Is flipping off a cop protected speech under the First Amendment? The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals entered an interesting First Amendment ruling this week denying a police officer's motion to dismiss a civil case against him after he was sued by citing a motorist who flipped him off. The facts as detailed by the Court are: Minard, a police officer in the city of Taylor, Michigan, stopped Cruise-Gulyas in June 2017 for speeding. But he decided to show her leniency and wrote

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