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CO: Talking Back to a Cop is a Crime
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"Talk back to a cop and go to jail! -- at least in Lafayette, Colorado where it is now a crime to verbally disrespect authority. An article in the local Daily Camera provides background as of Sunday the 13th. According to a local commentator on the news item, the ordinance pass in council on Tuesday the 15th."
"The ordinance states, '... Profane, abusive, insulting, taunting, or provoking language directed to a peace officer which may reasonably promote a violent response or reaction shall be deemed a violation of this section, whether accompanying the aforesaid actions or not.'"
"In short, around a cop, you have no freedom of speech. Nor do you have any real idea what he might consider 'provoking language.' ..." .... |
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