
Also, a YSK post, shouldn’t include “probably” that’s a YSPK or a YPSK 🤪
LMAO
