By Carlos Miller
David Hackbart flipped a cop off and ended up cited for, you guessed it, disorderly conduct.
He didn’t even get arrested and the charge was eventually dropped.
But that didn’t stop him from filing a lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh for violating his First Amendment rights.
The Pittsburgh City Council did not want to take it to trial and agreed this week to dish out a $50,000 settlement.
So anybody who tells you that it is illegal to flip off a cop, I know somebody who will be willing to bet $50,000 that it isn’t.
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1 Ricky Rodriguez // Nov 25, 2009 at 10:09 PM
AWESOME
2 Jay // Nov 25, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Good for him. Problem is the taxpayers of Pittsburgh should be raging and livid over a payout like this. 50K could help maintain a few areas of Pittsburgh, instead it’s going to Hackbart and lawyers.
Shockingly, the Post-Gazette *has* an article about this: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09329/1016220-53.stm
Until taxpayers/sheeple demand LE follow the law, this will continue to happen. And on this count, most folks I believe, will say “You shouldn’t flip off a cop” blah, blah and that “the guy got what he deserved.”
3 the bulldog // Nov 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM
OUTSTANDING!
4 SSJIndy // Nov 26, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Now that the police have recognized fingers are legal, maybe cameras will be too, before much longer.
5 br0wnie // Nov 28, 2009 at 8:50 PM
hahahah fucking awesome.
ima be flippin those pigs off erryday
6 Guy Freeman // Mar 3, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Before you do that, you might want to check with the bylaws of the community you’re in.
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7 Stoney 13 // Apr 29, 2010 at 6:04 PM
Bylaws be damned! This is AMERICA we ALL have First Amendment Rights! If YOUR community doesn’t recognize that, then you, and your fellow citizens better do whatever to yank it back in line, or YOU might be paying out $50,000!
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