Man escapes conviction for flipping off his ex-wife

autotldr · 2016-11-04T15:16:56+00:00

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A Pennsylvania appeals court has overturned the disorderly conduct conviction of a man who gave his ex-wife the middle finger.

One of the judges reviewing Waugaman's conviction offered a single sentence of analysis in a concurring opinion, writing: "Unless the First Amendment was repealed when I was not looking, giving someone the finger should not constitute a crime."

A fellow Pittsburgh-area resident, David Hackbart, won a $50,000 settlement in 2009 after a federal judge ruled police violated his First Amendment rights by giving him a disorderly conduct citation for showing a middle finger to a fellow driver and a policeman.

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Lord_Henry_James · 2016-11-22T00:35:41+00:00

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Title	Man escapes conviction for flipping off his ex-wife
Author	da1inchpunch
Upvotes	14
Comments	2
Date	November 4, 2016 7:13 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/PussyPass
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/PussyPass/comments/5b28kc/man_escapes_conviction_for_flipping_off_his_exwife/
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