2019年3月21日 · If you've been arrested or charged with a crime for yelling or swearing at a police officer, you should refrain from hurling more insults at the cops and instead contact an experienced criminal defense attorney immediately to (calmly and quietly) discuss your case.

2024年8月28日 · Under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, individuals can verbally protest and challenge police action. Police officers generally cannot arrest people, nor can the government prosecute them, simply for what they've said. There are, of course, exceptions to the prohibition against punishing speech.

2019年3月21日 · Insulting a police officer is never a good idea, but it's a separate issue whether you can be arrested for it. Those who get in officers' faces either with their words, actions, or even photography, are often arrested under statutes which prohibit obstructing officers in their investigations or arrests.

Under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Americans have the right to freely express themselves to police officers. This includes speech that is profane, rude, insulting, or verbally abusive. As the U.S. Supreme Court has held:

2023年1月12日 · In Florida, courts have found that “mere” yelling or swearing that is loud, belligerent or annoying is not enough to support a disorderly conduct conviction. So, what’s a law-abiding-but-outspoken citizen to do? The U.S. Supreme Court may one day resolve these wide-ranging differences with a clarifying decision.

" Contempt of cop " is law enforcement jargon in the United States for behavior by people toward law enforcement officers that the officers perceive as disrespectful or insufficiently deferential to their authority. [1][2][3][4] It is a play on the phrase contempt of court, and is not an actual offense.

If you are a bystander bearing witness to overly aggressive and violent police action, you should not attempt to yell, call out to the officer, or in any way interfere with the action going on. Obstruction of Justice is a very vague crime that cops will charge you with if you do any little thing that displeases them.

2022年3月3日 · When cops confronted Michael Wood while wearing his “fuck the police” T-shirt at a local county fair in Dayton, Ohio, six years ago, he tried to explain he was well within his rights. He even...

2015年6月29日 · It’s generally legal to curse at and insult police officers. But the issue has been litigated in courts — and there are some exceptions to the rule.

2019年6月3日 · A federal court on Monday ruled to uphold a lower court’s decision denying qualified immunity for a state trooper accused of unlawfully arresting a motorist, allowing the case against him to move forward. What did that motorist do? While driving past the trooper as he ticketed another person, the motorist yelled “fuck you.”