Court rules in favor of cursing man

JEFF KAROUB
Associated Press

DETROIT - An officer who arrested a man for cursing in a public meeting violated the man's right to free speech, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court's decision that Montrose Township police officer Stephen Robinson had probable cause to arrest Thomas Leonard in 2002 when Leonard cursed while addressing the township board.

"It cannot be seriously contended that any reasonable peace officer, or citizen, for that matter, would believe that mild profanity while peacefully advocating a political position could constitute a criminal act," the three-judge panel wrote in Friday's decision.

"All our client did was get up at a public meeting and express himself vigorously, and he was arrested for it," said Glen Lenhoff, Leonard's attorney.

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Fight back against the fascists.

For this arrest taking place in the first place.

Do you consider Goddamn to be a curse word?

http://www.cnn.com/

CNN Quick Poll

:shrug: Aren't the Ten Commandments the whole foundation for all Law and Oder in the Universe and shouldn't any person who breaks them be immediately put to death as the Lord wishes and says in that great book of law called the Old Testiment...Why should that person who said such things even be allowed to have a hearing in a court room? They should have been immediately killed on the spot as sayeth the Lord...

Goddamn it!

Sp.

Maybe even Cheney damn you

or to be more emphatic

Cheney yourself

:rofl: your suggestion that God was the obscene part that he was arrested for cracks me up...

:P

Fuckin A!! LOL