Now, back to covid rules and stolen elections. Can we protest those!
I love it!
“did not discuss a topic or express his opinion on it”
Fine.
“Give us your opinion on the cops ahead.”
This guy was in fact assisting the cops in doing their job: Causing drivers to slow down and drive more carefully ... at least in the speedtrap zone.
I got pulled over one time for flashing my lights to warn about a cop that was hiding. It’s legal in my state to do that, and I knew that. He asked a bunch of questions and then let me go.
Good ruling by the appeals court. The 1A applies here, of course. Beyond that, cops are supposed to be peace officers. Sign guy wasn’t breaching the peace. He should have been left alone.
I hope sign guy sues the Stamford police. He lost his freedom for at least a short period of time. Yes, I know the taxpayers will foot the bill. But he certainly deserves something.
$25,000 bail? Sheesh. What’s he going to grab his sign and flee to Mexico?
In California, Spanish-speaking radio stations warn drivers about drunk driving checks.
Gotta keep those drunk drivers on the roads - they have rights too.
There’s route I travel frequently, and along there is a driveway where cops like to hide to run their speed trap, and you can’t see their car, but they can see you as you cross their timing marks (VASCAR country). One day, the cop spotted a victim and came flying out of the driveway, with no hesitation as he pulled out, and damn near hit me.
When cops do dangerous crap like that, they deserve to have drivers warn other drivers that they are entering a danger zone. Screw them and their quotas.
There are cops and there are tax collectors(revenuers).
Too many cops are in the business of citing people for speeding, a civil not criminal violation, and not enough cops dealing with criminal violations of the thousands of laws Democraps have created, eg DUI is a BAD thing(crime) but 19 mph over the arbitrarily defined speed limit( civil rule violation) and nobody has been hurt is BS!
Sworn cops kill way too many people over traffic violations
that are civil offenses, and not enough dealing with real violent crimes. Being a cop isn’t even in the top ten of USA’s most dangerous jobs.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/27/the-10-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america-according-to-bls-data.html
They have guns and almost always go home alive.
This fight has always been nothing but stupid! The whole idea behind speed traps is to get people to slow down, flashing your lights gets people to slow down!
I just use Waze. Drove up to the Grand Canyon yesterday and flagged 3-4 of them.
What are the laws against radar detectors these days?
Great ruling on appeal.
Perhaps someday, the courts will rule on the theft of our automobiles, stealing our ownership title, converting them to ‘motor vehicles’, and then penalizing us for violations of contract codes and ordinances.
Are the cops there to shake down drivers in speedtraps or to keep the peace? I already know the answer in all the Blue-states.
Download the Highway Radar app to your smart phone from the Google Store. It’s free.
When it asks what server you want to use, type in waze dot com. It will use the Waze database but gives a 3 mile warning for police, much longer than Waze gives. Also gives warnings about road hazards, etc. It will ask you about Sabre plug-ins but that’s not necessary, just link up to Waze and you’ll be ok.
The app was created by just one guy in his spare time, kind of basic, but it works well. On a busy day on an Interstate it’s kind of chatty, warning about cops, cars in the emergency lane, debris on the road, etc. I find it entertaining on a long drive, and talk back to it sometimes. My wife thinks I’m an idiot, but what else is new.
So WAZE saying “Police Reported Ahead” is now OK. Good (I don’t speed)
Retards with badges can’t be expected to understand the Constitution they all swore to uphold and defend against retards with badges.
How interesting that cops demand special privileges.
As well the court should have upheld his right to warn. If the intention of traffic control is to prevent and protect the sign only serves to further that intention.
Only if traffic control is for revenue and punishment does it have any reason to be concerned about warnings.
Our local police and news paper publish traffic control areas for the coming week and they still end up ticketing speeders.
“A U.S. district court dismissed Friend’s suit in 2020, finding that: Friend’s sign “did not discuss a topic or express his opinion on it;” that Gasparino had a compelling government interest in stopping Friend from spoiling the police sting; and that Gasparino had probable cause to arrest Friend for returning after he told him not to.”
Spoken like a true tribunal and servant of a dictator.
The patriots armed themselves and prevented such judges from returning to their courts. Sounds like a good idea to me.
I thought a “sting” constitutes entrapment?
Gaspirino is just another poster child for the police state and excessive control.
Back in the old days the Klan would have burned a cross in Gaspirino’s front yard. There would not be a second warning. Instead he would be tarred and feathered and carried to the outskirts of town on a rail.
Haven’t we had enough? Looks like not yet.
Protect your gas stove.