My views of this issue (abortion) notwithstanding. I feel it was very much within these troopers duty to act as they did (except for the verbal issue). This vehicle was displaying scenes which are VERY distracting, if not downright discusting, and therefore are a traffic hazard.
No matter what your views on abortion are, you don't have the right to cause others to die in traffic accidents to further your views.
The abortion issue has always, and probably always will, create heated, even violent reponses from both sides.
What is wrong with asking these people to cover their signs while on a public road to eliminate the possibility of creating a trafic accident? The men driving the truck sound like they felt their rights to do as the pleased superceded the right of the rest of us NOT to be endangered by their causing a dangerous situation on the road.
I for one feel the troopers were doing their duty by asking the signs be removed. The troopers stepped over that line when the verbal issues arose, but we all know that people who actively demonstrate for a cause they feel strongly about are often confrontational in their attitudde towards ANYONE who disagrees with them.
It appears that these Connecticut state troopers are rogue cops. I hope that Christian legal advocacy groups such as the American Center for Law and Justice get a big settlement from the state of Connecticut, as well as from the anti-Christian, pro-abortion bigots with badges and guns.
Okay, how about the good lookin' gals with the skimpy clothes on the street corners? Not distracting? Filthy bums standing in traffic with cups? Not disgusting?
Sorry, First amendment all the way. Troopers should do 90 days no pay, busted to pay level one, and a written apology read on city hall steps to the press.