Improper hand gestures ??

[sestree]

http://www.nbc4.com/automotive/7992965/detail.html

Flipping The Bird: Protected Free Speech?

POSTED: 11:50 am EST March 14, 2006

PITTSBURGH -- A Pennsylvania motorist is going to federal court to protect a very specific part of what he claims are his free speech rights: the right to show his middle finger.

Thomas Burns of New Castle, Pa., was cited for disorderly conduct last April after he became frustrated with a PennDOT traffic delay and he flipped his middle finger at a construction worker. The worker reported the gesture to a police officer in Beaver County, Pa., who cited Burns.

The citation was dropped in October when the officer and the offended construction worker failed to appear at a hearing Burns requested to fight the citation.

But now Burns is suing in federal court in Pittsburgh saying he never should have been cited in the first place and was maliciously prosecuted. He contends he was denied his First Amendment free speech rights

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[pyllgrum.livejournal.com]

I suggest this finger issue might polarize opinion and result in a split beaver county.

[sestree.livejournal.com]

Oh dear that was B*A*D