Article 4GGDW 8th Circuit: Police Can't Just Arrest Someone for Swearing at Them

8th Circuit: Police Can't Just Arrest Someone for Swearing at Them

by
from from FEE on (#4GGDW)

The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a US District Court decision that refused to throw out a civil lawsuit against an Arkansas police officer who arrested a man who yelled a curse word at the officer as he conducted a traffic stop on another citizen.

External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.fee.org/FEE-Freeman
Feed Title from FEE
Feed Link https://fee.org/articles/
Reply 0 comments