You can call a law-enforcement officer any vulgarity: pig, fuzz, m----r f----r—anything, with impunity.
That’s because courts believe the peace of peace officers can’t be disturbed. Something about the First Amendment.
That may change in New York City, where a man faces 15 days in jail for alleged disorderly conduct during a loud argument with a woman.
During or after that dispute, the suspect allegedly shouted an obscene and anatomically impossible insult at the responding officer.
The defense attorney seeks dismissal of the citation, arguing the constitutional right to criticize and verbally challenge police officers.
The judge disagrees, saying the defendant “could not carve out an exception from the disorderly conduct statute and condone the heaping of verbal abuse on a police officer regardless of the circumstances.”
Word to the wise: Be orderly when insulting cops. (1 OCTOBER 2006)
