Legality of Flipping the Bird...

[itRfan]

Well about three years back, my buddy and i were driving down 13th and he actually saw one of his other buddies in his car he flipd him off as his friend returned the favor...Well we get right in front of BP there before the mall and a police officer pulls us over for assaulting someone in traffic. We didnt get a ticket cuz we both explained it was a friend. So i dont really know if its illegal or not? I just think that cop pulled us over just for the fuck of it... But you would think it could be part of freedom of speech or something?

[SmitEvo]

geez wes, so crabby in this thread.

[MisterCMK]

It must be that time of month for him

[RidinRails]

i'm not sure if flipping the bird is illegal or not....but you can pull a gun on someone if they are on your property and you don't want them to be

[weshole]

MisterCMK;167389 wrote:
It must be that time of month for him

[StangerBanger96]

Well alls I know is that I had 3 cops at my house one night for flipping someone back off after they did it to me. That + the DARE officer makes it sound like the local PD has flipping the bird as a high profile crime. Whether or not it's illegal is another matter though...I still want to see a high court ruling on the issue and from the looks of the article I read, it IS legal/freedom of speech...but i'm not 100% certain.

[MisterCMK]

Dustin, the police just hate you. That is all.

[MisterCMK]

weshole;167395 wrote:

Truth hurts.

[StangerBanger96]

MisterCMK;167397 wrote:
Dustin, the police just hate you. That is all.

No they had to come talk to me because the assbags called me in after I returned the favor to them and they chased me...err...stalked me around town for 2 hours before finding my car parked.

Other than that and the douchebag that pulled me over for going "35 in a 30" who I don't think is on the force anymore, I have no issues with the Moorhead PD.

[MisterCMK]

haha, owned.

[bluejays]

my dad flipped someone off for cutting him off on his motorcycle. later that night the police showed up at our house and issued him a citation. this was probably about 20 years ago though lol.

[pushin'psi]

I think that flipping someone off could be considered Disorderly Conduct, but no way is that assault. I looked it up and all you have to do is "alarm, annoy, or harrass" someone to be guilty of Disorderly Conduct!