Posted on 09/26/2020 7:15:16 AM PDT by Rudolphus
But they don't have fewer rights than private citizens--do they?
What I described is the same proscription against assault that protects anyone under the law. Threatening someone is assault, which is a crime. (Battery would be striking him.)
I never understood what screaming at a cop was going to get anyone, but I agree it’s free speech.
Of course if you get spittle on you, it’s battery. The police should act accordingly.
I have to disagree once again. There is a legal term called “fighting words”.
Just like you have freedom of speech- but you do not have freedom to yell fire in a crowded theater- you have freedom to scream “asshole” to a cop, but not 2 inches from his face.
That is the definition of verbal assault.
A cop in a riot line trying to control a situation does not have the ability to turn around and walk away.
A person doing that is an instigator and should be arrested.
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