When I was young the N-word was Neanderthal.
“he shouted the N-word”
I hear the Newfoundlanders really hate being called ‘Newfies’.
At least he didn’t call them nappy-headed hos. (reference to Don Imus)
Good. Sticks & Stones and all that....
He didn’t commit a crime, but he wasn’t just being “silly”.
“allegedly”
Hard to see what the crime was since just being an obnoxious jerk and hurting someone’s feelings isn’t a crime.
He heard it in a rap song and thought they would identify
At one time many states had “fighting words” laws that made it illegal to say something that might provoke a fight. The Supreme Court has not completely struck down such laws. But the Court has narrowed them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words#United_States
Crass, rude, inappropriate.... Yes.
Grounds to be asked to leave.... Okay.
Grounds for arrest..... Now that’s scary!
Insults indicate poor upbringing....threats are criminal.
Goes beyond silly, but still well within the bounds of Constitutionally protected speech.
I’ll be curious to see how the “antisemitic speech” laws getting passed in various places, including GA, hold up. They generally seem like complete garbage from a 1A perspective.
I guess there are no serious crimes in Coeur D'Alene, so the police had time on their hands.
The leftists are all up in arms over it and want him prosecuted. They have no concept of free speech. Nor the fact that jailing someone for using the N word is also justification for jailing lefties for calling white people honkies.
During their 2 hour dinner, how many times did these “playas” refer to each other using that exact same word?
Over/under starts at 100.
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