Pennsylvania Charging Citizens for swearing

[Worriedman]

Arkansas Online

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Free-speech lawsuits being filed Wednesday accuse Pennsylvania State Police of wrongly charging hundreds of people with disorderly conduct for swearing.

American Civil Liberties Union lawyers say they reviewed 770 such citations issued by state police in a recent one-year span and found that most of them involve profanities and other legal, nonobscene speech.

The ACLU plaintiffs are a pizza delivery driver cited for cursing at an officer over a parking ticket and a Luzerne County woman cited for hurling a derogatory name at a motorcylist who swerved at her.

The statute carries a possible 90-day jail term and $300 fine. The woman says she paid $1,500 to fight the ticket. A state police spokeswoman says the agency had no immediate respone

[Guest jackdm3]

They and Serpas have GOT to have gone to the same academy.

[Worriedman]

For some reason the old song, "If you could read my mind Luv, what a tale my thoughts would tell" jumped into my head.

[bockey]

Sometimes silence is golden?

[I_Like_Pie]

I hope the ACLU walks all over this. Same thing as flipping the bird (which is not obscene according to case law)

Don't care for fowl language, but unless you have a list of words that are/are not appropriate...clear violation of the 1st.

[Guest jackdm3]

I hope the ACLU walks all over this. Same thing as flipping the bird (which is not obscene according to case law)

Don't care for fowl language, but unless you have a list of words that are/are not appropriate...clear violation of the 1st.

But I do. It puts the meat on the table. (Insert turkey caller sound here.)

[Guest SUNTZU]

**** that noise.

[Mike.357]

George Carlin defined the words for us.

Sounds like a bunch of ****ing bull**** to me though.

[leroy]

The State of Pennsylvania needs the money. I think it is nothing other than another revenue stream for the state. Very similar to the KPD radar traps on I75 south every day and the occasional blanketing of the exits hunting for the "low hanging fruit". At its core; it is about the money.

Food for thought,

Leroy

[E4 No More]

It's always about the money.

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

All they should do is say: "Hey! Police!! And we don't wanna hear that sh it, OKAY?!?!?"

[Guest Jamie]

If they tried that around here, I'd be worse than Otis on the old Andy Griffith show...

Just go ahead and reserve my cell now, ya :censored: , :censored:... :lol:

J.