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Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger in 2018, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday. 

The lawsuit was filed in 2021 by the ACLU of Vermont on behalf of Gregory Bombard, of St. Albans. It says Bombard’s First Amendment rights were violated after an unnecessary traffic stop and retaliatory arrest in 2018.

Trooper Jay Riggen stopped Bombard’s vehicle in St. Albans on Feb. 9, 2018, because he believed Bombard had shown him the middle finger, according to the lawsuit. Bombard denied that but says he did curse and display the middle finger once the initial stop was concluded.

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[–] pubquiz@lemmy.world 159 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Vermont State Police did not have a comment

LOL, the pigs fuck up, the state shuts up and the taxpayers pay up.

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[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ah got it. Unfortunately makes me think of 88 so I probably won’t adopt it.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think of it as "taking number substitution back", or 20-14-19-2. We can't let fascists, Nazis, and general scum bags ruin everything.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm still trying to take "libertarian" back.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I want 👌 back to meaning OK!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Counteroffer: it continues to mean asshole in Italy and now also the rest of the world.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Well, it can continue to mean that there but it used to mean ok here. Now the only 2 groups that can use it here are scuba divers(while diving) and white supremacists. I am neither.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I get that but I am not particularly attached to number substitution as social messaging personally lol like no disrespect to yall who want to use it, I just live in the south and the dog whistles are endless. Misinterpretation can get weird here too.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No disrespect perceived, you're fine. It may be a Southern thing too - my wife is from the South and she also associates it with the seemingly endless dog whistles of her life there.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah it’s one of those weird little social land mines we deal with every day. You say a particular string of words or some reference, suddenly somebody you just met is talking to you about pizzagate or the gay agenda or something. There are too many secret codes down here that make people suddenly think you are “one of them.”

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

Yep my immediate thought too

[–] shadshack@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah I'm with you. Just say ACAB. No sense in obscuring it further than the acronym already does.

[–] 555_1@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Gork@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago

Obligatory: end qualified immunity. Let them get "malpractice insurance".