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laogaiguk
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:55 am Post subject: Nurse sues over ticket for anti-Bush bumper sticker |
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Nurse sues over ticket for anti-Bush bumper sticker
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Grier is seeking damages from the county for "emotional distress," according to the lawsuit. |
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SuperFly
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:28 am Post subject: |
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:28 am Post subject: |
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Though, I consider myself, to the left of most Republicans, I don't see this as a Republican police officer simply giving a ticket to a Democrat expressing her opposition to George Bush. There was profanity on the bumper sticker. I am not sure if sh*t was written with the star or not, and that state had a law against that, which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. So, she has a right to sue against this. Would the police officer have done this if the expletive referred to a Democrat? I don't know. I think it occurred in a conservative state and many states have laws regarding profanity. |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder if, at some point, an American has sued over the drop of a hat... |
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EFLtrainer
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| SuperFly wrote: |
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Though, I consider myself, to the left of most Republicans, I don't see this as a Republican police officer simply giving a ticket to a Democrat expressing her opposition to George Bush. There was profanity on the bumper sticker. I am not sure if sh*t was written with the star or not, and that state had a law against that, which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. So, she has a right to sue against this. Would the police officer have done this if the expletive referred to a Democrat? I don't know. I think it occurred in a conservative state and many states have laws regarding profanity. |
The fact the law has been unenforceable for SIX years already, how does on interpret it as anything other than harrassment? It's either that or incompetence. |
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Adventurer
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| EFLtrainer wrote: |
| Adventurer wrote: |
| SuperFly wrote: |
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Though, I consider myself, to the left of most Republicans, I don't see this as a Republican police officer simply giving a ticket to a Democrat expressing her opposition to George Bush. There was profanity on the bumper sticker. I am not sure if sh*t was written with the star or not, and that state had a law against that, which the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. So, she has a right to sue against this. Would the police officer have done this if the expletive referred to a Democrat? I don't know. I think it occurred in a conservative state and many states have laws regarding profanity. |
The fact the law has been unenforceable for SIX years already, how does on interpret it as anything other than harrassment? It's either that or incompetence. |
Some cops are more zealous than others. We don't have enough facts to know if it was political or not. In Texas, one girl who was drunk and on roller blades was asked for her I.D. because she was drunk i.e. guilty of public intoxication. Now, it is dumb to bother someone who is not driving and bothering anyone for public intoxication. But the cop believed in going by the letter, and she got upset that he asked for her I.D. and got very vocal and vulgar. He then subdued the tiny girl, and she got all bloody and people in the state were outraged. So we can't be sure it was simply political. We don't know what this officer thinks of George Bush. We don't know if he is simply a conservative fellow who doesn't like to see profanity. |
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laogaiguk
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I still think it's pathetic to be suing for "emotional distress" |
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