Wednesday, March 17, 2004

 A woman in Indiana is pulled over after flipping the bird to an SUV containing a sheriff, when the officers who pulled her over found marijuana in the vehicle and outstanding warrants for her arrest.

Question: what's the probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion, for the stop? Last I looked, the gesture was rude but not a crime. There seem to be free speech implications in making it a crime, even if she knew it was an officer at the time.

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